Neutral mentions of MailerLite

If you're a solopreneur on a tight budget, I'd narrow it to Kit, Brevo, and MailerLite. The key question is whether you care more about keeping the monthly bill at $0 or having automations included at that price.

My practical take

If you're growing a newsletter/content-driven business: I'd start with Kit. Its free plan currently allows up to 10,000 subscribers and unlimited broadcasts, plus tagging and segmentation. However, the catch is important: visual automations and email sequences aren't included on the free plan. Kit Kit Help Center

Once you need actual automated sequences, Kit's paid Creator plan currently starts at $33/month for 1,000 subscribers on monthly billing, with unlimited visual automations and email sequences. Kit

If automation needs to be free from day one: I'd look closely at Brevo. Its free plan includes email campaigns and marketing automation for up to 2,000 contacts, although you're limited to 300 email sends per day. Its Starter plan begins at $9/month. Brevo Help

If you want a conventional small-business email platform: MailerLite is also worth considering. It supports both regular campaigns/broadcasts and automated workflows, and its pricing structure was updated in 2026, so I'd check the current tier for your exact list size before committing. MailerLite MailerLite

What I'd do in your shoes

• Under 2,000 subscribers + need automations now: Brevo
• Under 10,000 + mostly newsletters/broadcasts: Kit Free
• You expect sophisticated creator funnels: Kit paid
• You want a general-purpose small-business email platform: MailerLite

One thing I'd not optimize for is the absolute cheapest first-year price. Look at the price when your list reaches 5k, 10k, and 25k subscribers—that's where some "cheap" platforms become surprisingly expensive.

If you tell me roughly how many subscribers you have now (e.g. 1k, 5k, 10k) and what your main automation is (welcome sequence, sales funnel, course, abandoned cart, etc.), I can compare the actual costs and features for your situation.

If automation needs to be free from day one: I'd look closely at Brevo. Its free plan includes email campaigns and marketing automation for up to 2,000 contacts, although you're limited to 300 email sends per day. Its Starter plan begins at $9/month.

For a small ecommerce store where low monthly cost + simple segmentation are the priorities, I’d shortlist these:

*Pricing varies with list size, sending volume, billing period, and SMS usage. Current 2026 comparisons put Omnisend around $16/month, Brevo around $9/month, and Klaviyo around $20/month at entry paid tiers. AutoMarketer Omnisend

My practical pick: Omnisend

For your specific combination of cheap + ecommerce + email/SMS + easy segmentation, I'd start with Omnisend. It is built around ecommerce workflows and combines email, SMS, and automation rather than making you bolt those pieces together. Omnisend Omnisend

You can keep segmentation pretty straightforward:

• New subscribers
• First-time customers
• Repeat customers
• Customers who haven't purchased in 60–90 days
• High-value customers
• Abandoned carts
• SMS subscribers

That gives you most of the useful targeting for a small store without needing a complicated marketing setup.

When I'd choose Brevo instead

If minimizing the monthly bill is the absolute priority, I'd look closely at Brevo. Its pricing is based much more on sending volume than simply the size of your contact database, which can be advantageous if you have a relatively large list but don't email everyone frequently. AutoMarketer SMTPedia - Everything Email

When Klaviyo becomes worth it

I'd consider Klaviyo if you expect segmentation to become a major part of your marketing—for example, targeting customers based on products purchased, browsing behavior, purchase frequency, predicted value, etc. Its ecommerce data and segmentation are deeper, but you're paying for that additional capability. Omnisend

Bottom line: For a small store, I'd test Omnisend first, Brevo if keeping costs as low as possible matters more than ecommerce depth, and Klaviyo only if you actually need sophisticated behavioral segmentation.

If you tell me roughly how many email contacts you have, how many emails/SMS messages you send per month, and whether you're on Shopify/WooCommerce/etc., I can calculate the likely monthly cost of each and narrow it down.

For a small ecommerce store where the priorities are low monthly cost + simple segmentation, I would shortlist these:

SMB Compare Listicler## My recommendation

1. Best overall for a small store: Omnisend

I’d start here for most small ecommerce shops.

