Amazon SES

Name: Amazon SES — Agent-Ready Pricing Assessment
Brand: Amazon SES

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · aws.amazon.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0

Score 85 / 100

Transactional Email

Free tier

Self-serve checkout

Public API

Amazon SES scores 85/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published.

See Amazon SES pricing summary Live pricing page

Pricing

Amazon SES pricing

As of 2026-05-09 · aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/

Pay-as-you-go API

Sign up, get an API key, pay per call

Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.

Signup: email

API key

Instant use

Free tier

Per-model pricing

12 SKUs priced in mixed units (emails, GB, email_chunks…)

Model / SKU	Input	Output
Outbound Email	$0.1 / 1K emails	—
Outbound Email Data Charges for attachment data	$0.12 / GB	—
Global Endpoints Additional charge when sending through multi‑region endpoint	$0.03 / 1K emails	—
Inbound Email	$0.1 / 1K emails	—
Inbound Email Chunks	$0.09 / 1K email_chunks	—
Email Validation	$0.01 / validation	—
Mail Manager Endpoint Per month per endpoint	$50 / endpoint_month	—
Dedicated IP Standard Per month per IP	$24.95 / ip_month	—
Dedicated IP Managed Base Base monthly fee for managed IPs	$15 / account_month	—
Dedicated IP Managed Email 0‑10M emails per month tier	$0.08 / 1K emails	—
Virtual Deliverability Manager 0‑10M emails per month tier	$0.07 / 1K emails	—
Tenant Per month per tenant	$0.005 / tenant_month	—

Score breakdown · rubric v2.0

How Amazon SES scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

18 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

20 / 20

Free entry path

5 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total

85 / 100

Effective pricing

What it actually costs at typical scale

1,000 outbound emails within free tier

$0/mo

· Free tier covers first 3,000 message charges· No attachment data

Confidence: high

10,000 outbound emails (beyond free tier)

$0.7/mo

· 3,000 messages free, remaining 7,000 charged at $0.10 per 1,000· No attachment data

Confidence: high

2,000,000 outbound emails with 3 standard dedicated IPs

$274.55/mo

· 3,000 free messages· Outbound email cost $0.10 per 1,000· Dedicated IP cost $24.95 per IP per month

Confidence: high

Agent purchase verdict

Can an autonomous agent transact here?

Agent-ready

LLM score: 100/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

Quote required

Annual commit required

Auto-renewal mentioned

Cancellation policy visible

Refund policy visible

Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Trial

Available

Startup credits

Up to $200 AWS Free Tier credits for new customers

API readiness

API & developer surface

API-first product

Yes

Public API docs

docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/APIRefere

Sandbox present

Yes

Webhooks

MCP mentioned

Competitive intel

Positioning & ecosystem

Headline

“Amazon SES pricing”

Buyer persona

developer

smb

enterprise

Agent purchase simulation

Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Amazon SES?

✓

Discover price

◐

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis

Pros and cons for AI agents

Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.

✓ For an AI agent

Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.

Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.

A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.

◐ Opportunities for the provider

No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.

API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.

PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.

No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.

One-line fix

How Amazon SES could lift its score

Already agent-ready on Tier 1 signals. Publish `/.well-known/ai-pricing.json` to claim the +5 bonus and lock the verified badge.

pricing_visible	true
headline_phrasing	Amazon SES pricing — Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a pay-as-you-go service based on the volume of emails sent and received. There are no subscriptions, no contract negotiations, and no minimum charges.
tier_count	4
lowest_paid_entry_usd	50
free_tier	true
free_tier_terms	null
per_unit_price	$0.10/1000 emails
annual_required	false
self_serve_paid_tiers	3
sales_only_tiers	0
public_api_docs_url	https://builder.aws.com/
api_docs_auth_walled	false
ai_pricing_json_present	false
agents_txt_present	false
anonymous_purchase_path	false
per_unit_classification	{"unit_class":"other","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$0.10/1000 emails"}
usage_headline_present	true
custom_tier_present	true
agent_friendly	{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":false,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Price tokens (50): $200 · $0.10 · $0.12 per gigabyte · $0.03 · $0.10 · $0.09 · $0.01 per validation · $0.01 per email address vali · $0.01 · $0.01 · $50 per month per endpoint · $0.15

