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Email Marketing Comparison

Brevo vs. Dotdigital

At a glance

At a glance

Brevo

Best for

Best for teams that want email alongside SMS and WhatsApp on one contact base, with automation and pricing by sending volume rather than list size.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Dotdigital

Best for

Best for ecommerce and retail marketing teams that want email, SMS and WhatsApp running off the same store data.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Brevo Dotdigital
Starting price From $9 / month Starter plan with no daily sending limit; the price scales with monthly email sending volume. A free plan sends up to 300 emails per day. Not stated
Free trial Free plan with up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts Not stated
API Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with contacts, events, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs Yes, REST APIs in v2 and v3 covering contacts and data, campaigns and automation, events, Insight data and transactional messaging, plus a Marketing MCP server
Hosting Cloud (SaaS) Cloud (SaaS)
Made in France United Kingdom
Campaign types Yes, email newsletters and campaigns, plus SMS and WhatsApp on the same contact base, with A/B testing Email campaigns, SMS and MMS, WhatsApp, mobile app push, web personalization, and ads and retargeting
Automation and journeys Yes, unlimited multi-step marketing automation workflows Yes, an automation program builder with customizable journey templates for welcome, cart abandonment, birthday and win-back flows
Segmentation and personalisation Yes, list segmentation and personalisation, with predictive send-time optimisation Yes, dynamic content blocks and real-time customer data, with a Segment Agent that builds and refines segments from a plain-English description, plus predictive segmentation
Templates and editor Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with templates, and AI-generated designs through Aura Yes, EasyEditor, a drag-and-drop editor with templates, with a Content Agent that generates and rewrites copy and adjusts tone in a stored brand voice
Deliverability and testing Yes, A/B testing and predictive sending, with a dedicated IP available as an add-on Dedicated IPs, SPF, DKIM and DMARC authentication, ISP relationships and an onboarding team for domain warm-up; A/B testing and analytics run on campaigns
Ecommerce and CRM data Yes, a built-in CRM plus ecommerce data sync for products and orders Yes, more than 200 integrations including Shopify, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce and WooCommerce, plus Salesforce, HubSpot and Microsoft Dynamics 365, over a built-in customer data platform
Integrations and API Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs Yes, REST APIs in v2 and v3, plus a Marketing MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
AI features Yes Yes
MCP-ready No stated Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk Not stated
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base, Personal consulting
Company size more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Not stated Shopify, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Company size Brevo Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Dotdigital Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Made in Brevo France Dotdigital United Kingdom
  • MCP-ready Brevo No Dotdigital Yes
  • API Brevo Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with contacts, events, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs Dotdigital Yes, REST APIs in v2 and v3 covering contacts and data, campaigns and automation, events, Insight data and transactional messaging, plus a Marketing MCP server
  • Campaign types Brevo Yes, email newsletters and campaigns, plus SMS and WhatsApp on the same contact base, with A/B testing Dotdigital Email campaigns, SMS and MMS, WhatsApp, mobile app push, web personalization, and ads and retargeting

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Brevo

Strengths

  • Email, SMS and WhatsApp on one contact base
  • Unlimited marketing automation workflows
  • Email plans priced by sending volume, with a free plan storing up to 100,000 contacts
  • Unified REST API with webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs

Limitations

  • The free plan is limited to 300 emails per day
  • Email plan prices scale with monthly sending volume

Dotdigital

Strengths

  • Email, SMS, WhatsApp, push and web personalization from one platform with a customer data platform underneath
  • Named AI agents: a Segment Agent for audiences and a Content Agent inside EasyEditor
  • A Marketing MCP server connects the account to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
  • Deliverability covered by dedicated IPs, SPF, DKIM and DMARC and a warm-up onboarding team

Limitations

  • No published pricing: contact-based billing is quoted case by case
  • A contact is billable as soon as it is marketable on any single channel, even if suppressed on the others

Plans

Pricing

Brevo

  • Free $0 / month Up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts, with the Brevo logo on emails.
  • Starter From $9 / month No daily sending limit; the price scales with monthly email sending volume.
  • Standard From $18 / month Adds marketing automation, A/B testing and reporting for growing teams. Scales with sending volume.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom sending volumes, advanced security and dedicated support, quoted by sales.
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Brevo https://www.brevo.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-19

Dotdigital https://dotdigital.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.