Transactional Marketing founded 2012
Brevo
All-in-one with a generous daily free tier.
overview
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) bundles transactional, marketing, CRM, and SMS. The 300-emails-per-day free tier is one of the most generous in the market. Best as an all-in-one for small businesses; pure-API users may find the surface broader than they need.
deliverability
Reliable for marketing and transactional; per-day free-tier limits prevent spam abuse.
best for
Small businesses that need email plus marketing plus SMS in one place.
pros
- › Generous permanent free tier
- › Marketing plus transactional plus SMS
- › Inbound parsing
cons
- › Surface area is large; pure-API teams may not want the rest
- › UI can feel busy
Features at a glance
| API | Yes |
| SMTP | Yes |
| SDKs | node, python, go, ruby, php, java, dotnet |
| Webhooks | Yes |
| Templates | rich |
| React Email | No |
| Batch send | Yes |
| Scheduled send | Yes |
| Suppressions | Yes |
| Multi-tenant | No |
| Inbound parsing | Yes |
| Event stream | Yes |
| Idempotency keys | No |
| Dedicated IP | Yes |
Appears in rankings
#03 →
Best permanent free tiers
300/day permanent. Best for low daily volumes.
#04 →
Best for lifecycle and marketing automation
Reasonable for SMB lifecycle.
#04 →
Best for SaaS startups
When budget is tight and breadth matters more than depth.
#06 →
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