specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Amazon SES
providerId: amazon-ses
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-08-13'
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: probed
reconciled: true
sources:
  - https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonSES/20260722172054/us-east-1/index.json
  - https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/
  - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/pricing-plans.html
  - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/introducing-amazon-simple-email-service-ses-pricing-plans/
note: >-
  REWRITTEN 2026-08-13. The previous version of this file was a 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep generation that knew
  only about a-la-carte pricing. On 2026-07-21 Amazon SES introduced three named pricing plans — Essentials,
  Pro and Enterprise — so a-la-carte is now one option among four. Every price below was read from the AWS
  Price List API for AmazonSES us-east-1 (publicationDate 2026-07-22T17:20:54Z), which is machine-readable and
  unauthenticated, hence method: probed rather than searched. Prices are per-region; us-east-1 is recorded as
  the reference region.
currency: USD
region_reference: us-east-1
plan_count: 4
billing_note: >-
  Plans are selected per AWS account PER AWS REGION. Upgrades take effect immediately; downgrades and
  cancellations take effect at the next billing cycle, except a first downgrade off a default-assigned
  Essentials plan, which is immediate. Choosing a plan does not enable any feature automatically — each
  feature is still turned on individually.
free_tier:
  status: withdrawn-for-new-customers
  effective: '2026-07-21'
  legacy: 3,000 message charges per month for the first 12 months after first SES use
  replacement: Up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits over the first six months, applicable to SES.
  simulator_allowance: First 62,000 recipients/month free when sent from Amazon EC2 to the mailbox simulator.
plans:
  - id: amazon-ses-a-la-carte
    name: À la carte
    type: usage-based
    default_for: Accounts that have sent or processed email through SES on or after 2025-06-01.
    description: >-
      Pay-per-use pricing for each feature individually. The original SES model, still available and still the
      default for established senders.
    monthly_price: '0.00'
    entries:
      - label: Outbound email recipients
        name: outbound_recipients
        type: metered
        metric: recipient
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0001'
        usagetype: Recipients
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Outbound attachment data
        name: outbound_attachments
        type: metered
        metric: gb
        unit: 1
        price: '0.12'
        usagetype: AttachmentsSize-Bytes
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Inbound email received
        name: inbound_emails
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0001'
        usagetype: Message (Receiving Email)
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Inbound email chunks (256 KB)
        name: inbound_chunks
        type: metered
        metric: chunk
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00009'
        usagetype: ReceivedChunk
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Dedicated IP (standard)
        name: dedicated_ip_standard
        type: recurring
        metric: ip
        unit: 1
        price: '24.95'
        timeFrame: month
        usagetype: USE1-DIP-Hours
      - label: Mail Manager message processing
        name: mailmanager_message
        type: metered
        metric: message
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00015'
        usagetype: USE1-Message
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Mail Manager archive ingestion
        name: archive_ingestion
        type: metered
        metric: gb
        unit: 1
        price: '2.00'
        usagetype: USE1-ArchiveIngestedSize-Byte
        timeFrame: usage
      - label: Mail Manager archive storage
        name: archive_storage
        type: recurring
        metric: gb
        unit: 1
        price: '0.19'
        timeFrame: month
        usagetype: USE1-ArchiveStorageSize-ByteHrs
      - label: Dedicated ingress endpoint
        name: ingress_endpoint
        type: recurring
        metric: endpoint
        unit: 1
        price: '50.00'
        timeFrame: month
        usagetype: USE1-IngressPoint-Subscription
      - label: Virtual Deliverability Manager subscription
        name: vdm_subscription
        type: recurring
        metric: account
        unit: 1
        price: '1250.00'
        timeFrame: month
        usagetype: USE1-Subscription-VirtDelivMgr
      - label: Tenant
        name: tenant
        type: recurring
        metric: tenant
        unit: 1
        price: '0.005'
        timeFrame: month
        usagetype: USE1-Tenant-Count
      - label: Recipient validation (insight)
        name: recipient_validation
        type: metered
        metric: recipient
        unit: 1
        price: '0.01'
        usagetype: Recipients-Validation (Insight)
        timeFrame: usage
  - id: amazon-ses-essentials
    name: Essentials
    type: subscription-plus-usage
    default_for: All new SES accounts from 2026-07-21, and returning customers who have not sent since 2025-06-01.
    description: >-
      Entry plan. Send at scale and see what is happening — which emails land, which bounce, and what needs
      attention — with recommendations to improve deliverability over time.
    monthly_price: '0.00'
    monthly_price_note: No Plan-Hours subscription SKU exists for Essentials in the price list; the plan carries no monthly fee.
