AWS SES Vs SendGrid Service
Comparison
Each tool is targeted to a different audience. SendGrid is more of an all-inclusive tool, suitable for sending all kinds of emails, while Amazon SES does mainly transactional emails (but it does them really well). SES works with pay-as-you-go pricing, while SendGrid offers pre-designed plans.
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SES is cheaper compared to SendGrid
Emails sent / month 50,000 200,000 1,000,000 SendGrid Email API $14.95 $79.95 $399.95 Amazon SES w/o discounts $5 $20 $100 -
SES is only for transactional mails, whereas SendGrid is for all purpose mails
Choose Amazon SES if you…
- Already work with AWS and are familiar with an environment
- Have an application hosted on EC2 or are considering moving there
- Need a reliable tool just for sending lots of emails and can live without all the additional features
- Are looking for the most cost-effective solution and have developers ready to work with this tool
Choose SendGrid if you…
- Need to send all kinds of emails – newsletters, transactional messages, and everything in-between
- Require advanced analytical tools to see the progress of your campaigns and improve them on the go
- Want non-technical team members to be able to handle the tool with little to no involvement of the development team
- Have doubts how to integrate your application with Amazon SES and SendGrid has a library built specifically for this purpose*