Your Mailgun Flex Alternative

PAYG Alternative to Mailgun

Discover the ideal Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) alternative to the Mailgun Flex Plan with AhaSend. Start sending up to 1,000 emails free each month, and scale effortlessly with our flexible pricing at just $0.5 per 1,000 emails. Enjoy fast, reliable delivery and advanced features tailored for transactional email success.

Fair and simple usage-based pricing

Usage-based, Pay As You Go (PAYG) Pricing plan, so that you only pay for what you use.

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Thoughtfully crafted for sending transactional emails at any scale

Fair, usage-based pricing

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AhaSend vs Mailgun

How AhaSend Features Compare to Mailgun

AhaSend offers a specialized focus on fast, reliable transactional email delivery. With advanced features like pay-as-you-go pricing, customizable data retention, and robust webhooks, AhaSend provides everything you need to streamline email management and boost deliverability, making it a powerful alternative to Mailgun.

AhaSend
MailGun

Pricing

Free Plan
1,000 emails / month
100 emails / day
PAYG Pricing
Pricing for 10,000 emails
$5
$15

Email Capabilities

Supports marketing emails
Optimized for fast transactional email delivery
Email API
SMTP relay
Suppression management

Integrations and APIs

Webhooks
Unlimited webhooks
Yes
Inbound Routing
Unlimited routes
Yes

Data Retention

Log retention
1 to 30 days (customizable)
5 days
Message retention
0 to 30 days (customizable)
1 day
Message and log retention on your S3 buckets

Analytics

Link and Open Tracking
Deliverability Analytics

Domain Management

Domain Authentication
Automated DNS setup

Scaling

Dedicated IPs
Free (for senders with 300,000+ emails per month)
$59/IP/month
Dedicated IP pools
Free (for senders with 1,000,000+ emails per month)
Multi-user access
Deliverability Consultation
Yes (for senders with 1,000,000+ emails per month)

Security

TempMail protection
Yes (optional)
Typo protection
Yes (optional)
Toxic recipient protection
Yes (optional)
Optimized Deliverability

Achieve Better Deliverability with AhaSend

AhaSend is optimized for transactional emails, offering faster and more reliable delivery than Mailgun. With millions of emails sent monthly, we ensure industry-leading delivery speeds and enhanced inbox placement.

  • Proven experience delivering millions of emails monthly
  • Enhanced delivery speeds tailored for transactional emails
  • Dedicated to fast and reliable transactional email delivery
Deliverability
Email reports
Comprehensive Reporting

Gain Insight with Advanced Reporting

AhaSend provides in-depth email reporting to help you optimize your campaigns. Unlike Mailgun, our reports include detailed tracking for delivery times, bounce reasons, and overall performance, so you have the data you need to maximize email effectiveness

  • Analyze delivery times and status updates
  • Detailed bounce reasons for improved performance
  • Actionable insights to enhance your email strategy
Instant Event Tracking

Monitor Email Events in Real-Time with Webhooks

AhaSend offers comprehensive webhook support for real-time email event notifications, keeping you informed on every step of your email’s journey. Our webhooks ensure you can easily track and respond to key events like delivery, bounces, and opens.

  • Instant notifications for email delivery events
  • Track events such as queued, delivered, bounced, and more
  • Easily integrate webhooks into your applications
Real-time email notifications with AhaSend Webhooks
Integrate email into your apps using Email Routes
Advanced Email Parsing

Integrate Incoming Emails Seamlessly

AhaSend’s Email Routing feature simplifies the process of directing incoming emails to your applications. By parsing and forwarding messages based on custom rules, AhaSend enables smoother app integration, making it a streamlined alternative to Mailgun for handling inbound email traffic.

  • Automatically parse and direct incoming emails
  • Integrate emails directly into your application workflows
  • Separate the latest reply from the rest of the email content for precise handling
Domain Health Management

Protect Your Domain’s Reputation

AhaSend helps you maintain a strong sending reputation through automated DNS configuration and continuous monitoring. Our tools are specifically designed to prevent common errors that could harm deliverability, ensuring your domain is optimized for successful email campaigns.

  • Automated DNS configuration for quick, accurate setup
  • Enforce best practices for DNS setup to boost deliverability
  • Continuous monitoring of domain and DNS health status
Automated DNS setup in seconds for sending emails
Data retention and email security
Enhanced Data Security

Protect Your Email and Application with Advanced Security

AhaSend prioritizes data security with customizable retention policies and proactive measures to block risky domains. Compared to Mailgun, our approach offers greater flexibility in managing sensitive data and robust safeguards against threats like typo-squatting and temporary email services.

  • Set data retention periods to match your compliance needs
  • Block emails to temporary and suspicious domains automatically
  • Prevent typo-squatting attacks by filtering domains with typos

Boost Your Transactional Email Delivery Performance