Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)
aws.amazon.com/sesBuild Difficulty: 5/5
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How to Replace Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)Overview
Features
28 features across 15 categories
Add-ons(1)
Various add-on solutions available for email processing and management
Analytics & Reporting(1)
Reports on sender statistics and email deliverability metrics to help businesses optimize email performance
Automation(1)
Automate transactional messages including purchase notifications, shipping updates, order status, and policy change notices
Configuration(1)
Supports dedicated, shared, or owned IP addresses for email sending
Core Functionality(3)
Send high-volume email campaigns and manage incoming emails at scale, transacting more than a trillion emails annually
Receive and manage incoming emails with volume-based pricing
Send emails with pricing based on volume sent
Cost Management(1)
Monitor and manage data transfer costs for outbound email and attachments
Data Quality(2)
Automatic email validation with configurable validation thresholds
Validate email addresses before sending with per-validation pricing
Deliverability(2)
Reach more customers' inboxes as a trusted sender with email deliverability tools and IP management
Inbox deliverability optimization tool with volume-based pricing tiers
Email Management(5)
Receive emails from credentialed senders with complimentary setup
Simplify complex email setup with ability to protect and automate incoming emails and send emails with security and compliance control
Archive emails for storage and searching with per-GB ingestion and monthly storage fees
Process emails through Mail Manager for inbound receiving or outbound sending
Receive emails directly to your domain with exclusive resources
Enterprise(1)
Multi-tenant support with per-tenant monthly and per-email pricing
Infrastructure(4)
Use IP addresses you own to send email through Amazon SES with per-IP monthly fees
Use managed dedicated IPs with tiered pricing based on sending volume
Lease dedicated IP addresses with per-IP monthly pricing
Send emails through multi-region endpoints with additional per-message pricing
Integration(3)
Email capabilities integrated with Amazon Connect based on configuration
Streamline communications with a secure, managed business email and calendar service
Configure Amazon SES within business applications to deliver transactional and promotional messages
Marketing(1)
Create and send targeted marketing campaigns, newsletters, promotional offers, and engaging content globally
Professional Services(1)
Professional consultation to improve deliverability rates with actionable recommendations and industry expertise
Security & Compliance(1)
Sending authorization through industry-standard email authentication technologies
Pricing
Free Tier
Popular- ✓Up to 3,000 message charges per month for 12 months
- ✓Includes outbound emails, inbound emails, and Virtual Deliverability Manager processing
- ✓Access to all core features during free tier period
Pay-As-You-Go
- ✓Outbound email: $0.10 per 1,000 emails
- ✓Inbound email: $0.10 per 1,000 emails
- ✓Email Validation: $0.01 per validation
- ✓Data charges for attachments: $0.12 per GB
- ✓No subscriptions, no minimum charges, no contracts
Dedicated IP - Standard
- ✓Dedicated IP address for sending
- ✓Standard IP management
- ✓Pay per IP address monthly
Dedicated IP - Managed
- ✓Managed dedicated IP addresses
- ✓$15 base monthly fee per account
- ✓Tiered usage pricing: $0.08/1K emails (0-10M), $0.04/1K emails (10-50M), $0.02/1K emails (50-100M)
Mail Manager - Basic
- ✓Open ingress endpoint: $50 per month per endpoint
- ✓Email processing: $0.15 per 1,000 emails
- ✓Incoming mail chunks: $0.09 per 1,000 chunks
Mail Manager - Archiving
- ✓Archiving ingestion: $2 per GB of emails
- ✓Archiving storage: $0.19 per GB per month
- ✓Email search and audit capabilities
Virtual Deliverability Manager
- ✓Tiered pricing: $0.07/1K emails (0-10M), $0.05/1K emails (10-100M), $0.02/1K emails (>100M)
- ✓Query pricing: $0.0005 per 1,000 queries (first 5,000 queries free)
- ✓Inbox deliverability optimization
Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)
- ✓Use your own IP address range
- ✓$24.95 per month per IP address
- ✓Minimum 256 IP addresses required ($6,387.20/month minimum)
Deliverability Expert Services
- ✓3-month engagement with DES experts
- ✓Actionable recommendations and consultation
- ✓Template review, list management, and targeting strategy
- ✓Personalized report with deliverability improvements
Global Endpoints
- ✓Multi-region email sending
- ✓$0.03 per 1,000 emails (on top of base sending price)
Cost Calculator
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Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 28 features at very easy complexity.
Build vs Buy
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) saves ~$13,080 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 28 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
5 known integrations