Amazon SES pricing
Transactional Email APIs · by Amazon Web Services · June 2026 snapshot
Amazon SES costs $0.10 per 1,000 emails. Pure pay-as-you-go. $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, plus $0.12 per GB of attachments. No monthly minimum. Free tier: 62,000 emails/month free only when sending from an app hosted on Amazon EC2; otherwise no perpetual free tier. It is best for high-volume senders who can manage their own deliverability, reputation and templating.
Source: Amazon SES. Data as of June 2026.
Amazon SES pricing at a glance
| Detail | Amazon SES |
|---|---|
| Category | Transactional Email APIs |
| Company | Amazon Web Services |
| Headline price | $0.10 per 1,000 emails |
| Free tier | 62,000 emails/month free only when sending from an app hosted on Amazon EC2; otherwise no perpetual free tier. |
| Pricing model | Pure pay-as-you-go. $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, plus $0.12 per GB of attachments. No monthly minimum. |
Source: Amazon SES. Data as of June 2026.
Vendor pricing as of June 2026 — verify on the vendor pricing page.
Pros and cons
- Lowest per-email cost at scale
- Deep AWS integration
- No monthly minimum
- Bare-bones: no UI templates or analytics out of the box
- Deliverability is your responsibility
- Steeper setup than turnkey products
How Amazon SES compares
See the full Transactional Email APIs comparison, or compare Amazon SES with other providers:
- SendGrid — Essentials $19.95/month for 50,000 emails (~$0.40 per 1,000)
- Resend — Pro $20/month for 50,000 emails ($0.40 per 1,000)
- Mailgun — Basic ~$35/month for 50,000 emails (~$0.70 per 1,000)
- Postmark — $15 for 10,000 emails ($1.50 per 1,000)
Head-to-head: SendGrid vs Amazon SES
Frequently asked questions
How much does Amazon SES cost?
Amazon SES's headline price is $0.10 per 1,000 emails. Pure pay-as-you-go. $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, plus $0.12 per GB of attachments. No monthly minimum. Free tier: 62,000 emails/month free only when sending from an app hosted on Amazon EC2; otherwise no perpetual free tier. Verify current pricing on the Amazon SES pricing page, as rates change.
Does Amazon SES have a free tier?
62,000 emails/month free only when sending from an app hosted on Amazon EC2; otherwise no perpetual free tier.
What is Amazon SES best for?
High-volume senders who can manage their own deliverability, reputation and templating. Cheapest at scale by a wide margin, but it is infrastructure, not a product: you build your own analytics, suppression handling and templates. Inbound and dedicated IPs cost extra.
Source
Pricing snapshot from the Amazon SES pricing page, captured in June 2026. Amazon SES and other names are trademarks of their respective owners. Pricing changes often — confirm on the vendor's page. See our methodology.
Last updated: 2026-06-18