Transactional Email APIs · reliability comparison
Amazon SES vs Elastic Email: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon SES is more reliable than Elastic Email, scoring 100.0 vs 82.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon SES reported 0 incidents and Elastic Email reported 3, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.84% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Amazon SES | Elastic Email |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 82.4 |
| Rank (transactional email APIs) | — | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.84% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 6h 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon SES and Elastic Email differ
- Amazon SES reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Elastic Email reported 3.
- Elastic Email had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Amazon SES.
90-day uptime
Amazon SES
Elastic Email
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon SES incidents
No incidents reported by Amazon SES in the last 90 days.
Recent Elastic Email incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 1h 54m
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 15h 21m
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 43m
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