Sendscape vs Amazon SES
A simpler Amazon SES alternative
Sendscape is an email API and SMTP relay for developers who want transactional and marketing email in one account, a free tier of 3,000 emails a month, and no overage bill unless they opt in. Amazon SES is an established provider; this page explains what Sendscape offers and how to switch if it suits you better.
Switching from Amazon SES
Amazon SES is raw infrastructure: you manage IAM, sandbox exits, bounce topics and your own dashboard. Sendscape gives you the sending, a searchable log, automatic suppression, webhooks and broadcasts in one account, with a plain API key instead of AWS credentials.
Sendscape at a glance
| Sendscape | |
|---|---|
| Send over | HTTP API (POST /v1/emails) and SMTP relay (port 587, STARTTLS) |
| Free tier | 3,000 emails a month, 100 a day, no credit card |
| Batch sending | Up to 100 messages per API call |
| Domain authentication | DKIM (3 CNAMEs), SPF and a custom MAIL FROM, with Domain Connect on supported registrars |
| Events | Signed webhooks for sent, delivered, delayed, bounced, complained, opened and clicked |
| Deliverability | Automatic suppression of hard bounces and complaints |
| Marketing email | Broadcasts to contact groups with one-click unsubscribe (RFC 8058) |
| Testing | Sandbox addresses that simulate delivered, bounced, complained and suppressed |
| Safe retries | Idempotency-Key header, honoured for 24 hours |
| Overage | None by default - sending pauses at your quota unless you opt in |
Who Sendscape is for
- Developers who want one account for app email and newsletters
- Teams that prefer a hard stop at their quota over a surprise bill
- Anyone moving an existing SMTP setup without rewriting code
- Projects built with AI coding assistants - Sendscape ships a Claude skill and plain-markdown docs
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to change my code to move to Sendscape?
Not if you send over SMTP: point your app at the Sendscape relay on port 587 with STARTTLS and swap the username and password. If you use an HTTP API, the change is one request - POST a JSON body with from, to, subject and html to https://api.sendscape.ai/v1/emails.
Can I keep my sending domain?
Yes. Add the domain in Sendscape and publish the DKIM, SPF and MX records it generates. They sit alongside your existing records, so you can run both providers in parallel while you switch over.
Is there a free plan to test with?
Yes - 3,000 emails a month and 100 a day, free forever, with no credit card required.
See also: pricing, use cases and the developer docs.
Amazon SES is a trademark of its owner. Sendscape is not affiliated with Amazon SES. Check Amazon SES’s own site for its current plans and features.
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3,000 emails a month free. No credit card required.