# Resend pricing, and a Resend alternative that brings replies back.

URL: https://samva.dev/compare/resend

Resend costs nothing for 3,000 emails a month (capped at 100 a day), $20 a month for 50,000 or $35 for 100,000 on Pro, and Scale starts at $90 a month for 100,000. Resend's free plan includes more email than Samva's 500 a month. Samva's case is a typed send API that brings customer replies back to your app as a signed webhook, threaded to the email they answer. Resend receives email too, with inboxes and threads on every plan. Campaigns are priced on sends from the same API, and extra email stops at a spend limit you set.

Prices checked September 29, 2026

## Who should switch.

Switch if

- Customers reply to your email and you want each reply delivered to your app as a signed webhook, already threaded to the email it answers.
- You want campaigns priced on sends from the same API. Resend's marketing product is priced on contacts.

## Resend pricing next to Samva, at four volumes.

| Provider | 10k/mo | 50k/mo | 100k/mo | 500k/mo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samva | $5 (Starter) | $19 (Growth) | $44 (Growth plus 50,000 extra at $0.50 per 1,000) | $199\* (Scale plus 200,000 extra at $0.50 per 1,000) |
| [Resend](https://resend.com/pricing) | $20 (Pro, 50,000 emails) | $20 (Pro, 50,000 emails) | $35 (Pro, 100,000 emails) | $350 (Scale, 500,000 emails) |

\* Needs the spend limit raised from its $50 default.

Resend plans, checked Sep 29, 2026: Free 3,000 emails a month, Pro $20 for 50,000 or $35 for 100,000, Scale $90 for 100,000 up to $350 for 500,000. The table prices outbound email only; Resend's marketing email is priced separately, on contacts. Resend overage is opt-in. It is a team setting called Transactional Overages, billed in 1,000-email buckets at your plan's rate, from $0.90 per 1,000. Without it you get a notice and an offer to upgrade. Samva bills extra emails on paid plans at $0.50 per 1,000, up to a spend limit you set.

## What each one ships.

## Send and receive

How you send email, build templates, and bring replies back.

| Capability | Samva | Resend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Send API | Typed REST API with an OpenAPI spec | REST API |
| Templates | Versioned, Git-backed TSX 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 | Replies thread to the email they answer, delivered as a signed message.received webhook | Received email is parsed and posted to a webhook endpoint you choose, on every plan. Its pricing page also lists Inboxes (3 included, $1 each extra), Threads, and agent access through the API and MCP, and message\_id is included in webhooks for matching replies |

## Delivery and visibility

How you follow delivery, observe engagement, and protect your sending.

| Capability | Samva | Resend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Webhooks | Signed Standard Webhooks events, with backoff and up to 8 automatic delivery attempts | Email events including sent, delivered, bounced, complained, opened, and clicked, plus domain, contact, and suppression events |
| Opens and clicks | Samva's own open pixel and tracked links, signed message.opened and message.clicked webhooks, and a timeline in the dashboard and API | Open and click webhook events |
| Deliverability | Generates DKIM and SPF records and checks your DMARC policy; bounces and complaints suppressed automatically | Domain verification and a suppression list; a dedicated IP is a $30 a month add-on on Scale for senders over 3,000 emails a day |

## Integration tools

The SDKs and agent tools you can build with.

| Capability | Samva | Resend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SDKs | TypeScript SDK with async/await and Effect-native interfaces | Official SDKs for major languages |
| Agent tooling | A hosted MCP server and a CLI | Hosted MCP server and CLI |

## Volume and billing

What you can send for free and how extra volume is billed.

| Capability | Samva | Resend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | 500 emails a month, up to 100 a day | 3,000 emails a month, capped at 100 a day |
| Past the allowance | Metered at $0.50 per 1,000 on paid plans, up to a spend limit you set | Opt-in overage from $0.90 per 1,000, billed in 1,000-email buckets |

## Moving from Resend.

Add your domain and publish the DKIM and SPF records Samva generates next to the old provider's. Both can send while you switch.

Swap the send call.

