Resend alternative
PigeonAtlas vs. Resend
The same API, so leaving is two lines
PigeonAtlas accepts Resend's request shape and answers in Resend's response shape, so the honest question is not whether you can move but whether you should. Resend is a good product with a bigger team, more features and a lower price at higher volumes. Here is where each one wins.
Resend is the better choice for
- Teams sending more than 50,000 emails a month on transactional mail alone, where Resend Pro is cheaper.
- Anyone who needs attachments, SMTP or several recipients per request today.
- Companies that want official SDKs in many languages and a larger support team.
PigeonAtlas is the better choice if
- A newsletter must never delay a password reset. Our broadcasts run on a separate queue, on every plan.
- You want newsletters priced per email, not per contact, inside the same plan.
- Your data has to stay in the EU. Resend stores account data in the US.
- You want a paid plan below $20 a month. Starter is $9 for 10,000 emails.
Price per month
The cheapest published plan that covers each volume, in US dollars before tax.
| Emails a month | PigeonAtlas | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 1,000 emails a month, 1 domain, no card, no time limit. | 3,000 emails a month, at most 100 a day, no card. |
| 10,000 | $9/mo (Starter, includes 10,000) | $20/mo (Pro, includes 50,000) |
| 50,000 | $29/mo (Growth, includes 50,000) | $20/mo (Pro) |
| 100,000 | $79/mo (Scale, includes 200,000) | $35/mo (Pro, 100,000 tier) |
Resend Pro overage is $0.90 per 1,000. Marketing email is priced separately by contacts.
Feature by feature
| PigeonAtlas | Resend | |
|---|---|---|
| Resend-compatible API | Yes. Same request and response shapes; moving is the base URL and the key. | It is the Resend API. |
| SMTP | Built and tested, but not open to the internet until its TLS certificate is in place. Use the HTTP API today. | Yes, on every plan. |
| Attachments | Not over the HTTP API yet. | Yes. |
| Newsletters and broadcasts | Included from Growth at the same per-email price, on a separate queue so a newsletter never delays a password reset. | Yes, as a separate marketing plan priced by contacts (Pro marketing starts at $40/mo for 5,000). |
| Webhooks | sent, delivered, bounced and complained, each signed with an HMAC. | Yes, all events. 1 endpoint on Free, 5 on Pro, 10 on Scale. |
| Open and click tracking | Yes, opt-in per domain and off by default. | Yes, on every plan including Free. |
| EU data | The only option: application and database in Amsterdam, delivery and archived bodies in Frankfurt. | Can send from eu-west-1 (Ireland); account data is stored in the US. |
| Message history | Bodies kept 30 days; delivery records kept with the account. | 30 days of history on Free, Pro and Scale. |
| Support | Email, answered by the founder. | Tickets on Free; Slack and an urgent-response SLA on Scale. |
Resend figures checked October 11, 2026 against Resend pricing, Resend regions documentation. Prices change; if one here is out of date, tell us at support@pigeonatlas.com and we will correct it.
Moving from Resend
- Create a PigeonAtlas account and verify your sending domain. The domain page shows the DKIM, SPF and MX records and ticks each one when it resolves.
- Create an API key. It starts with pa_ and is shown once.
- Change the base URL from https://api.resend.com to https://pigeonatlas.com/v1 and swap the key. The body you POST to /emails stays the same.
- The Resend SDK pins its own host, so replace the SDK call with a plain fetch. It is fewer lines than the import.
- Point a webhook endpoint at your handler and verify the DP-Signature header. The migration notes list every difference.
Before
POST https://api.resend.com/emails
Authorization: Bearer re_...After
POST https://pigeonatlas.com/v1/emails
Authorization: Bearer pa_...The Resend migration notes list every difference.
Try it on the free plan
1,000 emails a month from one verified domain, no card. Run it beside Resend until you trust it.
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