You have been assigned a task to evaluate messaging services AWS SNS & AWS SES which can be effectively used to deploy new applications. Which of the following is a key difference between SES & SNS?

Answer options:

A.SES is used to send communications via emails while SNS is messaging applications to push notifications with various transport protocols like HTTP, Amazon SQS & email.
B.SES is used to send communications via HTTP while SNS is messaging applications to poll notifications with various transport protocols like HTTP, Amazon SQS & email.
C.SES is used to send communications via email while SNS is messaging applications to poll notifications with various transport protocols like HTTP, Amazon SQS & email.
D.SES is used to send communications via Amazon SQS while SNS is messaging applications to push notifications with various transport protocols like HTTP, Amazon SQS & email.

Correct Answer – A
AWS SES is a cost-effective solution for sending/receiving emails, while AWS SNS is a cost-effective messaging service to push notifications between decoupled services & applications.
Option B & C are incorrect as Amazon SNS is a messaging application used to push notifications & not to poll notifications.
Option D is incorrect as SES sends communications using email & not using SQS.
For more information on the difference between SES & SNS, refer to the following URLs-
https://aws.amazon.com/ses/faqs/#11
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=59190