Mailgun
82Powerful email APIs
transactional
Operational
Founded 2010Mailgun is a developer-centric email API platform owned by Sinch. It offers robust email validation, inbound routing, and flexible sending options including EU-based hosting for GDPR compliance.
Speed
81Reliability
83Deliverability
80Developer Experience
84Value
82Current Metrics
| Delivery Speed (p50) | 210ms |
| Delivery Speed (p95) | 500ms |
| Delivery Speed (p99) | 750ms |
| Delivery Speed (avg) | 270ms |
| API Latency (p50) | 50ms |
| API Latency (p95) | 150ms |
| API Latency (p99) | 260ms |
| API Latency (avg) | 68ms |
| Uptime (30d) | 99.92% |
| Deliverability | 95.8% |
| Bounce Rate | 2.6% |
| Throughput | 11,000/s |
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Features
✓Email validation
✓Inbound routing
✓Mailing lists
✓SMTP relay
✓Tracking & analytics
✓EU hosting
Pricing starts at $0/mo (100 emails/day)
Incidents (2)
EU Region Delivery DelaysMajor
Mailgun·Feb 8, 2026·1h 35m·Resolved
Significant delivery delays affecting the EU hosting region. Emails were queuing properly but experiencing 15-30 minute delivery delays. US region remained unaffected.
Validation API SlowdownMinor
Mailgun·Nov 15, 2025·42m·Resolved
The email validation API was responding with higher than normal latency. Validation accuracy remained unaffected.
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