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AWS SES
ResendTransactional
Marketing
Inbound Parsing
Template Engine
Deliverability Tools
Pricing
$0.10/1k emailsFree within EC2 (62k/mo)Dedicated IPs from $25/mo
Free (100 emails/day)$20/mo ProCustom Enterprise
Open Source
Self-Hosted
SDK Languages
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Frameworks
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Compliance
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Best For
Cheapest option at scale for AWS-native stacks — pay-per-email pricing with no monthly minimums
Modern developer experience for transactional email — clean API, React Email support, great docs
Limitations
Bare-bones developer experience; no built-in templates or analytics dashboard; setup requires DNS configuration and sending reputation warm-up; support requires AWS support plan
Newer platform with smaller track record; no marketing email features; deliverability reputation still building compared to SendGrid
Supported Not supported Unverified