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2,000,000 emails · 70% tx · global

1M+ Emails/Month: Unit Cost

🏆 Our pick: Amazon SES

At 1–5M/mo, per-1k differences dominate. Dedicated IP amortizes, free tier irrelevant.

Ranked for this Use Case (Top 6)

Showing the 6 cheapest of 11 quoteable providers. The priciest options are omitted for scanability.

#1 Amazon SES $224.95/mo Visit ↗
#2 Resend tx-only $394.98/mo Visit ↗
#3 Scaleway Transactional Email tx-only $396.39/mo Visit ↗
#4 SendGrid (Twilio) $434.28/mo Visit ↗
#5 Mailgun $459.93/mo Visit ↗
#6 Postmark tx-only $551.48/mo Visit ↗

Recommendations

🏆 Floor PriceAmazon SES

$0.10/1k = $200/mo at 2M, the floor, plus dedicated IP $24.95.

🥈 Managed CheapestSendGrid (Twilio)

Essentials $19.95 floor + $0.15/1k beyond, cheaper than Postmark at this volume.

🥉 EU at ScaleBrevo

Business tier negotiable at 2M+ with EU residency.

Key Takeaways

  • At 2M, $1.25 vs $0.10 per-1k = $2300/mo swing.
  • Warm dedicated IP gradually: cold IP at 1M spikes hurts sender score.

Gotchas

  • SES reputation warm-up is DIY, so avoid cold 1M blasts.
  • Postmark caps throughput deliberately and is not built for 2M surges.

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