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Mailgun pricing (2026)
Prices on this page come from Mailgun's official pricing page, checked 21 August 2026: www.mailgun.com/pricing/. Monthly billing, prices exactly as shown by the vendor, captured and dated by InboxRatio Editorial.
Summary — generated from our pricing datasets
Mailgun's pricing page lists 4 transactional email plans, including a free plan. The cheapest paid plan is Basic at $15/mo. At 50,000 emails/mo, Foundation at $35/mo is both the cheapest covering plan and the functional tier, the cheapest one with a custom sending domain and webhook event notifications. At 500,000 emails/mo, the functional price is $400/mo on Scale. Averaged across our 3-point volume ladder, those functional prices sit at percentile 74.1 among the 10 transactional email services we price (0 = cheapest), which places Mailgun in the Mid-market price band. Published overage starts at $1.10 per 1,000 emails. Every price is as shown by Mailgun, captured with the monthly billing toggle active and promotions excluded, and was last checked on 21 August 2026.
From Mailgun's official pricing page
Mailgun transactional email plans
| Tier | Monthly price | Annual-billed | What's included | Overage /1k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | — | — | — |
| Basic | $15/mo | — | 10,000 emails/mo | $1.80 |
| Foundation | $35/mo | — | 50,000 emails/mo | $1.30 |
| Scale | $90/mo | — | 100,000 emails/mo | $1.10 |
Checked 21 August 2026 on Mailgun's official pricing page · monthly billing toggle active, promotions excluded, currency as shown. “—” = not published on the captured tier.
Entry tier vs functional tier
Entry tier
$15/mo
Basic — the cheapest paid plan on the page.
Functional tier at 50,000 emails/mo
$35/mo
Foundation — the cheapest tier with a custom sending domain and webhook event notifications.
From our pricing-by-volume dataset
What Mailgun costs by email volume
| Volume | Cheapest covering plan | Functional tier | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50,000 emails/mo | $35/mo | $35/mo(Foundation) | 19 August 2026 |
| 100,000 emails/mo | $75/mo | $75/mo(Foundation) | 21 August 2026 |
| 500,000 emails/mo | $400/mo | $400/mo(Scale) | 21 August 2026 |
Monthly billing, prices as shown. Where Mailgun has no exact step at a volume, the nearest covering step was captured. Functional tier = the cheapest tier with a custom sending domain and webhook event notifications.
Free plan, trial and extras
- Free plan
- Yes — Free: —
- Free trial
- 30 days (as stated on the pricing page)
- Overage
- Basic $1.80 per 1,000 emails · Foundation $1.30 per 1,000 emails · Scale $1.10 per 1,000 emails
- Dedicated IP
- No public dedicated-IP price captured
What each tier unlocks
| Tier | API access |
|---|---|
| Free | yes |
| Basic | yes |
| Foundation | yes |
| Scale | yes |
Per-tier clauses as recorded in our pricing dataset (checked 21 August 2026); “limited” = capped or partial, “not stated” = not documented by the vendor.
How Mailgun pricing compares
$$$ Mid-market price band in transactional email — average functional-price percentile 74.1 across 3 volumes, among the 10 services we price (0 = cheapest).
- 50,000 emails/mo: tied #7–8 of 10
- 100,000 emails/mo: tied #7–8 of 10
- 500,000 emails/mo: #8 of 10
From our feature matrix — documented by the vendor
Headline features
- Marketing campaigns'send a bulk campaign to your entire mailing list' — bulk/campaign sending exists but no full marketing suite
- Transactional email'Transactional Email Platform'
- SMTP relay'Mailgun's SMTP relays eliminate the need for legacy senders to host their own server'
- Workflow builderNot offered
- API'RESTful email API... programmatically send, receive, and track emails' on all plans incl Free
- Webhooks'Email Event Webhooks: Push email campaign data to other apps' — all plans incl Free
- Dedicated IPDedicated IP access at 50k volume, included at 100k+ (Scale plan includes one)
- SMSNot offered (email only; Sinch family has separate SMS products)
Features checked 10 September 2026. ✓ documented · ◐ limited or plan-gated · × documented as absent · — not documented.
Generated from our datasets — every value verified and dated
Frequently asked questions
How much does Mailgun cost?
Paid Mailgun transactional email plans start at $15/mo (Basic), according to Mailgun's official pricing page as checked on 21 August 2026. At 50,000 emails/mo, the functional tier is Foundation at $35/mo.
Is there a free Mailgun plan?
Yes. Mailgun's pricing page lists 4 transactional email plans, including a free plan. Checked 21 August 2026.
What does Mailgun cost at 100,000 emails a month?
At 100,000 emails/mo, Mailgun's Foundation tier costs $75/mo; it is both the cheapest covering plan and the functional tier (prices as shown, checked 21 August 2026).
What does Mailgun's functional tier include?
At 50,000 emails/mo, Foundation ($35/mo) is the cheapest Mailgun tier with a custom sending domain and webhook event notifications. We compare transactional email services on this functional tier rather than on the headline entry price. Transactional Email pricing compared.
When was Mailgun pricing last checked?
On 21 August 2026, from Mailgun's official pricing page (https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/). Every price on this page carries its capture date.