Resend Alternative

A better Resend alternative for developers

Built for developers who want an all-in-one email platform that is easier to use, flexible enough to scale, and easier on the wallet. Switch to Maileroo and save up to 60% on your monthly email costs compared to Resend.

Special Offer: Get 50% off your first 3 months on any paid plan with code THR33!

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Maileroo Metrics
More than a developer-friendly API. Maileroo includes free dedicated IPs, suppression management, and analytics that go beyond basic delivery.
100M+
Emails Sent Monthly
1,000+
Happy Customers
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Why Make the Switch

Why developers switch from Resend to Maileroo

Tired of email platforms that feel like a pretty wrapper around AWS SES? Maileroo is built by people who live and breathe email. We run our own infrastructure, keep setup clear, and give you hands-on support whenever you need it. Created by developers for developers, Maileroo makes integration feel straightforward.

Predictable, Transparent Pricing

Plans start at $10 a month. We hold that price by running our own hardware instead of reselling AWS, so there is no middleman markup as your volume climbs.

Dedicated IP Addresses at No Extra Cost

Pass 250,000 emails a month and a dedicated IP is included, not upsold. Your reputation stays out of the shared pool and inbox placement holds steady.

Real-Time Event Logging

Deliveries, opens, clicks, and bounces land in the log the moment they happen, searchable for 14 days. When something breaks, the event trail shows you why.

Integration in Under Five Minutes

Drop in the SMTP credentials or call the API. Most apps send a first email in about five minutes, and the docs assume you have a backlog, not a free afternoon.

Unified Email Platform

SMTP relay, REST API, inbound routing, webhooks, analytics, testing tools and suppression management live in one dashboard. You get a single view of every email without stitching separate tools together.

Granular Access Controls

Restrict SMTP access by IP or domain and scope each credential to what it needs. You can even control what access your team-members have inside your sending environments too. The controls are built in, so tightening security never means a migration.

Visibility and Support

When Email Breaks, You Reach an Engineer

Pricing starts at $10 a month and stays flat as volume grows. Support is staffed by engineers who have shipped production email and read your logs before they reply.

Bootstrapped and Independent by Design

Resend is backed by venture funding, known in the community for its React Email and its user-friendly dashboard. It is a genuinely strong product wrapped behind the AWS SES infrastructure for sending that gives it a trusting position in the industry.

Maileroo is a completely bootstrapped startup, founded and operated by Patrick Yammouni and Areeb Majeed. Both come from development backgrounds and have built the infrastructure, product, and support system from the ground up with every feature you see shipped because a customer asked for it, not because it fit a roadmap set by outside investors.

That difference shows up in two concrete places of where your data lives, and how fast you get a real answer when something breaks. Resend stores account data, metadata, and logs in the United States. Maileroo stores everything inside the European Union which matters if GDPR data residency is a requirement for your business, not just a preference.

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Real Engineers, Seven Days a Week

Resend's support window runs 1 PM to 12 AM GMT, Monday to Friday. Maileroo's runs 9 AM to 9 PM AEST, seven days a week, including weekends, when production issues don't wait for business hours.

We publish our actual response times because we track them: 33 minutes average first response by email, 12 minutes average on live chat, and 1.5 hours average to full resolution.

Every conversation, whether email or live chat, is handled by a technical engineer, not a first-line support rep reading from a script. When we're offline, Joey AI is trained specifically on email infrastructure and deliverability, so you're not stuck waiting until morning for a routing or DNS question.

Maileroo has one of the largest catalogues of email testing tools that help you test nearly every aspect of your email delivery and infrastructure to ensure that you are getting the best out of your email system. When we say we support you in your emailing journey, we absolutely mean it.

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Migrating From Resend to Maileroo

At Maileroo, we promote an uptime SLA guarantee of 99.9% whilst Resend does not publish one alongside its status page. Whilst we both have our server uptimes publically available, we also engineer our infrastructure around a redundant setup to ensure that your emails are delivered.

Resend has a larger catalog of community-maintained SDKs across more languages. Maileroo currently ships 6 official SDKs, with community-built libraries growing alongside them with fewer options today than Resend, but each one maintained directly by our own engineering team rather than the community alone.

Switching over from Resend to Maileroo can be done in 60 seconds if using SMTP credentials or in minutes if using our email API. We provide you with ready-to-paste code snippets that you can use to migrate once you have added and verified your domain with us.

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Feature Comparison

Resend vs Maileroo

Discover how Maileroo compares across pricing, developer experience, deliverability, integrations, analytics, and platform capabilities to help you choose the right solution.

