Amazon SES vs Elastic Email pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: Amazon SES: aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/, Elastic Email: elasticemail.com/email-api-pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Amazon SES and Elastic Email at three volumes and at your own
Volume	Amazon SES	Elastic Email
small5K emails sent	$0.50 / moÀ la carte	$19 / moStarter
growing50K emails sent	$5 / moÀ la carte	$19 / moStarter
scale500K emails sent	$50 / moÀ la carte	no listed price
your volumeset above	$5 / moÀ la carte	$19 / moStarter

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Amazon SES and Elastic Email aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Amazon SES	Elastic Email
Free	$0 / moEssentials	$0 / moFree · 3,000 emails sent / mo
Entry	$105 / moPro	$19 / moStarter · 50,000 emails sent / mo
Mid	$500 / moEnterprise	no tier
Top	$0 base + usageÀ la carte	$49 / moPro · 50,000 emails sent / mo

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
Measure	Amazon SES	Elastic Email
Tightest limit	unlisted	unlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.