Resend Laravel Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Migration from legacy email providers (e.g., Mailgun, SendGrid, AWS SES) to Resend, leveraging its cost efficiency, developer-friendly API, and modern features like idempotency keys, tags, and webhook support.
• Roadmap alignment with Laravel 13+ and PHP 8.1+ compatibility, ensuring long-term maintainability.
• Build vs. Buy: Avoid reinventing email infrastructure; adopt a batteries-included solution with Resend’s Laravel mailer integration, reducing dev time for email workflows.
• Use cases:
  • Transactional emails (password resets, notifications).
  • Marketing campaigns with tags for segmentation.
  • Webhook-driven automation (e.g., tracking email.failed events).
  • Domain verification and SPF/DKIM setup via Resend’s dashboard.

When to Consider This Package

• Adopt if:

  • Your Laravel app needs a modern, cost-effective email provider with Resend’s free tier (10K emails/month).
  • You require webhook support for real-time email event tracking (e.g., bounces, opens).
  • Your team uses Laravel 11+ or Symfony Mailer and needs seamless integration.
  • You want idempotency keys to prevent duplicate emails.
  • Your app needs inline attachments (e.g., images in HTML emails) or ICS/calendar invites.

• Look elsewhere if:

  • You’re not using Laravel/Symfony (this package is framework-specific).
  • You need advanced templating (e.g., Handlebars, Jinja2); Resend’s Laravel mailer uses Blade by default.
  • Your app requires multi-channel messaging (SMS, push); Resend is email-focused.
  • You’re on Laravel <11 or PHP <8.1 (unsupported).
  • You need enterprise-grade SLAs (Resend’s free tier lacks guarantees).

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For Executives: "Resend’s Laravel package lets us replace our current email provider with a scalable, cost-efficient alternative—10K free emails/month—while cutting dev time with built-in Laravel mailers, webhooks, and idempotency. It’s future-proof (Laravel 13+ ready) and aligns with our push for lean infrastructure."

For Engineering: *"This package drops in as a drop-in replacement for Laravel’s default mailer, adding Resend’s modern API (tags, idempotency) and webhook support with minimal code changes. Key perks:

• Zero setup: Configure via .env and config/mail.php.
• Webhooks: Track email.failed, email.received, etc., in real time.
• Attachments: Supports inline images, ICS files, and custom MIME types.
• Cost: Free tier covers most dev/test needs; pay-as-you-go for scale. Tradeoff: Tight Laravel coupling (not framework-agnostic), but worth it for Laravel shops."*

For Developers: *"Need to send emails in Laravel? This package handles Resend integration so you don’t have to. Key features:

• Facade-based API: Resend::emails()->send([...]) for quick sends.
• Laravel Mailer: Use MAIL_MAILER=resend in .env for seamless Mailable classes.
• Webhooks: Plug into Resend’s events (e.g., email.bounced) via middleware.
• Attachments: Supports inline images, files, and ICS invites. Example:

Resend::emails()->send([
    'from' => 'hello@yourdomain.com',
    'to' => 'user@example.com',
    'subject' => 'Welcome!',
    'html' => '<p>Check this out: <img src="cid:logo"></p>',
    'attachments' => [['content_id' => 'logo', 'filename' => 'logo.png', 'content' => base64_encode(file_get_contents('logo.png'))]],
]);
```"*