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Features
Base Plan Pricing
$20.00
$10.00
Free Plan Daily Cap
100/day
None
Searchable Email Activity
30 Days
14 Days
SMTP Relay
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Email API
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
API Documentation
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Dedicated IP
$30/mo add-on
Included from 250k
Automated IP Warmup
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Own Sending Network
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
CSA Certified Sender
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Real-Time Analytics
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Per Country Statistics
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Bounce Classification
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Blacklist Monitoring
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Suppression Management
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Webhooks
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Inbound Email Routing
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Stream Isolation
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Email Campaigns / Newsletters
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Template Builder
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Bring Your Own HTML
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
SMTP Credential IP Restrictions
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
EU Data Residency
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Passkeys
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
SAML SSO
$150/mo add-on
Included
AI Support Assistant
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Live Chat Support
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
Technical Support
CheckmarkYes
CheckmarkYes
Nonprofit / OSS Discount
CheckmarkNo
50% off
Average Setup Time
~15 mins
~5 mins
Affiliate Program
CheckmarkNo
CheckmarkYes
WordPress Integration
CheckmarkYes
Simple SMTP by Maileroo
SMTP Snippets

Ready-to-Paste Code For Your Migration

Drop in SMTP credentials or use the API. These snippets get you sending from Resend to Maileroo in minutes after your domain is verified, with tested, ready-to-paste examples for Node.js, PHP, Laravel, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, and plain cURL.

1const nodemailer = require("nodemailer");
2 
3const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
4 host: "smtp.maileroo.com",
5 port: 587,
6 auth: {
7 user: "YOUR_SMTP_USERNAME",
8 pass: "YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD"
9 }
10});
11 
12transporter.sendMail({
13 from: "Maileroo <[email protected]>",
14 to: "A Test User <[email protected]>",
15 subject: "Hello from Maileroo",
16 text: "This is a test e-mail message."
17});
18 
Core Features

Everything You Need to Send, Track, and Optimize Your Emails

Send with confidence, track every message as it moves, and tune your performance. One platform, built developer-first. And deliverability? We fine-tune it obsessively behind the scenes, so your emails land where they should.

Email API request being sent through Maileroo

SMTP Relay & Email API

Two ways in. Drop our SMTP credentials into any app, or call the Email API directly. Both take minutes, both just work.

Real-time email delivery events and statuses

Real-Time Logging

Sent, delivered, opened, clicked: watch every event the moment it happens. When something breaks, the logs tell you why.

Maileroo delivery analytics chart

Statistics & Analytics

Open rates, click rates, bounces, complaints. The numbers you need to sharpen your sending, all in one dashboard.

Email events connected to an application webhook

Webhooks

Push bounces, opens, clicks, and deliveries straight into your application the instant they happen. Your app stays in sync without polling.

Branded email tracking link with SSL enabled

Branded Tracking Links

Put tracking links on your own domain. Better brand consistency, better deliverability. SSL is provisioned for you, and setup takes one click.

Inbound email routing rules connected to an inbox

Inbound Routing

Retire the no-reply address. Replies land in your inbox, routed by Maileroo, so real conversations can happen.

Flexible Pricing

Plans That Grow With You

Get 3,000 emails a month on us, with no daily cap. Paid plans start at $10. Upgrade only when your sending needs the room.

3,000 Emails
Perfect Match
SMTP Relay & Email API

Pick a plan based on how many emails you send each month. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime. No lock-in, no hidden fees.

Free Plan
Includes 2 domainsIncludes 2 domains
Outbound Emails
3,000/per month
Inbound Emails
1,000/per month
kangaroo
Reviews

Customer-Centric by Design

We're a small team, which means when you write in, you're talking to someone who works on the product. Startups, agencies, and growing businesses stay with Maileroo because the support is real, the pricing is honest, and the infrastructure holds up.

10K+
Active Users
4.9/5
Average Rating

"I love it as an SMTP service for transactional emails. The app is fast, easy to understand and fully featured, but not overwhelming, and email delivery is super fast and reliable. Just perfect! Every time I needed to request a feature or inquire about something with the team, they responded quickly and satisfactorily, both in their Discord channel and via email."

Aarón U
Aarón U
Ubuntu Productions
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"I have been a Maileroo customer for almost 2 years now and I am very satisfied: Sending emails is super fast and reliable. The support is great and fast (usually within 1 hour). The interface is functional yet easy to use. You pay much less at Maileroo than at other providers without compromising on quality. In short, a great company to work with as an agency!"