Skip to main content Filter: All English Contact us AWS Marketplace Support My account Search Filter: All Sign in to console Create account Amazon SES Overview Features Pricing Getting Started FAQs More Products Amazon SES Pricing Amazon SES pricing Get started for free Request a pricing quote Why Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)? Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a pay-as-you-go service based on the volume of emails sent and received. There are no subscriptions, no contract negotiations, and no minimum charges. AWS Pricing Calculator Calculate your Amazon SES and architecture cost in a single estimate. Create your custom estimate now » AWS Free Tier As part of AWS Free Tier, SES offers a flexible free tier which enables you to try the SES email features you need, free of charge. Free tier customers receive up to 3,000 message charges free each month for the first 12 months after you start using SES. Starting July 15, 2025, new AWS customers will receive up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits, which can be applied towards eligible AWS services, including Amazon Simple Email Service. At account sign-up, you can choose between a free plan and a paid plan. The free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation. If you upgrade to a paid plan, any remaining Free Tier credit balance will automatically apply to your AWS bills. All Free Tier credits must be used within 12 months of your account creation date. To learn more about the AWS Free Tier program, refer to AWS F…

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Amazon SES

Agent-Ready Verified

85

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)

Discovery files and protocols

Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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Model / SKU

Input

Output

Outbound Email

$0.1 / 1K emails

—

Outbound Email Data

Charges for attachment data

$0.12 / GB

—

Global Endpoints

Additional charge when sending through multi‑region endpoint

$0.03 / 1K emails

—

Inbound Email

$0.1 / 1K emails

—

Inbound Email Chunks

$0.09 / 1K email_chunks

—

Email Validation

$0.01 / validation

—

Mail Manager Endpoint

Per month per endpoint

$50 / endpoint_month

—

Dedicated IP Standard

Per month per IP

$24.95 / ip_month

—

Dedicated IP Managed Base

Base monthly fee for managed IPs

$15 / account_month

—

Dedicated IP Managed Email

0‑10M emails per month tier

$0.08 / 1K emails

—

Virtual Deliverability Manager

0‑10M emails per month tier

$0.07 / 1K emails

—

Tenant

Per month per tenant

$0.005 / tenant_month

—

Amazon SES

Amazon SES pricing

Sign up, get an API key, pay per call

12 SKUs priced in mixed units (emails, GB, email_chunks…)

How Amazon SES scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Total

85 / 100

What it actually costs at typical scale

1,000 outbound emails within free tier

$0/mo

10,000 outbound emails (beyond free tier)

$0.7/mo

2,000,000 outbound emails with 3 standard dedicated IPs

$274.55/mo

Can an autonomous agent transact here?

Buyer fitProcurement & commercial terms

Procurement & commercial terms

API & developer surface

Positioning & ecosystem

Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Amazon SES?

Pros and cons for AI agents

How Amazon SES could lift its score

Source signals (raw evidence used by the rubric)

Source signals (raw evidence used by the rubric)

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Amazon SES

Amazon SES pricing

Sign up, get an API key, pay per call

12 SKUs priced in mixed units (emails, GB, email_chunks…)

How Amazon SES scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Total

85 / 100

What it actually costs at typical scale

1,000 outbound emails within free tier

$0/mo

10,000 outbound emails (beyond free tier)

$0.7/mo

2,000,000 outbound emails with 3 standard dedicated IPs

$274.55/mo

Can an autonomous agent transact here?

Buyer fitProcurement & commercial terms

Procurement & commercial terms

API & developer surface

Positioning & ecosystem

Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Amazon SES?

Pros and cons for AI agents

How Amazon SES could lift its score

Source signals (raw evidence used by the rubric)

Source signals (raw evidence used by the rubric)

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