Email infrastructure · replacement recipe

Transactional email API

Replaces Resend. 1 ways out. Best: Resend (free tier) (cheaper plan), about $228 saved in year one.

Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. No verified migrations yet. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

What you use

  • Send email API
  • Custom domains and DKIM

Not covered

  • Receive email (inbound)
  • Webhooks and events
  • React Email templates
  • Broadcasts/marketing emails
  • Logs

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Send email API, Custom domains and DKIM
  • Export your data from Resend before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-resend") on the Stackcut MCP server.

1 ways out, best first

Cheaper planResend (free tier)Saves $228 in year one
$20/mo today → $0/mo · setup 0.25 h · then $240/yr · payback 0.6 mo
1 seat. If your use fits the free tier (3,000 emails/mo).
Covers 100% of the core features
Free sends 3,000 emails/mo; Pro $20 only above that.
Sources: resend.com

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