Brevo vs. Resend

At a glance

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

Resend

Best for

Best for product and engineering teams that want transactional email, broadcasts and templates in the same codebase as the application that sends them.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Brevo	Resend
Starting price	lower value 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 tier; Pro from $20 / month Transactional and marketing volume are billed separately. The transactional ladder runs Free, Pro from $20 per month and Scale from $90 per month, priced in bands by monthly email volume; marketing runs Free, Pro Marketing from $40 per month and Enterprise, priced by contact count.
Free trial	Free plan with up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts	Free tier: 3,000 emails per month, 100 per day, 3 domains, plus 1,000 marketing contacts
API	Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with contacts, events, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs	Yes, REST API with official SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, Elixir, Java and .NET, plus a CLI, webhooks and an official MCP server
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS)	Cloud (SaaS)
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	Transactional email over the API, broadcasts to contacts and segments, and inbound email by pointing MX records at Resend
Automation and journeys	Yes, unlimited multi-step marketing automation workflows	Yes, flows triggered by custom events from your own application, built from condition, delay, wait for event, send email, contact update, contact delete and add to segment steps, with a Runs view for debugging
Segmentation and personalisation	Yes, list segmentation and personalisation, with predictive send-time optimisation	Yes, contacts with custom properties grouped into segments, plus Topics so recipients can opt in or out of individual categories
Templates and editor	Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with templates, and AI-generated designs through Aura	React Email, a component-based template system written in code; there is no drag-and-drop builder
Deliverability and testing	Yes, A/B testing and predictive sending, with a dedicated IP available as an add-on	Domain verification with SPF, DKIM and DMARC, delivery event webhooks and event monitoring in the dashboard; dedicated IPs are a $30 per month add-on on Scale and above
Ecommerce and CRM data	Yes, a built-in CRM plus ecommerce data sync for products and orders	Contacts are created and updated over the API or bulk-imported by CSV up to 200 MB, with custom properties carrying the data used for personalisation
Integrations and API	Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs	Yes, REST API with bearer key authentication, a batch endpoint for up to 100 messages per request, SDKs for nine languages, a CLI, webhooks and an official MCP server
AI features	stated Yes	No
MCP-ready	No	stated Yes
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Email helpdesk	Email helpdesk
Onboarding	Not stated	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Brevo From $9 / month Resend Free tier; Pro from $20 / month
Free trial Brevo Free plan with up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts Resend Free tier: 3,000 emails per month, 100 per day, 3 domains, plus 1,000 marketing contacts
AI features Brevo Yes Resend No
MCP-ready Brevo No Resend Yes
API Brevo Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with contacts, events, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs Resend Yes, REST API with official SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, Elixir, Java and .NET, plus a CLI, webhooks and an official MCP server

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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

Resend

Strengths

Transactional sending, broadcasts, contacts and automations on one API and one account
Official SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, Elixir, Java and .NET, plus a CLI
Standing free tiers on both ladders rather than a time-limited trial
Inbound email by pointing MX records at Resend, delivered as webhooks
Official MCP server, so the platform can be driven by AI agents

Limitations

Templates are React components, so building an email needs a developer
Two separate price ladders, one for sending volume and one for contacts
Dedicated IPs, extra domains and SSO are priced as add-ons on top of the plan
SSO and dedicated IPs require the Scale plan or above
The free tier caps sending at 100 emails per day

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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Resend

Free $0 3,000 emails per month, capped at 100 per day, 3 domains, 10,000 automation runs and 30-day data retention. Marketing side is free up to 1,000 contacts.
Pro $20 Per month, 50,000 emails and 10 domains, no daily limit, 5 webhook endpoints. $35 per month for 100,000 emails. Overage $0.90 per 1,000 emails.
Scale $90 Per month, from 100,000 emails and 1,000 domains, 10 webhook endpoints and a dedicated Slack channel. Rises through $160, $350, $650, $825 and $1,150 per month up to 2.5 million emails, with the overage rate falling from $0.90 to $0.46 per 1,000.
Pro Marketing $40 Per month for 5,000 contacts, rising to $650 per month for 150,000 contacts.
Enterprise Not stated Custom volume and contact limits, a 99.99% uptime SLA, a dedicated customer success manager, migration support and flexible AI credits.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Brevo

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Resend

Ease of use: Not rated yet
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Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
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Where this comes from

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

Resend https://resend.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-07

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