{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "mailersend", "name": "MailerSend", "vendor": "MailerSend, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.mailersend.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "email", "summary": "Transactional email service from MailerSend, Inc. with a REST API, SMTP relay, templates, inbound routing, webhooks and analytics, plus SMS and WhatsApp sending. Agents reach it with a scoped API token or through a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailersend", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailersend.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailersend.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mailersend.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mailersend/mailersend-nodejs", "license": "Proprietary service under MailerSend's terms of use. The SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.mailersend.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "mailersend" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mailersend" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The REST API takes a Bearer API token, created in the dashboard or through /v1/token, with any of 30 scopes and an optional sending domain. Tokens can be paused and deleted. SMTP relay uses separate SMTP users. The MCP server and the CLI use OAuth with a browser login, and the MCP authorisation server supports dynamic client registration and PKCE. Access is self-serve, but a new account passes an approval step before full sending.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 500 emails a month and 100 API requests a day, which the pricing FAQ says needs a card once the account is approved. A 14-day Professional trial starts at signup with the same limits. Hobby is $7 a month for 5,000 emails, Starter from $35 for 50,000 and Professional from $110 for 50,000, with overage of $0.50 to $1.50 per 1,000. Yearly billing takes 10 per cent off. Enterprise is priced by sales (https://www.mailersend.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$7 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 127, "popularity": { "githubStars": 175, "npmWeekly": 128453, "pypiWeekly": 15086, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.mailersend.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.mailersend.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.swaggerhub.com/apis/MailerSend/mailersend-api/1.0.0-oas3.1", "capabilities": [ "email.send", "email.inbound", "email.templates", "email.domains", "email.analytics", "email.verification", "email.threads", "messaging.sms", "messaging.whatsapp" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "sms", "whatsapp", "status-page", "sla" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 156, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 30, "reliability": 95, "schema": 73, "security": 62, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "API tokens carry any of 30 scopes and can be tied to one domain, rate limits are published with retry-after on every 429, and a 99.5 per cent SLA starts on the $35 Starter plan. Sends take no idempotency key, the Free plan allows 100 API requests a day, and the terms permit changes without notice.", "bestFor": "An agent sending transactional email for an owner who wants scoped tokens, a hosted MCP server and low entry prices, with SMS and WhatsApp on the same API.", "strengths": [ "API tokens take any of 30 scopes, read or full by area, and can be limited to one sending domain", "Rate limits published per endpoint, with retry-after and x-ratelimit headers on a 429 and a quota endpoint that isn't counted", "99.5 per cent monthly uptime SLA with service credits on Starter, Professional and Enterprise", "Hosted MCP server at mcp.mailersend.com with OAuth, PKCE and dynamic client registration, on every plan", "Overage published per 1,000 emails for each plan, from $1.50 on Hobby to $0.50 at 2 million on Professional" ], "weaknesses": [ "No idempotency key documented for POST /v1/email or the bulk endpoint", "Free plan is capped at 100 API requests a day and 500 emails a month, and asks for a card after account approval", "The terms allow MailerSend to change or end the service and the terms without notice, and to close an account without cause", "The MCP server lists 127 tools with no documented toolsets or read-only mode", "The public OpenAPI file has one-line summaries, no error responses, and no WhatsApp, DMARC or blocklist monitoring paths", "The terms grant MailerSend a licence to use inputs and outputs of its AI functions to improve AI models" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` to https://api.mailersend.com/v1 and ask for a token with only the scopes the task needs, such as `email_full` and `activity_read`", "Read the message id from the `x-message-id` response header. POST /v1/email answers 202 with an empty body", "Check for a sent message before retrying a send. No idempotency key exists, so a blind retry can deliver twice", "On a 429 wait the seconds in `retry-after`. Call GET /v1/api-quota, which isn't counted, to see the daily quota left", "Use POST /v1/bulk-email for batches of up to 500 emails. It isn't on the Free plan and takes 10 to 60 requests a minute by plan" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 30, "reliability": 95, "schema": 73, "security": 62, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install mailersend", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.mailersend.com/v1/email -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MAILERSEND_API_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"from\":{\"email\":\"hello@yourdomain.com\"},\"to\":[{\"email\":\"recipient@example.com\"}],\"subject\":\"Hello\",\"text\":\"Hello\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http mailersend https://mcp.mailersend.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.send", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mailersend" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Hobby", "unit": "month", "usd": 7, "note": "5,000 emails" }, { "item": "Starter 50k", "unit": "month", "usd": 35, "note": "50,000 emails" }, { "item": "Starter 100k", "unit": "month", "usd": 68, "note": "100,000 emails" }, { "item": "Professional 50k", "unit": "month", "usd": 110, "note": "50,000 emails" }, { "item": "Professional 100k", "unit": "month", "usd": 140, "note": "100,000 emails" }, { "item": "Overage on Hobby", "unit": "1k-emails", "usd": 1.5 }, { "item": "Overage on Starter", "unit": "1k-emails", "usd": 1.3, "note": "up to the 100,000 tier, $1.10 at 250,000 and 500,000, $1.00 at 1 million" }, { "item": "Overage on Professional", "unit": "1k-emails", "usd": 1.3, "note": "up to the 100,000 tier, falling to $0.50 at 2 million" }, { "item": "Email verification credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.01, "note": "1,000 credits for $10, falling to $0.002 at 1 million" }, { "item": "Extra sending domain", "unit": "month", "usd": 4, "note": "per domain, Starter and above" }, { "item": "SMS phone number", "unit": "month", "usd": 2, "note": "per number, USA and Canada, Starter and above" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MailerSend, Inc.", "domain": "mailersend.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-11-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.mailersend.com/legal/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://www.mailersend.