Selva Mail vs
Resend
Billed per email on monthly tiers, with per-domain charges above the base allowance.
What Resend does well
The best developer experience in email, full stop. Excellent docs, React Email, a clean API and a dashboard that is genuinely pleasant. It set the bar that everything else is now measured against.
Where the pricing model hurts
You pay per email forever, and you pay extra for each additional domain — which is precisely the cost that multiplies for an agency running many clients.
Charges per extra domain — the cost that multiplies across clients.
What it costs at 5k, 10k and 25k
Assumes four emails per contact per month. Selva Mail is a one-time $497 license, then AWS bills you for what you actually send.
| Contacts | Resend | Selva Mail (AWS) | Annual saving | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | $20/mo | ≈$2/mo | $216 | ~27.6 months |
| 10,000 | $20/mo | ≈$5/mo | $180 | ~33.1 months |
| 25,000 | $90/mo | ≈$12/mo | $936 | ~6.4 months |
Public list prices, 2026. Where a competitor is free software, the saving column is blank on purpose — the cost you are comparing is your own server and your own hours, not a license fee.
Selva Mail costs $497 once, then AWS at cost — about $6/mo at 50,000 emails. It is priced per email sent, not per contact, so it does not grow with your list.
Migrating from Resend
Swap the API endpoint and key; the send payload shape is close enough that most integrations are a small diff. Domains re-verify against your own SES identities rather than Resend’s.
Stop paying for the same contacts
every month.
$497 once. Runs on your infrastructure, sends through your own AWS SES account. Launch buyers get agency rights permanently — unlimited client workspaces. First 100 licenses.