euromail vs Amazon SES
For European senders weighing Amazon SES (the AWS workhorse) against an EU-native alternative. Honest differences, no scare tactics, including where Amazon SES is the better choice.
| euromail.dev | Amazon SES | |
|---|---|---|
| EU data residency | Email storage and self-hosted AI processing run in Finland. The DPA names ancillary services, including billing outside the EU, and the data each receives. | EU regions available (eu-west-1, eu-north-1), but AWS is US-headquartered, so data remains subject to the US CLOUD Act regardless of region |
| Data processing agreement | DPA included on every plan, including Free, not gated behind Enterprise. | AWS DPA covers SES, with Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers |
| Deliverability visibility | Deliverability insights included free: live delivery latency, DMARC monitoring, Google Postmaster + Microsoft SNDS integration. We publish our own numbers at /deliverability/. | Virtual Deliverability Manager costs extra (from $1,250/mo) |
| Inbound email | Core feature: inbound routes, mailboxes with lease/ack delivery, agent mailboxes for AI workloads. | Receiving available, stores to S3, assembly required |
| Pricing | Free tier (3,000 emails/mo), then from €19/mo. DPA, insights, and inbound on every plan. | $0.10 / 1,000 emails + infrastructure you assemble yourself |
When Amazon SES is the better choice
SES is the right choice if you need extreme volume at the lowest unit price and you already live in AWS. At $0.10 per thousand emails, nothing beats it on cost, and if your data residency story already accepts AWS, euromail's main advantage doesn't apply to you.
Why teams switch to euromail
Teams reviewing message residency can verify that EuroMail's email infrastructure and AI processing run in Finland. The DPA names the ancillary subprocessors and their data access, including billing outside the EU. GDPR export and erasure tools are built in. We publish our own live delivery numbers, sample sizes included, at euromail.dev/deliverability. When you're ready, the move is a config change, not a rewrite. The migration guide covers the API mapping, DNS dual-running, event delivery, and suppressions.