Mailjet vs Resend Comparison 2026
Mailjet is a marketing send tool with a drag-drop editor and collaboration, free for 6,000 emails a month with unlimited contacts, then $9 a month for 8,000. Resend is a developer-first email API with broadcasts added on, free for 3,000 emails a month, then $20 a month on Pro. Mailjet's free tier is double Resend's, and it is built for a marketer running campaigns visually. Resend is built for a developer who wants transactional email and a newsletter sharing one sending domain and one reputation.
Send-based email pricing with a real free tier
Email for developers, with broadcasts attached
At a glance
- Mailjet starts cheaper, at $9.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Mailjet | Resend | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $9 | From $20 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Yes |
Mailjet
Send-based email pricing with a real free tier
Mailjet meters emails sent rather than contacts held, and its free tier carries six thousand a month, which is enough to run a small list indefinitely. Marketing campaigns and transactional sending share one account and one sending reputation. Contacts are uncapped on every plan including the free one, so a large dormant list costs nothing. Editing is collaborative, which is unusual here and is the reason teams pick it over a cheaper single-seat tool.
Our note
Compare on emails a month rather than subscribers, because that is the axis this prices on and it is the reverse of most of the category. The free tier is genuinely permanent, which makes it a better first choice than a trial-only tool if you are not yet sure the newsletter will stick.
Resend
Email for developers, with broadcasts attached
Resend sends transactional email through an API that a developer can wire up in an afternoon, and it has grown a broadcast side so a product's receipts and its newsletter come from the same domain and the same reputation. The free tier covers 3,000 emails a month, which is enough for a small product's transactional traffic. Automation runs are metered separately with their own free allowance. Anybody wanting a drag-and-drop campaign builder and a marketer's dashboard is in the wrong place.
Why people weigh these two
- Resend instead of Mailjet
- Resend is built for a developer sending email from code, with a marketing broadcast feature attached rather than the other way around.
- Mailjet instead of Resend
- Mailjet prices on sends rather than contacts from $9 with a real free tier, and has an API for the same developer job.
Which one should you pick
Pick Mailjet if you are a marketer without a codebase, and want a bigger free allowance with a drag-drop editor more than one person can work on at once. Free covers 6,000 emails a month with unlimited contacts, and the entry tier is $9 a month for 8,000.
Pick Resend if the same team owns the code and the newsletter, and you want receipts and campaigns sharing one sending reputation through an API. Free covers 3,000 emails a month, half of Mailjet's allowance, but the fit is better for a developer shipping a product. A writer with a list and no codebase should stay with Mailjet or a similar no-code tool.
Common questions
- Which has the bigger free plan, Mailjet or Resend?
- Mailjet, at 6,000 emails a month against Resend's 3,000, exactly double. Both are permanent free tiers rather than time-limited trials, so the size of the allowance is a fair comparison between the two.
- Does Mailjet have an API like Resend does?
- Yes, Mailjet includes API access on its plans, but its product is built around a visual campaign editor first. Resend is the opposite: an API built for developers first, with broadcasts as a newer addition rather than the core product.
- Which one suits a non-technical marketer better?
- Mailjet, clearly, with its drag-drop editor and collaborative editing that lets more than one person work a template at once. Resend has no comparable visual campaign builder, since it assumes a developer is wiring things up through code.
- Which is cheaper at the first paid tier?
- Mailjet, at $9 a month for 8,000 emails against Resend's Pro plan at $20 a month. Resend's overage rate beyond its allowance is $0.90 per thousand emails, which is worth comparing directly if your volume regularly exceeds either free tier.
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