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Comparison

Amazon SES vs Novu

On the evidence we track, Novu leads this comparison with a composite score of 85/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon SES65
★Novu85
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon SES65 / 100medium · 74%
Novu85 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Model
Amazon SESfreemium
Novufreemium
Price level
Amazon SEShigh
Novumid
Starting price
Amazon SES$105
Novu$30
Transparent
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon SES2
Novu88
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Fedramp
Amazon SES✓
Novu–
Gdpr
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Hipaa
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Iso27001
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Pci
Amazon SES✓
Novu–
Soc2
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon SES–
Novu99.9
Status page
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon SES5 items
Novu7 items

Capabilities

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

Channels
SMS
Amazon SES-
Novu✓
Voice
Amazon SES-
Novu✗
WhatsApp
Amazon SES-
Novu✓
RCS
Amazon SES-
Novu✗
Transactional email
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Video / real-time
Amazon SES-
Novu✗
In-app chat
Amazon SES-
Novu✓
Verify / OTP / 2FA
Amazon SES-
Novu✓
Messaging
Two-way messaging
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Reach
Geographic coverage
Amazon SESGlobal
NovuGlobal
Delivery
Email deliverability tools
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Commercial
Published per-unit pricing
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓

What each one is

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

Amazon SES

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

Novu

Leader

Infrastructure that allows developers to dispatch notifications through email, SMS, push, in-app, and chat, while also enabling AI agents to have two-way conversations with users on channels like Slack, WhatsApp, and Teams.

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

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 verify ↗

Novu

Leader
from $30/moHybridFree tier

From $30/month (Pro). Free tier available. Team plan at $250/month. Enterprise custom pricing.

  • FreeFree
    • All channels: Email, In-app, SMS, Chat, Push
    • US + EU data residency
    • Up to 20 workflows
    • 2 environments (Dev + Prod)
    • 24-hour activity feed retention
  • ProFrom $30/month, plus $1.20 per 1K additional workflow runs
    • Everything in Free, plus:
    • 30,000+ workflow runs / month
    • 7-day activity feed retention
    • Remove Novu branding
    • Advanced email editor (blocks, layouts)
    • +1 more
  • Team$250/month
    • Everything in Pro, plus:
    • 250,000+ workflow runs / month
    • Up to 10 environments (Staging, QA, Pre-prod…)
    • 90-day activity feed retention
    • Unlimited team members
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Team, plus:
    • 10M+ workflow runs / month (custom volume tiers)
    • Unlimited environments
    • Custom retention policies (feed, audit, logs)
    • Custom delay & digest windows
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
CLI
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon SES✓
Novu✓
Self-hosted
Amazon SES✗
Novu✓
Hybrid
Amazon SES✗
Novu✓

Integrations

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

Amazon SES

2 total
  • Amazon WorkMail
  • Amazon Mail Manager
Independently observed

Novu

Leader
46 total
  • SendGrid
  • Amazon SES
  • Postmark
  • Resend
  • Brevo
  • Mailgun
  • Mailjet
  • Braze
  • Infobip
  • Twilio
  • Plivo
  • AWS SNS
  • Vonage
  • SMS77
  • Telnyx
  • Termii
  • Gupshup
  • SMS Central
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging
  • Apple Push Notification
  • Expo Push
  • OneSignal
  • Pushpad
  • Pusher Beams
  • +22 more
Independently observed
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