Amazon SES
Cloud-based email sending service
★ 4.7
Amazon's Simple Email Service - extremely cost-effective at $0.10/1000 emails. Best for high-volume AWS-integrated apps.
Features
✓ 62K free emails/mo from EC2
✓ $0.10 per 1,000 emails (10x cheaper than competitors)
✓ Bulk and transactional email
✓ Email receiving ($0.10/1K incoming)
✓ Template management
✓ Reputation monitoring
✓ Bounce and complaint handling
Pros
- + 10x cheaper than SendGrid/Mailgun at scale
- + 62K free emails/mo from EC2
- + High deliverability rates
- + Part of AWS ecosystem
Cons
- − Complex initial setup
- − 200/day limit in sandbox mode
- − Requires AWS knowledge
- − No built-in UI like SendGrid