Resend alternatives,
compared
Resend is a developer favourite for transactional email. Teams look elsewhere when marketing email, priced per contact, becomes the bigger bill, or when they need open source or EU hosting.
Why teams look beyond Resend
Marketing priced per contact
Broadcasts are billed by how many contacts you store, on top of the transactional plan.
Two plans to size
Transactional and marketing volume are planned and billed separately.
Closed source
You cannot read the code or run it on your own servers.
6 alternatives to Resend
Plunk is first because we build it; the rest are in order of how often they fit teams leaving Resend. Updated October 2026.
- 1Plunk(us)Open-source email platform · EUTransactional email, campaigns and workflows on one contact list, open source and hosted in the EU.$0.001 per email, unlimited contacts
- 2PostmarkTransactional emailTransactional email with message streams kept strictly separate.Monthly plans by email volume
- 3useSendOpen-source email APIOpen source with low-cost transactional sending at volume.Per email, with a $10 monthly minimum
- 4MailgunEmail APIHigh-volume sending with email validation and deliverability tooling.Monthly plans by email volume
- 5Amazon SESSending infrastructureTeams that will build contacts, templates and tracking themselves.From $0.10 per 1,000 emails
- 6LoopsEmail for SaaSSaaS marketing teams that want a polished hosted tool.Monthly plans by contacts
Each row links to its full comparison with Plunk, or see every comparison
Frequently asked questions
Try Plunk alongside Resend.
Start on the free plan with 1,000 emails a month, no credit card needed. When you need more, every email is $0.001, with unlimited contacts and every feature included.