Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS

Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by latexr on Sunday January 07, 2024 @08:03AM (#38900865)

For those looking for a self-hosted solution which doesn’t require a monthly payment, there’s https://sendy.co/. I never tried it, just remembered it exists.

Mail Layer does seems to have a bit more features, so pick your tradeoff.

As for feedback on the page, the mobile design isn’t exactly broken but it does have a number of problems. It’s so squished at the top it reads:

  Mail
    Documentation
  Layer

Playing the video, its right side is entirely cut off. The “Frequently Asked Questions” title overlaps the questions themselves.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by nathancahill on Sunday January 07, 2024 @09:10AM (#38901299)

Sendy is fantastic. The one-off price is very much worth it and a refreshing price for software when everything is MRR these days.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by blaaz on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:05AM (#38901763)

This. We are using it for 8 years without any problems.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by kamranahmedse on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:17AM (#38901875)

I have been using sendy for an year now. While it does have most of the features one would need, it starts to choke. I have a mailing list with 700k subscribers and it's been a pain to use sendy.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by Nadeus on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:58AM (#38912850)

Same here. Can't manage to increase send speed in a significant way. Do you mind sharing what you optimized on your server to be able to send a mailing list to such a big number of subscribers?

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by XCSme on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:19PM (#38918288)

I am thinking of using sendy, why is speed an issue? Aren't the emails delivered by SES? Can't you just send to SES a template and a list of emails and let them handle it?

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by mddanishyusuf on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:17AM (#38901879)

Sorry, I didn't focus on mobile compatibility. Will work on that in next iterations. Thanks

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by codegeek on Sunday January 07, 2024 @11:15AM (#38902390)

Here is another great self hosted solution that I came across. Really high performance (written in Go). No affiliation but well done open source product.

https://listmonk.app

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to send 10k emails for $1 via AWS by pepa65 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @01:30PM (#38903752)

It does require a one-off payment of $69 and isn't Free Software (although you can modify the sources after installation on your server).

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