Why:

• Built specifically for ecommerce (Shopify/WooCommerce-style stores)
• Email and SMS live together, so you can make simple flows like: - New subscriber → welcome email
• Added to cart → reminder email/text
• Purchased → thank-you + review request
• No purchase in 90 days → win-back campaign
• Segments are easy: - “Bought product X”
• “Spent over $100”
• “Has not purchased in 60 days”
• “VIP customers”

It is generally positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Klaviyo for smaller stores. SMB Compare Listicler

2. Cheapest option: Brevo

Pick this if cost matters more than ecommerce sophistication.

Good for:

• A few thousand contacts
• Regular newsletters
• Basic customer groups
• Occasional SMS blasts

Tradeoff:

• Segmentation and ecommerce automation are not as deep as ecommerce-first tools. SMB Compare

3. Best long-term marketing platform: Klaviyo

Klaviyo is probably the strongest if email/SMS becomes a major revenue channel.

Great for:

• Customer lifetime value segments
• Product recommendations
• Complex flows
• Detailed purchase behavior

The downside is that costs can rise as your customer database grows. Noctilucens

What I would avoid for your situation

• Enterprise SMS tools like Attentive — usually unnecessary for a small shop.
• Building SMS yourself with Twilio — cheap infrastructure, but you would need to build segmentation, compliance workflows, and campaign tools. Resources Rework

A simple setup I’d use

For a small store:

1. Start with Omnisend
2. Create only 5 segments: - New subscribers
3. First-time buyers
4. Repeat buyers
5. High spenders
6. Customers inactive 60–90 days
7. Build 4 automations: - Welcome series
8. Abandoned cart
9. Post-purchase follow-up
10. Win-back campaign

That gets most of the revenue benefit without paying for complicated marketing features.

If you tell me your store platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, etc.), monthly order volume, and roughly email list size, I can narrow this to the cheapest choice that will actually fit.

If you’re starting with very little money and limited tech skills, I’d start with kit.com.

Why Kit fits your situation

• $0 to start: Kit’s free plan supports up to 10,000 subscribers and unlimited newsletter broadcasts. Kit Kit Help Center
• No website required: You can create landing pages and signup forms directly in Kit. Kit
• Simple newsletter workflow: You write an email in its Broadcast editor, then send it immediately or schedule it. Kit Help Center
• Room to grow: You can eventually sell digital products or paid subscriptions without moving to another platform. Kit Help Center Kit

Two alternatives worth knowing

• beehiiv.com — also has a $0 plan, currently allowing up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends. It's particularly oriented toward newsletter publishing and growth. Beehiiv
• mailerlite.com — a good option if you want more traditional email-marketing features, but its current free tier is much smaller: 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails/month. MailerLite

My practical starting setup: Kit + its free landing page + one simple signup form + a weekly newsletter. Don't spend money on a custom website or fancy automation until you've proven people actually want the newsletter.

If you tell me what the newsletter is about and roughly how many subscribers you expect in the first year, I can narrow this down further.

For a tight-runway SaaS, I’d shortlist these two:

Brevo's current pricing is especially interesting for SaaS because its Starter plan starts at $9/month and supports contact storage up to 500 on the lowest tier, while its Standard plan starts at $18/month and includes unlimited-contact marketing automation, A/B testing, and advanced reporting. Brevo Help Brevo

MailerLite is also inexpensive: its current Free plan supports 250 active subscribers and 2,500 emails/month, while Comfort starts at $12/month and includes 50 active automations, with automation reporting available. MailerLite MailerLite

My practical take

I'd start with Brevo if your SaaS expects the user base to grow quickly. Its pricing is less tightly coupled to the number of contacts, which can matter a lot for SaaS onboarding where you might have thousands of registered users but relatively few marketing emails per person. Its Standard tier also gives you the automation and analytics you'd want for a proper onboarding funnel. Brevo Help

A simple onboarding setup could be:

• Day 0: Welcome + activation CTA
• Day 1: "Here's how to get your first result"
• Day 3: Feature/use-case education
• Day 5: Common mistake + solution
• Day 7: Case study/social proof
• Day 10: "Need help?" / reply-to-this-email
• Exit the sequence when the user reaches your activation event

One caveat: if your onboarding emails need highly sophisticated product-event triggers (e.g. "user created account but hasn't invited a teammate within 48 hours"), I'd evaluate dedicated lifecycle tools rather than choosing purely on newsletter pricing. For a very early-stage company, though, Brevo or MailerLite can keep the initial stack considerably cheaper.

