Best Amazon SES Alternatives with Free Tiers (2026)
4 free alternatives in Email. Sorted by pricing stability.
Current Amazon SES Situation
Risk Level:caution
Why:effective 2025-07-16 — AWS restructured its Free Tier into expiring credits, which removed the per-service SES allowance for new accounts. The SES pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers only 'up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits' with 'the free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation' and no perpetual sending allowance from any source. Source ↗
AWS restructured its Free Tier into expiring credits, which removed the per-service SES allowance for new accounts. The SES pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers only 'up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits' with 'the free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation' and no perpetual sending allowance from any source. Source ↗
Recommended Migration Targets
These alternatives were identified from Amazon SES’s pricing changes as recommended replacements.
Developer-first email API — 3K emails/month free (100/day cap), 3 domains, 1K marketing contacts/month, 5 AI credits, 30-day data retention
Until you verify a domain, Resend sends only from its resend.dev test domain, and only to the email address on your Resend account; mail to anyone else is refused with a 403 error. (From resend.com/docs/knowledge-base/403-error-resend-dev-domain, read 2026-10-20.)
Resend's free plan needs no credit card. (From resend.com/agents, read 2026-10-23.)
Resend launched Inboxes on October 22, 2026. "An inbox sends and receives email at an address on one of your domains." Every plan includes 3 Inboxes. Inboxes can be used by agents to receive tasks and updates. (From resend.com/blog/announcing-inboxes, read 2026-11-06.)
Broadcasts sent through the /broadcasts API or the dashboard do not count against the 3,000 transactional emails a month. Marketing plans are limited by contacts, not email volume. Emails sent or received through an inbox count towards the transactional emails quota. (From resend.com/pricing, read 2026-11-06.)
300 emails/day, up to 100,000 contacts, marketing automation for up to 2,000 contacts, segmentation and signup forms; landing pages need the Standard plan. Formerly Sendinblue
Signing up for Brevo needs no credit card details, only an email address and an organization name. (From brevo.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23.)
Brevo requires account approval before sending. After approval, the Free plan allows up to 300 emails per day. (From brevo.com/pricing, read 2026-11-06.)
Free MIT-licensed self-hosted mail server for websites and web servers — an open-source stand-in for Sendgrid, Mailgun or Postmark that you run yourself. No hosted or paid plan is offered; the only cost is the infrastructure you send from.
−1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-15, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor.
−1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-29, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor.
All Free Alternatives (4)
2 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 2 are demoted with the reason named, and 0 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.
Developer-first email API — 3K emails/month free (100/day cap), 3 domains, 1K marketing contacts/month, 5 AI credits, 30-day data retention
Until you verify a domain, Resend sends only from its resend.dev test domain, and only to the email address on your Resend account; mail to anyone else is refused with a 403 error. (From resend.com/docs/knowledge-base/403-error-resend-dev-domain, read 2026-10-20.)
Resend's free plan needs no credit card. (From resend.com/agents, read 2026-10-23.)
Resend launched Inboxes on October 22, 2026. "An inbox sends and receives email at an address on one of your domains." Every plan includes 3 Inboxes. Inboxes can be used by agents to receive tasks and updates. (From resend.com/blog/announcing-inboxes, read 2026-11-06.)
Broadcasts sent through the /broadcasts API or the dashboard do not count against the 3,000 transactional emails a month. Marketing plans are limited by contacts, not email volume. Emails sent or received through an inbox count towards the transactional emails quota. (From resend.com/pricing, read 2026-11-06.)
300 emails/day, up to 100,000 contacts, marketing automation for up to 2,000 contacts, segmentation and signup forms; landing pages need the Standard plan. Formerly Sendinblue
Signing up for Brevo needs no credit card details, only an email address and an organization name. (From brevo.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23.)
Brevo requires account approval before sending. After approval, the Free plan allows up to 300 emails per day. (From brevo.com/pricing, read 2026-11-06.)
Free MIT-licensed self-hosted mail server for websites and web servers — an open-source stand-in for Sendgrid, Mailgun or Postmark that you run yourself. No hosted or paid plan is offered; the only cost is the infrastructure you send from.
−1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-15, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor.
−1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-29, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor.
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What are the best free alternatives to Amazon SES?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 4 free alternatives to Amazon SES, each listed below with its tier, category and the read and catalogue dates we hold. Of those, 2 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 2 are demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is Amazon SES's free tier still available?
No. What Amazon SES offers is a credit grant that runs out (Credits). Amazon SES's free offer requires caution because of one specific recorded change, on 2025-07-16: AWS restructured its Free Tier into expiring credits, which removed the per-service SES allowance for new accounts. The SES pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers only 'up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits' with 'the free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation' and no perpetual sending allowance from any source. Source: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/aws-free-tier-credits-month-free-plan/
How many free alternatives to Amazon SES exist?
There are 4 free alternatives to Amazon SES tracked on AgentDeals across the Email category.
Has Amazon SES changed their pricing?
Amazon SES has 1 recorded pricing change. The most recent was on 2025-07-16: AWS restructured its Free Tier into expiring credits, which removed the per-service SES allowance for new accounts. The SES pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers only 'up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits' with 'the free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation' and no perpetual sending allowance from any source. Source: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/aws-free-tier-credits-month-free-plan/