Amazon SES pricing
Pricing Overview
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a pay-as-you-go service based on the volume of emails sent and received. There are no contract negotiations and no upfront commitments.
Amazon SES Pricing Plans
Amazon SES offers three pricing plans to choose from, each designed to match your email needs at every stage of growth.
| Essentials | Pro | Enterprise | |
| 0 – 10M emails1 / month | $0.16 per 1,000 emails2 | $0.22 per 1,000 emails | $0.23 per 1,000 emails |
| 10 – 100M emails / month | $0.14 per 1,000 emails | $0.17 per 1,000 emails | $0.18 per 1,000 emails |
| > 100M emails / month | $0.11 per 1,000 emails | $0.12 per 1,000 emails | $0.13 per 1,000 emails |
| Per account per region per month | - | $105 | $500 |
1. Could be an email sent using SES Outbound (charged per recipient) or email processed using SES Mail Manager (charged per email).
2. Tiered rates are applied marginally — each rate applies only to the emails within that tier, not to your entire volume. Volume tiers apply independently to outbound emails sent and inbound emails processed via Mail Manager.
3. New SES accounts and account x region combinations with no metered SES activity since June 1, 2025 will start on the Essentials plan beginning July 21, 2026. You can upgrade or switch to à-la-carte pricing at any time.
Compare plans
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Feature |
Essentials
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Pro
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Enterprise7
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Outbound sending |
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Outbound Email 1 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Virtual Deliverability Manager - SES deliverability |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Virtual Deliverability Manager - Global deliverability 2 |
Add-on |
✓ |
✓ |
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Dedicated IPs - Managed 3 |
Add-on |
✓ |
✓ |
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Email Validation 4 |
Add-on |
✓ |
✓ |
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Global Endpoints 5 |
Add-on |
Add-on |
✓ |
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Tenants 6 |
Add-on |
Add-on |
✓ |
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Dedicated IPs - Standard/BYOIP |
Add-on |
Add-on |
Add-on |
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Inbound processing and routing (Mail Manager) |
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Email Processing 8 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Authenticated Ingress Endpoint |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Open Ingress Endpoint 9 |
Add-on |
Add-on |
✓ |
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Email Add-Ons 10 |
Add-on |
✓ |
✓ |
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Outbound sending & Inbound processing and Email routing (Mail Manager) |
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Archiving |
Add-on |
Add-on |
Add-on |
1. Could be an email sent using SES Outbound (charged per recipient) or additional recipients beyond the first when using the 'Send to Internet' rule action in Mail Manager. Additional charges of $0.12 per gigabyte (GB) of data in the attachments you send; Mailbox Simulator emails will be billed at the same rate as Outbound Email. You might incur additional data transfer charges for using EC2.
2. Not available in AWS GovCloud (US-West), AWS GovCloud (US-East), or AWS European Sovereign Cloud. This is a global feature and can be used from any other supported region.
3. Pro includes 1 domain, 1 DIPs and 5 seedlist tests; Enterprise includes 5 domains, 12 DIPs, and 25 seed list tests; Essentials plan customers pay $1,250 per month (includes 5 domains, 12 DIPs, and 25 seed list test).
4. Includes Auto Validation for all emails sent. Pro plan includes 2,500 API validations/account/region/month and Enterprise plan includes 5,000 API validations/account/region/month; Extra API validations at $0.01/validation.
5. Not available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Global Endpoints requires multi-region routing, which is not supported in partitions with a single region.
6. 1,000 tenants included per account per region; $0.005/month/tenant for additional tenants.
7. The Enterprise plan includes one annual expert deliverability assessment with actionable recommendations for Enterprise customers subscribed 12+months with 6B+ trailing emails. The assessment is subject to the AWS Customer Agreement or other written agreement with AWS governing your use of AWS services. Recommendations do not constitute legal, marketing, or compliance advice. Request through your account team.
8. $0.09/1000 incoming email chunks and $0.10/1000 recipients beyond the first recipient when using the 'Send to Internet' rule action.
9. Enterprise plan includes 1 Open Ingress Endpoint per account per region. Customers on Essentials and Pro plans pay additional $50 per endpoint per month for Open Ingress Endpoint. Pro plan includes Trend Micro, Enterprise includes Trend Micro and Spamhaus. Additional add-ons are chargeable.
10. Pro plan includes Trend Micro, Enterprise includes Trend Micro and Spamhaus. Additional add-ons are chargeable.
À la carte pricing
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With Amazon SES à la carte pricing, you pay only for what you use with no minimum fees or mandatory service usage. You are billed separately for sending and receiving emails, data usage, and additional features.
