Samva vs Resend
Resend and Samva are both developer-first email APIs for transactional and product email. Both host templates with a draft and publish workflow. They differ on inbound mail, how you pay past the plan, and the depth of the TypeScript tooling.
Pricing verified August 16, 2026. Sources at the end of this page.
What Resend charges next to Samva
Samva
| Plan | Price | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3,000 emails/mo |
| Starter | $5/mo | 15,000 emails/mo |
| Growth | $19/mo | 50,000 emails/mo |
| Scale | $99/mo | 300,000 emails/mo |
Sending, templates, inbound, and webhooks ship on every plan. On paid plans, extra emails past the allowance cost $0.50 per 1,000, under a $50 monthly spend limit you control. Free stops at its allowance.
Resend
| Plan | Price | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3,000 emails/mo, 100/day cap |
| Pro | $20/mo | 50,000 emails/mo |
| Scale | $90/mo | 100,000 emails/mo |
| Enterprise | Custom | 3M+ emails/mo |
Published Pro and Scale options cover higher included volumes. Overage starts at $0.90 per 1,000 emails and decreases on higher Scale options. Marketing Broadcasts are priced separately by contact count. Dedicated IPs are a $30/mo Scale add-on for eligible senders.
What each one ships.
Send and receive
How you send email, build templates, and bring replies back.
| Capability | Samva | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Send API | Typed REST, POST /v1/messages, with an OpenAPI 3.1.0 spec | REST API |
| Templates | Versioned templates with rollback and publish history | Hosted templates with draft and publish states, version history, test sends, and HTML or React Email import |
| Inbound email | Inbound parsing with conversation threading per recipient | Inbound parsing to JSON with webhook delivery |
- Send API
Samva
Typed REST, POST /v1/messages, with an OpenAPI 3.1.0 spec
Resend
REST API
- Templates
Samva
Versioned templates with rollback and publish history
Resend
Hosted templates with draft and publish states, version history, test sends, and HTML or React Email import
- Inbound email
Samva
Inbound parsing with conversation threading per recipient
Resend
Inbound parsing to JSON with webhook delivery
Delivery and visibility
How you follow delivery, observe engagement, and protect your sending.
| Capability | Samva | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Webhooks | Delivery events signed with HMAC-SHA256 | Webhooks covering thirteen event types |
| Open and click telemetry | Per-message timeline of provider-observed opens and clicks | Open and click events |
| Deliverability | SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on your domain; bounces and complaints suppressed automatically | Domain verification and a suppression list; dedicated IPs from $30/mo on Scale |
- Webhooks
Samva
Delivery events signed with HMAC-SHA256
Resend
Webhooks covering thirteen event types
- Open and click telemetry
Samva
Per-message timeline of provider-observed opens and clicks
Resend
Open and click events
- Deliverability
Samva
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on your domain; bounces and complaints suppressed automatically
Resend
Domain verification and a suppression list; dedicated IPs from $30/mo on Scale
Integration tools
The SDKs and agent tools you can build with.
| Capability | Samva | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| SDKs | TypeScript SDK plus an Effect-native SDK | Official SDKs for major languages |
| Agent tooling | Hosted MCP server and a CLI with device-flow login | Hosted MCP server and CLI |
- SDKs
Samva
TypeScript SDK plus an Effect-native SDK
Resend
Official SDKs for major languages
- Agent tooling
Samva
Hosted MCP server and a CLI with device-flow login
Resend
Hosted MCP server and CLI
Volume and billing
What you can send for free and how extra volume is billed.
| Capability | Samva | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 3,000 emails a month; 1,000 a day with a card on file, 100 without | 3,000 emails a month, capped at 100 a day |
| Past the allowance | Metered at $0.50 per 1,000, under a spend limit you set | Metered overage from $0.90 per 1,000 |
- Free tier
Samva
3,000 emails a month; 1,000 a day with a card on file, 100 without
Resend
3,000 emails a month, capped at 100 a day
- Past the allowance
Samva
Metered at $0.50 per 1,000, under a spend limit you set
Resend
Metered overage from $0.90 per 1,000
You want hosted templates that import HTML or React Email, official SDKs across many languages, marketing Broadcasts priced by contact count, or an uncapped invoice past your plan rather than a spend limit.
You want inbound that threads into conversations, an Effect-native SDK, 1,000 free emails a day once a card is on file, and a $50 overage cap you control. Resend caps free sending at 100 a day and meters overage from $0.90 per 1,000.
Both meter past the plan. Resend bills a traffic spike onto the invoice. Samva bills the same spike at $0.50 per 1,000, then stops at the $50 monthly limit every paid plan starts with, which you can move or pause. A spike costs you at most the limit you set.
Template workflows now overlap. Both products store templates, render them at send time, and separate drafts from published versions. Resend can import HTML or React Email and provides version history and test sends. Samva adds rollback to its publish history. The larger difference is inbound: Samva threads replies into conversations your product can read.
Questions before you move.
Are the free tiers the same?
Both include 3,000 emails a month at no cost. Resend caps free sending at 100 emails a day. Samva's free plan allows 1,000 a day once a card is on file, and 100 a day without one; sends stop at 3,000 for the month until you upgrade.
What does 50,000 emails a month cost?
On plans published as of August 16, 2026: Samva's Growth plan includes 50,000 emails for $19 a month. Resend's Pro plan includes 50,000 emails for $20 a month.
What happens when I send past my plan?
On Samva, extra emails cost $0.50 per 1,000, billed to the exact count, under a $50 monthly spend limit you can raise, lower, or pause. Resend meters overage from $0.90 per 1,000 emails on Pro.
Start on 3,000 emails, free.
No card required. Then pay for the volume you send.