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Hello zzzz,
Good day!
Thank you for posting here. Regarding your concern, SNS is typically preferred over SES in this type of monitoring scenario because of its integration with other AWS services, particularly CloudWatch. CloudWatch can directly trigger SNS topics when alarms are raised, making setting up and managing the notification process easier.
SNS offers more flexibility in terms of notification types. While the question specifically asks about email notifications, SNS can easily be extended to send notifications via SMS, mobile push notifications, or even trigger Lambda functions if needed in the future.
SES is primarily designed as an email sending service, while SNS is a more general-purpose notification service. For a monitoring and alerting use case, SNS is usually more appropriate.
The AWS community blog you mentioned is correct in stating that SES can be used for system monitoring and incident reporting. However, in the context of AWS services and best practices, SNS is more commonly used for this purpose due to its tighter integration with CloudWatch and other AWS services.
We have already updated this item, which will be reflected in the portal once our admin approves the changes. I hope my explanation helps. Thank you.
Regards,
Neil @ Tutorials Dojo
