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      "slug": "amazon-ses",
      "name": "Amazon SES",
      "vendor": "Amazon Web Services",
      "vendorUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/ses/",
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      "summary": "AWS's email service for sending and receiving at scale, over the SES v2 API or SMTP, with templates, configuration sets, receipt rules and deliverability tooling.",
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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-ses.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-ses.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amazon-ses.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3",
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      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
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      "authNotes": "API calls are signed with AWS Signature Version 4 using IAM credentials. SMTP uses separate SMTP credentials derived from an IAM user. The AWS MCP Server can reach SES with IAM SigV4 or OAuth sign-in.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "A la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent or received, plus $0.12 a GB of attachments and $0.09 per 1,000 inbound chunks. Pricing plans since 2026 are Essentials $0.16 per 1,000 with no monthly fee, Pro $105 a month plus $0.22 per 1,000, Enterprise $500 a month plus $0.23 per 1,000, all falling with volume. Accounts with no SES use since 2025-06-01 start on Essentials from 2026-07-21. Standard dedicated IPs $24.95 a month each. New AWS customers get up to $200 in Free Tier credits (https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$105 / mo",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 or stablecoin payment path in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "email.domains",
        "email.analytics"
      ],
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        "agentReady": true,
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          "schema": 85,
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
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        "strengths": [
          "$0.10 per 1,000 emails a la carte, falling to $0.11 per 1,000 above 100 million on Essentials",
          "IAM policies can limit a credential to SendEmail from one identity, and CloudTrail logs every call",
          "Covered by an AWS SLA and in scope for SOC 1, 2 and 3",
          "Inbound mail through receipt rules to S3, SNS or Lambda",
          "Smithy model for SES v2 published and updated six times since July"
        ],
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          "Sandbox limits new accounts to verified recipients and 200 messages a day until production access is granted",
          "SigV4 signing makes a plain curl or quick agent call awkward",
          "No SES-specific MCP server, and the AWS skill covers sending setup only",
          "No idempotency token on SendEmail, and over-quota messages are dropped",
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        ],
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          "Call GetAccount and check ProductionAccessEnabled and the send quota before emailing arbitrary recipients",
          "Verify the From domain as an identity first. Sends from unverified identities fail even in production",
          "Use the mailbox simulator (success@simulator.amazonses.com) to test bounces and complaints without hurting reputation",
          "Use the same Region the identity was verified in, since quotas and sandbox status are per Region",
          "On a throttling error, wait and retry the send. SES drops messages over quota rather than queueing them"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 3.3,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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              "performance",
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          "reliability": 95,
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        "provenanceScore": 95
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v2/email/outbound-emails \\\n  --aws-sigv4 \"aws:amz:us-east-1:ses\" --user \"$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"FromEmailAddress\":\"you@example.com\",\"Destination\":{\"ToAddresses\":[\"them@example.com\"]},\"Content\":{\"Simple\":{\"Subject\":{\"Data\":\"Hello\"},\"Body\":{\"Text\":{\"Data\":\"Hello from SES\"}}}}}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.send",
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        "amazon-bedrock-guardrails",
        "amazon-transcribe",
        "amazon-polly",
        "aws-secrets-manager",
        "aws-mcp-servers",
        "amazon-translate"
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          "item": "Outbound, a la carte",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Inbound, a la carte",
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          "note": "plus $0.09 per 1,000 incoming chunks"
        },
        {
          "item": "Essentials plan",
          "unit": "1k-emails",
          "usd": 0.16,
          "note": "0 to 10M, no monthly fee, default for new accounts from 2026-07-21"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
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          "note": "plus $0.22 per 1,000 emails, 1 managed dedicated IP included"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan emails",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise plan",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Dedicated IP, standard",
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          "note": "per IP"
        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Amazon Web Services, Inc.",
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        "domainNote": "The API runs on Amazon's amazonaws.com service domain, while the product and legal pages sit on aws.amazon.com (amazon.com registered 1994-11-01).",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/",
        "privacy": "https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status",
        "changelog": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/doc-history.html",
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        "notes": [
          "https://aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt carries Expires 2026-09-24T16:25:03Z."
