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Managed Email APIs vs. Raw AWS SES: Why is there no middle ground?

Jamil Ahmed · 2026-10-28T22:07:39.824-07:00

Hey community,When bootstrapping a new SaaS, what's your go-to for transactional email?Most devs I know either swallow the high costs of Resend/Postmark for the dev experience, or spend hours configuring AWS SES to save money but lose out on good logging and bounce analytics.I wanted the developer experience of a managed API but the pricing/privacy of AWS SES. Since I couldn't find it, I built SendFleet (https://www.producthunt.com/products/sendfleet). It lets you drop in your own AWS credentials, and we layer the infrastructure, domain checks, and tracking logs right on top.If you're currently scaling a project, what's the biggest pain point you've had with email infra? Let's talk! ⚡SendFleet Demo

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