GitHub
Engineering
From$4/user/mo
10 people: $40 a month · $480 a year
- Free plan
- No yearly discount listed
- $10,000 startup credits
- 3 plans · priced per user
GitHub vs Mailgun: pricing compared
Plans, list prices and what a team of 5, 10 or 25 pays on each, from Surba's catalog of Engineering tools. Updated for 2026.
At a glance
Side by side
GitHub starts at $4/user/mo (Team) and Mailgun at $15/mo (Basic). For 10 people that's $40 vs $15 a month: Mailgun is $25 a month (63%) cheaper than GitHub on list price.
Mailgun
Cheaper for 10 people
From$15/mo
10 people: $15 a month · $180 a year
- Free plan
- No yearly discount listed
- No startup credits listed
- 4 plans · priced per plan
Plans
GitHub and Mailgun plans
Every plan with a public price, in US dollars.
GitHub
Free
Unlimited public/private repos · 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month · 500 MB Packages storage
Free
Team
Required reviewers & code owners · 3,000 CI/CD minutes/month · 2 GB Packages storage
$4/user/mo
Enterprise
SAML SSO & SCIM · 50,000 CI/CD minutes/month · Audit log API
$21/user/mo
Team $4 and Enterprise from $21/user/mo shown 'for the first 12 months' (footnote not visible). Enterprise also via sales; add-ons (Copilot, Codespaces) extra.
Prices from GitHub's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Mailgun
Free
100 emails/day · 1 custom sending domain · 1-day log retention
Free
Basic
10,000 emails/month · No daily limit · $1.80 per extra 1,000 emails
$15/mo
Foundation
50,000 emails/month · 1,000 custom domains · Template builder and API
$35/mo
Scale
100,000 emails/month · SAML SSO and dedicated IP pools · 5,000 email validations included
$90/mo
Basic is 'starting at' $15/mo; Foundation and Scale include a first month free. Extra dedicated IPs $59/IP/month. Enterprise: contact sales. Optimize/Inspect add-ons priced separately.
Prices from Mailgun's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Team cost
What each costs your team
Entry paid plans, per month and per year at list price.
| Team | GitHub (Team) | Mailgun (Basic) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 people | $20/mo$240/yr a year | $15/mo$180/yr a year | Mailgun $5 less a month |
| 10 people | $40/mo$480/yr a year | $15/mo$180/yr a year | Mailgun $25 less a month |
| 25 people | $100/mo$1,200/yr a year | $15/mo$180/yr a year | Mailgun $85 less a month |
GitHub is priced per user. Mailgun is priced per plan. Per-user prices are multiplied by the team; per-plan prices aren't. Before tax; yearly discounts not applied.
FAQ
GitHub vs Mailgun: questions
Which is cheaper, GitHub or Mailgun?
GitHub starts at $4/user/mo (Team) and Mailgun at $15/mo (Basic). For 10 people that's $40 vs $15 a month: Mailgun is $25 a month (63%) cheaper than GitHub on list price. Compare features too: the cheaper plan isn't always the closer match.
Do GitHub and Mailgun have free plans?
GitHub has a free plan (Free). Mailgun has a free plan (Free).
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