What is the best newsletter platform on AWS SES?

SES Mailbox is the leading newsletter platform built on AWS SES. It provides subscriber management, campaign builder, analytics, and hosted unsubscribe pages at $9.99/month flat plus $0.10 per 1,000 emails — far cheaper than Substack's 10% revenue cut or beehiiv's $300+/month.

Can I run a paid newsletter with SES Mailbox?

SES Mailbox handles email sending and subscriber management. For paid subscriptions you can integrate with Stripe directly. This gives you full control over your subscriber data and revenue without platform fees.

For newsletter operators

Your newsletter,
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Substack takes 10%. beehiiv hits $300+/mo at 50k subs. Mailchimp wants $350 for a list you barely email. SES Mailbox runs your newsletter on AWS SES — $15/mo at 50,000 subscribers.

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The newsletter operator's math

A 25,000 subscriber newsletter, weekly.

That's 100,000 sends a month. Here's what you'd pay each platform.

Substack

10% of revenue

Free if you don't monetize. If you make $50k/yr → $5,000 to Substack.

beehiiv Scale

$84/mo

Free up to 2,500. $84/mo at 25k. $336/mo at 100k.

Mailchimp Essentials

$230/mo

At 25,000 contacts. $800/mo at 100k.

SES Mailbox

$19.99/mo

$9.99 + $10 AWS SES (100k sends). Unlimited subs.

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Free plan forever. CSV import from Substack, beehiiv, ConvertKit. No revenue cut, ever.

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