Comparison
tinysend vs Mailgun
Mailgun is a solid transactional email API with excellent deliverability — but it's transactional-only, and log retention is painfully short on lower-tier plans. tinysend gives you everything Mailgun does for transactional email, plus full automation sequences, contact management, and the ability to bring your own sending key. One platform, usage-based pricing, no arbitrary log cutoffs.
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Logs that don't disappear
Mailgun's free and Flex plans only keep logs for 1–3 days. tinysend retains your full email history so you can debug deliverability issues days or weeks later — not just in a 24-hour window.
Sequences included
Mailgun is transactional-only. There's no drip campaign engine, no contact management, no lifecycle automation. tinysend handles all of it — define sequences as code and trigger them via API.
Use your own sending key
tinysend's BYOK lets you keep sending through your existing Mailgun, SES, or Postmark account. Preserve your sender reputation and avoid double-paying for infrastructure.
Feature comparison
Transactional delivery API vs full email automation platform
| Feature | tinysend | Mailgun |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ||
| Email sequences / drip campaigns | ||
| Contact management | ||
| Audience segmentation | ||
| Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) | ||
| Sequences as code (CLI) | ||
| Usage-based pricing | ||
| Webhooks | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Agent-native (AI automation) | ||
| Long-term log retention | ||
| Templates with variables |
Pricing comparison
At 50K emails/month and 25K contacts
tinysendper month
- Usage-based — pay for what you use
- BYOK — use your own sending provider
- Free tier included
per month
- Transactional only — no automation, sequences, or contact management
- Logs limited to 1 day on Flex, 30 days only on Growth+ plans
- Need a separate tool for drip campaigns (+$49-100/mo)
- No BYOK — locked into Mailgun/Sinch infrastructure
Who should use tinysend?
Developers who use Mailgun today but are tired of 1-day log retention on lower plans.
Teams who want transactional email AND lifecycle automation without two separate tools.
AI agent builders who need reliable email delivery with full programmatic API access.
Companies who want to keep their existing Mailgun account but add sequences on top with BYOK.
Startups scaling to high email volume who want predictable usage-based billing.
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