Amazon SES vs Brevo Transactional Email

Amazon SES8.3Visit Brevo Transactional Email7.6Visit

Higher score Amazon SES #8 in Email APIs 8.3/10 Paid ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Amazon SES

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Brevo Transactional Email #13 in Email APIs 7.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Brevo

• Amazon SES fits best

  AWS users sending high-volume email cheaply

• Brevo Transactional Email fits best

  Teams needing affordable transactional email

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon SES 8.3/10 Visit ↗	Brevo Transactional Email 7.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.3	7.6
Ranking	#8 in Email APIs	#13 in Email APIs
Best for	AWS users sending high-volume email cheaply	Teams needing affordable transactional email
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$0.10/unit usage-based	$9/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Features Amazon SES 5/5 · Brevo Transactional Email 5/5
Inbound email	✓	✓
Delivery event webhooks	✓	✓
SMTP relay	✓	✓
Email templates	✓	✓
Dedicated IP option	✓	✓
Specs
Monthly send limit	Not checked yet	5000 /mo
Our review
Pros	Usage-based outbound pricing starts at $0.10 per 1,000 emails Supports inbound receiving, SMTP, templates, and email event publishing Integrates with SNS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and AWS SDKs	Permanent free plan with 300 daily email sends REST API, SMTP relay, templates, personalization, and attachments Inbound parsing plus delivery, bounce, complaint, open, and click webhooks
Cons	No permanent free plan Some features and pricing depend on the selected monthly plan Inbound receiving is region-dependent	Free plan has a 300-send daily limit Dedicated IP is an add-on on Professional Enterprise pricing and sending volumes are custom
Our verdict	Amazon SES is a cloud email service for applications that need to send transactional messages, marketing email, newsletters, or other application-generated mail. Developers can send through the SES API, AWS SDKs, SMTP interface, console,… Read the review →	Brevo Transactional Email sends automated, one-to-one messages for applications and websites. It suits teams that need transactional delivery through either a REST API or SMTP relay, with reusable templates, personalization, attachments,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon SES — where it wins

  • Usage-based outbound pricing starts at $0.10 per 1,000 emails
  • Supports inbound receiving, SMTP, templates, and email event publishing
  • Integrates with SNS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and AWS SDKs

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan
  • Some features and pricing depend on the selected monthly plan
  • Inbound receiving is region-dependent

• Brevo Transactional Email — where it wins

  • Permanent free plan with 300 daily email sends
  • REST API, SMTP relay, templates, personalization, and attachments
  • Inbound parsing plus delivery, bounce, complaint, open, and click webhooks

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan has a 300-send daily limit
  • Dedicated IP is an add-on on Professional
  • Enterprise pricing and sending volumes are custom

• Amazon SES8.3/10 · Paid

  A low-cost AWS email API for high-volume transactional and marketing sending.

  Visit Amazon SESFull verdict →
• Brevo Transactional Email7.6/10 · Free plan

  Affordable transactional email with API, SMTP, templates, scheduling, and event webhooks.

  Visit BrevoFull verdict →