Resend
Email API for developers to send transactional and marketing email, with React-based templates.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $20 a month for the Pro plan (50,000 emails a month)Open source noStars 964npm a week 15M
Amazon SES alternatives
5 tools you can use instead of Amazon SES, ranked by live GitHub stars and npm downloads. Resend, SendGrid and Postmark are the most used. Stats updated 17 hours ago.
When Amazon SES is not a good fit
Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is a cloud email service from Amazon Web Services for sending and receiving email at high volume. Billing is by usage, with outbound email at $0.10 per 1,000 on the à la carte option. New accounts can choose a free plan for 6 months.
It is a weaker choice for:
- Teams that want a simple dashboard and templates out of the box: SES is infrastructure you assemble
- Marketing teams that need campaign and audience tools
- Anyone who needs open source or self-hosting: SES is a hosted AWS service
- Founders who want a single flat monthly price: charges are split across sending, data, IPs and add-ons
The alternatives
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SendGrid
Twilio's email API and delivery platform for transactional and marketing email.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $19.95 a month for the Essentials plan (50,000 to 100,000 emails a month)Open source noStars 3.1knpm a week 5.7M
Postmark
Email delivery service for transactional and broadcast email, owned by ActiveCampaign.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails)Open source nonpm a week 1.4M
Loops
Email platform for SaaS teams covering marketing, product and transactional email.
Pricing FreemiumOpen source no
Mailgun
Transactional email API and SMTP service, with inbound parsing and email validation, part of Sinch.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails)Open source no
Amazon SES and its alternatives, side by side
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Paid from | Open source | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon SES | Pay as you go | Yes: a free plan for 6 months after account creation, plus up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits that must be used within 12 months. | $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent on à la carte | No | None |
| Resend | Freemium | Yes: 3,000 emails a month, 100 a day, 3 custom domains, 10,000 automation runs | $20 a month for the Pro plan (50,000 emails a month) | No | 964 |
| SendGrid | Freemium | Trial only: 100 emails a day for 60 days, no ongoing free tier | $19.95 a month for the Essentials plan (50,000 to 100,000 emails a month) | No | 3.1k |
| Postmark | Freemium | Yes: 100 emails a month, no credit card, does not expire. | $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails) | No | None |
| Loops | Freemium | Yes: up to 4,000 emails in any rolling 30 days, sent to your 1,000 newest contacts, with all features and a Powered by Loops footer. | Not listed | No | None |
| Mailgun | Freemium | Yes: 100 emails a day, 1 custom sending domain, 2 API keys, 1 inbound route, 1 user. | $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails) | No | None |
Pricing facts come from each tool's official pricing page, with the checked date on the tool's own page.
Questions
What is the most popular alternative to Amazon SES?
By GitHub stars, Resend is the most used alternative to Amazon SES listed on ScratchDB, with 964 stars.
Which Amazon SES alternatives are open source?
None of the Amazon SES alternatives listed here are open source.
Which Amazon SES alternatives have a free plan?
Resend, Postmark, Loops and Mailgun have a free plan. The table on this page shows what each one includes.