--- title: "Prontuno vs Amazon SES: pricing and features compared" description: "At $99 a month, Prontuno sends 500,000 emails and Amazon SES sends 618,750. Compare features, limits, and who each provider suits." image: "https://prontuno.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/prontuno-og-image.png" --- [Compare](https://prontuno.com/compare/)Head to head # Prontuno vs Amazon SES By Tunbosun Ayinla, Founder of Prontuno. Last updated: September 26, 2026. Amazon SES charges by the email, and at $99 it sends more than Prontuno Standard. Prontuno includes delivery logs, webhooks, and managed IPs with nothing to build on other AWS services. At $299, Prontuno Plus sends more than SES Essentials, and at $999 Unlimited has no volume cap. [Request access](https://app.prontuno.com/get-started/) [Compare features](#compare-glance) 10,000 free credits after approvalReviewed within 24 hours What $99 a month sends emails / month Prontuno Standard · 500,000 included 500,000 Amazon SES Essentials Essentials · $0.16 per 1,000 emails 618,750 Prontuno: 19% fewer emails than Amazon SES for $99. Counted per recipient, on each provider’s best published plan. | Feature | Prontuno | Amazon SES | | --- | --- | --- | | Pricing model | Prepaid credits, or monthly plans per team | Pay per email, with no monthly fee | | Lowest paid price | $25 credit pack, or $99 a month for Standard | $0.16 per 1,000 emails on Essentials, or $0.10 à la carte | | Free usage | 10,000 credits after approval | Up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits for new customers | | Ways to connect | REST API, SMTP relay, and a hosted MCP server. No official SDKs yet | SES API, AWS SDKs, and SMTP. AWS offers a sample MCP server, not for production | | Sending domains | 100 per team on credits, 1,000 on Standard and Plus, unlimited on Unlimited | Verified identities per AWS account and Region | | Dedicated IP | Included with Unlimited, warmed and monitored by Prontuno | $24.95 a month per IP, or managed dedicated IPs | | Message history | 30 days | Events published to other AWS services | | Open and click tracking | Not offered. Links and content are sent exactly as written | Available through configuration sets | | Inbound email | Not offered yet | $0.10 per 1,000 emails, plus data charges | | Marketing email | Not supported | Allowed | Amazon SES details checked September 26, 2026. [See Amazon SES pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/). | Monthly budget | Prontuno | Amazon SES Essentials | Amazon SES à la carte | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | $25 | 25,000 Pay as you go · credits valid for 1 year | 156,250 Essentials · $0.16 per 1,000 emails | 250,000 À la carte · $0.10 per 1,000 emails | | $99 | 500,000 Standard · 500,000 included | 618,750 Essentials · $0.16 per 1,000 emails | 990,000 À la carte · $0.10 per 1,000 emails | | $299 | 2,000,000 Plus · 2,000,000 included | 1,868,750 Essentials · $0.16 per 1,000 emails | 2,990,000 À la carte · $0.10 per 1,000 emails | | $999 | Unlimited Unlimited · dedicated IP included | 6,243,750 Essentials · $0.16 per 1,000 emails | 9,990,000 À la carte · $0.10 per 1,000 emails | Monthly allowances reset each billing cycle. Prontuno prepaid credits stay valid for a year. Prices from the [Amazon SES pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/), checked September 26, 2026. [Try any budget in the pricing calculator ](https://prontuno.com/pricing/#comparison-heading) In detail ## The differences that matter Price per email At $99, SES sends 618,750 emails on Essentials, or 990,000 à la carte, compared with 500,000 on Prontuno Standard. At $299, Prontuno Plus sends 2,000,000, more than SES Essentials at 1,868,750 but fewer than à la carte at 2,990,000. At $999, Prontuno Unlimited has no volume cap and includes a dedicated IP. Getting started New SES accounts start in the sandbox and must request production access before sending to any recipient. Prontuno reviews applications within 24 hours, and approved accounts start with 10,000 free credits. Delivery visibility SES publishes delivery events to services such as Amazon SNS or EventBridge, which you connect and store yourself. Prontuno includes 30 days of delivery logs and signed webhooks. Operations On SES, your team manages reputation, bounce handling, and IP decisions inside AWS. Prontuno operates its own sending IPs, reviews every sender, and warms and monitors dedicated IPs for you. ### Choose Prontuno if - You want delivery logs and webhooks without building on other AWS services - You do not want to manage sending reputation yourself - You send more than about 10 million emails a month and want a fixed price - Your team does not already work in AWS - You want links sent exactly as written, with no tracking redirects ### Choose Amazon SES if - You want the lowest price per email at most budgets - Your infrastructure already runs on AWS - You have engineers to build event handling and monitoring - You also need to send marketing email Switching ## Move from Amazon SES in four steps 1. Step 1 Request access and describe what your app sends. Applications are reviewed within 24 hours. 2. Step 2 Add your sending domain and publish the DNS records Prontuno generates. They use their own names, so your Amazon SES records can stay while you switch. 3. Step 3 Change your SMTP settings, or update your API calls to Prontuno’s format, then send a test email. 4. Step 4 Add a webhook endpoint for delivery events, and import your suppression list through the API. FAQ ## Questions about Prontuno and Amazon SES Is Prontuno cheaper than Amazon SES? At a $99 monthly budget, Prontuno Standard sends 500,000 emails and Amazon SES sends 618,750. Amazon SES sends more at that budget. At $299, Prontuno Plus sends 2,000,000, and at $999 Prontuno Unlimited has no volume cap. Compare any budget in the [pricing calculator](https://prontuno.com/pricing/#comparison-heading) . Checked September 26, 2026. Can I switch from Amazon SES without rewriting my code? If you send over SMTP, yes: only the host, port, and credentials change. SES API calls go through AWS SDK request objects, such as Destination and Content, so they need replacing with calls to Prontuno’s REST API. If your app sends email from one place, such as a mailer class, updating it is usually a small change. When is Amazon SES the better choice? Amazon SES is the better choice if you want the lowest price per email at most budgets; your infrastructure already runs on AWS; you have engineers to build event handling and monitoring; or you also need to send marketing email. Do I need a new domain to switch from Amazon SES? No. Add your existing domain to Prontuno and publish the DNS records it generates. They use their own names, so your Amazon SES records keep working until you finish switching. Does Prontuno track opens and clicks? No, by design. Prontuno sends your links and content exactly as written, so password reset and sign-in links are never rewritten through a tracking domain, and no tracking pixel is added. Delivery, deferral, and bounce events are still reported in your logs and webhooks. To measure clicks, add a parameter to links on your own domain and record it in your app. Can I send marketing email with Prontuno? No. Prontuno is for transactional email only, such as password resets, receipts, and account alerts. Every account is reviewed, which keeps marketing mail off the shared IPs. Newsletters and campaigns need a separate provider. 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