Best for
Best for small businesses and creators that want straightforward email newsletters, automation and landing pages with an AI writing assistant.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Email Marketing Comparison
AWeber vs. Braze
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for consumer brands running email as part of an app-led lifecycle across push, in-app, SMS and messaging apps.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | AWeber | Braze |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $15 / month Lite plan billed monthly; annual billing lowers it to $12.49 / month, and the price scales with the number of subscribers. | Not stated |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | Free trial offered on the pricing page |
| API | Yes, an email marketing API and hundreds of integrations | Yes, REST APIs and SDKs with more than 170 prebuilt partner integrations |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Cloud (SaaS), on regional instances in the United States, Europe (Frankfurt), Australia, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia |
| Campaign types | Yes, email newsletters and automated email campaigns, with signup forms and landing pages | Yes, email, mobile and web push, in-app messages, SMS and RCS, WhatsApp, LINE and KakaoTalk, plus paid-media audiences |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, automated email campaigns; 3 automations on Lite and unlimited automations on Plus | Yes, Canvas drag-and-drop journey orchestration for multi-step cross-channel campaigns with A/B/n testing |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, subscriber tagging and segmentation | Yes, more than 100 prebuilt filters plus SQL composition, with BrazeAI predictions and personalised recommendations |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop builder with templates and a Smart Designer that auto-generates branded templates, plus a Canva integration | Yes, a drag-and-drop email editor with blank, prebuilt and saved templates, basic, media and advanced content blocks and Liquid personalisation |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, split tests of up to three emails covering subject lines, preview text, content and send times, with the segments and split percentages chosen rather than fixed at 50/50, plus an in-house reputation system that monitors sending signals around the clock and a dedicated deliverability team | Yes, previews for random, specific or custom user profiles and Inbox Vision rendering checks across email clients |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, sell products and take payments through Stripe, with integrations for Shopify, PayPal and WordPress | Yes, the Braze Data Platform builds first-party profiles from SDKs, APIs and cloud data ingestion across more than 170 partner integrations |
| Integrations and API | Yes, an email marketing API and hundreds of integrations, including Shopify, PayPal, WordPress and Zapier | Yes, REST APIs and SDKs with more than 170 prebuilt partner integrations |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat, 24/7, Community forum | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding, Personal consulting, On-site training |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal, Stripe, Zapier, Calendly, Salesforce, HubSpot, Squarespace, Wix, ClickFunnels, Etsy, Zoom, Typeform | more entries Segment, mParticle, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Adobe, Tealium, Shopify, Stripe, Algolia, AppsFlyer, Branch, Adjust, Kochava, Movable Ink, Dynamic Yield, Amazon Personalize, Looker, Datadog, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Talon.One, Canva, Figma |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Free trial AWeber 14-day free trial Braze Free trial offered on the pricing page
- Company size AWeber Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Braze Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Hosting AWeber Cloud (SaaS) Braze Cloud (SaaS), on regional instances in the United States, Europe (Frankfurt), Australia, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia
- Support AWeber Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat, 24/7, Community forum Braze Email helpdesk, Community forum
- API AWeber Yes, an email marketing API and hundreds of integrations Braze Yes, REST APIs and SDKs with more than 170 prebuilt partner integrations
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
AWeber
Strengths
- AI writing assistant and subject line generator help draft copy
- Smart Designer auto-generates branded templates, plus a Canva integration
- Sell products and take payments through Stripe
- Email marketing API and hundreds of integrations
Limitations
- Lite plan limits automations and landing pages to three each
- Pricing scales with the number of subscribers
- No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial
Braze
Strengths
- Email, push, in-app, SMS, WhatsApp, LINE, KakaoTalk and paid media orchestrated from one journey builder
- More than 100 prebuilt segmentation filters plus SQL composition
- Regional instances in the United States, Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia
- Braze Data Platform unifies first-party data across more than 170 partner integrations
Limitations
- No public rate card, pricing is quoted by sales
- Predictive AI arrives at the Pro edition and advanced experimentation only at Enterprise
- Licensing by monthly active users rather than list size
- Existing HTML email templates have to be rebuilt to use the drag-and-drop editor
Plans
Pricing
AWeber
- Lite From $15 / month Up to 3 automations and 3 landing pages, with monthly email sends up to 10x the subscriber count. Billed monthly; $12.49 / month billed annually. Scales with subscribers.
- Plus From $30 / month Adds unlimited automations and landing pages and monthly sends up to 12x the subscriber count. Billed monthly; $19.99 / month billed annually.
- Done For You $20 / month A full email system built by AWeber's experts within 7 days, billed annually plus a $79 setup fee, with 30 days of unlimited edits.
Braze
- Braze Go Not stated For early-stage growth teams activating customer data and launching cross-channel messaging. Core features and functionality.
- Braze Select Not stated Adds increased orchestration capability plus enhanced security features and user provisioning.
- Braze Pro Not stated Adds predictive AI, AI personalised recommendations and expanded dashboard administration.
- Braze Enterprise Not stated Enterprise-grade orchestration, infrastructure and governance, plus advanced experimentation.
What users say
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AWeber
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- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
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Braze
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
AWeber https://www.aweber.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-20
Braze https://www.braze.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-03
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.