When comparing Mailgun vs phpList, the Slant community recommends Mailgun for most people. In the question“What are the best services for sending newsletter/marketing emails?” Mailgun is ranked 6th while phpList is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Mailgun is:
Mailgun is included and configured by default in Meteor.js. So for projects which are built using Meteor, it's very easy to integrate Mailgun.
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Pros
Pro Integrates by default with Meteor.js
Mailgun is included and configured by default in Meteor.js. So for projects which are built using Meteor, it's very easy to integrate Mailgun.
Pro Developer-focused
Mailgun has a RESTful API with libraries and code examples in curl, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go.
Pro Free and open source
This software is licensed under the AGPLv3.
Pro Sends millions of messages
Can manage millions of subscribers and send millions of messages per day.
Cons
Con Sub-par support
It has been reported several times that Mailgun's support is not excellent. Most of the time, they require a lot of time to respond to questions or support queries.