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Mailgun vs Mixpanel

Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Mailgun and Mixpanel, verified . Mailgun is primarily transactional email; Mixpanel is primarily analytics.

Mailgun

Starting price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
30 days
Plans
5
Full Mailgun profile →

Mixpanel

Starting price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
·
Plans
3
Full Mixpanel profile →

Plans side by side

Every published plan from each vendor, with the headline monthly anchor price. Some prices scale with subscriber count or seats; full detail lives on each tool's page.

Mailgun

  • Free

    Hobby tier capped at 100 emails per day

    Free
  • Basic

    Entry paid tier with 10,000 emails/month included

    $15/mo
  • Foundation

    50,000 emails/month with template builder and full inbound routing

    $35/mo
  • Scale

    100,000 emails/month with SAML SSO, dedicated IP, and live support

    $90/mo
  • Enterprise

    Custom contracting for high-volume senders

    Custom

Mixpanel

  • Free

    1M events/mo, free forever

    Free
  • Growth

    Pay-as-you-go, starts free

    $0/mo
  • Enterprise

    Custom contract, unlimited events

    Custom

When Mailgun wins

  • Developers integrating receipts, notifications, and password-reset emails
  • Teams already on a marketing ESP that need a separate transactional channel
  • High-volume B2B applications with strict deliverability requirements

Where Mailgun is the wrong fit

  • Marketing teams seeking campaign tooling (use Mailchimp or Kit)
  • Creators sending newsletters (use Kit or beehiiv)
  • Free-tier hobbyists with low total volume but spiky daily-cap-bumping use cases

When Mixpanel wins

  • SaaS product teams shipping behavior-triggered features
  • Growth teams running funnel and retention analyses
  • Mid-market companies past PostHog's free comfort zone

Where Mixpanel is the wrong fit

  • Marketing-only teams (use GA4)
  • Cost-conscious early startups (PostHog free tier is bigger)
  • Buyers who want analytics, flags, and replay in one bill (use PostHog)

Common questions

Is Mailgun cheaper than Mixpanel?
Both Mailgun and Mixpanel have free or custom entry pricing, so a direct entry-tier price comparison is not meaningful.
Does Mailgun or Mixpanel have a free plan?
Both have free plans. Mailgun: Hobby tier capped at 100 emails per day. Mixpanel: 1M events/mo, free forever.

Mailgun: https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/ · Mixpanel: https://mixpanel.com/pricing

Last verified . Pricing changes between refreshes; confirm at the vendor before purchasing.