Brevo

Updated on Sep 5, 2025

Introduction

As a business owner, it’s important to be able to directly share promotions, discounts and any updates directly to your customers. You can do this in many ways, such as social media, word-of-mouth, or an advertisement in your local newspaper. In the modern world, there is a simpler way to connect directly with your customers: e-mail marketing. And the best platform for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is Brevo.

What is Brevo?

Brevo is an all-in-one customer relationship management (CRM) platform that enables you to build more personalised relationships with your customers. Through its intuitive platform, you can easily create e-mails in minutes, leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to create content, deliver marketing content directly to your customers’ inboxes and receive reports with detailed statistics.

Importance of CRM for SMEs 

CRMs like Brevo are vital for SMEs because they help improve customer retention and customer loyalty by centralising customer data and enabling you to provide your customers with personalised experiences and faster responses.

Main Features

Here are the main features of the Brevo e-mail marketing product.

Advanced Segmentation: Brevo enables you to send targeted messages to different segments of your e-mail marketing list.

24/7 Customer Support: Brevo provides its users with 24/7 customer care in various languages via e-mail, live chat, and social.

Automate Campaigns: Keep your audience engaged with a range of ready-made workflows and autoresponders for common automation scenarios such as welcome e-mails, birthday emails and abandoned cart emails.

Sign-up Forms: Grow your e-mail list and manage information requests with Brevo’s easy-to-embed custom forms.

Pricing

Brevo has four plans on its platform, each with a monthly and yearly fee. Each plan can be customised according to your business.

Free Plan – $0 per month. The free plan includes:

  • 300 e-mails per day
  • Customisable e-mail templates
  • Drag-and-drop editor
  • Transactional (API, SMTP, Webhooks)
  • SME and WhatsApp campaigns

Starter Plan – $9 per month on the monthly plan or $8,08 per month on a yearly plan. The starter plan includes everything in the free plan plus:

  • 5000 e-mails per month
  • No daily e-mail sending limit
  • No Brevo logo (add-on)
  • Basic reporting and analytics
  • 24/7 e-mail support

Business Plan – Starts from $18 per month on the monthly plan or $16,17 per month on a yearly plan. The business plan includes everything in the starter plan plus:

  • 5000 e-mails per month
  • Marketing automation
  • Predictive sending
  • Multi-users access (add-on)
  • Landing pages
  • A/B testing
  • Advanced statistics and reporting
  • Phone support

Enterprise Plan – Pricing is customised according to your business. The enterprise plan includes everything in the business plan plus:

  • Unlimited contacts
  • Sub-account management
  • Advanced integrations
  • Exclusive features
  • Tailored onboarding
  • Personalised support
  • Enterprise-grade security

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Has a free plan.

  • Templates make it easy to design marketing e-mails.

  • Reporting and analytics on all plans.

Cons

  • The free plan has limits on e-mails sent per day.

  • No transparency on the cost of the enterprise plan.

FAQs

No, you only need your e-mail address and the name of your business to sign up on Brevo.

Yes, when you create a Brevo account, you will automatically have a Free account.

No, Brevo is designed to be simple and easy-to-use for SMEs.

Funding

SME Funding - Get Pre-Approved

Important – Please Read Before Applying:

  • This funding is strictly for registered businesses with a valid CIPC registration number.
  • Your business must have an active business bank account (applications using personal accounts will not be accepted).
  • Minimum monthly turnover: R50,000 for the past 6 months.
  • This is not personal funding or a grant.

Applications that do not meet these requirements will, unfortunately, not be processed.