Transactional Email APIs · reliability comparison
Amazon SES vs Brevo: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon SES is more reliable than Brevo, scoring 100.0 vs 69.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon SES reported 0 incidents and Brevo reported 30, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.65% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amazon SES | Brevo |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 69.1 |
| Rank (transactional email APIs) | — | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.65% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 30 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 1h 24m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon SES and Brevo differ
- Amazon SES reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Brevo reported 30.
- Brevo had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Amazon SES.
90-day uptime
Amazon SES
Brevo
- 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 Brevo incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 2, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 4h 21m
Affected: Contact Management API, Marketing email tracking links, Transactional emails delivery, Workflows, Transactional emails tracking links, SMS Campaigns +4 more
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 11m
Error with doubleOptinConfirmation API
Affected: Contact Management API
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 55m
- Degraded performanceOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 20m
Affected: Account and Settings API
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Affected: Transactional emails delivery, Brevo Tracker, Workflows, Transactional emails tracking links
Other transactional email APIs to consider
- Mailjet · #1 · 100% uptime
- Mailtrap Email Sending · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Loops · #3 · 99.98% uptime
- Twilio SendGrid · #4 · 99.98% uptime
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