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À la carteCustomEssentialsUsage-basedPro (fixed fee per account per region)$105/mo
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All Amazon SES Plans & Pricing

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À la carte

  • $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent
  • $0.12 per GB of attachment data
  • Email Validation $0.01/validation
  • No monthly minimum or commitment
  • Global Endpoints add-on: $0.03/1,000 emails

Essentials

  • $0.16/1,000 emails (0–10M/month)
  • $0.14/1,000 emails (10–100M/month)
  • $0.11/1,000 emails (>100M/month)
  • No monthly account fee
  • Tiered rates applied marginally
  • Virtual Deliverability Manager included
  • Default plan for new AWS accounts (from July 21, 2026)

Pro (fixed fee per account per region)

  • $105/month per account per region
  • $0.22/1,000 emails (0–10M/month)
  • $0.17/1,000 emails (10–100M/month)
  • $0.12/1,000 emails (>100M/month)
  • Includes Dedicated IPs – Managed (1 domain, 1 DIP, 5 seedlist tests)
  • Email Validation included (2,500 API validations/account/region/month)
  • Global Deliverability Manager included

Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region)

  • $500/month per account per region
  • $0.23/1,000 emails (0–10M/month)
  • $0.18/1,000 emails (10–100M/month)
  • $0.13/1,000 emails (>100M/month)
  • Includes Dedicated IPs – Managed (5 domains, 12 DIPs, 25 seedlist tests)
  • Email Validation included (5,000 API validations/account/region/month)
  • Global Endpoints included
  • Tenants (1,000 included/account/region)
  • Annual expert deliverability assessment (12+ month subscribers with 6B+ emails)

Dedicated IPs – Standard

  • $24.95/month per IP
  • BYOIP also at $24.95/month/IP (minimum 256 IPs = $6,387.20/month)
  • Available as add-on on all plans
Model Unit Rate
Essentials plan outbound email, 0 – 10M emails / month 1K emails $0.160
Essentials plan outbound email, 10 – 100M emails / month 1K emails $0.140
Essentials plan outbound email, > 100M emails / month 1K emails $0.110
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List price by tier (annualized, per license)

Per-license list price across Amazon SES's plans, annualized. Custom-priced tiers show a hatched bar.

À la carteCustom
Pro (fixed fee per account per region)$1.3K/yr
Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region)$6.0K/yr
Dedicated IPs – Standard$299.4/yr
Real-world benchmark

Buyers actually pay a median of $500/yr for Amazon SES contracts (Vendr deal flow, n=93). That's a contract total — the more seats, the more leverage to negotiate down.

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Amazon SES plans start at $24.95/user/mo. Larger plans are quote-based. Plans: Essentials (usage-based), Pro (fixed fee per account per region) at $105/month, Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region) at $500/month, and Dedicated IPs – Standard at $24.95/user/month. Custom pricing is available on request. The median contract is $500/year based on 93 community cost mentions.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

  • Free tier: No free tier available

Amazon SES offers 5 pricing tiers: À la carte, Essentials, Pro (fixed fee per account per region), Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region), Dedicated IPs – Standard. Paid plans include Essentials (usage-based), Pro (fixed fee per account per region) at $105/month, Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region) at $500/month. The Essentials plan is startups and growing senders who want managed features without a monthly base fee.

Compared to other email api & delivery software, Amazon SES is positioned at the mid-market price point.

  • Median contract: $500/yr from 93 purchases Directional
  • 5 documented hidden costs beyond list price
Last verified: | Sources: 2 pricing pages and reviews

How much does Amazon SES cost?

Amazon SES plans start at $24.95/user/mo. Larger plans are quote-based. Plans include À la carte (custom pricing), Essentials (usage-based), Pro (fixed fee per account per region) at $105/month, Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region) at $500/month, Dedicated IPs – Standard at $24.95/user/month.

