sendbunny vs Resend
Hosted per-email pricing versus your SES plus a one-click platform. See where $99 once wins.
One-time license · one-click AWS install · yours forever
You are in the right place
- Resend bills per email on their hosted stack.
- You get a great developer API, but the audience and UI still live on their cloud.
- At high volume, hosted per-email adds up next to raw SES rates.
What it costs at real volume
Approximate monthly send cost. sendbunny sending is raw Amazon SES. Competitor figures use publicly listed plans (verify before you buy).
| Platform | 10k emails | 50k emails | 1M emails |
|---|---|---|---|
| sendbunny (SES) | ~$1 | ~$5 | ~$100 |
| Resend (approx. Pro rates) | ~$20/mo (Pro) | ~$20/mo (Pro includes 50k) | ~$650/mo (Scale) |
Side by side
| Capability | sendbunny | Them |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Your AWS account | Resend hosted cloud |
| Pricing model | $99 once + SES | Per-email SaaS |
| Campaign / ESP UI | Built in, in your account | Developer-first API focus |
| Idle month | ~$0 platform cost | Plan floor still applies |
What you get
- One Create stack click puts sendbunny on your Amazon SES.
- Basic is $99 once. Premium is $199. Use forever.
- Send cost tracks SES. Pay $0 when idle.
- Serverless campaigns and transactional API in the same owned stack.
Best for
- Teams who want SES economics with a real platform UI
- Builders who already use AWS and want ownership
- Products that need campaigns and transactional mail together
Not for
- Teams that want zero AWS involvement forever
- Shops that only need a tiny hosted API and never a list UI
How to switch
- Keep Resend live while you install sendbunny in AWS.
- Move domains and DNS verification to SES via the app guides.
- Point your app's send calls at the sendbunny API.
- Import any audience CSV you manage outside Resend.
- Turn off Resend when traffic is stable on SES.
FAQ
- Is sendbunny a Resend clone?
- No. Resend is a hosted email API. sendbunny is a full platform you own in AWS, priced from $99 once, with send cost on Amazon SES.
- Do I still get an API?
- Yes. You get campaigns and a transactional send path in the same stack you install with one click.
- When does $99 once beat per-email SaaS?
- As soon as volume makes hosted markup larger than SES pennies plus a one-time license. Quiet months cost about $0 on the platform side.
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