documentWHEN TO CONSIDER IT
Consider when console-managed templates and Tencent Cloud integration matter.
Cloud providers
Tencent Cloud SES
Tencent Cloud email sending through the console, API and SMTP.
WHAT TO CHECK FIRST
New individual-verified accounts cannot use SMTP; verify account eligibility, domain setup and reputation-based quotas.
Editorial interpretation of the sourced facts; not hands-on testing.
Pricing
- Billing model
- Pay-as-you-go, billed daily; dedicated IP billed monthly.Source ↗
- Selected paid rateSelected plans, not equivalent baskets. USD unless stated; taxes, add-ons and regional terms may differ.
- International: USD 0.00028/email (USD 0.28/1,000).Source ↗
- Free tier / trial
- One-time gift quota of 1,000 emails per account.Source ↗
- Overage
- After the free quota, sending switches to paid usage.Source ↗
- Data / attachment charges
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
Reviewed pricing does not establish a separate data or attachment transfer rate. This is not confirmation that all such charges are zero.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗ - What counts as an email
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
Reviewed billing materials do not fully establish recipient, failed-attempt and inbound counting rules.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗ - Credit expiry
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
The reviewed pricing does not establish all unused-allowance or prepaid-credit expiry rules.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗
Reliability
- Official incident historyProvider-reported status, not independent monitoring or a live health indicator.
- Official status pageOpen ↗
- Contractual uptime SLAA service commitment, not observed uptime. Eligibility, exclusions and credit rules differ.
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
No email-specific numerical contractual uptime commitment was established in the reviewed materials.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗Reviewed source 2 ↗ - Measured uptime
- Not measured
- Measured delivery latency
- Not measured
- Measured inbox placement
- Not measured
Sending & features
- HTTP API
- AvailableSource ↗
- SMTP relay
- Available with account restrictions: new individual-verified accounts from March 2, 2026 cannot use SMTP; use API/console or organization verification.Source ↗
- SDKs
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 and API Explorer code generation.Source ↗
- Templates / editor
- Console template managementSource ↗
- Webhooks
- Callbacks for delivery, rejection, bounce, open, click and unsubscribe events.Source ↗
- Inbound processing
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
An inbound receiving or parsing workflow was not confirmed in the reviewed product documentation.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗Reviewed source 2 ↗ - Campaigns / automation
- Scheduled and recurring batch marketing/notification emails in console.Source ↗
- Analytics
- Console statisticsSource ↗
Operations & security
- Suppression management
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
The reviewed materials do not establish the suppression lifecycle and account-level management behavior.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗Reviewed source 2 ↗ - Daily / request limits
- Documented initial limit: 500/day, 20/second; daily quota changes with reputation. Message limit 4 MB.Source ↗
- Log / activity retention
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
The reviewed materials do not establish the full delivery-log retention policy; query windows are not necessarily retention periods.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗Reviewed source 2 ↗ - Dedicated IP
- USD 120/IP/month; partial months prorated. Up to 3 IP applications/month; inventory lead time can apply.Source ↗
- Hosting / region notes
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
Recipient coverage does not establish hosting location or data residency; these were not confirmed.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗Reviewed source 2 ↗ - Sending domains
- Up to 10 sending domains/account.Source ↗
- Sender authentication
- MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC DNS configuration required.Source ↗
- SSO
- Not stated in reviewed docs
Review details
External identity-provider SSO protocols and plan eligibility were not established for this product.
Reviewed 2026-09-08
Reviewed source 1 ↗Reviewed source 2 ↗ - Support channels
- Sales and technical support contact channels; response commitments require plan confirmation.Source ↗
- Setup requirements
- Verify your sending domain; avoid conflicting corporate mailbox domains. DNS sync can take 5 minutes–2 hours.Source ↗
Sources & review scope
Reviewed 2026-09-08. Values are taken from official materials; plan restrictions may apply. Delivery speed, observed uptime and inbox placement have not been independently measured.
Official references (7)
- https://www.tencentcloud.com/products/ses
- https://www-sg.tencentcloud.com/document/product/1084/44458
- https://www-sg.tencentcloud.com/document/product/1084/39335
- https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1084/48862?lang=en
- https://main.qcloudimg.com/raw/document/intl/product/pdf/1084_39647_en.pdf
- https://staticintl.cloudcachetci.com/doc/pdf/product/pdf/1084_39491_en.pdf
- https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1084/39414?lang=en&pg=
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