Amazon SES
NewCloud email sending service from Amazon Web Services
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
- Amazon SES ranks #26 of 55 in Email Marketing with an AI visibility score of 2.6 (SlateIndex, Nov 2, 2026).
- Amazon SES is most visible on ChatGPT (5.7) and least on Perplexity (0).
- AI engines name Amazon SES in 3 of the 30 Email Marketing buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
- mailchimp.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Amazon SES, with 3 citations.
About
Company details for Amazon SES
Amazon SES is a cloud-based email service from Amazon Web Services for sending marketing, notification, and transactional email, and it can also receive email. Senders use the console, the SMTP interface, or the API after verifying sender domains or addresses. New accounts start in a sandbox where recipient addresses must also be verified. SES offers an account-level suppression list and can send bounce and complaint events to Amazon SNS topics. It ranks #26 of 55 in Email Marketing on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 2.6 in the latest weekly run.
Its differentiator: built on the infrastructure Amazon.com developed for its own customer base.
- Website
- amazon.com
- Categories
- Email Marketing
- Headquarters
- Seattle
- Company type
- Division of Amazon Web Services
- Deployment
- Managed cloud service
- Compliance
- PCI DSS, HIPAA Eligible Service, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140, ISO 27001, ISO 9001
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AI visibility
Latest weekly run · Nov 2 · next run Nov 9
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Changes appear after the second weekly run in Email Marketing. Mailchimp leads the category at 45.4%.
AI mentions & citations
Recent answers that name Amazon SES
How do companies send and measure email campaigns without a dedicated tool?
Use services such as Amazon SES, SendGrid, or Mailgun to send larger volumes programmatically.
What should an email marketing platform integrate with?
Examples: Amazon SES, Postmark, SendGrid.
Most affordable email marketing platform that is still reliable
Why it's affordable: It runs on Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) infrastructure, allowing them to pass massive savings to users.
Products & features
What Amazon SES sells
Amazon SES
Cloud email service for sending marketing, notification, and transactional email, with console, SMTP, and API access. Pricing plans Essentials, Pro, and Enterprise launched July 21, 2026.
Amazon SES Mail Manager
Inbound email routing capability related to Amazon SES.
Strengths engines cite
- low-cost email sending
Target market & buyers
Developers and businesses sending marketing, notification, and transactional email
Notable customers include Netflix, Duolingo, Mercado Libre, theMarketer, Redfin, Adzuna, Jobvite.
| Industry | Primary use case |
|---|---|
| Streaming media | Contacting customers by email at scale; Netflix moved 100% of its email sending to SES |
| Education | Daily practice emails and newsletters to users; Duolingo has used SES since 2012 |
Funding & recent developments
Funding
| Latest known round | Total raised |
|---|---|
| — | — |
Recent developments
- Jul 2026ProductSES pricing plans launched: Essentials, Pro, Enterprise
Essentials covers deliverability insights; Pro adds managed dedicated IPs, email validation and inbox placement visibility; Enterprise adds multi-region resilience and an annual deliverability assessment. The 12-month SES free tier is no longer offered to new customers.
- May 2026SecurityKaspersky reports SES abused in phishing
Rising phishing campaigns abuse SES to send emails that pass SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks; Amazon pointed to its credential-security guidance.
- Apr 2026ProductSES Mail Manager adds optional TLS and mutual TLS
Enhancements add optional TLS and mutual TLS on the Mail Manager ingress endpoint.
Competitive landscape
How Amazon SES compares with its top three alternatives
Amazon SES most often appears alongside Mailchimp, Sender, Twilio SendGrid in AI answers.
| Brand | Visibility | Share of voice | vs last week | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon SES | 2.6% | 0.6% | New | Pricing not available |
| Mailchimp | 45.4% | 9.6% | New | Free plan |
| Sender | 13.9% | 3.7% | New | Free plan |
| Twilio SendGrid | 4.9% | 1.6% | New | Pricing not available |
| HubSpot | 73.1% | 13.1% | New | Free plan |
What AI answers say
Sentiment and themes from the answers that mention this brand
Positive 0% · Neutral 100% · Mixed 0% of 2 engine answers that mention Amazon SES
Praised for
- low-cost email sending
Criticised for
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Amazon SES AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/amazon-ses, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.