Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
AWS SES wins deliverability and complianceBrevo wins sending APIs and reviews
Updated August 2026
At a glanceAWS SESBrevo
Entry price$0.10Free
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.1$0.69
Free tier3,000/mo (1st yr)300/day
G2 rating4.24.5
THE VERDICT
AWS SES wins on deliverability and compliance. Brevo wins on sending APIs and reviews.
AWS SES starts at $0.10 versus Brevo's Free. Brevo rates higher with developers (4.5 vs 4.2 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Which should you choose?
Pick AWS SES
✓It is suitable for developers on the AWS ecosystem who want to integrate a mailing system into their software.
✓It is suitable for firms or brands to send bulk transactional emails.
✓You want one platform combining transactional email, marketing, SMS, and CRM
✓You're an EU-based or GDPR-sensitive business valuing EU residency and ISO 27001
✓You have large contact lists but moderate send volume
✓You want a low-cost or free entry point with a drag-and-drop editor
Feature by feature
Winner cells are tinted, green where AWS SES leads, violet where Brevo does.
capability
AWS SES
Brevo
Pricing
Starting paid plan
$0/mo
$9/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$0.1
$0.69
Pricing model
Pay-as-you-go
Subscription
Overage
$0.10 per 1,000 emails (flat Pay-as-you-go)
Email volume is bucketed by plan tier; exceeding the bucket requires moving up a tier rather than per-email overage. Transactional add-on credits ~$0.0014/email referenced by third parties.
Deliverability
Dedicated IP
Add-on
Add-on
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
BIMI
Yes
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API & sending
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
No
Yes
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
—
Yes
Developer experience
Official SDKs
Java, Python, JavaScript/Node.js, .NET, Ruby, Go, PHP, C++
PHP, Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, Java, C#
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
No
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
Add-on
No
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
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Analytics
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
No
Yes
Compliance
EU data residency
Yes
Yes
SOC 2
Yes
—
HIPAA
BAA
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
Yes
Support
Support channels
Email, Chat, Phone (via AWS Support plans)
Email/ticket support all plans; chat and phone on higher (Business/Enterprise) plans
24/7 support
Yes
—
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
FAQ
Common questions
AWS SES starts at $0.10 versus Brevo's Free. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.