site.brevo.com pricing: free plan, 300 emails a day

Brevo's plans as its machine-readable price list states them, what the free plan includes for SMTP and API sending, how it compares with other free SMTP relays, and the cost at higher volumes.

Published by: MarkRelay Research
Updated: October 25, 2026
Sources: 6 primary sources, linked below

Summary

Brevo's free plan sends up to 300 emails a day once Brevo approves the account, and every plan, Free included, has the transactional API and SMTP relay. Paid plans are priced by emails a month: Starter is $9/month for 5,000 emails, rising in steps to $82 for 100,000; Standard starts at $18 and Professional at $499 with 150,000 emails. Removing the Brevo logo is a $12/month add-on on Starter and included from Standard up. For app email on a domain already on Cloudflare, MarkRelay sends through Cloudflare Email Sending ($5/month, 3,000 emails included) and adds mailboxes and broadcasts for $99/year, without Brevo's automation, SMS or CRM.

Key findings

1Free: 300 emails a day after account approval, with REST API, SMTP relay and webhooks.
2Starter: $9/month for 5,000 emails; 10,000 cost $17, 20,000 $32, 100,000 $82 a month.
3Standard from $18/month, Professional from $499/month with 150,000 emails. Yearly billing is 10% cheaper.
4"Remove Brevo logo" costs $12/month on Starter, is included on Standard and Professional, and is not offered on Free.
5Starter's contact limit depends on its email tier: 500 contacts at 5,000 emails a month, 1,500 at 10,000.

Questions this report answers

Asked by real people, quoted as they wrote them.

“Best free or low cost SMTP relay?”

r/selfhosted, 33 comments

Free SMTP relays we checked: Brevo 300 emails a day, Resend 3,000 a month (100 a day), SMTP2GO 1,000 a month. Cheapest paid steps: Brevo Starter $9 for 5,000, SMTP2GO $10 for 10,000, Cloudflare Email Sending $5 for 3,000.

“What is the best free SMTP service?”

r/webhosting, 36 comments

By daily allowance Brevo's 300 a day is the largest of those checked; by monthly volume Resend's 3,000 is, but capped at 100 a day. SMTP2GO's free plan does not accept sign-ups from public addresses such as Gmail.

“SMTP relay alternative now that Google workspace no longer supports passwords?”

r/homelab, 51 comments

Brevo, Resend and SMTP2GO each provide SMTP relay credentials you can put in a device or app, on their free plans. Add the provider's SPF and DKIM records to your domain so mail is authenticated.

“Best platform for cheap email marketing?”

r/smallbusiness, 27 comments

Brevo prices by emails, not contacts: the free plan allows up to 100,000 contacts at 300 emails a day. MarkRelay sends broadcasts from your own Cloudflare account at $0.35 per 1,000 beyond 3,000, with no contact limit, but has no automation flows.

“brevo transactional email”

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Brevo says every plan includes its transactional email features: REST API, SMTP relay, outbound webhooks and logs. On Free, sending stays within the daily limit.

Brevo marketing plans (USD)

On brevo.com	Free	Starter	Standard	Professional
Price per month	$0	From $9	From $18	From $499
Emails	300 a day	5,000 a month, more in steps	5,000 a month, more in steps	150,000 a month included
Transactional API and SMTP relay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Remove Brevo logo	No	$12/month add-on	Included	Included
Marketing seats	1 included, more paid	1	1–3	10

Price per month

Free: $0
Starter: From $9
Standard: From $18
Professional: From $499

Emails

Free: 300 a day
Starter: 5,000 a month, more in steps
Standard: 5,000 a month, more in steps
Professional: 150,000 a month included

Transactional API and SMTP relay

Free: Yes
Starter: Yes
Standard: Yes
Professional: Yes

Remove Brevo logo

Free: No
Starter: $12/month add-on
Standard: Included
Professional: Included

Marketing seats

Free: 1 included, more paid
Starter: 1
Standard: 1–3
Professional: 10

Yearly prices are 10% lower. Standard's extra emails cost more than Starter's: 10,000 a month is $35 on Standard. Source: Brevo pricing, Brevo machine-readable pricing.

