Amazon SES cut its free tier
The permanent free tier for email sent from EC2 became a 12-month allowance.
What changed
- Free tier cut, Aug 1, 2023
- Before: 62,000 emails/mo free when sent from EC2
- After: 3,000 message charges/mo for the first 12 months
- Existing customers: not grandfathered
Alternatives to Amazon SES
Amazon SES is the cheapest email API we track at 100k emails/mo. The others:
- SendGrid: $34.95/mo
- Resend: $35/mo
- MailerSend: $68/mo
- Mailgun: $75/mo
- Brevo: $82/mo
- Plunk: $100/mo
- Postmark: $115/mo
- Loops: $199/mo
Amazon SES alternatives: 8 email APIs compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Amazon SES: Amazon SES.