Mailgun vs Mailjet
A source-aware comparison of pricing, documented capabilities and workflow fit.
Short answer
- Price: not directly comparable — Mailgun is pricing not verified, Mailjet is pricing not verified.
- How to start: both are pricing not verified.
- Where they differ: on what we checked they match — both offer public api.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. How we score tools.
What Mailgun is
Mailgun is a developer-focused email API for sending, receiving and tracking mail at volume. Inbound routing and detailed logs make it a good fit when email is a data source and not just an output. The interface assumes a developer; marketing teams will not be composing anything here. Logs are the reason support tickets get resolved quickly.
What Mailjet is
Mailjet handles transactional and marketing email with a collaborative template editor and European data hosting. European hosting and a template editor several people can work in at once make it unusual among developer-first senders. Raw scale features are a step behind the largest providers. The trade is scale, not usability.
Side by side
What Mailgun is built to do
- Sending API
- Delivers mail programmatically with per-domain configuration.
- Inbound routing
- Parses received mail into webhooks for the application.
- Detailed logs
- Retains searchable delivery logs for debugging.
What Mailjet is built to do
- Collaborative templates
- Lets several people edit the same email template.
- EU data hosting
- Processes and stores sending data within the EU.
- Transactional and marketing sends
- Runs both message types from one account and API.
Choose Mailgun if
- Applications sending transactional email programmatically.
Choose Mailjet if
- European teams needing both marketing and transactional email.
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Mailgun: pros & cons
- Strong API and inbound routing
- Detailed logs and analytics
- Scales to high volume
- Support tiers cost extra
- Deliverability depends on IP setup
- Interface is developer-oriented
Mailjet: pros & cons
- Real-time collaboration on templates
- EU data residency option
- Transactional and marketing together
- Deliverability trails specialist providers
- Interface can be slow
- Advanced features on higher tiers
Our verdict on Mailgun
A solid technical choice. Budget for a dedicated IP if volume matters.
Our verdict on Mailjet
The EU hosting and template collaboration are the reasons to pick it.