# Private and open-source alternatives to Amazon SES

Also covers Amazon Simple Email Service, AWS SES.

1. [Forward Email](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/forward-email/): B (85/100). Email service whose paid plans include outbound SMTP and an email API for sending from apps and websites with a custom domain. Message bodies are purged after delivery by default.
2. [Resend](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/resend/): D (46/100). Email API for developers with SMTP support, React Email templates, broadcasts and webhooks.
3. [Brevo](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/brevo/): F (29/100). Marketing and transactional email platform, formerly Sendinblue, with an SMTP relay, email API, SMS and a CRM. Data is hosted in the EU.
4. [MailerSend](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/mailersend/): F (27/100). Transactional email API and SMTP relay from the makers of MailerLite, with templates, inbound routing and SMS.
5. [Postmark](https://privacyratings.com/email-sending/postmark/): F (27/100). Email API and SMTP service from ActiveCampaign for transactional and broadcast email, with separate message streams and 45 days of message history by default.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/alternatives/amazon-ses/