Escape Mailgun's per-email pricing
Mailgun invented the developer email API: and monetized every message you send. CeyMail gives you the same SMTP + REST + inbound routing on a VPS you control, at a flat monthly cost regardless of volume.
What you pay per year.
A visual of the annual math on the plans compared below. CeyMail is a flat license - Mailgun bills by the volume, seat or dedicated IP.
Five reasons to pick CeyMail over Mailgun.
No per-email overage charges, ever
Full inbound + IMAP mailboxes
Bring your own IP or route through any relay
Prometheus metrics, not proprietary dashboards
REST API included on Business
CeyMail vs Mailgun, side by side.
Mailgun built the category. It also built the pricing model that punishes you for growing. CeyMail gives you SMTP relay, inbound handling, webhooks, and a REST API on a flat annual license running on your own hardware. No shared IP pools, no overage invoices, no vendor lock-in.
| Capability | CeyMail | Mailgun |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Cost at 50k emails/mo | $49 | $35 |
| Cost at 250k emails/mo | $49 | $95 |
| Cost at 1M emails/mo | $99 | $375 |
| Inbound cost | Included | Included |
| Capabilities | ||
| Transactional SMTP + REST | ||
| Full IMAP mailboxes | ||
| Inbound routing / parsing | ||
| AI spam screening | ||
| Self-heal service recovery | ||
| White-label / MSP | Enterprise | |
Switching takes an afternoon.
- 1
Point your app at the SMTP submission port (587) with a mailbox credential. Same port, same protocol.
- 2
Update DNS per domain. CeyMail auto-generates and verifies SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records from the dashboard.
- 3
Replace the SDK import. CeyMail uses identical method signatures to the API you are already on.
The math.
- Cost at 50k emails/mo: $35
- Cost at 250k emails/mo: $95
- Cost at 1M emails/mo: $375
- Inbound cost: Included
- Transactional SMTP + REST
- Inbound routing / parsing
- Cost at 50k emails/mo: $49
- Cost at 250k emails/mo: $49
- Cost at 1M emails/mo: $99
- Inbound cost: Included
- Transactional SMTP + REST
- Full IMAP mailboxes
- Inbound routing / parsing
- AI spam screening
- Self-heal service recovery
- White-label / MSP: Enterprise
Questions about moving from Mailgun.
Is Mailgun cheaper for very low volume?+
At tiny volumes (a few thousand emails per month) Mailgun's free tier and low-volume pricing wins on absolute cost. CeyMail wins when you want full mailboxes, no per-email meter, or predictable pricing at scale.
Can I still use Mailgun as a relay in front of CeyMail?+
Yes. CeyMail's SMTP relay integration works with Mailgun, SendGrid, Amazon SES, Postmark and any custom SMTP. Use it as an IP warm-up strategy or a failover path.