Amazon SES is 100% cheaper
than Resend
$0/mo (Essentials) vs Resend Pro at $20/mo — covering 30% of the 10 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Pro plan at $20/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Essentials: 0 USD/monthly.
Resend costs $20/mo on the Pro plan at 1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 10 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Amazon SES covers 30% of the 10 capabilities compared against Resend. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Amazon SES | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated IP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Marketing automation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email templates | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom sending/tracking domain | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO (SAML) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✗ | ✓ |
| Delivery analytics | ✗ | ✓ |
| Inbound email parsing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deliverability SLA / support | ✗ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Resend has that Amazon SES lacks.
- Marketing automation — Automate email sends based on triggers and customer behavior.Missing from Amazon SES.
- Email templates — Start a campaign from a pre-built email template.Missing from Amazon SES.
- Custom sending/tracking domain — Send and track email from your own domain.Missing from Amazon SES.
- SSO (SAML) — Sign in through your company's SAML SSO.Missing from Amazon SES.
- Webhooks — Send form submissions to other tools automatically as they arrive.Missing from Amazon SES.
- Delivery analytics — Track delivery, opens, and bounces for sent email.Missing from Amazon SES.
- Deliverability SLA / support — Get a guaranteed deliverability service-level agreement.Missing from Amazon SES.
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| À la carte | Contact sales |
| Essentials | Free |
| Pro | $105/mo |
| Enterprise | $500/mo |
| Free plan (AWS Free Tier) | Free |
| Free | Free |
| Pro | $20/mo |
| Scale | $90/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Amazon SES than Resend?
100% cheaper in our scenario (1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing): $0/mo on Essentials vs $20/mo on Pro. That is $240 a year.
What does Amazon SES lack compared with Resend?
Marketing automation, Email templates, Custom sending/tracking domain, SSO (SAML), Webhooks, Delivery analytics, Deliverability SLA / support — 7 of the 10 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Resend: 2026-08-31; Amazon SES: 2026-09-07 — on the official pricing pages.
Sources & freshness
- https://resend.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
- Amazon SES data last verified 2026-09-07