Why do you use MailGun, SendGrid etc. over AWS SES?

2 pointsby RudySFabout 12 years ago

It seems as though AWS has the best pricing, what are the benefits to the other email delivery services over AWS?

3 comments

xauronxabout 12 years ago

SendGrid automatically adds click tracking and opened email statistics. Also, god forbid you actually try to use the Amazon SDK for PHP. Two days I'll never get back. Additionally, I was unable to get Amazon to verify my domain so that I could even send emails through their SMTP server.

nirvdrumabout 12 years ago

I don't think SES originally supported SMTP, which meant it was harder to use and I couldn't relay through a local Postfix server. I think they fixed that, but I had already chosen SendGrid by then and I've been pretty happy with the choice.

MattBearmanabout 12 years ago

I use mailgun partly because of recommendations from other HNers, and partly because currently my usage puts me in their free tier, which SES doesn't have.