AWS's email service for sending transactional and bulk email at scale via API or SMTP. Pay-as-you-go per-email pricing with optional tiered plans (Essentials, Pro) adding dedicated IPs and deliverability tooling.
At a glance
- Free tier
- No standing free plan; new AWS accounts get $200 Free Tier credits (6-month plan)
- Paid from
- $0.10 per 1,000 emails (pay-as-you-go) · pricing page
- Public API
- Yes docs
- MCP server
- Yes · AWS-published SESv2 MCP sample (github.com/aws-samples/sample-for-amazon-ses-mcp); general AWS MCP Server is GA
- Best for
- High-volume sending at lowest unit cost
- Website
- https://aws.amazon.com/ses/
Amazon SES pricing
No standing free plan; new AWS accounts get $200 Free Tier credits (6-month plan). Paid plans start at $0.10 per 1,000 emails (pay-as-you-go). Current numbers live on the Amazon SES pricing page.
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