    entries:
      - label: Outbound email (0 – 10M)
        name: outbound_email_tier1
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00016'
        beginRange: 0
        endRange: 10000000
        usagetype: USE1-Essentials-Outbound-Email
      - label: Outbound email (10M – 100M)
        name: outbound_email_tier2
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00014'
        beginRange: 10000000
        endRange: 100000000
      - label: Outbound email (100M+)
        name: outbound_email_tier3
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00011'
        beginRange: 100000000
      - label: Mail Manager message processing (0 – 10M)
        name: message_tier1
        type: metered
        metric: message
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00016'
        usagetype: USE1-Essentials-Message
    included:
      - Virtual Deliverability Manager query access at no additional charge
      - VDM recipient-engagement reporting
  - id: amazon-ses-pro
    name: Pro
    type: subscription-plus-usage
    description: >-
      Dedicated sending infrastructure and proactive reputation protection. Sending runs on dedicated IPs so
      reputation is isolated from other senders, invalid addresses are caught before they bounce, and inbox
      placement is visible across providers rather than only within SES.
    monthly_price: '105.00'
    monthly_price_usagetype: USE1-Pro-Plan-Hours
    entries:
      - label: Outbound email (0 – 10M)
        name: outbound_email_tier1
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00022'
        beginRange: 0
        endRange: 10000000
        usagetype: USE1-Pro-Outbound-Email
      - label: Outbound email (10M – 100M)
        name: outbound_email_tier2
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00017'
        beginRange: 10000000
        endRange: 100000000
      - label: Outbound email (100M+)
        name: outbound_email_tier3
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00012'
        beginRange: 100000000
    included:
      - Dedicated IPs (managed) subscription at no additional charge
      - VDM subscription at no additional charge
      - First 1 sending domain monitored in VDM, then $25.00/domain/month
      - First 1 sending IP monitored in VDM, then $12.50/IP/month
      - First 2,500 recipient validations/month, then $0.01 each
      - First 5 inbox placement tests/month, then $10.00 each
  - id: amazon-ses-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: subscription-plus-usage
    description: >-
      Everything in Pro, plus multi-region resilience that keeps email flowing if a region goes down,
      reputation isolation across separate workloads via tenants, and an annual deliverability assessment.
    monthly_price: '500.00'
    monthly_price_usagetype: USE1-Enterprise-Plan-Hours
    entries:
      - label: Outbound email (0 – 10M)
        name: outbound_email_tier1
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00023'
        beginRange: 0
        endRange: 10000000
        usagetype: USE1-Enterprise-Outbound-Email
      - label: Outbound email (10M – 100M)
        name: outbound_email_tier2
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00018'
        beginRange: 10000000
        endRange: 100000000
      - label: Outbound email (100M+)
        name: outbound_email_tier3
        type: metered
        metric: email
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00013'
        beginRange: 100000000
    included:
      - Multi-region global endpoint sending at no additional charge
      - First 1,000 tenants/month, then $0.005/tenant/month
      - First 5 sending domains monitored in VDM, then $25.00/domain/month
      - First 12 sending IPs monitored in VDM, then $12.50/IP/month
      - First 5,000 recipient validations/month, then $0.01 each
      - First 25 inbox placement tests/month, then $10.00 each
      - First dedicated ingress endpoint free, then $50.00/month
      - Trend Micro and Spamhaus Mail Manager add-on executions at no additional charge
add_ons:
  - name: Spamhaus DBL add-on
    price: '0.000125'
    unit: per message processed
  - name: Abusix Mail Intelligence add-on
    price: '0.000125'
    unit: per message processed
  - name: Trend Micro Virus Scan API add-on
    price: '0.0001875'
    unit: per message scanned
  - name: Vade Advanced Email Security add-on
    price: '0.000415'
    unit: per message processed
tags:
  - Amazon
  - AWS
  - Email
  - Transactional Email
  - Marketing Email
  - Pricing Plans
description: >-
  Amazon SES offers four commercial shapes. À la carte is pay-per-use — $0.0001 per outbound recipient, $0.12/GB
  of attachments, $0.0001 per inbound email plus $0.00009 per 256 KB chunk, and $24.95/month per standard
  dedicated IP. Since 2026-07-21 there are also three packaged plans: Essentials at no monthly fee with volume
  email pricing from $0.00016, Pro at $105/month with dedicated IPs and inbox placement testing bundled, and
  Enterprise at $500/month adding multi-region resilience, tenant reputation isolation and an annual
  deliverability assessment. Plans are chosen per account per region.