# Amazon SES pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $24.95/mo (Dedicated IP (Standard)). Among the 8 transactional email we track it is the most expensive; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** aws.amazon.com
**Free tier:** No
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Amazon WorkMail, AWS Lambda, Amazon SNS, Amazon S3, Postfix/Sendmail via SMTP, Python boto3, Node.js AWS SDK
**Best for:** AWS-native applications needing lowest per-email cost at scale; HIPAA-regulated workloads where ePHI must flow through email; Engineering teams comfortable with infrastructure-level configuration
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pay-as-you-go (Outbound) | Quote-only | — | flat | Usage-based, no flat fee: $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent, plus $0.12 per GB of attachment data. Free tier of up to 3,000 message charges/month for the first 12 months. | aws.amazon.com |
| Inbound | Quote-only | — | flat | Usage-based: $0.10 per 1,000 emails received, plus $0.09 per 1,000 incoming email chunks. | aws.amazon.com |
| Dedicated IP (Standard) | $24.95 | — | flat | Add-on: $24.95/month per standard dedicated IP. Managed dedicated IPs are $15/month per account plus tiered per-1,000 sending rates ($0.08/1K for 0-10M monthly, $0.04/1K for 10M-50M, $0.02/1K for 50M-100M). | aws.amazon.com |

**Key features:** HIPAA-eligible service — BAA available via AWS (execute before handling ePHI); Virtual Deliverability Manager for inbox placement optimization; Mail Manager for securing and automating inbound email with compliance controls; Shared, dedicated, or customer-owned IP address options; Lowest per-email cost among major providers at $0.10/1K.

**Plan limits:** Pay-as-you-go: $0.10 per 1,000 emails, no monthly minimum; AWS free tier: 3,000 message charges/month for first 12 months only (not forever-free); Inbound: $0.10 per 1,000 received emails + $0.09/1K chunks; Dedicated IP add-on: $24.95/month per IP.

## Cheaper transactional email alternatives

- [Resend](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/resend/) — from $0/mo
- [Postmark](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/postmark/) — from $0/mo
- [Twilio SendGrid](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/sendgrid/) — from $0/mo
- [Mailgun](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/mailgun/) — from $0/mo
- [MailerSend](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/mailersend/) — from $0/mo

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-13
Provenance: https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/ (official AWS pricing page, accessed 2026-06-13; pure usage-based pricing with no flat monthly plans, so monthlyUsd is null and per-1,000 rates are recorded in notes)
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/amazon-ses/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Amazon SES's entry plan was $24.95/mo as of 2026-06-13 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/amazon-ses/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl