Resend
You want a hosted send API and you do not want to operate AWS. At 100,000 transactional emails the list price is $35.
Compare · October 2026
Resend vs Amazon SES, with October 2026 pricing.
Amazon SES on-demand is about $10 for 100,000 emails, before the time to run it. Resend is $35 for that volume. SendPanda sends on SES and charges $29 on Growth for the product around it.
Price
The same workload, three ways.
100,000 emails a month
October 2026. The SES bar is the mail price, not the time to operate an AWS account.
SES is the cheapest mail in this row and the one you operate. The dashboard, events, suppression, editor and incoming mail are yours to build. Resend is a transactional email API with a visual editor. Its October 2026 list price for 100,000 transactional emails is $35.
SendPanda runs on Amazon SES. Growth is $29 for 100,000 emails and includes newsletters, the editor, webhooks, suppression and an inbox, without an AWS account. You are paying for that product, not for a lower SES rate.
Resend's free tier is 3,000 emails a month. SES free usage is credits. SendPanda Free is 1,000 emails a month, including 1 mailbox, and it does not ask for a card.
Use SES directly when you send millions of emails a month. SendPanda's largest self-serve plan is 200,000. Email us about Enterprise for dedicated IPs or more volume.
Features
Feature by feature.
| Feature | SendPanda | Resend | Amazon SES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1,000 / month | 3,000 / month | Credits only |
| 100k emails a month | $29 | $35 | $10 + your time |
| Newsletters and audiences | Included | From $40 / month extra | |
| Visual email editor | |||
| Receive email at your domain | Inbox, replies and forwarding | 3 inboxes + inbound API | Build it yourself |
| Dashboard, events and suppression | Build it yourself |
Postmark Pro: $16.50 for 10,000 plus $1.30 per extra 1,000. SendGrid Essentials, Resend Pro, Mailgun Scale and Amazon SES on-demand rates. Prices change; check each provider before you decide. Resend includes 3 inboxes, with incoming and outgoing inbox messages using its transactional quota. SendPanda has separate incoming limits; replies and forwarding use the sending quota. Other receiving options include inbound webhooks or routing rules.
Fit
Where each one fits.
Amazon SES
You send millions of emails a month, or you already run the account and you want the mail price near $10 per 100,000.
SendPanda
You want SES delivery without an AWS account, and you also want newsletters and an inbox, at most 200,000 emails a month.
Recheck the list prices on Resend pricing and Amazon SES pricing. The figures on this page are the October 2026 prices used in SendPanda's own comparison.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Amazon SES cheaper than Resend?
For the mail alone, yes. About $10 of SES for 100,000 emails against $35 on Resend, on the October 2026 figures used here. SES does not include the dashboard and editor Resend does.
Does SendPanda replace an AWS account?
For this product, yes. SendPanda sends on Amazon SES. You verify a domain in SendPanda and call its API. You do not operate the SES account.
When we're not the right fit: if you send millions of emails a month, Amazon SES directly or SendGrid Pro will serve you better. Our largest plan is 200,000 a month; for dedicated IPs or more volume, email us about Enterprise. And if you need Outlook or Apple Mail to connect straight to a mailbox, that is not ready yet: our inbox is for support-style mail with daily limits, and you can forward any mailbox to Outlook or Gmail meanwhile.
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Free for 1,000 emails a month. No card needed.
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