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Having used both I love SES. It's great. But I also like Mailchimp. One big gripe I have with SES is that it tends to have more servers on spam blacklists than
by throwaway2016a 9y ago
Having used both I love SES. It's great. But I also like Mailchimp. One big gripe I have with SES is that it tends to have more servers on spam blacklists than Mailchimp.
You also need to code a lot of the stuff Mailchimp has out of the box (like templates and delivery reports) yourself. But the capabilities are there.
Another great thing SES has is the ability to receive emails not just send.
But overall I like both products. Mailchimp is easy for non-tech people to use, SES is bare bones, pay as you go, and highly scriptable once you add in Lambda.
- gtsteve 9y agoI personally only ever used SES for forgot password notifications. My mailing list is really small right now but if I had large lists I'd probably run it myself using SES and pay for a private outbound IP. The costs aren't outrageous - $25/mo.
- RileyJames 9y agoWouldn’t spammers just do the same? Does a private IP address on SES completely absolve the senders of SES’s spam reputation? I’ve just started using SES and did notice everything going to spam. Looking for a solution.
- eli 9y agoFor sure you don't want to be lumped in with the people too cheap to spend $25.
- gtsteve 9y agoI've never experienced an issue with e-mail going to spam. You might want to look at debugging it [0], to see if it's really SES's fault. It's possible your outbound domain has a reputation issue, but I have no idea how you address that I'm afraid. [0] https://sendgrid.com/blog/5-ways-check-sending-reputation/ https://sendgrid.com/blog/5-ways-check-sending-reputation/