Email · facts read November 6, 2026
Resend
Developer-first transactional email API with React Email templates. Simple API, React Email templates, and 3,000 free emails a month.
- Free plan
- Free: 3,000 emails per month, 100 per day, 3 domains, 30-day retention, no overage.
- Paid from
- Pro: $20/month for 50,000 emails ($0.90 per 1,000 overage).
- Monthly cost at 1,000 users
- $20/month 3,000 emails a month hits the free 100-a-day cap on busy days; Pro is $20/month for 50,000.
- Free plan allows commercial use
- Not stated
- Open source
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
Source: Resend pricing, read November 6, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor's page before you commit.
Best for
- TypeScript and React apps
- Transactional email at small to medium volume
Watch out for
- Free plan caps at 100 emails a day, which a busy invite flow can hit.
How Cuely scores Resend
The published scores, from −3 to +3, that decide when Cuely picks it. Method
- +2Next.js or React. React Email templates render from the same codebase.
- +2keep costs as low as possible. 3,000 free emails a month.
- −1high volume. Per-email cost is higher than SES at large volume.
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