I wish I had found this platform years ago. I’m currently using https://sendy.co/ for two apps:
https://whatwasontvlastnight.com – daily TV listings
https://thevcdaily.com – daily updates from hundreds of VCs
I had to hack Mailchimp to send daily emails before… but this would get super expensive very quickly since MC charges you based on how many emails you send.
Daily emails add up fast.
When WhatWasOnTVLastNight.com started getting even a bit of traction, I had to make a decision or face paying MC a boatload of monthly fees.
Luckily, sendy taps directly into Amazon SES. I set up simple cron jobs to grab the content and send it out every day. The sendy platform is a one-time fee too.
What costs about $0.13/month with Sendy/SES would be at least $700/month with Mailchimp.
Dodged a bit of a bullet with that one.