Consider it for
Developers building product notifications, receipts and account emails with delivery events handled in code.
Email · Written evaluation
Resend
Developer email infrastructure for transactional sending, receiving and delivery event handling.
Plan at a glance
Plans & sources ↓- Starting plan
- Free · Free /month
- Includes
- See the plan limits below.
Limits & source scope
Transactional sending and receiving share the allowance; marketing contacts and optional add-ons are separate, and Free has a daily cap.
Selected source read 2026-10-09Official sources read 9 October 2026. The evaluation below is editorial judgement based on documentation; no hands-on product test was performed.
Shared inboxes: a separate limit to check
Resend’s self-serve plans include three inboxes. Their incoming and outgoing mail uses the transactional quota; marketing contacts remain separate. Free cannot add a fourth inbox. Read the announcement and allowance boundaries.
Selected documentation checked 30 October 2026. No live email or agent test; earlier prices below keep their original dates.
Research scope & testing evidence
Our evaluation
Resend is a focused choice for application email when a developer wants sending and event handling in the same workflow. The useful unit of evaluation is a complete notification lifecycle, not a successful API response: the application needs to react when an address bounces or its webhook endpoint misses an event. Transactional and marketing pricing are separate, so an attractive sending allowance should not be used to estimate a newsletter business. The free daily limit also matters more than the monthly total for a burst of new signups. Receiving email consumes the transactional allowance too. For a small product, good domain authentication, webhook verification and recoverable processing will matter more than buying a larger quota. Documentation alone cannot establish inbox placement for your audience.
Fit and limits
Fit and limits
Check before committing
Transactional sending and receiving share the allowance; marketing contacts and optional add-ons are separate, and Free has a daily cap.
What the documentation confirms
What the documentation confirms
- Send transactional messages through an API or SMTP.
- Receive delivery, bounce and other email events through webhooks.
- Observe and replay webhooks through the dashboard or API.
- resend.com · Official documentation ↗
- resend.com · Official documentation ↗
- resend.com · Official documentation ↗
Selected official documents read 9 October 2026. Access can depend on plan, region and account.
Price and billing scope
Pricing checked
Official pricing ↗USD · Source read
Transactional sending and receiving email plans; marketing email prices are separate.
- FreeFree /month
3,000 emails/month, 100/day and 3 domains.
- Pro$20 /month
50,000 emails/month and 10 domains; extra emails $0.90/1,000.
- Scale$90 /month
100,000 emails/month and 1,000 domains; extra emails $0.90/1,000.
- EnterpriseContact sales
Custom volume and contract.
Automation runs, dedicated IPs, domains and other add-ons can cost extra.
Recorded editorial criteria
Recorded editorial criteria
These are the previously recorded editorial opinions used in the directory. They have no individually recorded assessment date and were not rescored during this documentation refresh. They are not product-test results.
| Functionality | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Pricing value | 9/10 |
| Ease of use | 9/10 |
| Reliability | 8/10 |
| Founder fit | 9/10 |
Try one complete task
Send a staging signup confirmation to controlled addresses, verify the webhook signature, record delivery and bounce events, then replay an event without creating a duplicate notification.
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Edited by Clinton Feyisitan · Evidence policy · Suggest a correction