Amazon SES Pricing Overview

Amazon SES plans start at $24.95/user/mo. Larger plans are quote-based. The À la carte plan requires contacting sales for a custom quote and is designed for low-volume or unpredictable sending with no monthly commitment. The Essentials plan is usage-based and is designed for startups and growing senders who want managed features without a monthly base fee. The Pro (fixed fee per account per region) plan costs $105/month, best for high-volume senders needing deliverability tooling and managed ips. The Enterprise (fixed fee per account per region) plan costs $500/month, best for enterprise email platforms with complex deliverability and multi-tenant needs. The Dedicated IPs – Standard plan costs $24.95/user/month, best for senders needing ip reputation isolation without managed deliverability.

The median Amazon SES customer pays $500/year based on 93 community cost mentions.

There are at least 5 documented hidden costs beyond Amazon SES's list price, including implementation, training, and add-on fees.

This pricing was last verified in August 25, 2026 from 2 independent sources.

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Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is AWS's email sending service. It's the most cost-effective email API for high-volume transactional email, used by companies like Netflix and Reddit.

How Amazon SES Pricing Compares

Compare Amazon SES pricing against top alternatives in Email API & Delivery.

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Usage-Based Rates

Per-unit pricing for Amazon SES API usage.

Essentials

Model Unit Rate
Essentials plan outbound email, 0 – 10M emails / month 1K emails $0.160
Essentials plan outbound email, 10 – 100M emails / month 1K emails $0.140
Essentials plan outbound email, > 100M emails / month 1K emails $0.110

Compare Amazon SES vs Alternatives

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VSMailgun
Free

Low-volume transactional email

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VSSendGrid
Free

Small apps and startups with moderate email volume

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VSSparkPost
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Growing teams needing CRM, automation, and higher email/SMS volume

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What Companies Actually Pay for Amazon SES

The median Amazon SES buyer pays $500/year based on 93 community cost mentions.

What companies actually pay $500/yr Median across 93 community cost mentions Directional
Review scores
Third-party review aggregates, as of Oct 2026
Top pricing complaints
Difficult Setup and Learning CurvePoor Customer SupportLack of User-Friendly Interface and FeaturesAPI Complexity
Source: Community cost mentions (Reddit, Hacker News) — aggregated from 93 distinct user reports. Indicative only — not contract-grade data.

Amazon SES Cost by Company Size

Example costs for teams of different sizes. Each figure is labelled with the period it covers.

Startup on EC2 $0.16 estimated cost

$0.16 per 1,000 emails (Essentials plan, 0 – 10M emails / month)

A small team sending application email from EC2 on the Essentials plan, paying only for the volume it sends

Mid-Volume SaaS $50 per month

$50/month

500K emails/month

High-Volume $1,000 per month

$1,000/month + $75 IPs

10M emails/month + dedicated IPs

How Amazon SES Pricing Compares

Software Starting Price Top Price
Amazon SES $24.95/month $500/month
Elastic Email Free $49/month
Maileroo Free $250/month
Mailgun Free $90/month
Mailjet Free $29/month
Novu Free $250/month

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5 Amazon SES Hidden Costs Beyond the List Price

Beyond the listed price, Amazon SES has at least 5 documented hidden costs that can significantly increase total cost of ownership.

Watch for 5 hidden costs
  • Dedicated IPs: $24.95/month each
  • Attachments: $0.12/GB
  • Receiving emails (Mail Manager email processing): $0.15/1,000 emails, plus $0.09 per 1,000 incoming email chunks (256KB each) for email over 256KB
  • No marketing features
  • Requires AWS account and technical setup
Tip

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Amazon SES Price History

Pricing changes CostBench has tracked for Amazon SES, verified across 3 snapshots going back to 2026Q2.

  1. Amazon SES price decrease

    Highest tier decreased from $1600 to $500/month

    -68.75%

  2. Amazon SES tier restructure

    Changed from 3 to 5 pricing tiers

View Amazon SES's full price history →

Amazon SES Pricing FAQ

01 How much does Amazon SES cost?

Amazon SES costs $0.10 per 1,000 emails - the cheapest major email API. There is no permanent free tier; new AWS customers can apply AWS Free Tier credits to SES for a limited time.

02 Is Amazon SES cheaper than SendGrid?

Yes, significantly. SES is $0.10/1,000 emails vs SendGrid's ~$0.40/1,000 at comparable volumes. SES is 3-4x cheaper but has fewer features.

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