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I’d start with Brevo for a cash-constrained SaaS. Its pricing is send-based rather than simply charging more for every subscriber, which can be attractive as your user base grows. The free tier supports 100,000 stored contacts, 300 emails/day, basic analytics, and automation for up to 2,000 contacts; paid plans start at $9/month. Brevo Help Omnisend

• Brevo: Best budget fit; onboarding automation + analytics + transactional email.
• Loops: Better if product-event-triggered SaaS onboarding is central, but paid pricing becomes $49/month around 5,000 contacts. Zapier
• MailerLite: Worth considering for marketing-heavy email, but its contact-based pricing becomes less attractive as your list grows. Omnisend

For tight runway, I'd avoid Customer.io/ActiveCampaign initially unless you genuinely need their deeper automation.

For a small paid newsletter, I’d separate the decision into two questions: who handles the newsletter/subscription business and who handles SMS. There isn’t one platform that is simultaneously the cheapest and strongest at both.

My shortlist

Current pricing supports the basic tradeoff: beehiiv's free Launch plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers and its Scale plan includes paid subscriptions with a 0% platform take; Kit has a free tier up to 10,000 subscribers but its monetization/automation setup differs; MailerLite is generally cheaper for basic email marketing; and Substack takes 10% of paid subscription revenue. Beehiiv Newsletter Calc Beehiiv

What I'd choose

If your primary business is a paid newsletter: beehiiv.

It's particularly attractive once you're actually making meaningful subscription revenue because the platform doesn't take a percentage of your paid subscriptions. Its Scale plan also adds automations, digital products, recommendations and other newsletter-growth tools. Beehiiv

If you're very price-sensitive and have, say, 500–2,000 subscribers: MailerLite + a separate SMS provider can be considerably cheaper than paying for a newsletter-specific platform. MailerLite is designed around inexpensive email marketing and supports transactional messaging including SMS. Beehiiv

If SMS is central to the business: I'd look seriously at Brevo or MailerLite rather than trying to force beehiiv/Kit to be your SMS infrastructure.

One important wrinkle

If by "paid subscriber list" you mean something like 1,000 people paying $10/month, the economics change dramatically.

For example:

• Substack: roughly $1,000/month platform revenue share before payment processing.
• beehiiv Scale: roughly $43/month on annual billing at its lowest paid tier, with 0% platform take.
• Kit: roughly $39/month for Creator at 1,000 subscribers on the current monthly pricing cited by its pricing data.
• MailerLite: potentially substantially less for the email component, but it doesn't provide the same newsletter-native growth/monetization ecosystem. Newsletter Calc Beehiiv

So for a genuinely monetized newsletter, I'd be reluctant to choose Substack purely because its upfront price is $0—the 10% revenue share can quickly dwarf a fixed monthly ESP fee.

My practical architecture for a small creator would be:

beehiiv for newsletter + paid subscriptions → dedicated SMS provider only if SMS becomes important.

If you're under ~2,500 subscribers and still validating the business, you can even start on beehiiv's free tier and move to Scale when you need paid subscriptions/monetization features. Beehiiv

If you tell me your approximate subscriber count (e.g. 300 / 1,000 / 5,000), monthly paid revenue, and how many SMS messages you expect to send per month, I can calculate the actual monthly cost of beehiiv vs Kit vs MailerLite vs Brevo vs Substack for your situation.

If SMS is central to the business: I'd look seriously at Brevo or MailerLite rather than trying to force beehiiv/Kit to be your SMS infrastructure.

One important wrinkle

If by "paid subscriber list" you mean something like 1,000 people paying $10/month, the economics change dramatically.

For example:

• Substack: roughly $1,000/month platform revenue share before payment processing.
• beehiiv Scale: roughly $43/month on annual billing at its lowest paid tier, with 0% platform take.
• Kit: roughly $39/month for Creator at 1,000 subscribers on the current monthly pricing cited by its pricing data.
• MailerLite: potentially substantially less for the email component, but it doesn't provide the same newsletter-native growth/monetization ecosystem.

So for a genuinely monetized newsletter, I'd be reluctant to choose Substack purely because its upfront price is $0—the 10% revenue share can quickly dwarf a fixed monthly ESP fee.

