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Email Marketing Comparison

Brevo vs. Mautic

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

Mautic

Best for

Best for teams that need marketing automation without a per-contact bill, and have someone able to run a PHP application.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

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

Full Comparison

Criterion Brevo Mautic
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. Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month The software carries no licence cost, but the server and the email sending provider are your own. Managed hosting through the official partner Dropsolid starts at €247.50 per month billed annually, or €275 per month billed quarterly.
Free trial Free plan with up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required
Commercial use Not stated Yes, GPL v3
API Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with contacts, events, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs Yes, a REST API plus an in-app marketplace of community plugins and themes
Hosting Cloud (SaaS) Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners
Made in France Not stated
Campaign types Yes, email newsletters and campaigns, plus SMS and WhatsApp on the same contact base, with A/B testing Email campaigns and newsletters alongside SMS, push notifications and WhatsApp, plus landing pages and forms that embed in a site or open as a popup
Automation and journeys Yes, unlimited multi-step marketing automation workflows Yes, a drag-and-drop campaign builder for multi-step journeys from capture through to conversion
Segmentation and personalisation Yes, list segmentation and personalisation, with predictive send-time optimisation Yes, contact segmentation driven by behaviour and engagement tracking, with customisable point-based lead scoring to prioritise contacts
Templates and editor Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with templates, and AI-generated designs through Aura Yes, a drag-and-drop email builder with personalisation and A/B testing, plus a landing page builder and a form builder; community themes come through the marketplace
Deliverability and testing Yes, A/B testing and predictive sending, with a dedicated IP available as an add-on Sending runs through a provider you supply, not one bundled with the product. SMTP is the default transport, configured as a DSN, and since version 5 the Symfony Mailer transports add SendGrid, Amazon SES and others by Composer; a SparkPost plugin is available from the Mautic Marketplace. The documentation warns that the Symfony transports do not support batch sending or the bounce-management callbacks the dedicated plugins handle
Ecommerce and CRM data Yes, a built-in CRM plus ecommerce data sync for products and orders Contacts, companies and lead scoring are native, and CRM, ecommerce and SMS systems connect through marketplace plugins or webhooks rather than shipping preconfigured
Integrations and API Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs Yes, a REST API for contacts, campaigns and data transfer, webhooks, and an in-app marketplace of community plugins
AI features stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based more entries On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk Community forum
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base
Company size more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Not stated SMTP, SendGrid, Amazon SES, SparkPost

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Brevo From $9 / month Mautic Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month
  • Free trial Brevo Free plan with up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts Mautic 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required
  • Deployment Brevo Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Mautic On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
  • Company size Brevo Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Mautic Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Hosting Brevo Cloud (SaaS) Mautic Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners

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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

Mautic

Strengths

  • No licence cost and no per-contact fee, so list growth does not change the bill
  • Self-hosting keeps contact data in a jurisdiction you pick
  • Campaign builder, email builder, landing pages, forms and lead scoring are all in the core product
  • REST API, webhooks and an in-app marketplace for extending it

Limitations

  • You supply and pay for the email sending provider separately
  • Running and patching a PHP application is your responsibility unless you buy managed hosting
  • Support is community forums and Slack; paid support comes only through partners
  • Symfony Mailer transports do not batch-send or handle bounce callbacks

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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Mautic

  • Self-hosted €0 The open source application under the GPL v3 licence. No licence cost; the server and the email sending provider are your own.
  • Mautic Essential €247.50 Per month billed annually, or €275 per month billed quarterly. Managed shared hosting through Dropsolid, up to 50,000 emails per month and 50,000 contacts.
  • Mautic Professional €1,237 Per month. Dedicated hosting, up to 3 million contacts, with a dedicated support manager.
  • Mautic Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor. Dedicated infrastructure, up to 6 million emails per month, enterprise-grade security.
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What users say

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Brevo

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Mautic

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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

Mautic https://www.mautic.org · 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.