Olaf Lederer
Olaf Lederer
FinalWebsites.com
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"Using Maileroo for half a year now. Api and its documentation is simple, straightforward and just works. What truly makes the difference is the fast, personal support. Support is always quick to respond and to find a solution. Requests or suggestions are taken seriously and often translated into practical improvements. That level of personal involvement and service is rare and makes Maileroo a solution I can confidently recommend. Experience with mailgun, mailjet, sendgrid, resend and Maileroo takes the cake."

Franne Norman
Franne Norman
Zavala
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Success Stories

Case Studies

The deliverability problems that pushed these teams off their old provider, the work it took to migrate, and the numbers they're seeing on the other side.

UNO Home Loans

Enabling a modern mortgage broker to deliver secure transactional emails with dependable infrastructure and consistent performance nationwide every day.

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Vizou

Supporting a creative web studio with dependable email delivery and flexible infrastructure for cultural organizations across Canada.

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Visual Web

Helping a Melbourne digital agency improve email deliverability with reliable infrastructure and seamless WordPress integration for client projects of every size.

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FAQ

Questions? We've Got Answers

From deliverability and infrastructure to pricing and integrations, here's what developers ask us most before they send their first email.

Maileroo is an email delivery platform designed to help businesses send both transactional and marketing emails reliably and at scale. We provide a simple yet powerful API, SMTP integration, and a user-friendly dashboard that makes it easy to manage your email communication from a single place. With a focus on deliverability, security, and ease of use, Maileroo handles the complexities of email infrastructure so you can focus on your product. From startups to enterprises, Maileroo offers scalable plans and dedicated support to ensure your emails reach the inbox every time.

Maileroo supports both transactional and marketing emails. You can send transactional emails such as password resets, order confirmations, invoices, and notifications, as well as marketing emails to users who have explicitly opted in to receive them. Whether you're sending automated system emails or managing marketing campaigns, Maileroo provides the tools to automate all of your email communication from a single platform. If unsure about the type of email you're sending, you can always contact our support team for guidance.

Maileroo is built with deliverability at its core. We use strict account verification, continuous monitoring, intelligent automation, and proprietary abuse detection to protect our sending reputation and reduce spam. Combined with automatic suppression handling, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC support, and ongoing infrastructure maintenance, these safeguards give legitimate senders the best chance of reaching the inbox.

Maileroo's infrastructure is strategically hosted in Germany, Netherlands, Finland and France, providing exceptional performance, reliability, and security for customers worldwide. Our infrastructure is fully GDPR compliant, ensuring your data is handled in accordance with strict European data protection regulations. With enterprise-grade security and modern data centers, you can trust that your data is safe with us.

Maileroo provides support through live chat and email, with our team based in Australia to provide both general and technical assistance. Our team is available from 9 AM to 9 PM Melbourne time. Whether you need help with setup, configuration, integrations, or troubleshooting, our experienced team is available to help you get connected and running smoothly. We understand that email infrastructure is critical to your business, which is why providing fast, knowledgeable support is a key priority for us. Our team has the technical background to assist with complex setups and ensure you have the support you need when you need it.

All Maileroo plans include a monthly email quota. If you exceed your allocated quota, any additional emails will not be sent until your quota resets or your plan is upgraded. For paying users, we include a 12% buffer on your monthly quota, giving you extra flexibility in case of unexpected spikes in sending volume. In addition to monthly limits, we apply an hourly sending limits to accounts as a security measure to help protect our sending infrastructure and maintain deliverability. These limits can be easily increased through your dashboard by submitting a request, and our team can quickly review and adjust them to ensure your email sending is not impacted.

We accept credit card or debit card including Visa, Mastercard and American Express, along with PayPal and cryptocurrency payments.

Yes, Maileroo is built to support businesses of all sizes, from startups and small teams to agencies and large enterprises. We offer scalable plans starting from a free 3,000 emails per month option through to custom solutions designed for businesses sending millions of emails and beyond. Our infrastructure is built to scale with your growth, providing reliable email delivery, flexible sending capacity, and the tools needed to power email communication for businesses of all sizes.

Yes. Non-profits and open-source projects get 50% off every Maileroo plan. Get in touch with a short note about what you're building and we'll set it up. No lengthy application, no annual commitment.

Ready to Move Your Email to Maileroo?
Migrating is usually the part people dread. It shouldn't be: add the DNS records, change the credentials in your app, and send. Our team is around if you want a second pair of eyes on the setup.