Mailgun vs Mandrill comparison

Mailgun Technologies and Intuit are both solutions in the Cloud Email category. Mailgun Technologies is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0, while Intuit is ranked #10. Mailgun Technologies holds a 6.6% mindshare in CE, compared to Intuit’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Mailgun Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Intuit users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Mailgun and Mandrill based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Email solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Mailgun vs. Mandrill Report (Updated: March 2026).

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Categories and Ranking

Mailgun

Ranking in Cloud Email

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mandrill

Ranking in Cloud Email

10th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Mailgun is 6.6%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mandrill is 3.1%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Mailgun	6.6%
Mandrill	3.1%
Other	90.3%

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Christopher Justice

Vice President of Operations at BL.INK

Reliable, easy to set up, and offers good email-sending capabilities

We use the solution for high-volume email sending for event management. Simple and perfect for what we need. It has helped us with email deliverability. The email-sending capabilities are great. It's a very easy product to set up. The solution is stable. It is scalable. The solution needs…

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it_user229338

Director with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's very straightforward to set up, but you have to be technical to do it.

The HTML templating functionality was the most important feature/reason for us to move to their service. A must in today’s customer contact environment, but the out of the box analytics have also been very valuable. In a customer service environment, it is imperative to know that the customer is receiving the message, and in a timely manner.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I haven't been required to pay yet because they give me 10k free emails per month, so for medium emails, it's the best choice."

"Mailgun is cheap, secure, fast, and simple."

"It's a very easy product to set up."

"The superior customer service we can now offer our clients is a differentiator when it comes to client retention and winning new business."

"Being able to track open and click rates, so we can adjust email content appropriately."

Cons

"Preview of email as sent - currently, the preview is an image."

"The solution needs better templating and email validation."

"Mailgun doesn't have this."

"It was on the slow side."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay $80 a month to use the solution."

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Overview

Powerful APIs that enable you to send, receive and track email effortlessly.

Mailgun Technologies

Mandrill is a reliable, scalable, and secure delivery API for transactional emails from websites and applications. It's ideal for sending data-driven transactional emails, including targeted e-commerce and personalized one-to-one messages.

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Sample Customers

Stripe. GitHub, Heroku

SoundCloud, Envato, Trello

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