Mektup vs Mailgun

Mailgun sends at scale and handles incoming mail with routes that forward or post messages to your code. Mektup sends from your domain and stores incoming mail in real mailboxes, each with its own webhook, that people can also open in webmail or a mail app.

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Updated 23 October 2026

Features

	Mektup	Mailgun
Send by API and SMTP	Yes	Yes
Incoming mail	A mailbox per address, webhook, REST API, IMAP	Routes that forward or post to your URL
Webmail and mail apps	Yes	No
Email validation, dedicated IPs	No	Yes
Free plan	No	100 emails a day, 1 domain

Price

Emails a month	Mektup	Mailgun
10,000	$20	$15 (Basic, 5 inbound routes)
50,000	$20	$35 (Foundation)
100,000	Enterprise	$90 (Scale)

From each company's pricing page on 23 October 2026.

When to choose which

Mailgun for high volumes, list validation and dedicated IPs. Mektup when incoming mail should land in mailboxes that agents, code and people share, and you want 50,000 sends and 25 domains for $20.

Questions

Does Mailgun receive email?

Yes, through inbound routes that match incoming mail and forward or post it to your endpoint. From Mailgun's pricing page on 23 October 2026: 1 route on Free, 5 on Basic, full inbound routing from Foundation ($35 a month).

Is Mektup a Mailgun alternative?

For sending plus receiving into mailboxes, yes. Mektup has no route rules: each address is a real mailbox with its own webhook, readable by API, IMAP and webmail.

What does 50,000 emails a month cost?

Mektup Starter: $20. Mailgun Foundation: $35.

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Starter is $20 a month. Agencies get a quote for every client domain on one account.