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

Posted by RudySF on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @02:13PM
from the self-post dept.

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

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Re:Why do you use MailGun, SendGrid etc. over AWS SES? by xauronx on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @02:59PM (#5445333)

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.

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Re:Why do you use MailGun, SendGrid etc. over AWS SES? by nirvdrum on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @03:45PM (#5445623)

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.

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Re:Why do you use MailGun, SendGrid etc. over AWS SES? by MattBearman on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @12:12PM (#5480174)

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.

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