| Overview |
Amazon's scalable cloud email service for sending transactional and marketing emails at extremely low cost. |
A distributed SQL database designed for global scale with automatic data replication and strong consistency. |
| Pricing |
Pay-per-use ($0.10/1000 emails) |
Freemium (Free-$0.50/vCPU-hour) |
| Key Features |
- Email sending
- Receiving
- Templates
- Configuration sets
- Dedicated IPs
- Event publishing
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- Distributed SQL
- PostgreSQL compatible
- Multi-region
- Auto-scaling
- Survivability
- Geo-partitioning
- Change data capture
- Managed service
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| Pros |
- Extremely affordable
- Massive scale
- AWS integration
- Reliable
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- Survives outages
- Global distribution
- PostgreSQL wire protocol
- Generous free tier
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| Cons |
- Requires technical setup
- Limited marketing features
- No visual builder
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- Complex for simple apps
- Can be expensive at scale
- Learning curve
- Fewer tools than PostgreSQL
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