If your main goal is low starting cost + reasonable scaling as your subscriber list grows, I’d focus less on the cheapest free plan and more on the pricing model. Some tools become expensive when your list hits 10k–50k subscribers, while others stay affordable because they charge by emails sent rather than contacts. etropo Small Mail Hub

Here are the strongest value options:

My shortlist by situation

1. Cheapest long-term for a growing but not heavily mailed list

Brevo

• Good if you might have 20k–100k subscribers but only send a few campaigns per month.
• The bill is tied more closely to sends rather than simply storing contacts. Small Mail Hub
• Also useful if you need transactional email (password resets, receipts, etc.). TechRadar

2. Best balance of price + ease of use

MailerLite

• Clean interface, landing pages, automations, and newsletter features.
• Good choice if you’ll email regularly and want predictable pricing. EmailTooltester.com Stackmerit
• The downside: subscriber-based pricing means large lists can become costly. EmailTooltester.com

3. Cheapest simple newsletter option

EmailOctopus

• Attractive if you mainly need broadcasts and basic automation.
• Has a generous entry tier and relatively low paid pricing. G2

A practical rule of thumb

• Under 5,000 subscribers: MailerLite or EmailOctopus are usually the easiest value picks.
• 5,000–50,000 subscribers: Brevo often becomes more attractive if you don’t send daily.
• Daily newsletters / creator business: MailerLite or Kit may justify the higher subscriber-based cost.
• Complex sales funnels/CRM automation: Consider ActiveCampaign, but expect higher costs. etropo

If I had to pick a default for a cost-conscious business starting today:

• Newsletter/content business: MailerLite
• Large list with occasional sends: Brevo
• Bare-bones affordable email list: EmailOctopus

The best choice changes a lot depending on whether you expect 1,000, 10,000, or 100,000 subscribers and how often you’ll email them.

For a cheap email marketing platform that won’t punish you as your list grows, the key question is whether you’re paying for contacts or emails sent. A low entry price can become expensive if every new subscriber moves you into a higher tier. StackScored SaaS Scored

Here are the strongest value options:

My shortlist by growth scenario

• You expect your list to grow from 1,000 → 25,000+ subscribers:

Brevo is worth a serious look because your bill is tied more to sending volume than the size of your database. EveryAny.One AutoMarketer

• You want the best balance of simplicity + price:

MailerLite is often the sweet spot. It has a low-cost entry point and a feature set that covers newsletters, forms, landing pages, and basic automations. G2

• You’re building a creator newsletter/business:

Kit can make sense, especially if its free tier covers your current needs, but check future subscriber pricing before committing. EveryAny.One

• You send infrequently but want to keep a large archive of subscribers:

Favor Brevo-style pricing; contact-based tools can charge you for inactive subscribers sitting on your list. AutoMarketer

Practical recommendation

For most small businesses starting from scratch, I’d compare:

1. MailerLite — best all-around low-cost starting point
2. Brevo — best if you expect a large list and don’t email constantly
3. Kit — best if your business is primarily a newsletter/creator audience

Before choosing, estimate:

• current subscribers
• subscribers in 12–24 months
• emails sent per month (e.g., weekly newsletter = ~4 sends/month per subscriber)
• need for advanced automation

If you tell me your current list size, expected size (e.g., 5k/25k/100k), and how often you’ll email, I can estimate the likely monthly cost difference between the top options.

If your priority is low cost + reliable inbox placement, I would avoid choosing purely by the cheapest advertised plan. Deliverability is driven more by the provider’s sending infrastructure, authentication support (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), list hygiene controls, and how aggressively they share IP reputation than by whether you pay for a premium tier. A cheap plan does not automatically mean worse deliverability, but some providers reserve advanced controls (dedicated IPs, reputation tools, priority support) for higher tiers. Capterra Email Bump

These are the budget-friendly platforms I’d shortlist:

My practical picks by situation:

• Under ~10,000 subscribers, newsletters + basic automation: mailerlite.com is a strong starting point.
• Large list, low sending frequency: brevo.com can be economical because you are not paying simply for storing contacts. ChoicePilot
• Ecommerce/customer journeys: consider activecampaign.com if automation revenue justifies the cost. Resources Rework
• Bare-bones affordable newsletters: emailoctopus.com or zoho.com. Outmano

To avoid deliverability problems on any platform:

• Set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC before sending.
• Do not import old/unengaged lists without cleaning them.
• Use double opt-in where appropriate.
• Remove hard bounces quickly.
• Avoid suddenly jumping from 0 sends to very large campaigns.
• Monitor complaint rates and inbox placement.

