# Fromly vs Mailgun

Mailgun is sending infrastructure for developers: a fast API and SMTP relay, validation, inbound routing and dedicated IPs, cheaper than Fromly from 50,000 emails a month. Fromly is the marketing layer for a SaaS: campaigns, automations and a transactional API, fed by your Supabase users and Stripe billing, with no code to write for the audience.

Web page: https://fromly.io/compare/fromly-vs-mailgun

## At a glance

| | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Best for | SaaS teams on Supabase and Stripe who want emails driven by product data. | Engineering teams sending large volumes of transactional email. |
| Pricing | Your first 1,000 emails are free. After that, every email costs $0.001, prepaid. Unlimited contacts. | Plans by volume, 100 emails a day free |
| Starts at | Free, then $0.001 per email | $15/mo for 10,000 emails |

## Price per month

| Emails per month | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1,000 | $1 | $0 |
| 10,000 | $10 | $15 |
| 50,000 | $50 | $35 |
| 100,000 | $100 | $90 |
| 500,000 | $500 | Not offered |

- Free: 100 emails a day, one sending domain and one user.
- Basic is $15 a month for 10,000 emails, Foundation $35 for 50,000 and Scale $90 for 100,000. Foundation and Scale are free for the first month.
- Extra emails cost from $1.80 per 1,000 on Basic, $1.30 on Foundation and $1.10 on Scale. The page gives no firm price for 500,000 emails: on Scale it would be at least $530, and larger volumes go through sales.
- Dedicated IPs: one included from 100,000 emails, otherwise $59 per IP per month. Email validation is billed separately.

## Features

### Pricing

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Billed on emails sent, not contacts | Yes ($0.001 per email on the paid plan.) | Yes (Plans by monthly email volume, with overage.) |
| Unlimited contacts | Yes | Not stated |
| Free plan | Partly (1,000 free emails at sign-up, no credit card.) | Yes (100 emails a day.) |

### Sending

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Campaigns to a filtered audience | Yes (Filter by tags, plan, MRR or custom properties.) | Partly (Mailing lists through the API; the page says there is no send button.) |
| Scheduled and spread-out sends | Yes | Yes (Send time optimization on Scale.) |
| A/B testing | No | Not stated |
| Transactional email API | Yes (Templates with variables and idempotency keys.) | Yes (API and SMTP relay.) |
| Attachments | No | Not stated |

### Automations

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Visual automation builder | Yes | Not stated |
| Triggered by product and billing events | Yes (Sign-ups, Stripe events, tags and custom events from the API.) | Not stated |
| Conditions and branches | Yes | Not stated |
| Wait until an event happens | No | Not stated |

### Data and integrations

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Supabase | Yes (Connected in one click: new sign-ups arrive in real time, plus an hourly sync.) | Not stated |
| Stripe | Yes (MRR, plan and lifecycle on every contact, as tags you can target.) | Not stated |
| Other billing tools (Paddle, Lemon Squeezy…) | No | Not stated |
| Zapier or n8n | No | Not stated |
| CSV import | Yes | Not stated |
| Signup forms and landing pages | No | Not stated |

### Developers

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| REST API | Yes (Scoped API keys for contacts, events, emails, campaigns and flows.) | Yes |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes | Not stated |
| Official SDK | Partly (Built, not yet published on npm.) | Yes |
| Outgoing webhooks | No | Yes |

### Deliverability

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Your own domain with SPF, DKIM and DMARC | Yes | Yes (SPF, DKIM, DMARC and BIMI. One domain on Free and Basic, 1,000 from Foundation.) |
| One-click unsubscribe (Gmail and Yahoo rules) | Yes | Not stated |
| Campaigns pause on high bounce rates | Yes | Not stated |
| Reputation kept apart from other customers | Yes (Each workspace sends under its own reputation.) | Partly (Shared IPs by default; dedicated IPs and subaccounts available.) |
| Dedicated IP | No | Yes (Included from 100,000 emails, or $59 per IP per month.) |

### Analytics and team

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Opens, clicks and bounces per contact | Yes | Yes (Opens, clicks and bounce classification.) |
| Revenue attribution | No | Not stated |
| Team members | Partly (Roles exist; inviting teammates is coming.) | Yes (Unlimited users from Foundation; one user on Free.) |

### Other channels

| Feature | Fromly | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SMS | No | Not stated |
| Shared inbox for replies | No | Not stated |

## Choose Mailgun if

- You only need to send email from code, at high volume
- You want dedicated IPs, US or EU data hosting and an uptime SLA
- You need email validation or inbound routing for replies
- You send 50,000 emails a month or more and want the lower price

## Choose Fromly if

- You want campaigns and automations built in, not only an API
- Your users live in Supabase and you want sign-ups to arrive without code
- You want Stripe MRR, plan and lifecycle on every contact, ready to target
- You send under 50,000 emails a month: 10,000 cost $10 on Fromly against $15 on Mailgun

## Switching from Mailgun to Fromly

1. Export your suppressions and unsubscribes from Mailgun so they stay respected.
2. Import your contacts in Fromly from a CSV, or connect Supabase to bring in your users.
3. Connect Stripe so plans and billing changes appear on every contact.
4. Verify your sending domain in Fromly (SPF, DKIM and DMARC).
5. Point your transactional calls at the Fromly API and rebuild recurring sends as automations.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Fromly cheaper than Mailgun?

Only at low volume. 10,000 emails cost $10 on Fromly against $15 on Mailgun Basic. From 50,000 emails Mailgun is cheaper: $35 against $50, and $90 against $100 at 100,000.

### Can Mailgun send marketing campaigns?

Mailgun supports mailing lists through its API, but its pricing page says there is no send button: campaigns are built in your own code or another tool. Fromly has campaigns and automations in its app.

### Does Fromly offer dedicated IPs like Mailgun?

No. Fromly has no dedicated IPs. Each workspace sends under its own reputation, and campaigns pause on high bounce rates. Mailgun includes a dedicated IP from 100,000 emails a month or sells one for $59 a month.

### Can I use Mailgun and Fromly together?

Yes. Some teams keep Mailgun for high-volume system email and use Fromly for campaigns, automations and lifecycle email driven by Supabase and Stripe.

### Which free plan is bigger?

Mailgun allows 100 emails a day, which can add up to about 3,000 a month. Fromly offers 1,000 emails once at sign-up, with no daily cap, then charges $0.001 per email.

## Sources

Mailgun information checked on 2026-10-10, from: [Pricing](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/), [Home](https://www.mailgun.com). Fromly's information comes from its own product.