Mailgun
SMS & Messaging · Email
Mailgun is a developer-focused transactional email API service that enables applications to send, receive, and track emails through a clean REST API or SMTP relay. Originally founded in 2010 and acquired by Sinch in 2021, Mailgun has built a reputation as the go-to email API for developers who value detailed logs, powerful inbound routing, and a separate email validation product that works hand-in-hand with the sending API. Nigeria is fully supported as a sending and receiving destination.
Developers needing reliable transactional email with powerful email validation, inbound routing, and detailed logs. Developer-focused platform with strong API and excellent email analytics.
Mailgun is a developer-focused transactional email API acquired by Sinch. Strong on email validation API (separate product), detailed logs, and developer tooling. Nigeria supported.
Features Included
Not Supported
Technical Specs
- Pricing:Free trial: 100 emails/day for 3 months. Paid from $15/month (50,000 emails). Nigeria supported.
- Authentication:API Key (HTTP Basic Auth)
- Rate Limit:Free: 100/day. Paid plans scale per tier.
- Sandbox Mode:✓ Available
Key Highlights
- Developer-first email API
- Email validation API (separate)
- Detailed email logs — 30 days
- Inbound email routing
- Mailing list management
- SMTP and REST API
- Sandbox domain for testing
- Suppression list management
Required Access Documents
- Mailgun AccountRequiredRegister at mailgun.com. Free trial requires credit card for verification. Domain authentication (DNS records: SPF, DKIM, DMARC) required before sending to real addresses. API key from dashboard.
Use Cases
- Transactional Email for Nigerian Platform:Use Mailgun to send OTP emails, order confirmations, and account alerts from a Nigerian application with high deliverability, detailed per-email logs showing exactly what happened to each message.
- Email Validation Before Sending:Use Mailgun's Email Validation API to validate Nigerian users' email addresses at registration — checking syntax, domain existence, and mailbox validity — before sending welcome emails, reducing bounces.
- Inbound Email Processing for Nigerian App:Use Mailgun's inbound routing to receive and parse emails sent to your domain, forwarding parsed content (sender, subject, body, attachments) to a webhook in your Nigerian application for automated processing.
- Developer Testing with Sandbox Domain:Use Mailgun's sandbox domain to test email sending during development of a Nigerian application without authenticating a real domain, allowing full API integration testing before production deployment.