## Resend Node SDK

```ts
import { Resend } from "resend";

const resend = new Resend(process.env.RESEND_API_KEY);

const { data, error } = await resend.emails.send({
  from: "Acme <onboarding@resend.dev>",
  to: ["ada@example.com"],
  subject: "Your receipt",
  html: "<p>Thanks for your order.</p>",
});

```

## Samva

```ts
await samva.messages.send({
  from: { email: "orders@example.com" },
  to: [{ email: "ada@example.com" }],
  channel: "email",
  email: {
    subject: "Your receipt",
    html: "<p>Thanks for your order.</p>",
  },
});
```

Map webhooks. Samva sends signed events for sent, delivered, bounced, complained, failed, and received, with received going to the endpoint your domain's receiving route names. Opens and clicks arrive as message.opened and message.clicked, and unsubscribes as contact.unsubscribed.

| Resend event | Samva event |
| --- | --- |
| `email.sent` | `message.sent` |
| `email.delivered` | `message.delivered` |
| `email.bounced` | `message.bounced` |
| `email.complained` | `message.complained` |
| `email.failed` | `message.failed` |
| `email.received` | `message.received` |
| `email.opened` | `message.opened` |
| `email.clicked` | `message.clicked` |

Recreate templates as versioned templates, or send your existing HTML inline while you move.

Keep the old provider's suppression list in your app and filter against it. Samva cannot import it.

Turn on receiving if you want replies back.

What does not move: templates, the suppression list, and message history.

The full walkthrough: [Migrate from Resend and keep replies in the thread](https://samva.dev/guides/migrate-from-resend).

## Notes

Template workflows 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.

## Questions before you switch.

### How much does Resend cost?

Resend's pricing page, checked Sep 29, 2026, lists a free plan with 3,000 emails a month and a 100-a-day cap, Pro at $20 a month for 50,000 emails or $35 for 100,000, and Scale from $90 a month for 100,000 emails up to $350 for 500,000. Pro overage is $0.90 per 1,000 emails. Marketing email is priced separately, on contacts.

### Is Resend cheaper than Samva?

It depends on the volume. The cost table above prices Samva and Resend at 10,000, 50,000, 100,000, and 500,000 emails a month from each provider's published plans, so you can read your own volume off it. The tables compare outbound email only. Both receive email: Resend's pricing page lists inbound email and Threads on every plan, and Samva threads each reply into the conversation it answers.

### Are the free plans the same?

No. Resend's free plan includes more email: 3,000 a month with a 100-a-day cap, checked Sep 29, 2026. Samva's free plan is 500 emails a month, up to 100 a day, with no end date and no card required.

### What happens when I send past my plan?

On Resend, overage is opt-in. You turn on Transactional Overages in team settings, and extra emails are billed in 1,000-email buckets at your plan's rate. Without it you get a notice and an offer to upgrade. On Samva's paid plans, extra emails cost $0.50 per 1,000 up to a spend limit you set.

### Does Resend receive email too?

Yes. Resend's docs say it parses email sent to your receiving domain and posts it to an endpoint you choose, and its pricing page, checked Oct 27, 2026, lists inbound email, Threads, agent access, and 3 Inboxes on every plan, with extra Inboxes at $1 each. Samva delivers the same way, as a signed message.received webhook, and threads each reply into the conversation of the email it answers.

### Is Resend's marketing product priced like Samva campaigns?

No. Resend prices marketing on contact count, from a free 1,000-contact plan up to $650 a month at 150,000 contacts, checked Sep 29, 2026. Samva campaigns are priced on emails sent, and each plan includes a contact allowance.

## Related Resources

- [Migrate from Resend](https://samva.dev/guides/migrate-from-resend): Map sends, batches, templates, webhooks, and domains, then cut over one flow.
- [Pricing](https://samva.dev/pricing): Start on 500 emails free, then pay for the volume you send.
- [Inbound email](https://samva.dev/features/inbound-email): Receive replies, parse them, and continue the conversation.
- [Campaigns](https://samva.dev/features/campaigns): Announcements and product updates from the same API.
- [Samva vs Mailgun](https://samva.dev/compare/mailgun): Compare pricing, inbound, and logs with Mailgun.
- [Samva vs inbound.new](https://samva.dev/compare/inbound-new): Compare templates, campaigns, and threaded replies with inbound.new.

## Send your first email free.

500 emails a month, no card. When you outgrow it, the bill stays predictable.

[Start sending free](https://samva.dev/signup) or [Talk to the founder](https://samva.dev/contact).

## Sources, verified September 29, 2026

- [Resend pricing](https://resend.com/pricing)
- [Resend: send email with Node.js](https://resend.com/docs/send-emails-with-nodejs)
- [Resend: webhook event types](https://resend.com/docs/webhooks/event-types)
- [Resend: receiving emails](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/receiving/introduction)
- [Resend changelog: Email Threading with Message-ID (Jul 8, 2026)](https://resend.com/changelog/message-id-for-sent-emails)
- [Resend: Templates](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/templates/introduction)
- [Resend: MCP server](https://resend.com/docs/mcp-server)
- [Resend: CLI](https://resend.com/docs/cli)
- [Samva pricing](https://samva.dev/pricing)