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What's the Difference Between Amazon SES and Amazon WorkMail?

Compare Amazon SES and Amazon WorkMail side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.

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Amazon SES
Amazon WorkMail
Category

Application Integration, Email

Application Integration, Email & Calendar

Description

High-scale inbound and outbound email service

Secure, managed business email and calendar service with support for existing desktop and mobile email clients.

Best for
  • Transactional email
  • Marketing email
  • Bulk email
  • Email receiving
  • Notifications
  • Business email
  • Calendar management
  • Corporate communications
  • Email migration
Key features
  • High deliverability
  • Dedicated IPs
  • Email templates
  • Reputation dashboard
  • Virtual deliverability manager
  • Exchange compatible
  • Mobile sync
  • Web client
  • Encryption
  • Journaling
Pricing model

Pay per email sent + data transfer

$4.00 per user per month

Free tier

Yes

Yes

Expert take

“SES is the cost-effective choice for transactional and marketing email at scale. Dedicated IPs and authentication (DKIM, SPF) help maintain deliverability rates above 99%.”
— Didier Durand, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]

“WorkMail provides managed email and calendaring with Outlook compatibility. It stores data in your chosen AWS Region for data sovereignty requirements.”
— Giovanni Lauria, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]

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When to use Amazon SES or Amazon WorkMail

Use Amazon SES when:

  • Transactional email
  • Marketing email
  • Bulk email
  • Email receiving
  • Notifications

Learn more about Amazon SES »

Use Amazon WorkMail when:

  • Business email
  • Calendar management
  • Corporate communications
  • Email migration

Learn more about Amazon WorkMail »

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