        ],
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      },
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          "target": "https://email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v2",
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/amazonaws.com",
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          {
            "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/",
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      "slug": "mailgun",
      "name": "Mailgun API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Mailgun (Sinch)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.mailgun.com",
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      "summary": "Email sending API with inbound routes, a Forwards API, templates, mailing lists, suppressions and address validation, in US and EU regions.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mailgun.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/mailgun/mailgun-mcp-server",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.mailgun.net/v3",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "mailgun.js"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "mailgun"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@mailgun/mcp-server"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "HTTP Basic auth with the username `api` and the API key as password. Role-based keys limit what each key can do. EU accounts use api.eu.mailgun.net. The MCP server reads `MAILGUN_API_KEY` and `MAILGUN_API_REGION` from its environment.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 100 emails a day, 1 custom domain, 1 inbound route and 1 day of logs. Basic $15 a month for 10,000 emails, overage $1.80 per 1,000. Foundation $35 for 50,000 (overage $1.30, first month free). Scale $90 for 100,000 (overage $1.10 falling to $0.40 at 2.5 million), with a dedicated IP and 5,000 validations. Validations from $1.20 per 100 (https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$15 / mo",
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      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "npmWeekly": 1321769,
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      "docsUrl": "https://documentation.mailgun.com",
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      "openapi": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/_bundle/docs/mailgun/api-reference/send/mailgun.yaml",
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        "email.templates",
        "email.domains",
        "email.analytics"
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        "hosted",
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        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "webhooks"
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
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          "Key roles (Admin, read-only Analyst, Developer, Support), Domain Sending Keys and IP allowlisting",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 specs for `send`, `validate`, `optimize` and `inspect`, plus llms.txt",
          "Inbound routes and a Forwards API (May 2026) for incoming mail",
          "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, with a third-party bug bounty",
          "Weekly release notes through September 2026 and MCP CI on Node 20, 22 and 24"
        ],
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          "74 MCP tools load by default, each a one-line summary, with no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint",
          "12 status incidents since 10 July, including 93 minutes of US validation API errors",
          "No general API rate limit published and no idempotency key for sends",
          "Free plan keeps logs for 1 day and allows 1 inbound route",
          "No security.txt"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Give an agent that only sends a Domain Sending Key, which can only POST /messages for one domain",
          "Start the MCP with `--tags validate,inspect` when you don't need the 70 send-tagged tools",
          "Set `MAILGUN_API_REGION=eu` for EU accounts, which live on api.eu.mailgun.net",
          "Add `o:testmode=yes` to check a send without delivering it",
          "Verify a custom domain first. The sandbox domain reaches only 5 authorised recipients"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "provenanceScore": 75
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -s --user \"api:$MAILGUN_API_KEY\" \"https://api.mailgun.net/v3/$MAILGUN_DOMAIN/messages\" \\\n  -F from=\"Test \u003cpostmaster@$MAILGUN_DOMAIN\u003e\" -F to=you@example.com \\\n  -F subject=\"Hello\" -F text=\"Testing Mailgun\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add mailgun -e MAILGUN_API_KEY=$MAILGUN_API_KEY -- npx -y @mailgun/mcp-server",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "mailgun": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@mailgun/mcp-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "MAILGUN_API_KEY": "${MAILGUN_API_KEY}",
                "MAILGUN_API_REGION": "us"
              }
            }
          }
        }
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        "tool": "https://letme.dev/mailgun"
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          "item": "Basic",
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          "usd": 15,
          "note": "10,000 emails"
        },
        {
          "item": "Foundation",
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          "usd": 35,
          "note": "50,000 emails"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 90,
          "note": "100,000 emails, 1 dedicated IP"
        },
        {