À la carte pricing
Service / Feature Price Additional charges Outbound email $0.10 / 1,000 emails $0.12 per GB of attachment data sent 1 Global Endpoints $0.03 / 1,000 emails On top of base sending price, only when sent through multi-region endpoint ID 4 Email Validation $0.01 per validation; $0.01/1,000 for Auto Validation $0.01 per email address validated using API or console; $0.01 for every 1,000 validations using Auto Validation 5 Tenants $0.005 / month / tenant + $0.005 / 1,000 emails Dedicated IPs – Standard $24.95 / month / IP Dedicated IPs – Managed $15 / month / account + per-email fee Per email fee: $0.08/1,1000 emails (0–10M emails per month), $0.04/1,000 emails (10–50M emails per month), $0.02/1,000 emails (50–100M emails per month), Contact us (>100M emails per month) Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) $24.95 / month / IP The minimum number of addresses you can bring is 256 which creates a minimum cost of $24.95 x 256 = $6,387.20 per month. Virtual Deliverability Manager – SES deliverability Per-email fee + query fee Per email fee: $0.07/1,000 emails (0–10M emails per month), $0.05/1,000 emails (10–100M emails per month), $0.02/1,000 emails (>100M emails per month). Queries: $0.0005/1,000 queries (first 5K queries/month are free) Virtual Deliverability Manager – Global deliverability $1,250 / month Per region per account. Includes 5 domains, 12 IPs, and 25 seed list tests/month. Overages: $25/domain, $12.50/IP, $10/seed list test. Mail Manager – Open / mTLS Ingress Endpoints 2 $50 / month / endpoint Charges apply even when endpoint status is "Closed." Delete the endpoint to stop charges. Pro-rata billing. Mail Manager – Email Processing 3 $0.15 / 1,000 emails $0.10/1,000 recipients beyond the first recipient when using the Send to Internet rule action. Mail Manager – Archiving $2 per GB of emails ingested; $0.19 per GB per month for storage and search Mail Manager – Email Add-Ons Trend Micro Virus Scanning: $0.1875/1,000 emails; SpamHaus IP Reputation: $0.125/1,000 emails; Abusix Guardian Mail: $0.125/1,000 emails; Vade Advanced Email Security: $0.415/1,000 emails Inbound email $0.10 / 1,000 emails $0.09 for every 1,000 incoming email chunks 1. You might incur additional data transfer charges for using EC2
2. An open ingress endpoint offers exclusive resources, allowing customers to receive emails directly to their domain. mTLS ingress endpoint offers certificate based authentication. Additionally, we provide a complimentary authenticated ingress endpoint that only accepts emails from credentialed senders.
3. Email processing refers to emails processed by Mail Manager regardless of inbound receiving or outbound sending.
4. You might incur additional data transfer charges for moving your sending workload to your second configured Global Endpoints Region.
5. Email sending charges still apply for email sends where Auto Validation suppresses a recipient address due to the address's failure to meet the validation threshold you set.
Pricing examples
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Pricing Example 1 - Essentials Plan
You send 250,000 emails per month. You choose the Essentials plan. Every message is 32KB.
Item Calculation Cost Outgoing messages (Essentials) 250,000 × $0.16 / 1,000 $40.00 Outgoing mail data (0.000032 GB × 250,000) × $0.12/GB $0.96 Total monthly cost $40.96 -
Pricing Example 2 - Pro Plan
You send 2M emails per month. You choose the Pro plan for improved deliverability with Dedicated IPs (Managed), Email Validation, and Virtual Deliverability Manager. Every message is 32KB.
Item Calculation Cost Outgoing messages (Pro) 2M × $0.22 / 1,000 $440.00 Outgoing mail data (0.000032 GB × 2M) × $0.12/GB $7.68 Fixed monthly charge (Pro) $105/account/region/month $105.00 Total monthly cost $552.68 -
Pricing Example 3 - Enterprise Plan
You send 50M emails per month and receive 300,000 emails via Mail Manager. You choose the Enterprise plan for comprehensive feature access. Every message is 50KB.
Item Calculation Cost Outgoing messages (Enterprise) 10M × $0.23/1K + 40M × $0.18/1K $9,500.00 Outgoing mail data (0.00005 GB × 50M) × $0.12/GB $300.00 Email processing (Mail Manager) 300K x $0.23/1K $69 Incoming mail chunks (50KB × 300K) ÷ 256KB × $0.09/1K $5.27 Fixed monthly charge (Enterprise) $500/account/region/month $500.00 Total monthly cost $10,374.27 -
Pricing Example 4 - A la carte pricing
You send 2M emails per month using SES Outbound with VDM, Dedicated IPs (Managed), and Global Endpoints. You also receive 500,000 emails via Mail Manager with 1 Open Ingress Endpoint. Every message is 32KB. You use à la carte pricing (no plan).
Item Calculation Cost Outbound email 2M × $0.10 / 1,000 $200.00 Outgoing mail data (0.000032 GB × 2M) × $0.12/GB $7.68 VDM – SES Deliverability 2M × $0.07 / 1,000 $140.00 VDM – Global Deliverability Flat fee $1,250.00 Dedicated IPs – Managed $15/month + 2M × $0.08 / 1,000 $175.00 Global Endpoints 2M × $0.03 / 1,000 $60.00 Mail Manager – Email Processing 500,000 × $0.15 / 1,000 $75.00 Mail Manager – Mail chunks (32KB × 500,000) ÷ 256KB × $0.09/1K $5.62 Mail Manager – Open Ingress Endpoint 1 × $50/month $50.00 Total monthly cost $1,963.31
AWS Free Tier
New AWS customers will receive up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits, which can be applied towards eligible AWS services, including Amazon Simple Email Service. At account sign-up, you can choose between a free plan and a paid plan. The free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation. If you upgrade to a paid plan, any remaining Free Tier credit balance will automatically apply to your AWS bills. All Free Tier credits must be used within 12 months of your account creation date. To learn more about the AWS Free Tier program, refer to AWS Free Tier website and AWS Free Tier documentation.
Fees for using other AWS Services
Depending on how you set up and use Amazon SES, you may pay monthly fees for using other AWS Services. For example:
- If you send email by using an application hosted in Amazon EC2, you pay for your compute usage, as well as data transfer fees for the data you send out of EC2. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Pricing.
- If you transfer incoming messages to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket, you pay based on amount of data you store. For more information, see Amazon S3 Pricing.
- If you receive notifications by using Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), you pay based on the number of notifications you receive. For more information, see Amazon SNS Pricing.
- If you use custom dashboards or metrics in Amazon CloudWatch, you pay additional monthly fees based on the number of custom metrics and dashboards you create. For more information, see Amazon CloudWatch Pricing.
You can estimate your monthly charges for all AWS Services by using the Billing Dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
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