Comparison

Amazon SES vs Mailgun

On the evidence we track, Amazon SES leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon SES full profile →Mailgun full profile →

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★Amazon SES65

Mailgun59

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon SESLeader	Mailgun
vioscaleAI score	65 / 100medium · 74%	59 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$105	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	2
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Amazon SES65 / 100medium · 74%

Mailgun59 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✗

Model

Amazon SESfreemium

Mailguncommercial

Price level

Amazon SEShigh

Mailgunlow

Starting price

Amazon SES$105

Mailgun–

Transparent

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon SES2

Mailgun2

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Fedramp

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun–

Gdpr

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Hipaa

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun–

Iso27001

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Pci

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun–

Soc2

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Trust center

Amazon SEShttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/

Mailgun–

Reliability

Status page

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Market

Availability

Amazon SESAvailable worldwide

MailgunAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Amazon SES5 items

Mailgun5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for communication apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Communication APIs
Capability	Amazon SES	Mailgun
Channels
SMS	-	-
Voice	-	-
WhatsApp	-	-
RCS	-	-
Transactional email	✓	✓
Video / real-time	-	-
In-app chat	-	-
Verify / OTP / 2FA	-	-
Messaging
Two-way messaging	✓	-
Reach
Geographic coverage	Global	Global
Delivery
Email deliverability tools	✓	✓
Commercial
Published per-unit pricing	✓	✓

Channels

SMS

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

Voice

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

RCS

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

Transactional email

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Video / real-time

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

In-app chat

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

Verify / OTP / 2FA

Amazon SES-

Mailgun-

Messaging

Two-way messaging

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun-

Reach

Geographic coverage

Amazon SESGlobal

MailgunGlobal

Delivery

Email deliverability tools

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Commercial

Published per-unit pricing

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon SES

Leader

A cloud email service that handles high-volume email sending and receiving through APIs, SMTP, or AWS SDKs. It offers deliverability tools, dedicated IP management, security features, and compliance controls to help organizations reliably reach customer inboxes.

Independently observed

Mailgun

A service that allows developers to send transactional emails through an API, with built-in testing and preview capabilities across multiple email clients and devices

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon SES

Leader

from $105/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.02–$0.16 per 1,000 emails depending on plan and volume. Free tier: up to $200 AWS credits for 6 months on new accounts.

Essentials$0.16 per 1,000 emails
- Auto email validation
Pro$105/month plus $0.14 per 1,000 emails
- Dedicated IP addresses
- Virtual Deliverability Manager
- Inbox placement testing
- Email validation API
Enterprise$500/month plus $0.11 per 1,000 emails
- Dedicated IP addresses
- Virtual Deliverability Manager
- Global endpoints
- Annual expert deliverability assessment
- Inbox placement testing
À la carte$0.02–$0.08 per 1,000 emails (0–100M monthly)
- Volume-based tiered rates

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Mailgun

from $0.75/moSubscription30-day trial

From $49/mo. First month free.

Pilot$49/mo (first month free), unlimited users
- First month free
- Unlimited users
- 2,500 email address validations
- 25 inbox placement tests
- Detailed documentation
- +1 more
Starter$99/mo (first month free), unlimited users
- First month free
- Unlimited users
- 5,000 email address validations
- 50 inbox placement tests
- Spam trap monitoring (1 domain)
- +6 more
ContractContact sales
- Unlimited users
- Custom domain and IP monitoring
- Custom email validations
- Custom inbox placement tests
- Designated Technical Account Manager

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon SES	Mailgun
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

CLI

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon SES✓

Mailgun✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon SES

Leader

2 total

Amazon WorkMail
Amazon Mail Manager

Independently observed

Mailgun

2 total

Google Postmaster Tools
Microsoft SNDS

Independently observed

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