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Has anyone done any comparison between API based email services like AWS SES, Mailgun and SendGrid?

by laktek 10y ago

m_fayer 10y ago
I don't know about AWS SES, but I know that compared to Mailgun, SendGrid is a more complex and larger product that has features for marketing campaigns, and it's not API-only - it also has a web UI. It's like a cross of Mailgun and Mailchimp. Mailgun OTOH is a cheaper and more streamlined product. It's for sending and receiving email, possibly in quantity, by developers and developers only. No mailing lists, no campaign metrics, no templates or template editors, just sending and receiving email from code.
20years 10y ago
MailGun has better delivery than SES and easier to get setup than SendGrid. I use both MailGun and SendGrid but stopped using SES awhile ago due to delivery issues.
- laktek 10y ago
  Thanks, this helps. What sort of delivery issues you ran into with SES? Was it possible to diagnose?
  - jat850 10y ago
    Not OP but I've heard (anecdotally here and there) that many sites reject email from Amazon IP blocks because of historical spam problems. I only encountered it personally a handful of times when using SES for delivery, and it was usually resolvable because the target customer base was easy to reach and worked with their IT departments to solve the problem.
  - 20years 10y ago
    I haven't used SES in over 2 years now so things may have changed but lots of ISP's blocked the emails. Even basic transaction type emails. Also, if you send over 10k too soon, you may be throttled or shut down. Lastly, they also throttle you if your bounce rate is higher than 2%. To get around that, you must make sure your list is super clean or send emails slowly to make sure your bounce rate is not over 2% in any given month. Not ideal for newsletters or large customer lists imo. Again, some of this may have changed since I used them 2+ years ago.

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Has anyone done any comparison between API based email services like AWS SES, Mailgun and SendGrid?

by laktek 10y ago

Has anyone done any comparison between API based email services like AWS SES, Mailgun and SendGrid?

m_fayer 10y ago
I don't know about AWS SES, but I know that compared to Mailgun, SendGrid is a more complex and larger product that has features for marketing campaigns, and it's not API-only - it also has a web UI. It's like a cross of Mailgun and Mailchimp. Mailgun OTOH is a cheaper and more streamlined product. It's for sending and receiving email, possibly in quantity, by developers and developers only. No mailing lists, no campaign metrics, no templates or template editors, just sending and receiving email from code.
20years 10y ago
MailGun has better delivery than SES and easier to get setup than SendGrid. I use both MailGun and SendGrid but stopped using SES awhile ago due to delivery issues.
- laktek 10y ago
  Thanks, this helps. What sort of delivery issues you ran into with SES? Was it possible to diagnose?
  - jat850 10y ago
    Not OP but I've heard (anecdotally here and there) that many sites reject email from Amazon IP blocks because of historical spam problems. I only encountered it personally a handful of times when using SES for delivery, and it was usually resolvable because the target customer base was easy to reach and worked with their IT departments to solve the problem.
  - 20years 10y ago
    I haven't used SES in over 2 years now so things may have changed but lots of ISP's blocked the emails. Even basic transaction type emails. Also, if you send over 10k too soon, you may be throttled or shut down. Lastly, they also throttle you if your bounce rate is higher than 2%. To get around that, you must make sure your list is super clean or send emails slowly to make sure your bounce rate is not over 2% in any given month. Not ideal for newsletters or large customer lists imo. Again, some of this may have changed since I used them 2+ years ago.