Amazon SES
Amazon SES sends transactional email at scale without running email infrastructure.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Transactional email service from AWS
Who should look elsewhere
Basic features only
Pros
- +Cheapest email sending
- +High deliverability
- +Pay per email
- +Integrates with AWS
- +No monthly minimum
Cons
- −Basic features only
- −Not for marketing emails
- −Setup can be complex
- −UI minimal
- −Reputation management manual
Key features
- ✓Email sending API
- ✓High deliverability
- ✓Bounce handling
- ✓Reputation dashboard
- ✓Email receiving
- ✓Pay-per-use pricing
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | $0.1 | month | Outbound emails; $0.12/GB for attachments; Email templates |
| Inbound Email | $0.1 | month | Receive emails; $0.09/1000 email chunks; Route to S3, Lambda, SNS |
| Dedicated IP (Standard) | $24.95 | month | Static IP address; Build your own reputation; Full control over sending |
| Dedicated IP (Managed) | $15 | month | Auto-scaling IPs; Managed reputation; Volume-based pricing |