Amazon SES

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is AWS's cloud email platform for sending and receiving mail at scale — marketing, notification and transactional. The current contract is the SES v2 API (version 2019-09-27), an 86-operation REST-JSON service authenticated with AWS Signature Version 4 and reached at a regional endpoint, alongside an SMTP submission interface on ports 25/465/587/2465/2587. It covers email sending and templated bulk sends, domain and address identity verification with DKIM, SPF and DMARC alignment, configuration sets and event publishing to SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch and Firehose, contact lists and subscription topics, account and configuration-set suppression lists, dedicated IP pools both managed and standard, tenants for per-workload reputation isolation, and Virtual Deliverability Manager for inbox placement and reputation reporting. Mail Manager adds inbound processing with ingress points, traffic policies, rule sets, relays and archives. Every new account starts in the SES sandbox, and a published mailbox simulator forces delivery, bounce, complaint and out-of-office outcomes on demand.

Amazon SES publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Email API, and 12 more. Tagged areas include Amazon Web Services, Email, Email Deliverability, Email Service, and Marketing Email.

The Amazon SES catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 3 JSON-LD contexts, and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon SES’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 62 more developer resources.

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80.6/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 published contracts 1 MCP Servers 2 Agent Skills

Amazon Web Services Email Email DeliverabilityEmail ServiceMarketing Email Notification SMTP Transactional Email Bulk EmailEmail ReceivingDKIM Messaging Cloud Infrastructure

What people ask Amazon SES 1

The questions people put to an LLM, and the jobs they hand an agent, that Amazon SES's APIs answer — each one linked to the operation that does it. Generated by API Evangelist

Amazon SES Email API Pull batches of sending metrics “Can I fetch several sending metric queries, like sends and bounces, in one request?” Create a configuration set “How do I create a new group of sending rules to apply to the emails I send?” List configuration sets in the region “Which configuration sets exist on my Amazon SES account in this region?” Add an event destination to a configuration set “How do I start publishing delivery, bounce and complaint events from a configuration set somewhere new?”

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 80.6/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 13.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 15

Access Clarity 15.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 8.2 / 10

Contract Governance 4.1 / 9

Discoverability 4.4 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 1.1 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too
Protected Resource Metadata +5 pts — a served /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource carrying `resource` (documented), and naming its authorization_servers (verified)

4 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 70.1 — up to +7.5 composite points
Contract Governance scores 45.5 — up to +6.5 composite points
Discoverability scores 58.3 — up to +4.2 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Communications (CPaaS)	covered	32.5	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 4

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

SMTP

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (platform)

Agent Skills

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon SES Documentation

Official AWS documentation for Amazon Simple Email Service, providing comprehensive guides, API references, and tutorials for email sending and management.

Amazon SES OpenAPI

The OpenAPI definition for the Amazon SES API, describing all available operations for sending emails, managing identities, contact lists, and email templates.

Amazon SES OpenAPI (APIs.guru)

The APIs.guru maintained OpenAPI definition for the Amazon SES API.

Amazon SES JSON Schema

JSON Schema definitions for the Amazon SES API request and response objects.

Amazon SES JSON-LD Context

JSON-LD context document for Amazon SES API resources providing semantic linked data mappings.

Amazon SES Pricing

Pricing details for Amazon SES including email sending, receiving, and additional features.

Amazon SES Getting Started

Getting started guide for Amazon SES, helping new users set up and begin sending emails.

Amazon SES FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Amazon SES covering features, pricing, deliverability, and compliance.

Amazon SES User Guide

Comprehensive user guide for Amazon SES covering all features and best practices for email communication.

Amazon SES API Reference

Complete API reference documentation for Amazon SES with detailed descriptions of all operations, parameters, and data types.

Amazon SES CLI Reference

AWS CLI reference for Amazon SES, providing command-line access to all SES operations.

Amazon SES Security

Security documentation for Amazon SES covering authentication, authorization, and encryption.

Amazon SES Email API

The Email API from Amazon SES — 60 operation(s) for email.

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Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Amazon SES Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) Contact Lists API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon SES Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) Contact Lists Email Sending API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon SES Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) Contact Lists Identities API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon SES Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) Contact Lists Templates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon SES Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Amazon SES MCP Server

Remote MCP server at knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws; 5 tools listed.

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

aws-mail-manager

AGENT SKILL

aws-ses

AGENT SKILL

Amazon SES API pricing

Prices published by Amazon SES, read 2026-10-28 from aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/.

