Resend vs Strapi

The email API for developers — built by the Nodemailer team
vs. Leading open-source Node.js headless CMS — self-host or Cloud

Resend website ↗Strapi website ↗

Pricing tiers

Resend

Free

3,000 emails/month, 100 emails/day. 1 custom domain. Ideal for side projects.

Free

Pro — 50k

50,000 emails/month. 10 custom domains. Priority support.

$20/mo

Pro — 100k

100,000 emails/month. 10 custom domains.

$35/mo

Scale — 100k+

Tiered from 100k → 2.5M emails/month. Dedicated IP add-on available.

$90/mo

Scale — 2.5M

2.5M emails/month.

$1150/mo

Enterprise

3M+/month, dedicated IP included, SSO, custom contract.

Custom

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Strapi

Self-Hosted (OSS)

MIT-licensed Node.js CMS. Run free on any infra. Full admin + plugin ecosystem.

$0 base (usage-based)

Cloud Free (trial)

14-day free trial of Strapi Cloud.

Free

Cloud Essential

$18/month ($15 annual). 500k API requests, 50 GB asset bandwidth, 50 GB storage. Transparent overages.

$18/mo

Cloud Pro

$90/month. Higher quotas, faster support.

$90/mo

Cloud Scale

$450/month. Enterprise-grade infra, priority support.

$450/mo

Enterprise Edition (self-host)

Self-host + Enterprise license. SSO/SAML, audit logs, review workflows, content releases.

Custom

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Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Resend vs self-hosted on Strapi.

Metric	Resend	Strapi
custom domains	1 domains	—
emails per day	100 emails/day	—
emails per month	3000 emails/month	—

Features

Resend · 12 features

Audiences — Contact list management with custom fields.
Batch Send — Send up to 100 emails in one API call.
Broadcasts — Bulk email campaigns with audiences, A/B testing, analytics.
Dedicated IP — Add-on for high-volume senders. Auto warmup.
Domains — DKIM/SPF/DMARC auto-verification. Per-domain analytics.
Idempotency — Prevent duplicate sends with Idempotency-Key header.
Logs + Analytics — Full email logs, delivery heatmap, events table.
React Email — OSS library (3M+ downloads) to compose emails in React/JSX.
Scheduled Send — scheduledAt parameter for future delivery.
Send API — POST /emails endpoint to send. Supports attachments, scheduled send, idempotency…
Suppressions — Auto-managed bounce + complaint list. API to add/remove.
Webhooks — Email lifecycle events: sent, delivered, bounced, complained, opened, clicked.

Strapi · 16 features

Audit Logs (EE) — Track every admin action.
Components — Reusable field groups shared across content types.
Content Types Builder — Visual schema builder — fields, relations, components, dynamic zones.
Custom Fields — Plugin-based custom field types (color picker, markdown, etc.).
Draft & Publish — Two-phase publishing workflow.
Dynamic Zones — Flexible page builder — authors pick components to add.
GraphQL API (plugin) — Optional GraphQL layer via official plugin.
Internationalization — Multi-locale content out of the box.
Media Library — Upload + organize media. Providers: local, S3, Cloudinary, DO Spaces.
Releases (EE) — Bundle content changes and publish atomically.
REST API (auto-gen) — Auto-generated REST endpoints per content type. Full CRUD + filters.
Review Workflows (EE) — Approval-based content workflows.
Role-Based Access Control — Per-role permissions at content type + field level.
SSO / SAML (EE) — Enterprise identity for admin users.
Strapi Cloud — Fully-managed hosting of Strapi instances.
Webhooks — Built-in webhooks on content lifecycle events.

Developer interfaces

Kind	Resend	Strapi
CLI	Resend CLI	Strapi CLI
SDK	react-email, resend-go, resend-node, resend-php, resend-python, resend-ruby	@strapi/client (JS)
REST	Resend REST API	Admin REST API, Strapi Content REST API
GRAPHQL	—	GraphQL API (plugin)
OTHER	SMTP Relay, Webhooks (Svix)	Webhooks

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