Newsletter platforms
Brevo vs Mailchimp compared on 11 fields
- Brevo score
- 98/100 (5 of 8 criteria)
- Mailchimp score
- 83/100 (5 of 8 criteria)
- Fields won by Brevo
- 1 of 8
- Fields won by Mailchimp
- 2 of 8
Brevo
Mailchimp
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Brevo and Mailchimp are both newsletter platforms. We compared them on 11 fields read from each vendor's own pages.
On the newsletter platforms scorecard Brevo scores 98/100 (5 of 8 criteria) and Mailchimp 83/100 (5 of 8 criteria) (ranks 3 and 10 in the category).
Of the 8 fields with a clear rule (lower price, higher count, yes over no), Brevo wins 1, Mailchimp wins 2 and 5 are ties.
Brevo scores clearly higher on verified features and entry price.
Mailchimp scores clearly higher on pricing transparency.
Side by side
| Field | Brevo | Mailchimp | Winner and basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan (billed monthly) | ✓ $9/month | $13/month | Brevo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Free trial | No | No | Tie |
| Platforms supported | 1 | ✓ 2 | Mailchimp |
| Integrations (vendor count) | 150 | ✓ 300 | Mailchimp |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Automations / sequences | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| A/B testing | Yes | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Landing pages and forms | Yes | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Segmentation and tags | Yes | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Open and click analytics | Yes | Yes | Tie |
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Sources: Brevo pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026; Mailchimp pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026. Each feature value links its own source on the tool's page.
Scorecard, criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Brevo | Mailchimp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | 100$9/month billed monthly on Starter (scored on the monthly price) | 85$13/month billed monthly on Essentials (scored on the monthly price) |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | 100Free plan (Free) | 100Free plan (Free) |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 844 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") | 1004 of 4 plans have a public price |
| Verified features | 15% | 1005 of 9 tracked features verified: automations / sequences, a/b testing, landing pages and forms, segmentation and tags, open and click analytics | 402 of 9 tracked features verified: automations / sequences, open and click analytics |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | 100public API, 150 integrations | 100public API, 300 integrations |
| Total score | 100% | 98/100 (5 of 8 criteria) | 83/100 (5 of 8 criteria) |
Brevo plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | per workspace | None stated |
| Starter | $9 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Standard | $18 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Professional | $499 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | Not stated | None stated |
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
Mailchimp plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | per workspace | None stated |
| Essentials | $13 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Standard | $20 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Premium | $350 | Not stated | per workspace |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
How we picked
Every one of these newsletter platforms is scored by the same 8 criteria (scorecard v2). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to newsletter platforms. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other newsletter platforms on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $9/month or less = 100, $100 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $9/month or less = 100, $159 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 9 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (paid subscriptions, automations / sequences, custom domain, referral programme, a/b testing, landing pages and forms, segmentation and tags, newsletter website, open and click analytics). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 5 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost at 1,000 subscribers | 10% | Category | Monthly price of the cheapest paid plan that allows at least 1,000 subscribers.Log scale: $5/month or less = 100, $100 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a subscriber limit are not used. |
| Free plan limits | 10% | Category | What the free plan allows: subscribers (full marks at 2,500), emails per month (full marks at 10,000).Each stated limit linear up to its full mark (unlimited = 100), averaged. Tools without a free plan, or whose free plan states none of these limits, are not scored here. |
| Paid subscriptions | 5% | Category | Whether writers can charge for subscriptions, and the platform's fee on that revenue.No paid subscriptions (verified) = 0; paid subscriptions: linear, 0% fee = 100, 15% or more = 0. Fee not stated = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Is Brevo cheaper than Mailchimp?
Brevo starts lower: $9 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan, against $13 per month billed monthly on the Essentials plan for Mailchimp. Check the unit: per-user and per-account prices scale differently.
Do Brevo and Mailchimp have free plans?
Both have a free plan.
Which supports more social platforms, Brevo or Mailchimp?
Mailchimp supports 2 platforms, Brevo 1.
Which is better, Brevo or Mailchimp?
On our scorecard Brevo scores higher (98/100 (5 of 8 criteria) vs 83/100 (5 of 8 criteria)). The score weighs every criterion the same way for every tool; check the rows above for the ones that matter to you.