Resend
The best way to reach humans instead of spam folders. Deliver transactional and marketing emails at scale. [1]
Resend is a developer-first REST email API for transactional, marketing, and inbound mail. It ships API-key auth, webhooks, idempotency keys, six SDKs, and an official MCP server, with multi-region sending across the US, EU, Brazil, and Japan. Pricing is published and self-serve, with a free tier of 3,000 emails/month and paid plans from $20. It carries SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and a published SLA. Used by Warner Bros, Gumroad, and Replit.
Scores
Pricing & procurement
- Pricing model
- Hybrid (base + usage) [2]
- Published pricing
- ✓ Yes [3]
- Free tier
- ✓ Yes [4]
- Free tier details
- $0/mo, 3,000 emails/month (100/day cap) [5]
- Self-serve signup
- ✓ Yes [6]
- Requires sales call
- ✗ No [7]
- Enterprise plan
- ✓ Yes [8]
| Plan | Item | Per | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 3,000 emails | month | $0 | source |
| Pro | 50,000 emails | month | $20 | source |
| Pro | 100,000 emails | month | $35 | source |
| Scale | 100,000 emails | month | $90 | source |
| Scale | 200,000 emails | month | $160 | source |
| Scale | 500,000 emails | month | $350 | source |
| Scale | 1,000,000 emails | month | $650 | source |
| Scale | 1,500,000 emails | month | $825 | source |
| Scale | 2,500,000 emails | month | $1150 | source |
| Pro | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.9 | source |
| Scale | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.9 | source |
| Scale | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.8 | source |
| Scale | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.7 | source |
| Scale | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.65 | source |
| Scale | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.52 | source |
| Scale | overage emails | 1,000 emails | $0.46 | source |
| Free | 1,000 contacts | month | $0 | source |
| Pro marketing | 5,000 contacts | month | $40 | source |
| Pro marketing | 10,000 contacts | month | $80 | source |
| Pro marketing | 15,000 contacts | month | $120 | source |
| Pro marketing | 25,000 contacts | month | $180 | source |
| Pro marketing | 50,000 contacts | month | $250 | source |
| Pro marketing | 100,000 contacts | month | $450 | source |
| Pro marketing | 150,000 contacts | month | $650 | source |
| automation runs | run | $0.0015 | source | |
| Scale | Dedicated IP | month | $30 | source |
Capabilities
- Supported actions
- send_email, get_email, list_emails, batch_send_emails, cancel_email, update_email, create_domain, get_domain, update_domain, delete_domain, list_domains, verify_domain, create_audience, get_audience, list_audiences, delete_audience, create_contact, get_contact, update_contact, delete_contact, list_contacts, create_api_key, list_api_keys, delete_api_key, create_broadcast, get_broadcast, send_broadcast, list_broadcasts, delete_broadcast [9]
- Regions
- US (us-east-1), EU - Ireland (eu-west-1), Brazil - São Paulo (sa-east-1), Japan - Tokyo (ap-northeast-1) [10]
- Input types
- JSON, HTML, plain text, base64 [11]
- Output types
- JSON [12]
- Webhooks
- ✓ Yes [13]
- Sandbox / test mode
- ✗ No [14]
- SDK languages
- Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java [15]
- MCP server
- ✓ Yes [16]
Trust & compliance
- SOC 2
- SOC 2 Type II [17]
- HIPAA
- ✗ No [18]
- GDPR
- ✓ Yes [19]
- ISO 27001
- ✗ No [20]
- PCI DSS
- ✗ No [21]
- Published SLA
- ✓ Yes [22]
- Rate limits
- 5 requests per second per team [23]
- Known restrictions
- The default maximum rate limit is 5 requests per second per team, 100 emails/day on the free plan, Both sent and received emails count towards these quotas, All account data, including email metadata, logs, and API records, is stored in the United States regardless of the sending region you select, Max 50 recipient addresses per email, Max 40MB per email after Base64 encoding for attachments, Free plan has no overage capability [24]
Developer surface
Integration
- API style
- rest
- Base URL
- https://api.resend.com
- Versioning
- none
- Stability
- ga
- Auth methods
- api_key
- Idempotency keys
- ✓ Yes
- Error format
- vendor-specific
- Webhook signing
- hmac_sha256
- Rate limit
- 5 / second
Adoption & maturity
- Launched
- 2023-01-01
- Notable customers
- Warner Bros, Gumroad, Tailwind, Replit, eBay, Max, A24 Films, Valentino, Mintlify, Raycast, Turso, Liveblocks, MrBeast, Nuxt, Payload Cloud, Firecrawl, Anghami, Inngest
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References
- ↑Description: resend.com
- ↑Pricing model: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Published pricing: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Free tier: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Free tier details: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Self-serve signup: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Requires sales call: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Enterprise plan: resend.com