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.mailersend.com", "changelog": "https://www.mailersend.com/whats-new", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of use (last updated 5 October 2026) and the privacy policy (last updated 17 September 2026) both name MailerSend, Inc., 228 Park Ave S, PMB 54955, New York, NY 10003-1502. The terms of use are the agreement for the service, with Delaware law.", "The API answers at api.mailersend.com and the MCP server at mcp.mailersend.com.", "www.mailersend.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404. The legal index links a responsible disclosure programme page.", "The changelog address comes from the site's llms.txt. The page itself was not read, because www.mailersend.com began answering with a Cloudflare bot check during our reads.", "RDAP gives 2009-11-12 as the registration date of mailersend.com.", "The lead named MailerLite and Vercom as parents. The pages we read name only MailerSend, Inc., so no parent is recorded." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailersend.json", "live": { "slug": "mailersend", "probe": { "target": "https://api.mailersend.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T20:21:19.000102425Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 281, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 176, "p95ms24h": 297, "samples24h": 32, "samples30d": 32, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 32, "ok": 32 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.mailersend.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T20:22:39.875368473Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.mailersend.com/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:00.187031888Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "573c2146c8b3" }, { "url": "https://www.mailersend.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:58.024689641Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c5c6c75fb124" }, { "url": "https://www.mailersend.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:53.837822012Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "be735fa80c7c" }, { "url": "https://www.mailersend.com/legal/terms-of-use", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:56.046015705Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7fff1960a381" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T20:22:39.875368473Z" } }, "answer": "MailerSend scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mailgun API + MCP's 66.2 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Mailgun API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "mailgun", "name": "Mailgun API + MCP", "vendor": "Mailgun (Sinch)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.mailgun.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "email", "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" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.mailgun.net/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "mailgun.js" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mailgun" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mailgun/mcp-server" } ], "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", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 74, "popularity": { "githubStars": 62, "npmWeekly": 1321769, "pypiWeekly": 61238, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://documentation.mailgun.com", "llmsTxt": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/_bundle/docs/mailgun/api-reference/send/mailgun.yaml", "capabilities": [ "email.send", "email.inbound", "email.templates", "email.domains", "email.analytics" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 242, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 40, "reliability": 57, "schema": 83, "security": 74, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Teams that want inbound routing, validation and per-key roles in one account, in US or EU regions.", "strengths": [ "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" ], "weaknesses": [ "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 40, "reliability": 57, "schema": 83, "security": 74, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "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" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.send", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mailgun" }, "area": "communication", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "10,000 emails" }, { "item": "Foundation", "unit": "month", "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" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mailgun Technologies, Inc.", "domain": "mailgun.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-12-20", "domainNote": "mailgun.com was registered in 2003, years before Mailgun launched in 2010.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.mailgun.com/legal/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.mailgun.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.mailgun.com", "changelog": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/docs/mailgun/release/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API is served from mailgun.net, not mailgun.com.", "The terms name Sinch Email and the entity on the service order rather than a single company." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailgun.json", "live": { "slug": "mailgun", "probe": { "target": "https://api.mailgun.net/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T20:21:19.005284099Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 298, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 431, "p95ms24h": 529, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2148, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 230, "ok": 230 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.mailgun.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T20:22:39.891541406Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "mailgun/mailgun-mcp-server", "version": "v2.1.3", "released": "2026-09-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:19:36.449835181Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mailgun/mcp-server", "version": "2.1.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:19:34.851701385Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "mailgun.js", "version": "14.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:19:34.21932814Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mailgun", "version": "1.9.1", "released": "2026-09-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:19:34.575243526Z" } ], "githubStars": 62, "npmWeekly": 1325863, "pypiWeekly": 54909, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://mailgun.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:46.117930308Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:35.451274216Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "mailgun.com", "registered": "2003-12-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/mailgun.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:38.739240418Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://documentation.mailgun.com/docs/mailgun/release/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:58.332283375Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:58.332283375Z", "fingerprint": "02e322cd420f" }, { "url": "https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:59.565198483Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "dbcce09b527b" }, { "url": "https://www.mailgun.