
Brevo
EU-based email, SMS and WhatsApp platform with a free plan and 20% off for nonprofits.
Price
Nonprofit offer
Available in
Suits
20% off paid plans for eligible nonprofit organisations.
Sign up, then contact Brevo through the nonprofit page or support with proof of your nonprofit registration. Check the Brevo NGO page for the current form.
Great for
- Organisations with large supporter lists that email occasionally
- European and international charities who want EU data hosting
- Teams that want email plus SMS or WhatsApp
- Pays by emails sent, not contacts
- Genuinely useful free plan
- EU data hosting and GDPR-first design
Watch out for
- Teams wanting a very simple, no-learning-curve newsletter tool
- Organisations that need advanced donor CRM
- Daily sending cap on the free plan
- Interface has many features and can feel busy
- Brevo logo on lower plans
- Official prices not readable without JavaScript
Problems it solves
About Brevo+
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) is a French platform for email, SMS, WhatsApp and light CRM. It charges by emails sent rather than the number of contacts, so it suits organisations with big lists that email only occasionally. It is B Corp certified and offers a dedicated nonprofit discount.
Pricing: Free plan sends up to 300 emails a day. Paid Starter plan is about US$9/month for 5,000 emails a month (third-party guides; the official page loads prices with JavaScript so they could not be read directly). Yearly billing saves 10%. A pay-as-you-go credit option exists for infrequent senders.
Key features+
Works with (6)+
AI features+
AI content generator for subject lines and copy, AI send-time optimisation, and an MCP connection for ChatGPT and Claude.
Data & privacy+
Headquartered in Paris. Brevo's help centre states data is stored in the EU (servers in France and Germany, plus Google Cloud in Belgium), and it offers a data processing agreement and GDPR consent tools.
How sure are we?+
Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with Brevo before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.
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