# Amazon SES vs Twilio SendGrid (slim)

> Amazon SES has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Twilio SendGrid's 63.6 (B). Both do email send. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 38 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon SES has a score of 75.1 (BB) against Twilio SendGrid's 63.6 (B). Both do email send. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 38 points.

- Amazon SES: BB 75.1, rank #42 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-ses.min.md
- Twilio SendGrid: B 63.6, rank #202 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendgrid.min.md
- Pick Amazon SES for reliability (+29), schema & documentation (+13), security & auth (+6), maintenance & community (+38). Pick Twilio SendGrid for payments & pricing (+10).

| Category | Amazon SES | Twilio SendGrid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 87 | 81 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 47 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 79 |