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Resend vs Postmark for app emails

Resend's free plan covers far more email than Postmark's, so it costs less early on. Once you need a paid plan, Postmark's Basic plan is cheaper.

Priced from vendor pages
Prices checked
16 Oct 2026
Exchange rate
1 USD = £0.7489
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How we check

The answer

Around 100 users, Resend is free and Postmark costs £11.23. Around 1,000 users, Postmark Basic (£11.23) undercuts Resend Pro (£14.98).

Which transactional email service costs less as your app grows?

Resend

Free (3,000/mo, 100/day) or Pro $20/mo

  • Early apps: the free plan covers 3,000 emails a month.

The free plan caps you at 100 emails a day as well as 3,000 a month.

~100 users, about 400 emails a month Free~1,000 users, about 4,000 emails a month £14.98

Postmark

Free (100/mo) or Basic $15/mo for 10,000/mo

  • Basic costs less than Resend Pro once you outgrow the free plans.

The free plan is only 100 emails a month with no overages, so most live apps need Basic.

~100 users, about 400 emails a month £11.23~1,000 users, about 4,000 emails a month £11.23
~100 users, about 400 emails a monthFree
~100 users, about 400 emails a month£11.23
~1,000 users, about 4,000 emails a month£14.98
~1,000 users, about 4,000 emails a month£11.23

Monthly cost in pounds, from each vendor's pricing page. Lowest figures compared at the email volumes shown.

How we worked it out

  • Emails assume about 4 per user a month, as in our SaaS build.
  • Resend Pro $20 × 0.7489 = £14.98; Postmark Basic $15 × 0.7489 = £11.23.

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