A Canadian alternative to Mailgun
Zedmail is a Canadian alternative to $C, run by a Canadian company with no office, staff or infrastructure in the United States. Your message data is stored in Québec and the service is administered from Ontario, whether you send from Canada, the UK, or the EU. The same REST API and SMTP relay you expect from Mailgun, billed in CAD at $0.15 per 1,000.
Short answer
If you want a Mailgun replacement that keeps email data out of the US — for Canadian data residency, or to avoid the GDPR US-transfer problem — Zedmail is the closest like-for-like: REST API + SMTP, webhooks, DKIM/SPF/DMARC done for you, 200 free emails a day, then $0.15 CAD per 1,000.
Zedmail vs Mailgun at a glance
| Feature | Zedmail | Mailgun |
|---|---|---|
| Price per 1,000 emails | \$0.15 CAD | ≈ US$0.80–1.00 / 1,000 |
| Free tier | 200 emails/day, forever | 30-day trial only |
| Operated from | Canada 🇨🇦 | United States 🇺🇸 (Sinch-owned) |
| US-owned or US-headquartered | No | Yes (US operations) |
| EU → provider transfer under GDPR | Canada has EU adequacy | US transfer (SCCs, Schrems II risk) |
| CASL compliance (Canada) | Built in | Self-managed |
| Billing currency | CAD | USD |
| REST API | Yes | Yes |
| SMTP relay | Yes | Yes |
| Webhooks (delivered / bounce / complaint) | Yes | Yes |
| DKIM / SPF / DMARC | Configured for you | Self-serve |
*Corporate ownership is shown because it determines which country's law a provider answers to, wherever the servers sit. Zedmail is operated by Ozonagram Ltd, a Canadian corporation with no office, staff or infrastructure in the United States. Pricing is approximate and current as of June 2026; check each provider for current rates.
Why choose an alternative hosted outside the US?
A Canadian company, with nothing in the US
Zedmail is operated by Ozonagram Ltd, a Canadian corporation with no office, staff or infrastructure in the United States. Your message data is stored in Québec. If any authority, Canadian or foreign, demands data, we disclose only what we are legally compelled to, tell you first unless the law forbids it, and point them to you where we can. Mailgun is US-owned, which means it answers to US law wherever its servers are.
Built for Canadian AND European senders
Canada holds an EU adequacy decision, so moving personal data from the EU to Canada is permitted under the GDPR without extra safeguards. Sending through a US provider is a transfer to the US, which since the Schrems II ruling requires Standard Contractual Clauses and remains legally contested. Zedmail sidesteps that.
CASL compliance, handled
Every message includes a CASL-compliant unsubscribe, one-click (RFC 8058) unsubscribe is supported, and hard bounces and spam complaints are automatically suppressed.
Billed in Canadian dollars
No USD conversion fees. $0.15 CAD per 1,000 emails, with 200 free every day.
When Mailgun still makes sense
Mailgun is a mature platform with a large ecosystem and global scale. If you have no requirement about where your data is stored, no CASL obligation, and you rely on Mailgun-specific features, it remains a solid choice. Zedmail focuses on one thing: Canadian-operated transactional email, stored in Canada, from a company with nothing in the United States.
The API, in one call
curl -X POST https://zedmail.com/v1/email/send \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ses_your_api_key" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "from": "Your App <noreply@yourdomain.ca>", "to": "customer@example.com", "subject": "Welcome!", "html": "<p>Thanks for signing up.</p>" }' → 202 { "message_id": "msg_3a7f9c...", "status": "queued" }
How to switch from Mailgun to Zedmail
- Create a free Zedmail account and verify your sending domain (publish two CNAME records — we handle DKIM/SPF/DMARC from there).
- Generate an API key in the dashboard.
- Swap your Mailgun API call for Zedmail's — same idea, one endpoint and a JSON body. Or point your existing SMTP integration at our relay on port 2587.
- Send a test email, confirm delivery in the dashboard, and switch your traffic over.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Canadian alternative to Mailgun?
Zedmail is a Canadian alternative to Mailgun: a transactional email API operated by Ozonagram Ltd, a Canadian corporation with no US office, staff or infrastructure, with message data stored in Québec.
Where is my email data stored with Zedmail?
In Québec, Canada, by a Canadian company with no US office, staff or infrastructure. The service itself is administered from Ontario. One honest caveat: delivering a message transmits it to your recipient's own email provider, wherever that provider operates — if they use Gmail, their copy is on Google's infrastructure. No email service can change that.
Can European senders use Zedmail — is it GDPR-friendly?
Yes. Canada holds an EU adequacy decision, so EU → Canada transfers are permitted under the GDPR without Standard Contractual Clauses — unlike US providers since the Schrems II ruling.
Does Zedmail handle CASL compliance?
Yes. Every message includes a CASL-compliant unsubscribe, one-click (RFC 8058) unsubscribe is supported, and bounces and complaints are auto-suppressed.
How much does Zedmail cost compared to Mailgun?
Zedmail is $0.15 CAD per 1,000 emails with 200 free per day. Mailgun: ≈ US$0.80–1.00 / 1,000. Zedmail bills in Canadian dollars, so there are no currency-conversion fees.
How hard is it to migrate from Mailgun?
For most senders it takes minutes: verify your domain with two CNAME records, generate an API key, and swap your send call (or repoint SMTP). DKIM, SPF, and DMARC are configured for you.
Keep your email out of the US
Start sending in minutes — 200 free emails a day, then \$0.15 CAD per 1,000.
Last updated: 2026-06-04