One important question changes the recommendation: how many subscribers do you have now, and roughly how many emails do you send per month? A 5,000-person list emailed weekly has a very different cheapest option than a 50,000-person list emailed occasionally.

If your priorities are low cost + reliable deliverability + avoiding artificial throttling on entry plans, I’d put these on the shortlist:

What I'd look at first

MailerLite is particularly interesting if you're going to send frequently. Its current Comfort plan starts at $12/month and allows 10× the subscriber count in monthly emails, while Power starts at $25/month and advertises unlimited monthly emails. MailerLite

Brevo becomes attractive if your list is relatively large but you don't email every subscriber constantly, because its economics are more send-volume-oriented. Its shared-IP approach also isn't inherently a deliverability problem: Brevo says it monitors shared-IP performance and can move problematic senders to dedicated infrastructure. Brevo Help

Kit is worth considering if you're primarily running a newsletter rather than complex ecommerce-style campaigns. Its documentation explicitly recommends consistent sending rather than huge bursts, which is important because no legitimate platform can guarantee inbox placement simply by not throttling you. Kit Help Center Kit Help Center

One important distinction: "doesn't throttle" and "has good deliverability" aren't the same thing. A platform may technically let you send a large campaign while mailbox providers subsequently throttle or filter the mail because of your domain/IP reputation. Authentication (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), list quality, complaint rates, engagement, and consistent volume matter enormously.

If you tell me roughly (1) number of subscribers, (2) emails per month, and (3) whether this is newsletter, ecommerce, or transactional-ish, I can narrow this to the 2–3 cheapest options and calculate the approximate monthly cost.

For a small ecommerce store, Omnisend is probably the closest fit to what you’re describing.

Omnisend's key advantage is that its ecommerce features—including discount codes, cart recovery, behavioral segmentation, and store data—are built into the platform, rather than requiring you to bolt together several services. Its Standard plan starts at $16/month. Omnisend Help Center Omnisend

What I'd consider

• Omnisend: Best fit if your priority is “connect my store and have ecommerce automation work without a bunch of integrations.” It has prebuilt ecommerce workflows and segmentation based on customer behavior and purchase history. Omnisend
• MailerLite: Cheaper and excellent for straightforward newsletters and basic automation, but its ecommerce segmentation is less sophisticated. Omnisend
• Klaviyo: Extremely capable for sophisticated segmentation and ecommerce data, but you're more likely to pay for capabilities a small store doesn't yet need. Current paid pricing starts around $20/month and scales with contacts. Omnisend

Bottom line: If you're selling physical products through Shopify, WooCommerce, or a similar platform and specifically want discount codes + abandoned cart + segmentation with minimal integration hassle, I'd start with Omnisend. Its free tier lets you test the workflow before paying. Omnisend Help Center

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For a small online store, Omnisend is probably the closest fit to what you described.

• Omnisend — ecommerce-focused, with built-in abandoned-cart workflows, store-linked discount codes, and behavioral/purchase-based segmentation. Its Standard plan is currently listed at $16/month, with a free tier for very small lists. Omnisend Omnisend
• Brevo — potentially cheaper if you send lots of emails, because pricing is more send-volume-oriented. It supports ecommerce automation and abandoned-cart flows, but its ecommerce segmentation/workflows aren't as store-focused as Omnisend. Omnisend
• MailerLite — inexpensive and easy to use, but better suited to simpler ecommerce/email needs. Its segmentation is less ecommerce-specific, so I'd choose it only if advanced customer targeting isn't important. Omnisend
• Klaviyo — very capable for abandoned carts and granular segmentation, but its pricing scales with your contact list and is generally harder to justify for a small store on a tight budget. Omnisend

My pick

Omnisend if you want discount codes + abandoned carts + segmentation with minimal integration work. It connects directly to major ecommerce platforms and is designed around store events such as purchases and abandoned carts, rather than requiring you to stitch together multiple services. Omnisend

If you tell me whether your store is Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, etc. and roughly how many email subscribers you have, I can narrow it down to the cheapest suitable option and estimate the monthly cost.

