Brevo

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]brevo.com/pricing/“Brevo Free forever, no credit card needed. Monthly Yearly (-10%) USD ・ customizable points, tiers, and rewards—natively ・ $10.80 per month SMS campaigns.”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208589409-About-Brevo-s-pricing-plans“Free 🎯 Starter From $9/month 🏅 Standard From $18/month 📈 Professional From $499/month”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]brevo.com/pricing/help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208589409-About-Brevo-s-pricing-plans“Starter From $9/month 🏅 Standard From $18/month 📈 Professional From $499/month”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]brevo.com/pricing/“Brevo Free forever, no credit card needed.”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208589409-About-Brevo-s-pricing-plans“Free 🎯 Starter From $9/month 🏅 Standard From $18/month 📈 Professional From $499/month includes 300 daily email sends and storage for up to 100,000 contacts.”

Free tier details

Free forever, no credit card needed, no time limit. Includes 300 daily email sends (unused sends do not carry over), storage for up to 100,000 contacts, multi-channel marketing automation for up to 2,000 unique contacts, free sales features, outbound webhooks, email support. Emails include mandatory 'Sent with Brevo' branding. [5]brevo.com/pricing/“Brevo Free forever, no credit card needed.”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208589409-About-Brevo-s-pricing-plans“Free 🎯 Starter From $9/month 🏅 Standard From $18/month 📈 Professional From $499/month includes 300 daily email sends and storage for up to 100,000 contacts.”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208580669-FAQs-What-are-the-limits-of-the-Free-plan“To learn more about which features are included or not in the Free plan, check our dedicated article About Brevo pricing and plans or see our pricing page.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]developers.brevo.com/reference/quickstart-reference“1. Get your API key. Generate an API key from your Brevo account. You'll need it to authenticate every request — copy it immediately, it's only shown once.”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/209467485-Create-and-manage-your-API-keys“In this article, we will explain what an API key is and how you can create a new one or delete an existing one.”

Requires sales call

✗ No [7]developers.brevo.com/reference/quickstart-reference“1. Get your API key. Generate an API key from your Brevo account. You'll need it to authenticate every request — copy it immediately, it's only shown once.”brevo.com/pricing/“Brevo Free forever, no credit card needed.”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [8]developers.brevo.com/docs/api-limitshelp.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208589409-About-Brevo-s-pricing-plans“Professional From $499/month”

• Transactional send
• Marketing / broadcasts
• Inbound parsing
• Templates
• Batch send
• Scheduled send
• SMTP relay
• Dedicated IP
• Analytics

Supported actions

send_transactional_email, send_batch_transactional_emails, list_transactional_emails, get_transactional_email_content, get_blocked_contacts, get_blocked_domains, block_domain, delete_transactional_email_log, get_scheduled_email_status, delete_scheduled_email, create_email_template, list_email_templates, get_email_template, update_email_template, delete_email_template, send_transactional_sms, get_sms_aggregated_statistics, get_sms_daily_statistics, get_sms_events, send_whatsapp_message, get_whatsapp_events, create_whatsapp_campaign, list_whatsapp_campaigns, get_whatsapp_campaign, update_whatsapp_campaign, delete_whatsapp_campaign, list_whatsapp_templates, create_whatsapp_template, submit_whatsapp_template_for_approval, get_whatsapp_config, create_contact, list_contacts, get_contact, update_contact, delete_contact, import_contacts, export_contacts, list_contact_attributes, create_contact_attribute, delete_contact_attribute, create_contact_list, list_contact_lists, get_contact_list, update_contact_list, delete_contact_list, add_contacts_to_list, remove_contacts_from_list, create_contact_folder, list_contact_folders, get_contact_folder, update_contact_folder, delete_contact_folder, list_folder_lists, create_contact_segment, list_contact_segments, get_contact_segment, update_contact_segment, delete_contact_segment, create_email_campaign, list_email_campaigns, get_email_campaign, update_email_campaign, delete_email_campaign, send_email_campaign, send_email_campaign_test, upload_campaign_image, create_sms_campaign, list_sms_campaigns, get_sms_campaign, update_sms_campaign, delete_sms_campaign, send_sms_campaign, send_sms_campaign_test, get_sms_campaign_statistics, create_webhook, list_webhooks, get_webhook, update_webhook, delete_webhook, export_webhook_events, list_inbound_events, get_inbound_event, download_inbound_attachment, get_account_info, track_event, batch_track_events, create_order, get_order, update_order_status, create_product, get_product, update_product, delete_product, list_products, create_custom_object, get_custom_object, update_custom_object, delete_custom_object, list_custom_objects, create_conversation, get_conversation, list_conversations, get_conversation_message, send_conversation_message [9]developers.brevo.com“Email API > Blocked email domains [Add a new domain to the list of blocked domains]”

