Price checkPer 1000 emails
À la carteCustomEssentialsCustomPro$105/1000 emails/mo
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All Amazon SES Plans & Pricing

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À la carte

  • $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent
  • $0.12 per GB of attachment data
  • Email Validation $0.01/validation
  • No monthly minimum or commitment
  • Global Endpoints add-on: $0.03/1,000 emails

Essentials

  • $0.16/1,000 emails (0–10M/month)
  • $0.14/1,000 emails (10–100M/month)
  • $0.11/1,000 emails (>100M/month)
  • No monthly account fee
  • Tiered rates applied marginally
  • Virtual Deliverability Manager included
  • Default plan for new AWS accounts (from July 21, 2026)

Pro

  • $105/month per account per region
  • $0.22/1,000 emails (0–10M/month)
  • $0.17/1,000 emails (10–100M/month)
  • $0.12/1,000 emails (>100M/month)
  • Includes Dedicated IPs – Managed (1 domain, 1 DIP, 5 seedlist tests)
  • Email Validation included (2,500 API validations/account/region/month)
  • Global Deliverability Manager included

Enterprise

  • $500/month per account per region
  • $0.23/1,000 emails (0–10M/month)
  • $0.18/1,000 emails (10–100M/month)
  • $0.13/1,000 emails (>100M/month)
  • Includes Dedicated IPs – Managed (5 domains, 12 DIPs, 25 seedlist tests)
  • Email Validation included (5,000 API validations/account/region/month)
  • Global Endpoints included
  • Tenants (1,000 included/account/region)
  • Annual expert deliverability assessment (12+ month subscribers with 6B+ emails)

Dedicated IPs – Standard

  • $24.95/month per IP
  • BYOIP also at $24.95/month/IP (minimum 256 IPs = $6,387.20/month)
  • Available as add-on on all plans
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Your projected cost$2.6Kper month · $105/unit × 25units
Year 1 license$32K12 months at this rate
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List price by tier (annualized, per unit)

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À la carteCustom
EssentialsCustom
Pro$1.3K/yr
Enterprise$6.0K/yr
Dedicated IPs – Standard$299.4/yr
Real-world benchmark

Buyers actually pay a median of $500/yr for Amazon SES contracts (Vendr deal flow, n=93). That's a contract total — the more seats, the more leverage to negotiate down.

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Amazon SES costs Free to $500 per 1000 emails as of September 2026, with 5 plans available. Plans: Pro at $105/1000 emails, Enterprise at $500/1000 emails, and Dedicated IPs – Standard at $24.95/1000 emails. Custom pricing is available on request. The median contract is $500/year based on 93 verified purchases.

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  • Free tier: No free tier available

Amazon SES offers 5 pricing tiers: À la carte, Essentials, Pro, Enterprise, Dedicated IPs – Standard. Paid plans include Pro at $105/user/month, Enterprise at $500/user/month, Dedicated IPs – Standard at $24.95/user/month. The Essentials plan is startups and growing senders who want managed features without a monthly base fee.

Compared to other email api & delivery software, Amazon SES is positioned at the premium price point.

  • Median contract: $500/yr from 93 purchases Directional
  • 5 documented hidden costs beyond list price
Last verified: | Sources: 2 pricing pages and reviews

How much does Amazon SES cost?

Amazon SES pricing starts at $0/1000 emails across 5 plans, with enterprise pricing available on request. Plans include À la carte (custom pricing), Essentials (custom pricing), Pro at $105/1000 emails, Enterprise at $500/1000 emails, Dedicated IPs – Standard at $24.95/1000 emails.

Amazon SES Pricing Overview

Amazon SES has 5 pricing plans ranging from $0 to $500/1000 emails. The À la carte plan requires contacting sales for a custom quote and is designed for low-volume or unpredictable sending with no monthly commitment. The Essentials plan requires contacting sales for a custom quote and is designed for startups and growing senders who want managed features without a monthly base fee. The Pro plan costs $105/1000 emails, best for high-volume senders needing deliverability tooling and managed ips. The Enterprise plan costs $500/1000 emails, best for enterprise email platforms with complex deliverability and multi-tenant needs. The Dedicated IPs – Standard plan costs $24.95/1000 emails, best for senders needing ip reputation isolation without managed deliverability.

The median Amazon SES customer pays $500/year based on 93 verified purchases.

There are at least 5 documented hidden costs beyond Amazon SES's list price, including implementation, training, and add-on fees.

This pricing was last verified in August 25, 2026 from 2 independent sources.

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How Amazon SES Pricing Compares

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What Companies Actually Pay for Amazon SES

The median Amazon SES buyer pays $500/year based on 93 verified purchase transactions.

What companies actually pay $500/yr Median across 93 community cost mentions Directional
Source: Community cost mentions (Reddit, Hacker News) — aggregated from 93 distinct user reports. Indicative only — not contract-grade data.

Amazon SES Year 1 Total Cost by Company Size

Real deployment costs including licenses, implementation, training, and admin — not just the sticker price.

Startup on EC2 $0 Year 1 total
62K emails free
Total $0

Using free tier from EC2

Mid-Volume SaaS $50 Year 1 total

500K emails/month

High-Volume $1,000 Year 1 total

10M emails/month + dedicated IPs

How Amazon SES Pricing Compares

Software Starting Price Top Price
Amazon SES Free $500/1000 emails
Brevo Transactional API Free $499/month
Elastic Email $29/month $49/month
Maileroo Free $150/month
Mailgun Free $90/month
Mailjet Free $27/emails/month

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5 Amazon SES Hidden Costs Beyond the List Price

Beyond the listed price, Amazon SES has at least 5 documented hidden costs that can significantly increase total cost of ownership.

Watch for 5 hidden costs
  • Dedicated IPs: $24.95/month each
  • Attachments: $0.12/GB
  • Receiving emails: $0.10/1,000 + $0.09/chunk
  • No marketing features
  • Requires AWS account and technical setup
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Amazon SES Price History

Pricing changes CostBench has tracked for Amazon SES, verified across 2 snapshots going back to 2026Q2.

  1. Amazon SES price decrease

    Highest tier decreased from $1600 to $500/month

    -68.75%

  2. Amazon SES tier restructure

    Changed from 3 to 5 pricing tiers

  3. Amazon SES tier renamed

    "Free Tier" renamed to "À la carte"

  4. Amazon SES tier renamed

    "Standard" renamed to "Essentials"

  5. Amazon SES tier renamed

    "With Dedicated IPs" renamed to "Pro"

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Amazon SES Pricing FAQ

01 How much does Amazon SES cost?

Amazon SES costs $0.10 per 1,000 emails - the cheapest major email API. Free tier includes 62,000 emails/month when sent from EC2.

02 Is Amazon SES cheaper than SendGrid?

Yes, significantly. SES is $0.10/1,000 emails vs SendGrid's ~$0.40/1,000 at comparable volumes. SES is 3-4x cheaper but has fewer features.

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