How much does Mailgun cost in 2026? Pricing breakdown
Quick Answer: Mailgun (Sinch) pricing as of July 2026: Free ($0, 100 emails/day), Basic $15/month (10,000 emails), Foundation $35/month (50,000 emails, 5,000 validations), Scale $90/month (100,000 emails), and Enterprise (custom, 250,000+). SMTP + REST API, inbound routing, suppression management, and webhooks are on all paid plans; a dedicated IP is $60/month. Mailgun's built-in inbound email parsing is its differentiator over transactional-only competitors, and there is no permanent free tier beyond the 100/day plan.
Mailgun Pricing (as of July 2026)
| Plan | Price | Emails |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 emails/day |
| Basic | $15/month | 10,000 emails |
| Foundation | $35/month | 50,000 emails (5,000 validations) |
| Scale | $90/month | 100,000 emails |
| Enterprise | Custom | 250,000+ |
All paid plans include SMTP + REST API, inbound routing, suppression list management, webhooks, and analytics; a dedicated IP is $60/month. There is a first-month-free on Foundation and Scale, and the Free plan (100/day) coexists with the paid tiers. (The tier that was "Foundation $15" is now Basic; the old "Growth" is now Foundation.)
How Mailgun compares (100K emails/month)
| Platform | Monthly | Inbound parsing |
|---|---|---|
| Mailgun Scale | $90 | Yes (built-in) |
| SendGrid | ~$90 | Limited |
| Postmark | ~$130 (10K + overage) | Yes |
| Amazon SES | ~$10 | No (SNS setup) |
Mailgun's inbound email parsing removes the need for a separate IMAP poller, which is the reason to pick it over a transactional-only sender when you need to receive and route replies.
Editor's Note: For a SaaS sending ~40K transactional emails/month plus ~5K inbound-parsed replies, Mailgun Foundation at $35/month was the best fit — the inbound parsing removed a separate IMAP poller, which the closest alternative did not bundle in the same plan. Re-checked July 2026: the tier names shifted (Basic $15 / Foundation $35 / Scale $90) but the prices and the inbound-parsing advantage hold, and the dedicated IP is $60/month — so budget the IP separately if deliverability at volume matters. — Rafal Fila, ShadowGen
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