Regions

Global [10]help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208717449-Supported-countries-and-pricing-for-SMS-messages“With Brevo, you can send SMS messages to recipients in a large number of”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/4416961286674-Supported-countries-and-pricing-for-WhatsApp-messages“With Brevo, you can send WhatsApp messages to recipients in over 130 countries.”

Input types

JSON, HTML, plain text, CSV, multipart/form-data [11]developers.brevo.comdevelopers.brevo.com/docs/send-a-transactional-email“Test the endpoint in the API Reference. Click “Try it” and enter your API key. The API reference interface doesn't support rich JSON”

Output types

JSON, CSV [12]developers.brevo.com

Webhooks

✓ Yes [13]developers.brevo.com/docs/transactional-webhooks“This page lists all transactional events you can track. Review the request schema and parameters for each event when building your Notify URL.”developers.brevo.com/reference/create-webhook“Creates a new webhook to receive real-time notifications for specified events. Use this to: Set up event notifications for transactional or marketing emails”developers.brevo.com/docs/how-to-use-webhooks“What is a webhook? Webhooks let multiple systems interconnect and keep actions consistent. They're also known as “URL callbacks” or “HTTP push calls”.”

Sandbox / test mode

✓ Yes [14]developers.brevo.com/docs/using-sandbox-mode“Use sandbox mode to test transactional email requests without sending actual emails. This lets you validate your API integration in a safe testing environment.”

SDK languages

Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby [15]developers.brevo.com/docs/api-clients“Official Java SDK for the Brevo API. C#. Official C# SDK for the Brevo API. Go. Official Go SDK for the Brevo API. Ruby. Official Ruby SDK for the Brevo API.”developers.brevo.com/guides/php“The Brevo PHP SDK ( getbrevo/brevo-php ) is a type-safe client library for the Brevo API.”

MCP server

✓ Yes [16]developers.brevo.com/docs/mcp-protocol“The Brevo MCP Server lets you use AI assistants to interact with your Brevo account using natural language. Instead of navigating Brevo manually, you can ask”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/27978590646802-What-is-Model-Context-Protocol-MCP“The Brevo MCP server lets you use AI assistants to interact with your Brevo account using natural language. Instead of navigating the Brevo interface”

SOC 2

– Unknown [17]brevo.com/features/data-security/

HIPAA

– Unknown [18]brevo.com/features/data-security/

GDPR

✓ Yes [19]brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/“The protection of your privacy and your personal data is a priority for Brevo and all of the entities within the group”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000454204-Guidelines-for-a-GDPR-compliant-sign-up-form“Being GDPR compliant is crucial for several significant reasons: the potential for substantial fines due to non-compliance, the risk of losing your customers'”

ISO 27001

✓ Yes [20]brevo.com/features/data-security/“Multi-layered data security framework and ISO 27001:2013-certified practices ensure our products and your data are secure.”

PCI DSS

– Unknown [21]brevo.com/features/data-security/

Published SLA

✓ Yes [22]brevo.com/legal/termsofuseengineering.brevo.com/slo-sli-and-sla/“Balancing feature delivery and stability with data by having internal SLO, customer centric SLA and visual indicators or SLI.”

Rate limits

Rate limits expressed in RPS (Requests per second) and RPH (Requests per hour). General tier: POST /v3/smtp/email 1,000 RPS / 3,600,000 RPH; POST /v3/transactionalSMS/send 150 RPS / 540,000 RPH; POST /v3/events 10 RPS / 36,000 RPH; POST /v3/contacts/* 10 RPS / 36,000 RPH; GET /v3/smtp/emails 2 RPS / 7,200 RPH; all other endpoints 100 RPH. Advanced tier (Professional/Enterprise): POST /v3/smtp/email 2,000 RPS / 7,200,000 RPH; POST /v3/transactionalSMS/send 200 RPS / 720,000 RPH. Extended tier (Enterprise only): POST /v3/smtp/email 6,000 RPS; POST /v3/transactionalSMS/send 250 RPS. [23]developers.brevo.com/docs/api-limits

