## Amazon SES pricing

Pricing page: https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/. Verified 2026-10-23.
Lock-in: Low: standard SMTP and API sending; templates and event handling are AWS-specific.

### A la carte (`a-la-carte`): $0/month base
- Emails (per 1k): 0 included; then: $0.1 per 1,000
- Includes: commercial_use, compliance.gdpr_dpa, compliance.hipaa, team.multiple_seats, email.transactional, email.broadcast, email.eu_region, region.eu
- Not yet priced: attachments ($0.12 per GB), dedicated IPs ($24.95/mo each), Virtual Deliverability Manager
- Note: Rates are per recipient. $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails with no monthly fee. New accounts start on Essentials since 2026-07-21 but can switch to a la carte at any time.

### Essentials (`essentials`): $0/month base
- Emails (per 1k): 0 included; up to 10,000,000: $0.16 per 1,000; up to 100,000,000: $0.14 per 1,000; then: $0.11 per 1,000
- Includes: commercial_use, compliance.gdpr_dpa, compliance.hipaa, team.multiple_seats, email.transactional, email.broadcast, email.eu_region, region.eu
- Not yet priced: attachments ($0.12 per GB)
- Note: Rates are per recipient. $0.16 per 1,000 up to 10M emails, $0.14 to 100M, then $0.11; includes Virtual Deliverability Manager insights. The default plan for new accounts since 2026-07-21.

### Pro (`pro`): $105/month base
- Emails (per 1k): 0 included; up to 10,000,000: $0.22 per 1,000; up to 100,000,000: $0.17 per 1,000; then: $0.12 per 1,000
- Includes: commercial_use, compliance.gdpr_dpa, compliance.hipaa, team.multiple_seats, email.transactional, email.broadcast, email.dedicated_ip, email.eu_region, region.eu
- Not yet priced: attachments ($0.12 per GB)
- Note: Rates are per recipient. $105 per account per region per month, plus $0.22 per 1,000 up to 10M emails, $0.17 to 100M, then $0.12. Includes 1 domain, 1 dedicated IP and 5 seed list tests.

**Sources**
- Amazon SES: verified 2026-10-23 (https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/)

Confidence: high.

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