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Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

AWS email sending — cheapest at scale

💰 Best for: High-volume transactional email at lowest cost

Quick Verdict

Amazon SES is AWS's email service. $0.10 per 1,000 emails (~₹8.35). No monthly fees. 62,000 emails free per month from EC2. Best for AWS-native teams needing high-volume transactional email. Cheaper than SendGrid/Netcore at scale. Harder to set up (SPF/DKIM/DMARC manual). No UI for campaigns — API/CLI only.

What is SES?

Amazon SES is AWS's email service. You set up sender domain, configure SPF/DKIM/DMARC, then send via API or SMTP. Cheapest email at scale: $0.10/1,000 (~₹8.35). No dashboard UI — API-only. Good for transactional email (receipts, confirmations). Not for marketing campaigns (use SendGrid/Netcore).

Key Features

Cheapest at Scale

$0.10/1K emails. Beats SendGrid, Netcore for high volume.

AWS-Native

Integrate with Lambda, S3, SNS. No separate vendor.

Dedicated IPs

$24.95/month. Control sender reputation.

Bounce/Complaint Tracking

Monitor delivery. Update suppression list automatically.

Pricing

$0.10 per 1,000 emails. Dedicated IP $24.95/month. 62,000 free from EC2 per month.

Pros and Cons

Pros: Cheapest email at scale. AWS-native. Dedicated IPs. API powerful.

Cons: No dashboard UI. API-only. Harder to set up (SPF/DKIM manual). No campaign builder. Not for marketing.