Known restrictions

Free plan limited to 300 daily email sends; unused sends do not carry over, Free plan emails always include 'Sent with Brevo' sticker; cannot be removed, Free plan allows up to 2,000 unique contacts in active automations, Batch transactional email: 'Send up to 1000 email messages in one API call; Execute the endpoint up to 6000 times per hour (100 times per minute)', Subscriptions are fixed-term contracts and non-cancellable prior to the end of the ongoing subscription period, As of May 5th, 2025, Brevo no longer supports sending SMS messages to Singapore [24]developers.brevo.com/docs/batch-send-transactional-emails“Send up to 1000 email messages in one API call; Execute the endpoint up to 6000 times per hour (100 times per minute).”help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208717449-Supported-countries-and-pricing-for-SMS-messages“As of May 5th, 2025, Brevo no longer supports sending SMS messages to Singapore.”

• Docs
• API reference
• OpenAPI spec
• llms.txt
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.brevo.com/v3/

Version

v3

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key, oauth2

Error format

vendor-specific

SDKs

• Node.js @getbrevo/brevo · repo · updated 2026-05 · 119★
• Python brevo-python · repo · updated 2026-05 · 34★
• PHP getbrevo/brevo-php · repo · updated 2026-05 · 100★
• Java com.brevo:brevo · repo · updated 2026-05 · 15★
• C# brevo_csharp · repo · updated 2026-02 · 13★
• Go github.com/getbrevo/brevo-go · repo · updated 2025-02 · 31★
• Ruby brevo · repo · updated 2025-06 · 21★

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server
• Webhook events

Launched

2012-01-01

Notable customers

eBay, H&M, Louis Vuitton, Sodexo, Carrefour, Michelin, Florida Trend, Bodybuilding.com, Amnesty International

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1. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 25 → 75
2. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 40 → 90
3. 2026-06-15 API Reference URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/reference/quickstart-reference
4. 2026-06-15 Openapi Spec URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/openapi.json
5. 2026-06-15 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-15 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
7. 2026-06-15 Llms Txt Present: No → Yes
8. 2026-06-15 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/llms.txt
9. 2026-06-15 Changelog URL: https://www.brevo.com/releases → https://developers.brevo.com/changelog
10. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi… → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
11. 2026-06-09 Best For: Prototypes and side projects — free to start, no sales call, AI agents and auto… → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, AI agents and auto…
12. 2026-06-09 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
13. 2026-06-09 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
14. 2026-06-09 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects — free to start, no sales call, AI agents and auto…
15. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
16. 2026-06-09 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 50
17. 2026-06-09 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
18. 2026-06-09 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 25
19. 2026-06-09 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 100
20. 2026-06-09 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 40
21. 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
22. 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com
23. 2026-06-08 Changelog URL: (none) → https://www.brevo.com/releases
24. 2026-06-08 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.brevo.com
25. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
26. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby → Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby
27. 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → Brevo is an all-in-one customer engagement platform spanning transactional and …
28. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby → Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby
29. 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: (none) → eBay, H&M, Louis Vuitton, Sodexo, Carrefour, Michelin, Florida Trend, Bodybuild…
30. 2026-06-07 Launched At: (none) → 2012-01-01
31. 2026-06-07 Free Tier Limit: (none) → 300 emails/day
32. 2026-06-07 Price Basis: (none) → month
33. 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: (none) → 9
34. 2026-06-07 Data Retention Policy URL: (none) → https://help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/19317424653586-FAQs-About-the-data-ret…
35. 2026-06-07 SLA URL: (none) → https://www.brevo.com/legal/termsofuse/
36. 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: (none) → No
37. 2026-06-07 Webhook Events URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/docs/how-to-use-webhooks
38. 2026-06-07 Error Format: (none) → vendor-specific
39. 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/reference/quickstart-reference
40. 2026-06-07 MCP URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/_mcp/server
41. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby → Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby
42. 2026-06-07 Stability: (none) → ga
43. 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: (none) → url
44. 2026-06-07 API Version: (none) → v3
45. 2026-06-07 Base URL: (none) → https://api.brevo.com/v3/
46. 2026-06-07 API Style: (none) → rest
47. 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: (none) → api_key, oauth2
48. 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: (none) → https://developers.brevo.com/docs/authentication-schemes
49. 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: (none) → ga_date, idempotency_supported
50. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: (none) → Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Ruby

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