Transactional Email APIs · reliability comparison
Amazon SES vs Postmark: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon SES is more reliable than Postmark, scoring 100.0 vs 68.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon SES reported 0 incidents and Postmark reported 8, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.58% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amazon SES | Postmark |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 68.3 |
| Rank (transactional email APIs) | — | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.58% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 8 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 7h 41m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon SES and Postmark differ
- Amazon SES reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Postmark reported 8.
90-day uptime
Amazon SES
Postmark
- 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 Postmark incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 43m
- MaintenanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 3h
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 6m
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 3h 59m
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 20m
- Degraded performanceSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
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- Mailjet · #1 · 100% uptime
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- Loops · #3 · 99.98% uptime
- Twilio SendGrid · #4 · 99.98% uptime
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