# SMTP2GO vs Amazon SES

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Every value below is read from SMTP2GO's and Amazon SES's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | SMTP2GO | Amazon SES |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Entry paid plan | $10/month for Starter, or $100 a year. Professional is $75/month. | No monthly plan — SES bills per email. Ten thousand emails, the tier Postmark and Mailgun both price at, costs $1.00 at the published $0.10 per 1,000. Our arithmetic on Amazon's rate, not a price Amazon quotes, and attachments add $0.12 per GB. |
| Pricing model | Monthly or annual volume plans — the annual price is ten months' worth — with per-thousand overage that improves on the larger plan, and SMS billed alongside email. | Pure usage billing with no monthly minimum: $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails plus $0.12 per GB of attachments, with dedicated IPs, deliverability tooling and address validation each metered separately on top. |
| Emails included | 10,000 a month on Starter and 100,000 on Professional. The free plan allows 1,000. | None. There is no included allowance on the pay-as-you-go rate; every email is billed from the first one. |
| Price per 1,000 over | $1 per thousand on Starter, falling to $0.85 on Professional — the cheapest published overage of any provider here. | $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, charged per recipient. Mail Manager tiers run $0.16 to $0.23 per 1,000 depending on feature set, and a multi-region endpoint adds $0.03 per 1,000. |
| Dedicated IP | Limited | Supported |

## Where they differ

### Entry paid plan

- SMTP2GO: $10/month for Starter, or $100 a year. Professional is $75/month. ([source](https://www.smtp2go.com/pricing/))
- Amazon SES: No monthly plan — SES bills per email. Ten thousand emails, the tier Postmark and Mailgun both price at, costs $1.00 at the published $0.10 per 1,000. Our arithmetic on Amazon's rate, not a price Amazon quotes, and attachments add $0.12 per GB. ([source](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/))

### Pricing model

- SMTP2GO: Monthly or annual volume plans — the annual price is ten months' worth — with per-thousand overage that improves on the larger plan, and SMS billed alongside email. ([source](https://www.smtp2go.com/pricing/))
- Amazon SES: Pure usage billing with no monthly minimum: $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails plus $0.12 per GB of attachments, with dedicated IPs, deliverability tooling and address validation each metered separately on top. ([source](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/))

### Emails included

- SMTP2GO: 10,000 a month on Starter and 100,000 on Professional. The free plan allows 1,000. ([source](https://www.smtp2go.com/pricing/))
- Amazon SES: None. There is no included allowance on the pay-as-you-go rate; every email is billed from the first one. ([source](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/))

### Price per 1,000 over

- SMTP2GO: $1 per thousand on Starter, falling to $0.85 on Professional — the cheapest published overage of any provider here. ([source](https://www.smtp2go.com/pricing/))
- Amazon SES: $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, charged per recipient. Mail Manager tiers run $0.16 to $0.23 per 1,000 depending on feature set, and a multi-region endpoint adds $0.03 per 1,000. ([source](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/))

### Dedicated IP

- SMTP2GO: Limited ([source](https://www.smtp2go.com/pricing/))
- Amazon SES: Supported ([source](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/))

## Which should you choose?

Pick SMTP2GO if Steady sending where the overage rate matters more than the plan fee — $0.85 per thousand on Professional is the lowest published here, and 30 days of reporting comes on every paid tier rather than as an upgrade.

Pick Amazon SES if High volume where the per-1,000 rate dominates everything else — at $0.10 per 1,000 it is roughly a twentieth of what the managed services charge in overage.

Consider something else: SMTP2GO — A dedicated IP needs the $75 Professional plan, and the entry tier's 10,000 emails is a quarter of what Resend includes for twice the price.

Consider something else: Amazon SES — There is no included allowance, no log retention on the pricing page, and deliverability tooling that the others bundle is metered separately here.

## Documented by only one

- Log retention: SMTP2GO: 30 days of email reporting, on Starter and Professional alike rather than rising with the plan.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: SMTP2GO or Amazon SES?**

SMTP2GO: $10/month for Starter, or $100 a year. Professional is $75/month.
Amazon SES: No monthly plan — SES bills per email. Ten thousand emails, the tier Postmark and Mailgun both price at, costs $1.00 at the published $0.10 per 1,000. Our arithmetic on Amazon's rate, not a price Amazon quotes, and attachments add $0.12 per GB.

**Should I choose SMTP2GO or Amazon SES?**

Pick SMTP2GO if Steady sending where the overage rate matters more than the plan fee — $0.85 per thousand on Professional is the lowest published here, and 30 days of reporting comes on every paid tier rather than as an upgrade.
Pick Amazon SES if High volume where the per-1,000 rate dominates everything else — at $0.10 per 1,000 it is roughly a twentieth of what the managed services charge in overage.