Amazon SES vs Postmark

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Amazon SES

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USD · US · source: aws.amazon.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Essentials	USD 0.16 monthly $0.16 per 1,000 emails for the first 10 million emails per month	Usage · per stated usage allowance	Standalone · Usage based
Pro	USD 0.22 monthly $0.22 per 1,000 emails plus $105 per account and region per month	Usage · per stated usage allowance	Standalone · Usage based
Enterprise	USD 0.23 monthly $0.23 per 1,000 emails plus $500 per account and region per month	Usage · per stated usage allowance	Standalone · Usage based

Postmark

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USD · US · source: postmarkapp.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free — Developer tier	Free $0.00 /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Free
Basic — Basic	USD 15 monthly $15.00 /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Pro — Pro Highlighted	USD 16.5 monthly $16.50 /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Platform — Platform	USD 18 monthly $18.00 /mo	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Amazon SES

Essentials

Plan card Outbound email API: Included
Plan card Inbound email processing: Included
Plan card Pay-as-you-go usage: Included
Plan card Shared sending infrastructure: Included

Pro

Plan card SES deliverability: Included
Plan card Managed dedicated IPs: Included
Plan card Email validation: Included
Plan card Global deliverability: Included

Enterprise

Plan card Global endpoints: Included
Plan card Managed dedicated IPs: Included
Plan card Email validation: Included
Plan card Enterprise email volume: Included

Postmark

Free — Developer tier

Highlights Emails per month: 100 emails/month

Included
Highlights Daily email limit: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Inbound Email - Transactional Message Streams: Up to 30 streams

Included
Highlights Servers: Up to 10 servers

Included
Highlights Custom sending domains: Up to 10 domains

Included
Highlights Email template editor & import tool: Included

Included
Highlights Full message retention: 45 Days

Included
Highlights Users: Up to 6 users

Included

Basic — Basic

Highlights Emails per month: Starting at 10,000 emails/month

Included
Highlights Extra emails: $1.80 / 1,000

Included
Highlights Daily email limit: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Inbound Email - Transactional Message Streams: Up to 15 streams

Included
Highlights Servers: Up to 5 servers

Included
Highlights Custom sending domains: Up to 5 domains

Included
Highlights Email template editor & import tool: Included

Included
Highlights Full message retention: 45 Days

Included
Highlights Users: Up to 4 users

Included

Pro — Pro

Highlights Emails per month: Starting at 10,000 emails/month

Included
Highlights Extra emails: $1.30 / 1,000

Included
Highlights Daily email limit: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Inbound Email - Transactional Message Streams: Up to 30 streams

Included
Highlights Servers: Up to 10 servers

Included
Highlights Custom sending domains: Up to 10 domains

Included
Highlights Email template editor & import tool: Included

Included
Highlights Full message retention: 45 Days (custom retention available as add-on)

Included
Highlights Users: Up to 6 users

Included
Highlights Inbound email processing: Included

Included

Platform — Platform

Highlights Emails per month: Starting at 10,000 emails/month

Included
Highlights Extra emails: $1.20 / 1,000

Included
Highlights Daily email limit: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Inbound Email - Transactional Message Streams: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Servers: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Custom sending domains: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Email template editor & import tool: Included

Included
Highlights Full message retention: 45 Days (custom retention available as add-on)

Included
Highlights Users: Unlimited users

Included
Highlights Inbound email processing: Included

Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Amazon SES

August 27, 2026 Source
- Essentials: USD 0.16 monthly
- Pro: USD 0.22 monthly
- Enterprise: USD 0.23 monthly

Postmark

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free — Developer tier: Free
- Basic — Basic: USD 15 monthly
- Pro — Pro: USD 16.5 monthly
- Platform — Platform: USD 18 monthly