Amazon SES pricing (2026)
Plans, free tier and how Amazon SES's price stacks up against 7 other tools in Email & transactional. Verified from official pricing pages.
Current pricing
À la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails (+$0.12/GB attachments); Essentials plan $0.16 per 1,000; Pro $0.22 per 1,000 + $105/mo per region; Enterprise $0.23 per 1,000 + $500/mo
- Free tier
- No permanent free tier: new AWS customers get up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits (used within 12 months) that can cover SES
- Value score
- 15 / 15
- Value rank
- #1 of 8 in Email & transactional
- Overall score
- 75 / 100
Sources: aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing · docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/request-production-access.html
How Amazon SES's price compares in Email & transactional
Sorted by our pricing and free-tier score (out of 15), then overall score. Click a tool for its own pricing page.
| Tool | Value | Free tier | Score | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon SES(this page) | 15 | No | 75 | À la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails (+$0.12/GB attachments); Essentials plan $0.16 per 1,000; Pro $0.22 per 1,000 + $105/mo per region; Enterprise $0.23 per 1,000 + $500/mo |
| Resend | 14 | Yes | 88 | Free 3,000 emails/mo; Pro from $20/mo (50,000); Scale from $90/mo |
| Plunk | 14 | Yes | 73 | Free 1,000 emails/mo; pay as you go $0.001 per email ($1 per 1,000), unlimited contacts; self-hosting free (AGPL-3.0) |
| Loops | 12 | Yes | 79 | Free up to 1,000 contacts; Growth from $49/mo (up to 5,000 subscribed contacts) |
| Bento | 12 | Partial | 73 | Marketing Platform $29/mo up to 5,000 active users, then from $0.01/user; Transactional Email free for 100 emails, $5/mo up to 12,500, then $0.09 per 1K; Chat add-on $30/mo; no seat fees |
| Mailgun | 10 | Yes | 70 | Free $0 (100 emails/day); Basic from $15/mo (10,000 emails); Foundation $35/mo (50,000); Scale $90/mo (100,000); extra from $1.80 per 1,000 on Basic |
| Postmark | 9 | Yes | 76 | Free 100 emails/mo; Basic from $15/mo (10,000 emails); Pro from $16.50/mo |
| SendGrid | 7 | No | 65 | Free trial 60 days (100 emails/day); Essentials from $19.95/mo (50,000 emails); Pro from $89.95/mo (100,000 emails, dedicated IP); Premier custom |
Cheaper or free alternatives to Amazon SES
- Resend
Value 14/15 · score 88
Yes: 3,000 transactional emails/mo (100/day), 1,000 marketing contacts
Resend pricing → - Plunk
Value 14/15 · score 73
Yes: 1,000 emails/mo and unlimited contacts on the hosted plan (Plunk branding), or self-host for free
Plunk pricing → - Loops
Value 12/15 · score 79
Yes: up to 1,000 contacts and 4,000 sends per 30 days (Loops branding on free)
Loops pricing →
Pricing history on PromptToProd
- Email category grows to 7 tools: Added · score 75 · Email & transactional
- Pricing last verified: À la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails (+$0.12/GB attachments); Essentials plan $0.16 per 1,000; Pro $0.22 per 1,000 + $105/mo per region; Enterprise $0.23 per 1,000 + $500/mo
- Started tracking Amazon SES.
We re-check pricing pages regularly and log every change on the changelog.
FAQ
- How much does Amazon SES cost in 2026?
- Amazon SES pricing as of 2026-10-25: À la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails (+$0.12/GB attachments); Essentials plan $0.16 per 1,000; Pro $0.22 per 1,000 + $105/mo per region; Enterprise $0.23 per 1,000 + $500/mo. Plans change, so confirm on the official site.
- Is Amazon SES free?
- No. Amazon SES: No permanent free tier: new AWS customers get up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits (used within 12 months) that can cover SES.
- Is Amazon SES good value?
- Amazon SES scores 15/15 on PromptToProd's pricing and free-tier criterion, #1 of 8 in Email & transactional on value, and 75/100 overall.
- What are cheaper or free alternatives to Amazon SES?
- In Email & transactional, tools with a free tier and an equal or better pricing score include Resend (14/15, score 88), Plunk (14/15, score 73), Loops (12/15, score 79).
- When was Amazon SES pricing last checked?
- We last verified Amazon SES's pricing on 2026-10-25 from its official pricing page and docs.
Read the full Amazon SES review and score breakdown →
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