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Amazon SES
Amazon SES is the transactional email service inside Amazon Web Services, sending over API or SMTP with usage-based pricing and no fixed subscription. We verified the product page at aws.amazon.com/ses/ directly in August 2026. It is included in the catalog partly because it defines the value-for-money floor of the transactional category.
There is no flat monthly plan: at our 50,000-email normalization volume the à-la-carte path computes to $5.00 per month ($0.10 per 1,000 emails, no minimum) and the Essentials plan to $8.00 ($0.16 per 1,000) — the lowest captured cost in the category. A standard dedicated IP is a published $24.95/month add-on. Pricing checked 19 August 2026.
Deliverability: not yet tested. Placement figures on this site come exclusively from our own seed-list tests (how we test); once Amazon SES completes a cycle, its score joins the email deliverability ranking.
From our pricing dataset
Pricing at a glance
| Tier | Monthly price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $8/mo | — |
| Pro | $116/mo | — |
| A-la-carte | $5/mo | — |
Pricing checked 19 August 2026 · monthly billing, prices as shown by the vendor.
Captured from the vendor website
Amazon SES in screenshots
Amazon SES page on aws.amazon.com, August 2026
Source: vendor website · 21 August 2026
"Benefits of Amazon SES" section of the SES product page
Source: vendor website · 21 August 2026
Independent review platforms — shown as context; never part of our measured Deliverability Score
What users say
Capterra
4.7/5
123 reviews
Checked 21 August 2026
Weighted average 4.7/5 across 123 reviews.Limited review base
Same primary category, from our catalog
Alternatives to Amazon SES
Resend
$$Developer-first transactional email API; a separately priced marketing product exists alongside.
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Mailtrap
$$Email delivery platform combining a sending API/SMTP service with a testing sandbox; each product is priced separately.
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SMTP2GO
$$SMTP relay and transactional email delivery service with unlimited verified sender domains on paid plans.
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Selected by catalog rule — same primary category, same depth tier first, then catalog demand order. Never hand-picked.
Generated from our datasets — every value verified and dated
Frequently asked questions
What is Amazon SES?
Amazon SES is a transactional email service in the InboxRatio catalog, also covering smtp provider and developer email infrastructure. Its regional focus is Global.
How much does Amazon SES cost?
Paid Amazon SES plans start at $5/mo (A-la-carte tier), prices as shown by the vendor, last checked 19 August 2026.
What do users say about Amazon SES?
Across 123 reviews on Capterra, Amazon SES averages 4.7/5 (review-count-weighted). User ratings are shown as context only — never part of our measured Deliverability Score.
Has Amazon SES's deliverability been tested by InboxRatio?
Not yet — Amazon SES is in the queue for Cycle 0, our first seed-list test cycle across the whole catalog. We publish measured inbox-placement results only after a completed cycle, so this profile carries no Deliverability Score until then. How we test.
What are the main Amazon SES alternatives?
From our catalog, the closest alternatives are Resend, Mailtrap and SMTP2GO — services sharing Amazon SES's primary category (transactional email), selected by a neutral catalog rule, never hand-picked.