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Mailgun vs Triple Whale

Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Mailgun and Triple Whale, verified . Mailgun is primarily transactional email; Triple Whale is primarily marketing attribution.

Mailgun

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

Triple Whale

Starting price
$107.50/mo
Free plan
No
Free trial
·
Plans
3
Full Triple Whale 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

Triple Whale

  • Growth

    Standard attribution and core analytics boards

    $107.50/mo
  • Pro

    Most popular: full attribution + CDP

    $279/mo
  • Enterprise+

    Warehouse syncing and dedicated implementation

    Custom

Limits at the entry paid tier

Compares Basic (Mailgun) against Growth (Triple Whale). Both are the lowest-priced non-free, non-custom plan on each side.

Limit Mailgun Triple Whale
Emails / month 10,000 ·

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 Triple Whale wins

  • Shopify stores doing $1M+ GMV running paid social and Google Ads with attribution questions
  • E-commerce ops teams needing multi-touch plus LTV and RFM in one tool
  • Data-conscious stores wanting warehouse-grade syncing

Where Triple Whale is the wrong fit

  • B2B marketers (use Customer.io or HubSpot for attribution)
  • Shopify stores under $500k GMV where cost outweighs incremental insight
  • Brands not on Shopify, since Triple Whale's strongest integrations are Shopify-first

Common questions

Is Mailgun cheaper than Triple Whale?
At the entry tier, Mailgun starts at Free versus Triple Whale at $107.50/mo. Mailgun is cheaper at the entry. Pricing scales differently above that, so check the full plan grid.
Does Mailgun or Triple Whale have a free plan?
Only Mailgun has a permanent free plan. Triple Whale only offers a free trial.

Mailgun: https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/ · Triple Whale: https://www.triplewhale.com/pricing

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