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LuneaMail vs Resend
Resend is a developer-first sending API, with marketing broadcasts billed as a separate plan. LuneaMail gives developers the same kind of API and webhooks, and gives the rest of the team a visual builder, A/B tests and a dashboard, in one plan.
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| LuneaMail | Resend | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: 500 contacts, 2,000 emails and 15 AI emails a month, plus a 14-day Pro trial with no card. | Yes: the free transactional plan allows 3,000 emails/month with a 100/day limit, and the free marketing plan allows 1,000 contacts. Source |
| Entry price | Pro is $39/month ($32 yearly) for 2,500 contacts and 15,000 emails; Pro 5× ($129) covers 12,500 contacts and 75,000 emails. | Transactional Pro costs $20/mo for 50,000 emails, and Pro marketing is priced on contacts at $40/mo for 5,000 contacts. Self-serve plans are billed monthly only. Source |
| Transactional email API | Yes, in every plan: API emails use the same monthly allowance, with no separate product to buy. | Yes: transactional email (the /emails API and SMTP) is its own plan, billed separately from marketing (Broadcasts) plans, and broadcasts do not count against transactional limits. Source |
| Campaigns and newsletters | Yes, on every plan, sent now or scheduled with a best-time suggestion. | Yes: Broadcasts send marketing emails from the dashboard or the /broadcasts API, but only to existing contacts. Source |
| Visual builder | Yes: drag-and-drop builder with six email styles and a brand kit. | Partly: Resend has a no-code Broadcast editor that uses slash commands, Markdown and a styling sidebar, but its docs do not describe drag-and-drop block building. Source |
| Code / HTML templates | Yes, on every plan: edit the HTML directly with Handlebars variables, conditions and loops. | Yes: emails can be built with React Email or HTML, and templates can be created by pasting existing HTML or React Email files. Source |
| AI writing | Yes: writes on-brand drafts from your facts and fact-checks them against your brief (15 a month on Free, 75 on Pro). | Yes: AI can generate or edit email content in the broadcast and template editors using monthly credits (5 on Free, 100 on Pro), and subject-line suggestions are free. Source |
| AI agents (MCP) | Yes: an MCP server for your workspace, where sending needs an explicit confirmation step, plus a built-in marketing agent that asks before it sends. | Yes: Resend hosts an official remote MCP server at https://mcp.resend.com/mcp, with a one-click Claude connector and a local option. Source |
| Webhooks | Yes: signed webhooks for subscribes, unsubscribes, bounces, complaints and campaign events, retried for about two days. | Yes: webhook events include email.bounced, email.complained, email.suppressed, contact.updated and contact.topics.updated, with 1 endpoint on Free, 5 on Pro and 10 on Scale. There is no event named specifically for unsubscribes. Source |
| Subject-line A/B tests | Yes, on every plan: test two subject lines on part of the list, then the winner goes to the rest automatically. | Unverified: no A/B testing feature appears on Resend's pricing page or in its docs. Source |
| Automations | Welcome emails when someone joins a list, on Pro and Team. | Yes: event-triggered Automations are on every plan, including Free, with 10,000 runs/month included and then $0.0015 per run on paid plans. Source |
| Your own sending domain | Yes, on every plan: DKIM-authenticated sending and branded click-tracking links on your domain. | Yes: DKIM, SPF and DMARC authentication is included on every plan, with 3 custom domains on Free, 10 on Pro and 1,000 on Scale. Source |
Resend details checked on 23 October 2026 against Resend's own pages, linked above. Prices and features change; check their site for today's details. Resend is a trademark of its owner; this page isn't affiliated with or endorsed by them.
LuneaMail or Resend?
Is LuneaMail a Resend alternative?
Yes, for startups and SaaS teams that want marketing campaigns and app email in one place. Resend is a developer-first sending API, with marketing broadcasts billed as a separate plan. LuneaMail gives developers the same kind of API and webhooks, and gives the rest of the team a visual builder, A/B tests and a dashboard, in one plan.
When is Resend the better choice?
You only need an API for transactional email and nothing for marketing.
How did you check these facts?
Every Resend fact on this page comes from Resend's own website or documentation, linked in the table, and was checked on 23 October 2026. Prices and plans change; follow the links for the current details.
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