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:55.525463475Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:27:12.688197359Z", "fingerprint": "213ddc77ab01" }, { "url": "https://www.mailgun.com/legal/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:57.5620461Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e68fb8d6980b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T20:22:39.891541406Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MailerSend, Inc.", "b": "Mailgun (Sinch)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.mailersend.com/v1", "b": "https://api.mailgun.net/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$4 per month (plan)", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for email send" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under MailerSend's terms of use. The SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "127", "b": "74", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-29", "b": "2026-09-21", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-10-05", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-17", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "175 stars, 128k npm/wk, 15k PyPI/wk", "b": "62 stars, 1.3M npm/wk, 61k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "MailerSend scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mailgun API + MCP's 66.2 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Mailgun API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, MailerSend or Mailgun API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "MailerSend takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Mailgun API + MCP needs an API key.", "question": "Do MailerSend and Mailgun API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. MailerSend has a hosted endpoint at https://api.mailersend.com/v1 and Mailgun API + MCP at https://api.mailgun.net/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call MailerSend and Mailgun API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 95 against 57", "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 60" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent sending transactional email for an owner who wants scoped tokens, a hosted MCP server and low entry prices, with SMS and WhatsApp on the same API.", "slug": "mailersend", "watchFor": "No idempotency key documented for POST /v1/email or the bulk endpoint" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 73", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 62", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 64" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want inbound routing, validation and per-key roles in one account, in US or EU regions.", "slug": "mailgun", "watchFor": "74 MCP tools load 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Sends take no idempotency key, the Free plan allows 100 API requests a day, and the terms permit changes without notice.", "mailgun": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun.min.md" }, "markdown": "MailerSend scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mailgun API + MCP's 66.2 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Mailgun API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do email send.\n\n- MailerSend: grade B, 69.5/100, rank #156 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailersend.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mailersend.json\n- Mailgun API + MCP: grade B, 66.2/100, rank #242 of 722. 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\n### MailerSend (B)\n\nGood for: An agent sending transactional email for an owner who wants scoped tokens, a hosted MCP server and low entry prices, with SMS and WhatsApp on the same API.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 95 against 57\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 60\n\nWatch for: No idempotency key documented for POST /v1/email or the bulk endpoint\n\n### Mailgun API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want inbound routing, validation and per-key roles in one account, in US or EU regions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 73\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 62\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: 74 MCP tools load by default, each a one-line summary, with no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MailerSend | Mailgun API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 95 | 57 | MailerSend +38 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 83 | Mailgun API + MCP +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 60 | MailerSend +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 74 | Mailgun API + MCP +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Mailgun API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 87 | Mailgun API + MCP +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 69 | Mailgun API + MCP +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.5 · B** | **66.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MailerSend | Mailgun API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MailerSend, Inc. | Mailgun (Sinch) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mailersend.com/v1` | `https://api.mailgun.net/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for email send | $4 per month (plan) | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under MailerSend's terms of use. The SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 127 | 74 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-21 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-17 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 175 stars, 128k npm/wk, 15k PyPI/wk | 62 stars, 1.3M npm/wk, 61k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**MailerSend.** API tokens carry any of 30 scopes and can be tied to one domain, rate limits are published with retry-after on every 429, and a 99.5 per cent SLA starts on the $35 Starter plan. Sends take no idempotency key, the Free plan allows 100 API requests a day, and the terms permit changes without notice.\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### MailerSend\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` to https://api.mailersend.com/v1 and ask for a token with only the scopes the task needs, such as `email_full` and `activity_read`\n2. Read the message id from the `x-message-id` response header. POST /v1/email answers 202 with an empty body\n3. Check for a sent message before retrying a send. No idempotency key exists, so a blind retry can deliver twice\n4. On a 429 wait the seconds in `retry-after`. Call GET /v1/api-quota, which isn't counted, to see the daily quota left\n5. Use POST /v1/bulk-email for batches of up to 500 emails. It isn't on the Free plan and takes 10 to 60 requests a minute by plan\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## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MailerSend or Mailgun API + MCP?\n\nMailerSend scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against Mailgun API + MCP's 66.2 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Mailgun API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do MailerSend and Mailgun API + MCP need an API key?\n\nMailerSend takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Mailgun API + MCP needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call MailerSend and Mailgun API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. MailerSend has a hosted endpoint at https://api.mailersend.com/v1 and Mailgun API + MCP at https://api.mailgun.net/v3.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"mailersend\", \"b\": \"mailgun\"}`. 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