Amazon SES vs EuroMail
Amazon SES and EuroMail are both transactional email services. Amazon SES has been around since 2011, giving it a 15-year head start over EuroMail (founded 2026). Amazon SES is priced by usage, while EuroMail starts at €19/mo. Their pricing is not measured the same way, so we don't rank them on price. EuroMail offers a free plan (3,000 emails/month, 1 domain, 5 templates, sending stops at the quota), while Amazon SES does not.
Quick Verdict
Amazon SES wins on deliverability, rating, integrations.
EuroMail wins on free tier.
Best for most users: Amazon SES (aws native developers).
Amazon SES
Pay-per-email sending API on AWS infrastructure
Amazon SES is AWS's cloud-based email sending service that processes over a trillion emails annually for customers like Netflix and Duolingo. At just $0.10 per 1,000 emails with no minimum commitments, it is the most cost-effective option for developers and businesses already in the AWS ecosystem who need raw transactional email infrastructure at massive scale.
EuroMail
Transactional email API and SMTP run from Finland, priced in euros
EuroMail is a transactional email API and SMTP service run from Finland by kalle.works Oy, the company that also runs MailToolFinder. It launched in 2026 and also offers newsletters, contact lists and signup forms. Plans are priced in euros, and email data is stored in Finland.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Amazon SES | EuroMail |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4/5 | 3.6/5 |
| Starting Price | Usage-based | €19/mo |
| Free Plan | No free plan | 3,000 emails/month, 1 domain, 5 templates, sending stops at the quota |
| Founded | 2011 | 2026 |
| Email Templates | 0 | 0 |
| Integrations | 50 | 3 |
| Independent Inbox Test | No independent test | No independent test |
| Marketing Automation | No | No |
| A/B Testing | No | No |
| Landing Pages | No | No |
| Segmentation | No | No |
| Drag & Drop Editor | No | No |
| SMS Marketing | No | No |
| Ecommerce Features | No | No |
| API Access | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Language | No | No |
| Web Push Notifications | No | No |
| Live Chat | No | No |
| Advanced Analytics | Yes | Yes |
Amazon SES: Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Extremely low cost at $0.10 per 1,000 emails, making it the cheapest option for high-volume sending
- + Native integration with AWS ecosystem including Lambda, SNS, CloudWatch, and IAM
- + Handles over a trillion emails per year with enterprise-grade reliability and uptime
- + Built-in support for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC email authentication out of the box
- + Flexible IP options including shared, dedicated ($24.95/mo), and managed dedicated IPs
Cons
- − Steep learning curve requiring AWS expertise for domain verification, DKIM, SPF, and IAM setup
- − No visual drag-and-drop email editor or built-in template builder included
- − Limited customer support; no phone support and documentation can be hard to navigate
- − Strict sending limits initially; requires a production access request to leave the sandbox
- − Advanced analytics like click tracking require additional services like Amazon Pinpoint at extra cost
EuroMail: Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Priced in euros (excluding VAT), with a free plan of 3,000 emails a month; signup asks for a card only if the account looks risky
- + Email databases, the delivery engine and logs run in Finland, with a DPA on every plan
- + Official SDKs for TypeScript, Python, PHP, Rust and Go, plus SMTP and a WordPress plugin
- + Newsletters, contact lists and hosted double opt-in signup forms on every plan, alongside transactional sending
- + Publishes its overall delivery rate and handoff times by mailbox provider, with sample sizes
Cons
- − No dedicated IP option on the pricing page; every account sends through the shared pool
- − No independent inbox placement test yet, and its published delivery rates count server acceptance, not inbox placement
- − Founded in 2026, with no reviews on G2 or Capterra to check its record against
- − Overage past the plan allowance is metered, but its per-1,000 price is not published
- − Sandbox covers only unverified domains, so there is no test mode for a domain that is already live
- − Newsletters have no automation workflows, segments or A/B testing
The Verdict
Amazon SES edges ahead with a 4/5 rating compared to EuroMail's 3.6/5. The gap comes mainly from value for money (4.8 vs 3.4) and deliverability (4.3 vs 3.5).
| Criterion | Weight | Amazon SES | EuroMail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | 30% | Usage-based | €19/mo |
| Deliverability | 25% | 4.3/5 Winner | 3.5/5 |
| Rating | 25% | 4.0/5 Winner | 3.6/5 |
| Integrations | 10% | 50 Winner | 3 |
| Free Tier | 10% | No | Yes Winner |
Weights determine how much each criterion counts toward the final score. See full methodology
Choose Amazon SES if…
- + You're a aws native developers
- + You're a high volume transactional senders
- + Extremely low cost at $0.10 per 1,000 emails, making it the cheapest option for high-volume sending
Choose EuroMail if…
- + You need a free plan to get started
- + You're a developers
- + You're a transactional email