Amazon SES
Budget transactional pipe when you already live on AWS and own deliverability. Default agents should still…
Budget transactional pipe when you already live on AWS and own deliverability. Default agents should still start on Resend. Strengths: Lowest list $/1k among major ESP APIs; Deep AWS IAM/region/compliance story; Scales to huge volumes.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Budget transactional pipe when you already live on AWS and own deliverability. Default agents should still start on Resend.
Strengths
- · Lowest list $/1k among major ESP APIs
- · Deep AWS IAM/region/compliance story
- · Scales to huge volumes
Weaknesses
- · DIY deliverability, templates, and observability vs Resend/Postmark
- · Plan vs à-la-carte confusion after 2026 packaging changes
- · Not agent-DX-first
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing): À la carte outbound $0.10 / 1,000 emails + $0.12/GB attachment data; inbound $0.10/1k. Plan tiers Essentials/Pro/Enterprise (e.g. Essentials ~$0.16/1k in 0–10M band) — can switch to à la carte in console. Cheapest hyperscaler hammer; deliverability/ops on you.
Sourced pricing
Contract status unit_mismatch · unit_mismatch. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=amazon-ses
- Outbound email (à la carte) transactional · usd_per_1k_emails · $0.1 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
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