Amazon SES
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.
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- Pricing
- Pay as you goPaid from $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent on à la carte
- Open source
- NoProprietary
A good fit for
- High-volume transactional or bulk email where the per-email price matters most
- Teams already running on AWS that want email billed on the same account
- Apps that need to receive and process inbound email
- Senders that want dedicated or customer-owned IP addresses
Not a good fit 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
Amazon SES pricing
The à la carte option has no minimum fees: outbound email is $0.10 per 1,000, with sending, receiving, data and extra features billed separately. Plans add a fixed fee and a higher per-email rate in return for extra features.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| À la carte | $0.10 per 1,000 emails | Pay for what you use with no minimum fees. Sending, receiving, data and add-ons are billed separately. |
| Essentials | No fixed fee, from $0.16 per 1,000 emails | Described as the way to get started with Amazon SES. |
| Pro | $105 a month per account per region, from $0.22 per 1,000 emails | Dedicated infrastructure and proactive reputation protection. |
| Enterprise | $500 a month per account per region, from $0.23 per 1,000 emails | Described as the way to get the most out of Amazon SES. |
Prices in USD, checked on 9 October 2026. Current prices on aws.amazon.com.
Main features
- Outbound email
- $0.10 per 1,000 emails on à la carte pricing. Attachment data is $0.12 per GB.
- Inbound email
- $0.10 per 1,000 emails received, plus $0.09 per 1,000 incoming email chunks.
- Dedicated IPs
- Standard dedicated IPs are $24.95 a month per IP. Managed dedicated IPs are $15 a month per account plus $0.08 per 1,000 emails.
- Virtual Deliverability Manager
- Deliverability tooling at $0.07 per 1,000 emails for the first 10 million a month.
- Mail Manager
- Controls for incoming email security and compliance, and for outgoing email.
- Plans
- Essentials has no fixed fee, Pro is $105 a month per account per region, and Enterprise is $500 a month per account per region.
About Amazon SES
Amazon SES is a cloud email service provider that applications use to send and receive email. It supports dedicated, shared or customer-owned IP addresses, and offers deliverability tools, sender statistics and inbound email handling.
Mail Manager helps protect and automate incoming email and apply security and compliance controls to outgoing email. Billing is by usage, with no minimum on the à la carte option, or through Essentials, Pro and Enterprise plans that add fixed monthly fees and different per-email rates.
- Made by
- Amazon Web Services
- Free plan
- 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.
Amazon SES alternatives
Questions about Amazon SES
How much does Amazon SES cost?
On à la carte pricing, outbound email is $0.10 per 1,000 emails and attachments are $0.12 per GB. The Essentials, Pro and Enterprise plans start at $0.16, $0.22 and $0.23 per 1,000 emails.
Does Amazon SES have a free plan?
Yes. At sign-up you can choose a free plan, which is available for 6 months after account creation. New customers also get up to $200 in Free Tier credits that must be used within 12 months.
Can Amazon SES receive email?
Yes. Inbound email is $0.10 per 1,000 emails, and Mail Manager handles security and automation for incoming mail.
How much is a dedicated IP on Amazon SES?
A standard dedicated IP is $24.95 a month per IP. Managed dedicated IPs cost $15 a month per account plus $0.08 per 1,000 emails.
Is Amazon SES open source?
No. It is a proprietary service from Amazon Web Services.
Sources and links
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