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Brevo vs SendGrid
Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings — so you can pick fast.
Updated June 2026
The verdict
Brevo starts at Free versus SendGrid's $14.95. Brevo rates higher with developers (4.5 vs 4.0 on G2). Pick based on volume and team — the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
By the numbers
How do Brevo and SendGrid compare?
Leader highlighted · figures as of June 2026
Entry price · @ 1,000/mo
Free
Brevo
$14.95
SendGrid
Price at scale · @ 50,000/mo
$65
Brevo
$14.95
SendGrid
G2 rating · out of 5
4.5
Brevo
4.0
SendGrid
Trustpilot · out of 5
4.3
Brevo
1.3
SendGrid
Drag-and-drop editor · visual builder
Yes
Brevo
Yes
SendGrid
Scorecard
Feature by feature, how do they stack up?
| Capability | | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Starting paid plan | $9/mo | $19.95/mo |
| Cost per 1k @ 100k | $0.69 | $0.9 |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| 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. | upgrade tier / per-block overage |
| 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 |
| BIMI | — | Yes |
| API & sending | ||
| Transactional API | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing campaigns | Yes | Yes |
| 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# | Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java, C# |
| Event webhooks | Yes | Yes |
| Drag-and-drop editor | Yes | Yes |
| Custom HTML editor | Yes | Yes |
| Email validation | No | Plan-gated |
| Log retention | — | 3 days default; 30 days add-on |
| Sandbox / test mode | — | Yes |
| Analytics | ||
| Open / click tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Analytics dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| A/B testing | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance | ||
| EU data residency | Yes | Yes |
| 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/Ticket, Chat, Phone |
| 24/7 support | — | Yes |
| Support SLA | Plan-gated | Plan-gated |
| Migration assistance | — | Yes |
Decision helper
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FAQ
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Brevo starts at Free versus SendGrid's $14.95. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume — compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.
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Pricing, plans and feature availability as of June 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. SendGrid is a Twilio product.
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