Free SMTP relays compared

Free plan	Brevo	Resend	SMTP2GO	Mailgun
Emails	300/day	3,000/month, 100/day	1,000/month	100/day
First paid step	$9, 5,000/month	$20, 50,000/month	$10, 10,000/month	$15, 10,000/month

Emails

Brevo: 300/day
Resend: 3,000/month, 100/day
SMTP2GO: 1,000/month
Mailgun: 100/day

First paid step

Brevo: $9, 5,000/month
Resend: $20, 50,000/month
SMTP2GO: $10, 10,000/month
Mailgun: $15, 10,000/month

SMTP2GO requires a sign-up address on a private domain. Mailgun's free plan has one sending domain and one inbound route. Source: SMTP2GO pricing, Resend pricing, Mailgun pricing.

Monthly cost at the same volume

Emails a month	Brevo Starter	Resend	Cloudflare Email Sending	MarkRelay$99/yr + Cloudflare
10,000	$17	$20	$7.45	$15.70
20,000	$32	$20	$10.95	$19.20
50,000	$56	$20	$21.45	$29.70
100,000	$82	$35	$38.95	$47.20

10,000

Brevo Starter: $17
Resend: $20
Cloudflare Email Sending: $7.45
MarkRelay: $15.70

20,000

Brevo Starter: $32
Resend: $20
Cloudflare Email Sending: $10.95
MarkRelay: $19.20

50,000

Brevo Starter: $56
Resend: $20
Cloudflare Email Sending: $21.45
MarkRelay: $29.70

100,000

Brevo Starter: $82
Resend: $35
Cloudflare Email Sending: $38.95
MarkRelay: $47.20

Brevo Starter is the base plan plus its email add-on, with the Brevo logo. Resend is the transactional Pro plan. Cloudflare is the $5 Workers Paid minimum plus $0.35 per 1,000 beyond 3,000. MarkRelay is Cloudflare plus the $99 Annual license spread over twelve months.

Contacts versus emails

Brevo's Free plan stores up to 100,000 contacts but sends 300 emails a day. On Starter the contact limit follows the email tier: 500 contacts at 5,000 emails a month, 1,500 at 10,000, 2,500 at 15,000, and up to 500,000 from 20,000 emails.

Where MarkRelay fits

A good fit when

App and team email on domains you already run on Cloudflare, sent and received in your own account.
Broadcasts to an imported list at Cloudflare's per-email price, with no contact tiers or logo add-on.
Mailboxes your team reads in webmail next to the API your app uses.

Look elsewhere when

Marketing automation flows, SMS, WhatsApp or a CRM: Brevo has them, MarkRelay does not.
Sign-up forms and landing pages hosted for you.

Common questions

How many emails does Brevo's free plan allow?

300 a day, after Brevo approves your account for sending.

How much is Brevo Starter?

$9/month for 5,000 emails a month. 10,000 emails cost $17, 20,000 cost $32 and 100,000 cost $82 a month.

Is Brevo SMTP free?

Yes. SMTP relay and the transactional API are on every plan, including Free, within its daily limit.

Sources and method

Brevo pricing (www.brevo.com/pricing/)
Brevo machine-readable pricing (www.brevo.com/pricing.md)
SMTP2GO pricing (www.smtp2go.com/pricing/)
Resend pricing (resend.com/pricing)
Mailgun pricing (www.mailgun.com/pricing/)
Cloudflare Email Service pricing (developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/platform/pricing/)

Facts are taken from each vendor's own pricing pages, documentation or terms as of the updated date above; prices are in US dollars per month unless stated. Cost comparisons apply each vendor's published rates to the same volume. MarkRelay is not affiliated with Brevo;"site.brevo.com" in the title names the site these facts come from. MarkRelay sells a self-hosted email app, which this page mentions where it fits. Spotted something outdated? Tell us.

Revisions

October 25, 2026: First published; every fact checked on the vendor's own pages.