Plan	Price
Essentials	$0.16 per 1,000 emails Includes: 0 – 10M emails / month tier; 10–100M at $0.14 per 1,000 emails; >100M at $0.11 per 1,000 emails; no
Pro	$105 per account per region per month Includes: $0.22 per 1,000 emails (0–10M), $0.17 (10–100M), $0.12 (>100M)
Enterprise	$500 per account per region per month Includes: $0.23 per 1,000 emails (0–10M), $0.18 (10–100M), $0.13 (>100M)
À la carte - Outbound email	$0.10/ 1,000 emails
À la carte - Inbound email	$0.10/ 1,000 emails
Dedicated IPs – Standard	$24.95/ month/ IP
Dedicated IPs – Managed	$15/ month/ account + per-email fee
Virtual Deliverability Manager – Global deliverability	$1,250/ month per region per account Includes: 5 domains, 12 IPs, and 25 seed list tests/month

All 12 plans, limits and sources →

Rate limits

24-hour sending quota (sandbox): 200 emails per day
Sending rate (sandbox): 1 emails per second
24-hour sending quota (production): variable emails per day

All 24 limits →

Billed by: 1,000 emails · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Amazon Ses Plans Pricing

12 plans

PLANS

Amazon Ses Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Ses Rate Limits

24 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Amazon SES

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Amazon Ses Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Amazon Ses Events

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 3

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Ses Context

0 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Amazon Ses Emailmessage Context

1 classes · 19 properties

JSON-LD

Amazon Ses Openapi Email Message Context

1 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon SES — jsonschema rules

4 rules · 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon SES API Rules

22 rules · 8 errors 13 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 6

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Amazon Ses Contact Lists Api Overlay

3 actions · update · amazon-ses-contact-lists-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Amazon Ses Email Api Phrasing Overlay

87 actions · phrasing · amazon-ses-email-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Amazon Ses Email Sending Api Overlay

3 actions · update · amazon-ses-email-sending-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Amazon Ses Identities Api Overlay

3 actions · update · amazon-ses-identities-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Amazon Ses Sesv2 Overlay

3 actions · update · amazon-ses-sesv2-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Amazon Ses Templates Api Overlay

3 actions · update · amazon-ses-templates-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

EmailMessage

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EmailMessage

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Amazon Ses Emailmessage Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Ses Openapi Email Message Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Ses Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Amazon Ses Emailmessage Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Amazon Ses Openapi Email Message Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Ses Authentication

apiKey/sigv4/smtp-credentials · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Ses Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Ses Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Ses Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Ses Agentic Access

86 operations · 54 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 7

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

Console

SignUp

Login

Sandbox

Sandbox

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Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

APIReference

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 7

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

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Design & Contract 13

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

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Build 9

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

Examples

Examples

Packages

SDKs

CLI

ToolCrosswalk

PostmanCollection

PostmanCollection

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Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Security

Compliance

Authentication

SecurityTxt

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Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

