Amazon SES vs Mailgun

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable email service provider that allows developers to send email from within any application.

Mailgun offers powerful transactional email APIs that enable you to send, receive, and track emails, built with developers in mind.

Feature Comparison

Amazon SES and Mailgun both have great feature sets so the right tool for you really depends on your needs.

Features	Amazon SES	Mailgun
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	❌	❌
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	❌	❌
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviors	❌	❌
📩 Embeddable Forms Embeddable subscription forms	❌	❌
📄 Landing Pages Create landing pages for your newsletter	❌	❌
🔌 3rd Party Integrations Connect to other services	❌	❌
🖊️ Visual Editor Drag and drop email editor	❌	❌
📝 Markdown Editor Write emails in markdown	❌	❌
👩‍💻 HTML Design emails with HTML text	❌	❌
⚒️ API Integrate with the platform's API	✅	✅
📈 Analytics Get data on your emails' performance	❌	❌
🌍 Custom Domain Use a custom domain for your page	✅	✅
🗣️ Referrals Setup a referral program	❌	❌
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	❌	❌
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	❌