Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Brevo wins price and sending APIsMandrill wins developer experience and cost at scale
Updated August 2026
At a glanceBrevoMandrill
Entry priceFree$20
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.69$0.8
G2 rating4.54.2
Trustpilot4.31.6
THE VERDICT
Brevo wins on price and sending APIs. Mandrill wins on developer experience and cost at scale.
Brevo starts at Free versus Mandrill's $20. Brevo rates higher with developers (4.5 vs 4.2 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 Mandrill
✓If you are a community, organization, or person who sends emails to multiple people and needs a quick fix.
✓It isn't for affiliate marketers.
✓Mandrill is a good option if you want easily accessible and detailed reports on your emails.
Winner cells are tinted, green where Brevo leads, violet where Mandrill does.
capability
Brevo
Mandrill
Pricing
Starting paid plan
$9/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$0.69
$0.8
Pricing model
Subscription
Pay-as-you-go
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.
Auto-purchase blocks or stop sending; no rollover
Deliverability
Dedicated IP
Add-on
Add-on
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, Python, Ruby, Node.js
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
No
No
Sandbox / test mode
—
Yes
Analytics
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
Yes
Compliance
EU data residency
Yes
No
SOC 2
—
Yes
HIPAA
No
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
Yes
Support
Support channels
Email/ticket support all plans; chat and phone on higher (Business/Enterprise) plans
Email, Chat
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
FAQ
Common questions
Brevo starts at Free versus Mandrill's $20. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of August 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mandrill is Mailchimp Transactional.