SMTP2GO vs Amazon SES
A comparison of SMTP2GO and Amazon SES built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- 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.
5 sourced criteria separate them:
- Entry paid plan
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Emails included
- SMTP2GO: 10,000 a month on Starter and 100,000 on Professional. The free plan allows 1,000.
- Amazon SES: 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
- SMTP2GO: $1 per thousand on Starter, falling to $0.85 on Professional — the cheapest published overage of any provider here.
- 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.
- Dedicated IP
- SMTP2GO: Limited
- Amazon SES: Supported
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
SMTP2GO 0
Amazon SES 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | SMTP2GO | Amazon SES |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| 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.
- 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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — SMTP2GO ↗
“Starter $ 10 /mo $ 100 /year [...] Professional $ 75 /mo $ 750 /year”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Amazon SES Pricing — AWS ↗
“Outbound email $0.10 / 1,000 emails $0.12 per GB of attachment data sent”
Read 2026-09-06 · official 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.
- 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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — SMTP2GO ↗
“Starter $ 10 /mo $ 100 /year [...] Professional $ 75 /mo $ 750 /year [...] SMS messaging Extra emails: $0.85 / thousand”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Amazon SES Pricing — AWS ↗
“Outbound email $0.10 / 1,000 emails $0.12 per GB of attachment data sent [...] Email Validation $0.01 per validation [...] Virtual Deliverability Manager – SES deliverability Per-email fee + query fee”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — SMTP2GO ↗
“Starter [...] 10,000 emails/mo [...] Professional [...] 100,000 emails/mo [...] free plan for up to 1,000 emails per month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Amazon SES Pricing — AWS ↗
“Outbound email $0.10 / 1,000 emails”
Read 2026-09-06 · official 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.
- 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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — SMTP2GO ↗
“Extra emails: $1 / thousand [...] Extra emails: $0.85 / thousand”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Amazon SES Pricing — AWS ↗
“Outbound email $0.10 / 1,000 emails [...] Global Endpoints $0.03 / 1,000 emails [...] 0 – 10M emails / month $0.16 per 1,000 emails $0.22 per 1,000 emails $0.23 per 1,000 emails”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Dedicated IP
- SMTP2GO
- Limited
- Amazon SES
- Supported
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — SMTP2GO ↗
“Professional [...] Subaccount management Dedicated IP address Email testing tools”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Amazon SES Pricing — AWS ↗
“Dedicated IPs – Standard $24.95 / month / IP [...] Dedicated IPs - Managed $15 / month / account + per-email fee [...] Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) $24.95 / month / IP”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Which should you choose?
Choose 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.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose 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.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- 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.
- 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.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
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.