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Amazon WorkMail vs Mandrill comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkMail
Ranking in Cloud Email
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (4th)
Mandrill
Ranking in Cloud Email
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkMail is 8.4%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mandrill is 3.3%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon WorkMail8.4%
Mandrill3.3%
Other88.3%
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Featured Reviews

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Owner at Marinov
Centralized email accounts have streamlined routing, security checks, and long-term organization
While using Amazon WorkMail over time, I haven't encountered substantial disappointments, but there have been usual glitches with the web interface. For instance, while the service is generally 99.5% perfect, I experience issues like the folder structure I set up sometimes not remembering the state of expanded and collapsed nodes after refreshing the page. This lack of persistence in which nodes are collapsed or opened can be frustrating. However, since it's a minor technical issue, I doubt the average user would notice it. If Amazon WorkMail were not discontinuing, I wouldn't think there is much to improve or enhance about it. It is standard enough and easy to use, and any glitches are minor, not worth evolving or disrupting its current functionality. As for whether the user interface is intuitive and if I'm satisfied with its flexibility and customizability, there are some minor features lacking, but I don't feel a need for changes since it works as designed. The most crucial aspect is that I can set up my address book with the complex organizational structure needed for the accounts connecting to AWS. The lower-level functionalities suit me well enough. Other services often have customizable views of email representations with senders, subjects, and even snippets of content. While my external application on mobile can show customizable lines with my email list, Amazon WorkMail does not offer that feature. I don't really need it, but it would be a nice addition for power users.
it_user229338 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's very straightforward to set up, but you have to be technical to do it.
The HTML templating functionality was the most important feature/reason for us to move to their service. A must in today’s customer contact environment, but the out of the box analytics have also been very valuable. In a customer service environment, it is imperative to know that the customer is receiving the message, and in a timely manner.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"There is no need for me to set up security."
"Amazon SES is very easy to configure."
"Amazon WorkMail integrates with Route 53 and other AWS services, providing a seamless experience when using AWS infrastructure."
"It is very stable. I haven't faced any issues."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"Amazon SES can handle a high volume of emails, making it suitable for organizations with large email lists or that need to send a large number of emails on a regular basis."
"Despite being an end-user service on AWS, the backend is complex enough to enable many useful features, I invested time in configuring it, and it worked flawlessly for six years."
"We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing."
"Being able to track open and click rates, so we can adjust email content appropriately."
"The superior customer service we can now offer our clients is a differentiator when it comes to client retention and winning new business."
 

Cons

"Amazon WorkMail's user interface could be more intuitive and user-friendly."
"There is room for improvement in the scalability."
"It would be nice if they had a what you say is what you get editor to build newsletters like MailChimp has."
"Now, I'm not very happy because they are discontinuing the service, and I will have to find a new one to migrate everything, including all my filters and routing rules."
"When we first set up an email on Amazon SES, they had to verify it, which was not fast enough."
"I would like to see detailed reports on email success and failure rates."
"If we can have a completely managed backup solution where we have a tiered backup or a tiered archival to be able to retrieve emails, it would be great."
"There is room for improvement in the support. It's just that customer support, though good, takes time to resolve issues."
"It was on the slow side."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution should improve its price."
"It's very cheap. The cheapest among all the services available."
"I rate the solution's pricing as one out of ten. It is close to being cheap. Sometimes, the tool offers a generous amount of free messages, up to 40,000, which is great for startups like ours. This means that we don't accumulate any costs for some months because we stay within the free usage tier. When we exceed the free allocation, the costs are reasonable, and no hidden charges exist."
"WorkMail does require a license, it is, per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
11%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon WorkMail?
While using Amazon WorkMail over time, I haven't encountered substantial disappointments, but there have been usual glitches with the web interface. For instance, while the service is generally 99....
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon WorkMail?
When assessing the security features offered by Amazon WorkMail, such as encryption protocols, I check the security protocols on my phone using an external application that displays them immediatel...
What is your primary use case for Amazon SES?
My usual use cases for Amazon WorkMail started from my interest in all the AWS services, which are numerous, like hundreds, and how I could set up an online document service, something like Google ...
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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
SoundCloud, Envato, Trello
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