useSend Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy useSend on xCloud and get useSend hosting for self-hosted email sending, with a dashboard and API on your own Amazon SES account. xCloud runs the pinned image with a private PostgreSQL and Redis backend, generates the database credentials and secrets, mounts persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. You bring your own GitHub OAuth App for sign-in and your own AWS credentials for delivery.

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What is useSend?

useSend is open sending infrastructure, and upstream says it uses Amazon SES under the hood to give you an open, cheaper way to send email with a dashboard. A self-hosted useSend lists domains, transactional mail, a REST API, a dashboard tracking delivered, opened, clicked and bounced mail, marketing email, a schedule API and webhooks, as an alternative to a hosted email API such as Resend or SendGrid. Upstream calls it beta, and it is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud the install runs useSend v1.9.8 with PostgreSQL 16 and Redis 7, all pinned by digest. Two volumes hold the database and the Redis queue. You supply a GitHub OAuth App for sign-in and an AWS IAM user for SES, so SES costs are separate. The first person to sign in owns the instance. The optional SMTP proxy image is not included.

From Sign-Up to a Live useSend Dashboard In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting useSend normally means a database, a queue, a GitHub OAuth App, AWS IAM setup, a domain and a certificate before you can send a single email. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick useSend from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, then enter a GitHub OAuth App client ID and secret, an AWS region, and an AWS access key ID and secret for an IAM user with SES and SNS access.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up useSend with a private PostgreSQL and Redis backend, all pinned by immutable digest, and publish the dashboard and API over HTTPS while the database and queue stay private.
Step 03
Sign In With GitHub Right Away
Set your GitHub OAuth App's callback URL to the one shown in your installation credentials, then sign in with GitHub immediately — the first account to sign in owns the instance. Create your team, add your SES region, confirm the SNS callback, and verify your sending domain.

Everything useSend Does, On Your Own Server

useSend runs in full here — its sending dashboard, REST API and delivery tracking, on infrastructure you control.

Dashboard And REST API
Send transactional email through a REST API and a dashboard that tracks delivered, opened, clicked and bounced messages.
Your Own Amazon SES Account
Sending costs go to AWS rather than a per-email platform fee, and your message data stays in your own PostgreSQL database.
Domains, Contacts And Bulk Email
Manage sending domains, contacts and bulk (marketing) email from one place, alongside transactional sends.
Webhooks And Scheduling
Webhooks and scheduled sending for integrating useSend into your own applications.
First Sign-In Owns The Instance
GitHub OAuth handles sign-in — the first account to sign in owns the instance and creates the only team.
Queues That Persist
PostgreSQL data and Redis queues are kept on named volumes and survive a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Email Infrastructure 24/7

Managed hosting for useSend, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

useSend v1.9.8 deployed instantly
GitHub OAuth sign-in
Your own Amazon SES account
Private PostgreSQL and Redis
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With useSend

useSend Amazon SES sending for your app
Send transactional mail through a REST API and a dashboard that tracks delivered, opened, clicked and bounced messages.
Keep costs with AWS
Pay AWS for sending rather than a per-email platform fee, and keep your message data in your own PostgreSQL database.
Manage domains and contacts
Manage sending domains, contacts and bulk marketing email from one place, alongside transactional sends.
Wire it into your applications
Use webhooks and scheduled sending to integrate useSend into your own applications.

useSend vs Alternatives

Resend: Resend is a hosted email API. As a Resend alternative, useSend gives you a similar dashboard and API on your own server, sending through your own Amazon SES account.
SendGrid: SendGrid is a hosted email service. As a SendGrid alternative, useSend keeps messages and settings in your own PostgreSQL database, with delivery handled by your Amazon SES account.
Postal: In a useSend vs Postal comparison, Postal calls itself a complete mail server, like Sendgrid, Mailgun or Postmark but open source. useSend instead sends through Amazon SES rather than running the mail server itself.
Plunk: Plunk has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes an open-source email platform for transactional emails, campaigns and workflow automation, also sending through your own Amazon SES account.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for useSend hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Higher sending volume and more concurrent dashboards.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

useSend alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. useSend itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Sending Infrastructure?

useSend on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How do I self-host useSend with Docker?

On xCloud it is a OneClick app, which is useSend Docker hosting without the setup: the pinned usesend/usesend v1.9.8 image with PostgreSQL 16 and Redis 7, generated database credentials and secrets, two volumes and HTTPS on your domain.

How much RAM does useSend need?

The template asks for 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 8 GB of disk as a floor, and the stack idled around 165 MB across the app, PostgreSQL and Redis. First-start migrations and Next.js need headroom, so the 6 GB plan is the entry rung.

How do I sign in to useSend?

With GitHub, using an OAuth App you create and enter at install. The first person to sign in owns the instance and creates the only team, so sign in right away after install; until then any GitHub account could claim it.

Does useSend need Amazon SES?

Yes. useSend sends through Amazon SES, so you provide an IAM user with SES and SNS access and verify your domain. New AWS accounts start in SES sandbox mode, and SES costs and deliverability are between you and AWS, not xCloud.

What does useSend need besides the app itself?

A private PostgreSQL database and a Redis queue, both generated for you and not exposed outside the server, plus your own GitHub OAuth App and AWS credentials. The optional SMTP proxy and MinIO are not included.

How do I back up useSend?

Back up both volumes, usesend_db for PostgreSQL and usesend_redis for the Redis queue, plus your environment values. Pause sending and take a PostgreSQL-native dump as well, and test a restore before you rely on it.

Backups in xCloud

How do I update useSend?

v1.9.8 stays pinned until you take a newer template version. Copy PostgreSQL and Redis first and review the project's notes. Running sites are never upgraded automatically; NEXTAUTH_SECRET signs sessions, so leave it alone, or everyone is signed out.

Is useSend open source?

Yes, as software. Upstream presents useSend as open sending infrastructure, and the repository carries the GNU AGPL-3.0, which requires offering source for a modified version used over a network. Delivery is billed separately by AWS.

Is useSend a free alternative to Resend?

The software is free, but sending is not: you pay AWS for Amazon SES, plus the Cloud VPS. useSend offers a dashboard, REST API and webhooks like a hosted email API, though upstream calls itself beta.

Was Amazon SES sending tested for useSend?

No. Amazon SES sending and completing a GitHub login were not tested on QA, since they need real external credentials. Only the OAuth redirect was verified, so run your own test message before you rely on any outcome.

Who owns the data on a hosted useSend instance?

You do. Users, teams, messages and settings live in PostgreSQL on a volume you own, and useSend cloud hosting here means your own copy runs on a Cloud VPS that xCloud prepares, with no vendor account behind it.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.