          "item": "Overage on Basic",
          "unit": "1k-emails",
          "usd": 1.8
        },
        {
          "item": "Overage on Foundation",
          "unit": "1k-emails",
          "usd": 1.3
        },
        {
          "item": "Overage on Scale",
          "unit": "1k-emails",
          "usd": 1.1,
          "note": "falls to $0.40 at 2.5 million"
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      ],
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        "domain": "mailgun.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2003-12-20",
        "domainNote": "mailgun.com was registered in 2003, years before Mailgun launched in 2010.",
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        "privacy": "https://www.mailgun.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.mailgun.com",
        "changelog": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/docs/mailgun/release/release-notes",
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        ],
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun.json",
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              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.mailgun.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
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            "registry": "pypi",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mailgun.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Amazon SES for reliability (+38), security \u0026 auth (+13), transparency \u0026 trust (+7).\n\nPick Mailgun API + MCP for payments \u0026 pricing (+20).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Amazon SES | Mailgun API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 95 | 57 | Amazon SES +38 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 83 | Amazon SES +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 60 | Amazon SES +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 87 | 74 | Amazon SES +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Mailgun API + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 87 | Mailgun API + MCP +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 70 | Amazon SES +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **75.1 · BB** | **66.3 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Amazon SES | Mailgun API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Mailgun (Sinch) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v2` | `https://api.mailgun.net/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 74 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-21 |\n| Popularity | 5.1M npm/wk | 62 stars, 1.3M npm/wk, 61k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (8) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Amazon SES.** Sending starts at $0.10 per 1,000 emails on the a la carte plan. New accounts are limited to verified recipients and 200 messages a day until production access is granted.\n\n**Mailgun API + MCP.** Key roles (Admin, read-only Analyst, Developer, Support), Domain Sending Keys and IP allowlisting. 74 MCP tools load by default, each a one-line summary, with no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Amazon SES\n\n1. Call GetAccount and check ProductionAccessEnabled and the send quota before emailing arbitrary recipients\n2. Verify the From domain as an identity first. Sends from unverified identities fail even in production\n3. Use the mailbox simulator (success@simulator.amazonses.com) to test bounces and complaints without hurting reputation\n4. Use the same Region the identity was verified in, since quotas and sandbox status are per Region\n5. On a throttling error, wait and retry the send. SES drops messages over quota rather than queueing them\n\n### Mailgun API + MCP\n\n1. Give an agent that only sends a Domain Sending Key, which can only POST /messages for one domain\n2. Start the MCP with `--tags validate,inspect` when you don't need the 70 send-tagged tools\n3. Set `MAILGUN_API_REGION=eu` for EU accounts, which live on api.eu.mailgun.net\n4. Add `o:testmode=yes` to check a send without delivering it\n5. Verify a custom domain first. The sandbox domain reaches only 5 authorised recipients\n\n## Other comparisons with Amazon SES or Mailgun API + MCP\n\n- [Amazon SES vs Brevo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-brevo.md)\n- [Amazon SES vs Loops API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-loops.md)\n- [Amazon SES vs Mailjet API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-mailjet.md)\n- [Amazon SES vs Postmark API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-postmark.md)\n- [Amazon SES vs Resend API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-resend.md)\n- [Amazon SES vs Twilio SendGrid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-sendgrid.md)\n- [Amazon SES vs SMTP2GO API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-ses-vs-smtp2go.md)\n- [Brevo API + MCP vs Mailgun API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brevo-vs-mailgun.md)\n- [Loops API + MCP vs Mailgun API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/loops-vs-mailgun.md)\n- [Mailgun API + MCP vs Mailjet API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailgun-vs-mailjet.md)\n- [Mailgun API + MCP vs Postmark API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailgun-vs-postmark.md)\n- [Mailgun API + MCP vs Resend API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailgun-vs-resend.md)\n- [Mailgun API + MCP vs Twilio SendGrid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailgun-vs-sendgrid.md)\n- [Mailgun API + MCP vs SMTP2GO API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailgun-vs-smtp2go.md)\n",
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