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"The Developer’s Email Platform"
TL;DR
Amazon Simple Email Service lets you build your own email infrastructure for a low price. Deliverability overload + full-blown customization + pay-per-use + incredible free tier. Complete control over your emails.
Pros
Cons
What is Amazon Simple Email Service?
Amazon Simple Email Service is an email marketing platform where developers, SaaS teams, and other high-volume applications can send high volumes of emails.
Our Verdict — Best for Developers
The Best Part:
Backed by Amazon. This reliable tool is always up for you to send tens of thousands of emails for pennies on the dollar.
The Worst Part:
Not beginner-friendly. There’s no drag-and-drop builder, templates, or pre-built campaigns, for example.
Get it if you want complete control over your email marketing, and you’re sending high volumes of emails.
Best For
Amazon Simple Email Service is best for technical teams at SaaS companies, startups, and digital products that need enterprise-scale email capabilities.
Top Features
All your needs. Send millions of messages for notifications, receipts, password resets, onboarding, marketing emails, and much more.
Unbeatable prices. Starting at a few cents per each 1,000 emails sent, it’ll be hard to beat SES on volume prices.
Reputation visualization. Monitor bounces, complaints, delivery success, and engagement with the dashboard.
Custom IP pools. SES has many advanced options for businesses that have deliverability and reputation management systems.
Dev-friendly. Send, receive, and monitor emails through RESTful APIs or SMTP integration… as you wish.
What do customers love about Amazon Simple Email Service?
- Epic raw sending power
- No bloat or fluff
- Ultra-low latency
- Fast delivery
- Seamless integration with AWS-hosted apps
- Scales infinitely
- Manageable pricing curve
- Total control over email looks
- Works great with 3rd party tools
- Customizable IP options
The Bottom Line
Amazon Simple Email Service lets you:
- Send millions of emails, at a fraction of the price
- Have full control over your emails
- Build email into your apps and services