- ↑Supported actions: resend.com · resend.com · resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Regions: resend.com · resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Input types: resend.com
- ↑Output types: resend.com
- ↑Webhooks: resend.com
- ↑Sandbox: resend.com
- ↑SDK languages: github.com · resend.com
- ↑MCP server: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑SOC 2: resend.com
- ↑HIPAA: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑GDPR: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑ISO 27001: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑PCI DSS: resend.com
- ↑Published SLA: resend.com
- ↑Rate limits: resend.com · resend.com
- ↑Known restrictions: resend.com · resend.com · resend.com
Change history
- 2026-06-08 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://resend.com/llms.txt
- 2026-06-08 Changelog URL: (none) → https://resend.com/changelog
- 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://resend.com/docs
- 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
- 2026-06-08 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.resend.com
- 2026-06-08 Openapi Spec URL: (none) → https://resend.com/openapi.json
- 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
- 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java → Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java
- 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → Resend is a developer-first REST email API for transactional, marketing, and in…
- 2026-06-07 Github Stars At: (none) → 2026-06-07T17:39:16.991Z
- 2026-06-07 Github Stars: (none) → 913
- 2026-06-07 PCI DSS: (none) → No
- 2026-06-07 Rate Limit Requests: (none) → 5
- 2026-06-07 Rate Limit Window: (none) → second
- 2026-06-07 Known Restrictions: The default maximum rate limit is 5 requests per second per team. This limit ap… → The default maximum rate limit is 5 requests per second per team, 100 emails/da…
- 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: (none) → api_key
- 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: (none) → https://resend.com/docs/api-reference/introduction
- 2026-06-07 Base URL: (none) → https://api.resend.com
- 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: (none) → none
- 2026-06-07 Stability: (none) → ga
- 2026-06-07 MCP URL: (none) → https://resend.com/docs/mcp-server
- 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: (none) → https://resend.com/docs/send-with-nodejs
- 2026-06-07 Idempotency Supported: (none) → Yes
- 2026-06-07 Error Format: (none) → vendor-specific
- 2026-06-07 Webhook Signing: (none) → hmac_sha256
- 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: (none) → Yes
- 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: (none) → 20
- 2026-06-07 Price Basis: (none) → 1,000 emails
- 2026-06-07 Free Tier Limit: (none) → 3,000 emails/month
- 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: (none) → Warner Bros, Gumroad, Tailwind, Replit, eBay, Max, A24 Films, Valentino, Mintli…
- 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: (none) → ga_date
- 2026-06-07 Webhook Events URL: (none) → https://resend.com/docs/webhooks/introduction
- 2026-06-07 Supported Regions: US East (North Virginia / us-east-1), EU West (Ireland / eu-west-1), SA East (S… → US (us-east-1), EU - Ireland (eu-west-1), Brazil - São Paulo (sa-east-1), Japan…
- 2026-06-07 Vendor Description: Resend is the email API for developers → The best way to reach humans instead of spam folders. Deliver transactional and…
- 2026-06-07 Primary Use Cases: transactional email, marketing email → transactional email, marketing email, inbound email
- 2026-06-07 Supported Actions: send_email, send_batch_emails, list_emails, retrieve_email, update_email, cance… → send_email, get_email, list_emails, batch_send_emails, cancel_email, update_ema…
- 2026-06-07 Input Types: JSON, HTML, plain text, base64-encoded attachments, remote file URLs → JSON, HTML, plain text, base64
- 2026-06-07 SDK Languages: Node.js, PHP, Laravel, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, Rust, .NET → Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java
- 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Node.js, PHP, Laravel, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, Rust, .NET → Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java
- 2026-06-07 Free Tier Details: $0/mo, 3,000 emails/month, 100 emails/day, 1,000 contacts/month, 1 domain, 5 AI… → $0/mo, 3,000 emails/month (100/day cap)
- 2026-06-07 HIPAA: (none) → No
- 2026-06-07 ISO 27001: (none) → No
- 2026-06-07 API Style: (none) → rest
- 2026-06-07 Launched At: (none) → 2023-01-01
- 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: (none) → Node.js, PHP, Laravel, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, Rust, .NET
- 2026-06-07 Capabilities: {"smtp":true,"inbound":true,"analytics":true,"marketing":true,"templates":true,… → {"smtp":true,"inbound":true,"analytics":true,"marketing":true,"templates":true,…