The Amazon SES alternative with less AWS plumbing
Amazon SES is hard to beat on raw sending cost. Postscale is for teams that want a complete email product: REST and SMTP sending, parsed inbound webhooks, suppressions, warming, delivery events, and one dashboard.
Why teams switch from Amazon SES
One email product, not several AWS services
SES setups often grow into IAM policies, SNS topics, Lambda handlers, S3 buckets, CloudWatch dashboards, and custom parsers. Postscale puts sending, receiving, delivery events, and suppressions behind one API key.
Parsed inbound without receipt-rule plumbing
Postscale receives inbound mail, parses MIME, stores attachments, and sends signed webhooks. You do not need to assemble SES receipt rules, S3 object handling, SNS fanout, and Lambda retry behavior yourself.
Operational controls built for product teams
Domain authentication, suppression imports, sender warming, per-domain activity, delivery events, and abuse controls are first-class product surfaces instead of infrastructure you have to compose.
EU-operated service with documented safeguards
Postscale is operated by DNScale OÜ in Estonia. Primary production service data is hosted in the EU/EEA, with documented transfer safeguards for limited infrastructure metadata where required.
Side-by-side comparison
Familiar developer workflow, lower bundled price, EU/EEA-hosted primary service data.
| Feature | Postscale | Amazon SES |
|---|---|---|
| Raw outbound price | Bundled plans from €9/mo | $0.10 per 1,000 emails plus add-ons |
| REST email API | Yes | Yes |
| SMTP relay | Yes | Yes |
| Parsed inbound webhooks | Yes, built in | Requires SES receiving flow |
| Attachment handling | Stored with authenticated download URLs | Usually S3 plus custom retrieval |
| Suppression management | Dashboard + API + CSV import | Account-level suppression list |
| Warming controls | Domain and ISP-aware workflows | Mostly self-managed |
| Masked email addresses | Yes (Shield) | No native equivalent |
| XRechnung / e-invoicing | Yes (EU mandate ready) | No native equivalent |
Migrate from Amazon SES in under an hour
Mirror DNS
Publish Postscale verification, DKIM, and return-path records next to your SES identities while SES keeps handling production mail.
Swap SMTP or API calls
Move legacy systems by changing SMTP host and credentials, or replace SendEmail calls with POST /v1/send behind your existing mail adapter.
Replace receipt rules
Point inbound MX records at Postscale and replace S3/SNS/Lambda handlers with signed inbound webhooks and stored message retrieval.
Frequently asked questions
Is Postscale cheaper than Amazon SES?
No, not on raw email-sending price. SES is the right baseline if you want the cheapest infrastructure primitive and are comfortable operating the surrounding AWS pieces. Postscale is priced for a complete product surface.
Can I move SMTP traffic before changing API code?
Yes. Applications that already speak SMTP can switch host, username, and password first. REST sends can move later through a small adapter layer.
What replaces SES receipt rules?
Postscale inbound aliases and rules replace the usual S3, SNS, and Lambda chain. Your app receives parsed JSON webhooks with authenticated attachment download links.
Can I migrate SES suppressions?
Yes. Export account-level suppressed destinations, preserve bounce or complaint reasons, preview the CSV in Postscale, and import before production traffic moves.
Ready to switch?
Free tier covers your evaluation. Migration is a DNS change and an API key swap.
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