Amazon SES alternatives 2026: 6 options compared by facts

Services from our Transactional email services ranking you can choose instead of Amazon SES, by Score. For each one we show the factors where it beats Amazon SES.

Amazon SES: Our Score 68/100 See the full ranking Amazon SES pricing

  1. 1

    Bird Email (ex-SparkPost)

    79/100

    Stronger than Amazon SES in: Price, Sending features, Track record

    Price per 1,000 extra emails
    $0.40
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $15.00
    Permanent free plan
    Yes
    Free emails per month
    1,000
    Dedicated IP
    Yes
    Log retention on the cheapest paid plan
    30 days
    Data kept in the EU
    Not verified
  2. 2

    Mailtrap Email API/SMTP

    74/100

    Stronger than Amazon SES in: Price, Sending features, Track record

    Price per 1,000 extra emails
    $1.00
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $15.00
    Permanent free plan
    Yes
    Free emails per month
    4,000
    Dedicated IP
    Yes
    Log retention on the cheapest paid plan
    5 days
    Data kept in the EU
    No
  3. 3

    Brevo Transactional Email

    70/100

    Stronger than Amazon SES in: Data protection and reliability, Track record

    Price per 1,000 extra emails
    Not verified
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $9.00
    Permanent free plan
    Yes
    Free emails per month
    Not verified
    Dedicated IP
    Yes
    Log retention on the cheapest paid plan
    Not verified
    Data kept in the EU
    Yes
  4. 5

    Resend

    66/100

    Stronger than Amazon SES in: Price, Sending features

    Price per 1,000 extra emails
    $0.90
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00
    Permanent free plan
    Yes
    Free emails per month
    3,000
    Dedicated IP
    Yes
    Log retention on the cheapest paid plan
    30 days
    Data kept in the EU
    No
  5. 6

    MailerSend

    63/100

    Stronger than Amazon SES in: Price, Sending features

    Price per 1,000 extra emails
    $1.50
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $7.00
    Permanent free plan
    Yes
    Free emails per month
    500
    Dedicated IP
    Yes
    Log retention on the cheapest paid plan
    1 days
    Data kept in the EU
    Yes
  6. 7

    Postmark

    63/100

    Stronger than Amazon SES in: Sending features, Track record

    Price per 1,000 extra emails
    $1.80
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $15.00
    Permanent free plan
    Yes
    Free emails per month
    100
    Dedicated IP
    Yes
    Log retention on the cheapest paid plan
    45 days
    Data kept in the EU
    No