Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Brevo wins sending APIs and complianceMailerSend wins developer experience and cost at scale
Updated July 2026
At a glanceBrevoMailerSend
Entry priceFree$7
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.69—
Free tier300/day500/mo
G2 rating4.54.1
THE VERDICT
Brevo wins on sending APIs and compliance. MailerSend wins on developer experience and cost at scale.
Brevo starts at Free versus MailerSend's $7. Brevo rates higher with developers (4.5 vs 4.1 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Which should you choose?
Pick Brevo
✓You want one platform combining transactional email, marketing, SMS, and CRM
✓You're an EU-based or GDPR-sensitive business valuing EU residency and ISO 27001
✓You have large contact lists but moderate send volume
✓You want a low-cost or free entry point with a drag-and-drop editor
Pick MailerSend
✓Teams that need EU-hosted transactional email data by default for compliance or customer-trust reasons
✓Budget-conscious developers who want a real free tier plus a cheap ($7/mo) entry-level paid plan
✓Teams that want built-in email address verification without adding a separate vendor
✓Apps that need inbound email parsing (support tickets, reply-by-email flows) alongside outbound sending
Winner cells are tinted, green where Brevo leads, violet where MailerSend does.
capability
Brevo
MailerSend
Pricing
Starting paid plan
$9/mo
$7/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$0.69
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Pricing model
Subscription
Hybrid
Overage
Email volume is bucketed by plan tier; exceeding the bucket requires moving up a tier rather than per-email overage. Transactional add-on credits ~$0.0014/email referenced by third parties.
$1.50 per 1,000 emails beyond the plan's included allowance
Deliverability
Dedicated IP
Add-on
Plan-gated
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
API & sending
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
Yes
No
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Developer experience
Official SDKs
PHP, Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, Java, C#
PHP, Laravel, Node.js, Go, Python, Ruby, Java
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
No
Yes
Log retention
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Plan-gated: 1 day (Free/Hobby), 7 days (Starter), 30 days (Professional)
Sandbox / test mode
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Yes
Analytics
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
Plan-gated
Compliance
EU data residency
Yes
Yes
SOC 2
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No
HIPAA
No
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
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Support
Support channels
Email/ticket support all plans; chat and phone on higher (Business/Enterprise) plans
Limited support on Free; 24/7 email support from Hobby; live chat plus priority support on Starter and Professional; dedicated account manager on Professional
24/7 support
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Yes
Support SLA
Plan-gated
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Migration assistance
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Plan-gated
FAQ
Common questions
Brevo starts at Free versus MailerSend's $7. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.