Brevo
Email Marketing · by Brevo
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Summary
Email Marketing software by Brevo, with paid plans from $8.08/mo.
Good fit for
- Email marketing automation
- Email newsletters
- Transactional email sending
Poor fit for
None recorded
Audiences
- EnterprisesSuitable
- Small businessesSuitable
Use cases
- Email list growthSupported
- Email marketing automationCore
- Email newslettersCore
- Transactional email sendingCore
Pricing
$ as listed by the vendor · each price dated
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | – | |
| Starter | $9/mo | from $8.08/mo | – |
| Standard | $18/mo | $16.17/mo | – |
| Professional | from $499/mo | from $449.08/mo | – |
| Enterprise | Pricing on request (contact sales) | – | |
Free
Free
Starter
- Billed monthly
- $9/mo
- Billed annually
- from $8.08/mo
Standard
- Billed monthly
- $18/mo
- Billed annually
- $16.17/mo
Professional
- Billed monthly
- from $499/mo
- Billed annually
- from $449.08/mo
Enterprise
Pricing on request
Features
Overall availability, and what each plan includes where we know it.
Capabilities
| Feature | Overall | Starter | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A/B testing | Included | Not recorded | Included | Included | Included |
| API access | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Audience segmentation | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom domain | Limited | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Drag-and-drop editor | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| E-commerce | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Email automation | Included | Not recorded | Included | Included | Included |
| Email campaigns | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Landing pages | Included | Not recorded | 1 page | Included | Included |
| Lead scoring | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Included | Included |
| Sales pipeline | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Signup forms | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Transactional email | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Workflow automation | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
- A/B testingIncludedStandard: Included · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- API accessIncluded
- Audience segmentationIncludedStarter: Included · Standard: Included · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- Custom domainLimited
- Drag-and-drop editorIncludedStarter: Included · Standard: Included · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- E-commerceIncluded
- Email automationIncludedStandard: Included · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- Email campaignsIncludedStarter: Included · Standard: Included · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- Landing pagesIncludedStandard: 1 page · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- Lead scoringIncludedProfessional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- Sales pipelineIncluded
- Signup formsIncludedStarter: Included · Standard: Included · Professional: Included · Enterprise: Included
- Transactional emailIncluded
- Workflow automationIncluded
Integrations
| Feature | Overall | Starter | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zapier integration | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
- Zapier integrationIncluded
Security and compliance
| Feature | Overall | Starter | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single sign-on | Included | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Included |
- Single sign-onIncludedEnterprise: Included
“Unknown” and “Not recorded” mean we have no data yet, not that the feature is missing.
What users say about Brevo
Themes from 21 public Hacker News comments that mention Brevo (Nov 16, 2024 to Jul 23). These are people’s opinions, not facts we have verified. Counts are comments, not a survey.
What people like
Affordable pricing and free tier
4 commentsCommenters point to Brevo's low cost and usable free tier, including for small projects and low-volume sending.
“Free tier covers project's needs for now.”
Hacker News · Oct 13, 2025(opens in a new tab) “Or I could do something email send-based like Brevo and send 40,000 emails per month at $35.”
Hacker News · Jul 22, 2025(opens in a new tab) Good for EU-based hosting stacks
4 commentsSome commenters who prefer European providers say they are happy using Brevo for transactional and marketing mail.
“Brevo (for transactional emails).”
Hacker News · May 25(opens in a new tab) “I am really happy with the setup. (So far)”
Hacker News · May 27(opens in a new tab) Reliable transactional email delivery
4 commentsSeveral commenters say Brevo delivers transactional email well, with good inbox placement at major providers and decent speed.
“No deliverability issues on the major email operators (Google, MS365) at all, decent delivery speed.”
Hacker News · May 25(opens in a new tab) “rebuilt entire delivery pipeline with Brevo API + retries over a weekend—98% success, zero downtime since.”
Hacker News · Feb 11(opens in a new tab)
Common complaints
Shaky tooling and features for some
4 commentsSome commenters say Brevo's tools feel iffy and that they have switched to or favour alternatives such as Flodesk or SES.
“The cheapest tool is Flodesk. Not MailerLite or Brevo.”
Hacker News · Nov 17, 2024(opens in a new tab) “the tools they offer are very iffy.”
Hacker News · Nov 16, 2024(opens in a new tab) Weak support and service quality
3 commentsCommenters describe Brevo's quality of service and support as poor, based on long-term use.
“Brevo is so bad both in terms of quality of service and support.”
Hacker News · Nov 17, 2024(opens in a new tab) “Brevo is okay as an email service provider but they could be way better.”
Hacker News · Feb 20(opens in a new tab) Service outages and editor errors
2 commentsSeveral commenters report that the service is often down and that the template editor shows generic errors.
“the service is often down.”
Hacker News · Nov 16, 2024(opens in a new tab) “Brevo is so bad both in terms of quality of service and support.”
Hacker News · Nov 17, 2024(opens in a new tab)
Grouped by AI on Oct 27, 2026. Every quote is copied word for word from the linked comment, and a theme needs at least two separate comments.
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