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Resend

Developer-first email API

Free plan availableEmail MarketingSince 2023
from $20/moVisit resend.com

What Resend is

Modern transactional email API with React-based templates, a clean dashboard and SDKs for most stacks. Built by former Vercel engineers.

Resend's Pro plan has read $20 a month on every one of the 9 times we have checked this page, from May 2023 to Aug 2026, counting archived copies of it. It has not moved while we have been looking. See the earliest reading

Price held · 3 years

Resend Pro has cost $20/mo since May 2023.

9 readings of its own pricing page agree, starting from the May 2023 capture. How the award works

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Resend alternatives

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Where Resend sits on price

Entry prices across Email Marketing, cheapest first.

What Email Marketing costsEntry price a month, cheapest first

8 of these 12 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 7 verified prices in Email Marketing. Showing the 10 cheapest.

Resend pricing questions

How much does Resend cost?
Resend starts at $20 a month on its Pro plan, billed monthly. That figure was read from resend.com's own pricing page on 6 September 2026.
Does Resend have a free plan?
Yes. Resend publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
What is Resend used for?
Modern transactional email API with React-based templates, a clean dashboard and SDKs for most stacks. Built by former Vercel engineers. People mainly use it to send transactional email, send email from code.
What are the best alternatives to Resend?
The closest alternatives in the same category are Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Kit, ActiveCampaign. Mailchimp starts lower at $13 a month; ActiveCampaign starts lower at $15 a month. Klaviyo, Mailchimp and Kit publish a free plan.