Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by jbob2000 » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 6:41 PM UTC

yangity wrote: post #3

I think 10000 was probably too generous, but 625 also seems a bit too little as well for hobbyists.

Hobbyist to me means that you are doing it for fun and aren't engaging more than 5-10 people. So given that, I'm having a hard time understanding how 10 people could handle 625 emails a month.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by gshdg » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:06 PM UTC

Unsurprising, given that that has to be a huge spam magnet.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by ukyrgf » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:06 PM UTC

Here's a discussion from 6 years ago when they first announced their new plans: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6226964

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by black1101 » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:07 PM UTC

Is there any alternative to Mailgun for sending / receive mails for free? Let's say 500mails per month? Thank you.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by mtmail » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:08 PM UTC

There was an earlier discussion with 'Tell HN' title talking about 625/month. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22192543 When I access the page I read "Get 5,000 free emails per month". Maybe they're A/B testing?

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by ukyrgf » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:19 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #15

There was an earlier discussion with 'Tell HN' title talking about 625/month. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22192543 When I access the page I read "Get 5,000 free emails per month". Maybe they're A/B testing?

5,000 a month free for 3 months. Previously, you got 10,000 emails and 100 validations per month included. You had to have a non-prepaid credit card to sign up as well.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by lytedev » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:24 PM UTC

Is this going to affect my current account? I've been using mailgun for years under this 10k limit to send mail from all my domains for free except once when a bunch of alerts sent thousands of emails.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by chipperyman573 » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:25 PM UTC

lytedev wrote: post #17

Is this going to affect my current account? I've been using mailgun for years under this 10k limit to send mail from all my domains for free except once when a bunch of alerts sent thousands of emails.

Yes, I got an email about it this morning. You'll move to the PAYG plan automatically in a month.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by tln » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:28 PM UTC

I'm a happy customer, and will be moving to foundation plan soon.

If I didn't rely on their inbound email parsing, I could get by on the flex plan for less than $10/mo.... it's still super cheap.

Re: Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month

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Post by zackkatz » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:30 PM UTC

We have used Mailgun to power our SaaS emails for years with great deliverability and without paying a cent. It makes sense for them to charge for their service. It was too good to last forever!