StackOverflow

Contact

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

knowledge-center

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

name: Amazon SES
description: Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is AWS's cloud email platform for sending and receiving mail at scale — marketing,
  notification and transactional. The current contract is the SES v2 API (version 2019-09-27), an 86-operation REST-JSON service
  authenticated with AWS Signature Version 4 and reached at a regional endpoint, alongside an SMTP submission interface on
  ports 25/465/587/2465/2587. It covers email sending and templated bulk sends, domain and address identity verification with
  DKIM, SPF and DMARC alignment, configuration sets and event publishing to SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch and Firehose, contact
  lists and subscription topics, account and configuration-set suppression lists, dedicated IP pools both managed and standard,
  tenants for per-workload reputation isolation, and Virtual Deliverability Manager for inbox placement and reputation reporting.
  Mail Manager adds inbound processing with ingress points, traffic policies, rule sets, relays and archives. Every new account
  starts in the SES sandbox, and a published mailbox simulator forces delivery, bounce, complaint and out-of-office outcomes
  on demand.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-ses/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-08-13'
apis:
- name: Amazon SES Documentation
  description: Official AWS documentation for Amazon Simple Email Service, providing comprehensive guides, API references,
    and tutorials for email sending and management.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/
  type: Documentation
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES OpenAPI
  description: The OpenAPI definition for the Amazon SES API, describing all available operations for sending emails, managing
    identities, contact lists, and email templates.
  url: openapi/_original/amazon-ses-openapi.yml
  type: OpenAPI
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES OpenAPI (APIs.guru)
  description: The APIs.guru maintained OpenAPI definition for the Amazon SES API.
  url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sesv2/2019-09-27/openapi.yaml
  type: OpenAPI
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES JSON Schema
  description: JSON Schema definitions for the Amazon SES API request and response objects.
  url: json-schema/amazon-ses-emailmessage-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES JSON-LD Context
  description: JSON-LD context document for Amazon SES API resources providing semantic linked data mappings.
  url: json-ld/amazon-ses-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLD
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES Pricing
  description: Pricing details for Amazon SES including email sending, receiving, and additional features.
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/
  type: Pricing
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES Getting Started
  description: Getting started guide for Amazon SES, helping new users set up and begin sending emails.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/send-email-getting-started.html
  type: GettingStarted
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES FAQ
  description: Frequently asked questions about Amazon SES covering features, pricing, deliverability, and compliance.
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ses/faqs/
  type: FAQ
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES User Guide
  description: Comprehensive user guide for Amazon SES covering all features and best practices for email communication.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/Welcome.html
  type: user-guide
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES API Reference
  description: Complete API reference documentation for Amazon SES with detailed descriptions of all operations, parameters,
    and data types.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/APIReference-V2/Welcome.html
  type: api-reference
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES CLI Reference
  description: AWS CLI reference for Amazon SES, providing command-line access to all SES operations.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sesv2/
  type: cli-reference
  properties: []
- name: Amazon SES Security
  description: Security documentation for Amazon SES covering authentication, authorization, and encryption.
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/security.html
  type: Security
  properties: []
- aid: amazon-ses:amazon-ses-email-api
  name: Amazon SES Email API
  description: The Email API from Amazon SES — 60 operation(s) for email.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/APIReference-V2/API_CreateContactList.html
  baseURL: https://email.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Email
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-ses-email-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-ses/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-ses-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-ses-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-ses-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-ses-domain-security.yml
- name: Amazon SES Agent Skills
  url: skills/_index.yml
  type: AgentSkill
- name: Amazon SES Agent Skills (provider repository)
  url: https://github.com/amazon-ses/skills
  type: AgentSkill
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ses/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/APIReference-V2/Welcome.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/send-email-getting-started.html
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: knowledge-center
  url: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-ses
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Security
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/security/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-ses-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-ses-emailmessage-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-ses-openapi-email-message-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-ses-emailmessage-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-ses-openapi-email-message-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-ses-emailmessage-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-ses-openapi-email-message-structure.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-ses-emailmessage-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-ses-openapi-email-message-example.json
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-ses-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-ses-vocabulary.yaml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/amazon-ses-openapi.yml
- name: Amazon SES v2 OpenAPI (86 operations)
  type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/amazon-ses-sesv2-openapi.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-ses-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/amazon-ses-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/amazon-ses-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-ses-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/amazon-ses-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/amazon-ses-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/amazon-ses-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-ses-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/amazon-ses-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-ses-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/amazon-ses-sandbox.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/amazon-ses-events.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/amazon-ses-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/amazon-ses-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-ses-llms.txt
- name: Amazon SES API v2 Reference llms.txt
  type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-ses-api-reference-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-ses-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-ses-security.txt
- type: Plans
  url: plans/amazon-ses-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/amazon-ses-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/amazon-ses-finops.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-ses-sesv2-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-ses-email-sending-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-ses-identities-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-ses-contact-lists-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-ses-templates-api-overlay.yaml
- type: PostmanCollection
  url: collections/amazon-ses.postman_collection.json
maintainer:
  name: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  name: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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Amazon SES API — frequently asked questions

Does Amazon SES have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Amazon SES, including Amazon SES Documentation, Amazon SES OpenAPI and Amazon SES OpenAPI (APIs.guru), and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Amazon SES API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 1 OpenAPI specification for Amazon SES, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Amazon SES API?

Amazon SES uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/sigv4/smtp-credentials · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Amazon Ses Authentication.

How much does the Amazon SES API cost?

Amazon SES publishes its prices; its Essentials plan is $0.16 per 1,000 emails as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 12 pricing plans for Amazon SES, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Amazon SES have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Amazon SES: Remote MCP server at knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws; 5 tools listed.

Is the Amazon SES API ready for AI agents?

Amazon SES has a Kin Score of 80.6 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 39.4 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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