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
Email Marketing Comparison
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.
Best for
Best for small businesses that want email and SMS together on a budget, with a generous free plan and pricing that scales with the list.
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
| Criterion | Brevo | Sender |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | lower value From $7 / month Standard plan for up to 1,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month; the price scales with the subscriber count. A Free Forever plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month. |
| Free trial | Free plan with up to 300 emails per day and storage for up to 100,000 contacts | Free Forever plan for up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month, with Sender branding |
| API | Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with contacts, events, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs, plus an official MCP server for AI assistants | Not stated |
| 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 | Yes, email newsletters and campaigns, plus SMS on paid plans and transactional email, with A/B testing |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, unlimited multi-step marketing automation workflows | Yes, unlimited marketing automation |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, list segmentation and personalisation, with predictive send-time optimisation | Yes, unlimited segmentation for targeted messaging |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with templates, and AI-generated designs through Aura | Yes, a drag-and-drop builder with 1,600+ mobile-responsive templates and a custom HTML editor |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, A/B testing and predictive sending, with a dedicated IP available as an add-on | Yes, with 24/7 IP monitoring and sender-reputation tracking, plus A/B testing for subject lines, content and send times |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, a built-in CRM plus ecommerce data sync for products and orders | Yes, integrations for Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and WordPress |
| Integrations and API | Yes, a unified REST API for email, SMS and WhatsApp with webhooks, OAuth 2.0 and SDKs, plus an official MCP server for Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other AI tools | Yes, integrations including WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, PrestaShop and Zapier |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| MCP-ready | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Phone | Chat, 24/7 |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Live online demos and webinars, Guided onboarding, Personal consulting | Not stated |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, BigCommerce, Stripe, Zapier | WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, PrestaShop, Zapier |
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The short version
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The trade-offs
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What users say
Brevo
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Sender
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Before sending, the author has to confirm three things: that they have used the product themselves, that they work neither for the vendor nor for a competitor, and that nobody is paying them for the review. We also ask whether the vendor invited them to write it. That answer is required, either answer is accepted, and it stays with the review.
Every review is read by a person before it appears. An email address is required and is confirmed: we send a link to it, and a review does not reach us until the author opens that link, so a review has a sender who was reachable at least once rather than being anonymous. Where what somebody writes needs backing, we ask them for evidence that they used the product, and a review that does not get it is not published. We publish positive and negative reviews alike, we pay nothing and offer nothing for a review, and we accept none that was bought or incentivised.
What we cannot do is verify a purchase. There is no shop here and no account, so whether the author really used the tool rests on their own declaration, on whatever we ask them for, and on the plausibility of what they write. We say so rather than implying a check that does not exist.
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Where this comes from
Brevo https://www.brevo.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-19
Sender https://www.sender.net · checked against the official source on 2026-08-22
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.