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. 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.

CompareHead 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.

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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.

At a glance

Prontuno and Amazon SES, feature by feature

Amazon Simple Email Service is AWS’s pay-per-email sending service, configured through the AWS console, APIs, and other AWS services.

Prontuno and Amazon SES features compared
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.

Price

What your budget buys

Amazon SES figures are based on its published plans. Prices and limits can change, so check Amazon SES’s pricing page before you decide.

Emails you can send for the same monthly spend, counted per recipient, with prepaid credits and overages included. Taxes and optional add-ons are excluded.

Recipient sends by monthly budget for Prontuno and Amazon SES
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, checked September 26, 2026.

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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.

Verdict

Which one suits you

Neither is right for everyone. Here is when each one is the better choice.

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

Step 1

Request access and describe what your app sends. Applications are reviewed within 24 hours.
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.
Step 3

Change your SMTP settings, or update your API calls to Prontuno’s format, then send a test email.
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. 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.