Postkit vs Amazon SES
The European alternative to Amazon SES
Amazon SES is cheap at scale but requires significant DIY work for templates, webhooks, and bounce handling. Postkit is a complete transactional email API with EU-only hosting — no AWS account or configuration overhead required.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Postkit | Amazon SES |
|---|---|---|
| EU data residency | EU region available | |
| GDPR-native (DPA included) | AWS DPA | |
| REST API | ||
| SMTP relay | ||
| Inbound email parsing | Via SNS + Lambda | |
| Signed webhooks | Via SNS | |
| Idempotency keys | ||
| Built-in templates | ||
| Domain management API | AWS console / CLI | |
| Suppression management | ||
| No AWS account needed | ||
| Test/sandbox keys | Sandbox mode (manual exit) | |
| Free tier | 100 emails/mo | 62,000/mo (from EC2) |
Pricing at a glance
Postkit
From €20/mo (EU)
100 emails/mo free. EU-only hosting included.
Amazon SES
$0.10/1,000 emails (US regions)
Pricing varies. Check Amazon SES's website for current plans.
Why EU data residency matters
With Postkit, your email data stays exclusively in the European Union (Hetzner Cloud, Vienna and Frankfurt). No US cloud providers, no third-country transfers, no Schrems II headaches. A Data Processing Agreement is included on every plan — including free.
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