Amazon SES versus SMTP2GO

Price

• Amazon SES From $0.16 per 1,000 emails, first 10 million a month
  • Essentials: $0.16 per 1,000 emails, first 10 million a month, no monthly base charge
  • Pro: $105.00 monthly
  • Enterprise: $500.00 monthly
  • À la carte: $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, no monthly base charge
• SMTP2GO From $15/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Starter: $15.00 monthly
  • Starter: $150.00 annual ($12.50/mo equivalent)
  • Professional: $75.00 monthly
  • Professional: $750.00 annual ($62.50/mo equivalent)
  • Premier: Vendor quotation required

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

Documented for both

Sending volume

Amazon SES Quotas count recipients. In the sandbox: 200 emails per 24 hours and 1 per second; production quotas depend on your use case and can be raised.

SMTP2GO Free: 1,000 emails per monthStarter: 10,000 emails per monthProfessional: 100,000 emails per monthPremier: More than 3,000,000 emails a month

Sender domains

Amazon SES 10,000 verified identities per AWS Region

SMTP2GO SPF and DKIM are set up automatically for your sending domains.

Log retention

Amazon SES Archiving is a paid add-on: USD 2 per GB ingested plus USD 0.19 per GB a month for storage and search.

SMTP2GO Free: 5 days of email reportingStarter: 30 days of email reportingProfessional: 30 days of email reporting

Dedicated IP

Amazon SES Essentials: Managed dedicated IPs are an add-onPro: Managed dedicated IPs included; SES warms them up and scales themEnterprise: Managed dedicated IPs included; SES warms them up and scales themÀ la carte: Standard dedicated IPs cost USD 24.95 per IP a month; managed dedicated IPs cost USD 15 a month per account plus USD 0.08 per 1,000 emails up to 10 million a month.

SMTP2GO Professional: Dedicated IP address included

Support

Amazon SES Production-access requests get an initial response from AWS Support within 24 hours.

SMTP2GO Starter: ticket, chat and phone support.Free: Ticket support; toll-free phone and live chat for the first 14 days onlyProfessional: Ticket, chat and phone support

Overage charges

Amazon SES Outbound email is charged per recipient, and tier rates apply marginally: each rate covers only the emails within its tier.

SMTP2GO Free: Extra emails are not permitted on Free.

Limits to check

• Amazon SES New accounts start in the sandbox in each AWS Region: verified recipients only, at most 200 messages per 24 hours and 1 per second, until production access is granted.
• SMTP2GO The free plan is limited to 200 emails a day and does not allow extra emails.

Not verified yet

Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Amazon SES: webhooks and events.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

• Ask SMTP2GO about webhooks and events; our sources do not establish it yet.

• Amazon SES profile and plans · View Amazon SES pricing
• SMTP2GO profile and plans · View SMTP2GO pricing