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Brevo vs Mailchimp

Brevo: SMBs wanting all-in-one marketing plus CRM. Mailchimp: Email and SMS marketing minus the learning curve. Same fact set for both, straight from each vendor's docs.

Brevo

Free tier
Free plan: 300 emails/day
Paid from
$9/mo (Starter) · pricing page
Public API
Yes docs
MCP server
Yes · Official MCP server documented at developers.brevo.com
Best for
SMBs wanting all-in-one marketing plus CRM
Website
https://www.brevo.com

Mailchimp

Free tier
Free plan, up to 500 contacts (500 sends/mo)
Paid from
$13/mo (Essentials, 500 contacts); scales with contact count · pricing page
Public API
Yes docs
MCP server
Yes · Official MCP for Transactional (Mandrill) in dev docs; Marketing API MCPs are community
Best for
Email and SMS marketing minus the learning curve
Website
https://mailchimp.com

Which one?

Brevo suits smbs wanting all-in-one marketing plus crm. Mailchimp suits email and sms marketing minus the learning curve. Pricing changes; the fact tables above link both vendors' live pricing pages. For the rest of the field, see Brevo alternatives, Mailchimp alternatives, or the full table.