Navigate to **Billing → SES Costs** to see estimated AWS SES spending based on your actual email volume. This tab is visible to the **Owner** and **Financial** roles.


  Cost figures are calculated from your email sending volume and the published SES rate card. They do not include data transfer fees, dedicated IP costs, or other AWS charges. Your actual AWS bill may differ. The rate card version used is shown as a badge in the toolbar.


## Current month projection

The projection card at the top of the page shows four metrics for the current month:

- **Month to Date** — total estimated cost so far this month, with the number of emails sent.
- **Projected Total** — estimated cost for the full month based on your current daily run rate. A percentage indicator compares this to last month's total (green for lower, red for higher).
- **Daily Run Rate** — average estimated cost per day so far this month.
- **Month Progress** — a progress bar showing how far through the billing month you are.

## Monthly cost trend

The bar chart shows your estimated SES sending cost for each month in the selected time range. Hover over any bar to see the exact cost.

Use the range selector to view **3 months**, **6 months**, or **12 months** of history.

## Channel breakdown

The channel breakdown table shows how your sending cost is distributed across your channels for the selected period:

| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| **Channel** | The channel name. |
| **Send Count** | Number of emails sent through this channel. |
| **Estimated Cost** | Proportional share of the total estimated cost. |
| **% of Total** | Visual bar showing the channel's share of total cost. |

A footer row shows the combined totals.

## EC2 free tier toggle

If you send email from an EC2-hosted application, AWS includes the first 62,000 emails per month at no charge. The **EC2 free tier** toggle (enabled by default) applies this discount to all cost calculations on the page.

Turn it off to see the raw cost without the free tier discount — useful if you send from outside EC2 or want to see the full rate.

## Exporting cost data

Click **Export CSV** to download cost data. You can choose to export:

- **By Month** — one row per month with year, month, send count, and estimated cost.
- **By Channel** — one row per channel with channel name, send count, and estimated cost.

Exporting cost data is available to the **Owner** and **Financial** roles.

## How costs are calculated

SendOps counts `Send` events in your email analytics data and applies the AWS SES rate card:

- **Rate**: $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent.
- **EC2 free tier**: First 62,000 emails/month are free (when the toggle is enabled).
- **Channel allocation**: Each channel's cost is proportional to its share of total sends.

The rate card version (currently `2025-01`) is displayed as a badge in the page toolbar.

## What's next?

- Review your [Invoices](/billing/invoices) for your SendOps subscription charges.
- Check [Plans & Usage](/billing/plans-and-usage) to see your current plan limits.