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Marketing Automation

Mailchimp vs Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

Which marketing automation tool is right for you? Compare features, pricing, and user reviews to make the best choice.

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Mailchimp

4.0100 reviews

Small to mid-sized businesses, creators, and ecommerce brands that want an all-in-one email marketing and automation platform with strong templates, broad integrations, and contact-based scaling.

Starting at From $13/month (Essentials; pricing varies by contacts)
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Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

4.0100 reviews

SMBs and mid-market teams that want an all-in-one platform for email marketing plus automation, transactional messaging, and basic CRM—especially when pricing by email volume is preferable to per-seat pricing.

Starting at From ~$25/month (Starter; pricing often based on email volume)

Side-by-Side Comparison

FeatureMailchimpBrevo (formerly Sendinblue)
PricingFrom $13/month (Essentials; pricing varies by contacts)From ~$25/month (Starter; pricing often based on email volume)
G2 Rating4.0 (100 reviews)4.0 (100 reviews)
Capterra Rating4.54.0
Best ForSmall to mid-sized businesses, creators, and ecommerce brands that want an all-in-one email marketing and automation platform with strong templates, broad integrations, and contact-based scaling.SMBs and mid-market teams that want an all-in-one platform for email marketing plus automation, transactional messaging, and basic CRM—especially when pricing by email volume is preferable to per-seat pricing.

Pros & Cons

Mailchimp

Pros

  • + Easy-to-use campaign builder and strong template library
  • + Broad integration ecosystem and widely supported by third-party tools
  • + Solid automation/journey capabilities for common lifecycle campaigns
  • + Good reporting and deliverability tooling for SMB use cases

Cons

  • Costs can rise quickly as contact lists grow due to contact-based pricing
  • Some advanced automation/segmentation features are gated to higher tiers
  • List/audience management and billing can be confusing when using multiple audiences or duplicates

Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

Pros

  • + Strong value for money for email-volume-based pricing and bundled channels
  • + All-in-one suite (marketing automation + transactional messaging + basic CRM)
  • + Good automation and segmentation for common SMB lifecycle use cases
  • + Solid API/SMTP options for product-led and eCommerce transactional messaging

Cons

  • Advanced automation, attribution, and analytics can be less robust than enterprise MAPs
  • Some features and support levels are gated behind higher tiers/usage add-ons
  • UI and feature depth can feel uneven across modules (marketing vs CRM vs conversations)