Amazon SES

Cheapest bulk email (AWS)

PaidEmail, forms & notificationsaws.amazon.com

What it is

Amazon's raw email-sending service and the cheapest way to push real volume. You get an API and SMTP endpoint, configuration sets, event publishing to SNS and CloudWatch, dedicated IPs and a Virtual Deliverability Manager. Templates, analytics and any usable dashboard you build yourself.

Why it earns a slot

At 100,000 emails a month SES costs about ten dollars where Resend costs ninety. Worth the ergonomics hit once volume is real and you already run on AWS.

Know before you commit

New accounts start in a sandbox — you can only mail verified addresses until AWS approves production access, which takes hours to days. The old 62,000-free-from-EC2 tier is gone; only $200 of general Free Tier credit remains.

Getting started

npm i @aws-sdk/client-sesv2

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Pricing snapshot

A la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails. Essentials plan $0.16 per 1,000. Outbound attachment data $0.12/GB, managed dedicated IPs $15/mo. New AWS accounts get up to $200 in Free Tier credits.

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Evaluate Amazon SES (https://aws.amazon.com/ses/) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Cheapest bulk email (AWS). Amazon's raw email-sending service and the cheapest way to push real volume. You get an API and SMTP endpoint, configuration sets, event publishing to SNS and CloudWatch, dedicated IPs and a Virtual Deliverability Manager. Templates, analytics and any usable dashboard you build yourself.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): At 100,000 emails a month SES costs about ten dollars where Resend costs ninety. Worth the ergonomics hit once volume is real and you already run on AWS.
Watch out for: New accounts start in a sandbox — you can only mail verified addresses until AWS approves production access, which takes hours to days. The old 62,000-free-from-EC2 tier is gone; only $200 of general Free Tier credit remains.
Pricing: A la carte $0.10 per 1,000 emails. Essentials plan $0.16 per 1,000. Outbound attachment data $0.12/GB, managed dedicated IPs $15/mo. New AWS accounts get up to $200 in Free Tier credits.
Setup: npm i @aws-sdk/client-sesv2
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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