If you’re consolidating lists and your priority is affordable + reliable list hygiene + suppression management, I’d focus less on the cheapest sticker price and more on how the platform handles:

• Unsubscribes (automatic suppression so you don’t accidentally mail opted-out contacts)
• Hard bounces (automatic removal/suppression)
• Spam complaints
• Duplicate contacts during imports
• Segmentation of inactive users
• Export/import of suppression lists during migration

A few budget-friendly options:

For a consolidation project, I’d usually do this workflow before importing:

1. Create a master suppression file

• Previous unsubscribes
• Spam complaints
• Hard bounces
• “Do not contact” requests
• Deduplicate contacts

• Normalize email casing
• Remove obvious aliases/duplicates
• Decide which source system owns each field
• Import only active, permissioned contacts
• Upload suppressions before the first campaign
• Run a re-engagement campaign

• Move long-term inactive contacts into a separate segment
• Avoid immediately mailing your entire merged database

If your combined list is:

• Under ~10k contacts: I’d look closely at MailerLite.
• 50k+ contacts with infrequent sends: Brevo’s send-based pricing can be attractive.
• Complex CRM-style segmentation: you may want something more automation-heavy, such as activecampaign.com, though it usually costs more. choicepilotmedia.com

If you share your approximate list size (e.g., 5k, 50k, 500k), send frequency, and whether the lists are from one company or multiple merged sources, I can narrow this down.

Brevo is probably the best fit for your requirement. Its free plan supports both marketing campaigns and transactional email, with 300 email sends/day; paid plans start at $9/month. Transactional email is available via API or SMTP. help.brevo.com

For important transactional mail (password resets, receipts, account alerts), I'd configure a separate transactional subdomain/sender identity even when using the same platform, so marketing reputation doesn't jeopardize critical messages.

For a low-volume but important transactional email stream, I’d shortlist Brevo first if you want marketing and transactional email under one platform.

Why I'd lean Brevo

brevo.com explicitly supports both marketing campaigns and transactional email. Its free plan includes transactional email and allows 300 emails/day; its Starter plan begins at $9/month and removes the daily sending limit. Brevo Help Brevo Help

For your particular requirement, an important advantage is that Brevo lets you use the same email credits for both marketing and transactional sends, including prepaid credits that don't expire. Brevo Help Brevo Help

One caveat: protect the transactional stream

If the transactional emails are genuinely important—password resets, receipts, account notifications, etc.—don't simply treat them like another marketing campaign. Brevo itself recommends separating transactional and marketing routing/senders because poor marketing engagement can affect transactional deliverability when they share infrastructure. Brevo Help

So I'd set it up roughly as:

• news@yourdomain.com → marketing
• notifications@yourdomain.com → transactional
• Authenticate the domain with SPF/DKIM (and ideally DMARC).
• Use the transactional API/SMTP rather than sending transactional messages through the marketing campaign system. Brevo supports SMTP/API transactional sending. Brevo Brevo Help

Bottom line: For low volume + budget sensitivity + one platform for both, Brevo is probably the cleanest fit. If transactional reliability is substantially more important than marketing convenience, I'd instead consider separating the two streams with a dedicated transactional provider such as MailerSend/Postmark and a marketing platform. MailerSend itself recommends keeping marketing and transactional sending separate for best performance/deliverability. mailersend.com

If you tell me roughly how many marketing emails and transactional emails per month you expect (e.g. 500 / 100), I can compare the actual monthly cost and setup tradeoffs among Brevo, Mailjet, MailerSend + MailerLite, and Postmark.

One caveat: protect the transactional stream

If your priority is lowest cost + built-in consent/opt-in management for GDPR/CCPA-oriented email marketing, I’d look first at Brevo.

Why Brevo

• Low-cost pricing model: Brevo prices primarily by email volume rather than number of contacts, so you can keep a relatively large contact database without paying simply for storing contacts. Current comparisons put its entry paid tier around $9/month, with a free tier available. AutoMarketer SMB Compare
• GDPR consent tools: Brevo has dedicated GDPR fields and declarations in signup forms, plus guidance for collecting explicit consent and linking your privacy policy. Brevo Help Brevo Help
• Double opt-in: You can require subscribers to confirm their email before being added to your database. Brevo Help
• Preference/opt-out management: It supports unsubscribe forms and profile-update forms, so subscribers can manage communication preferences. Brevo Help
• Granular consent: Brevo's consent groups let people opt into particular communication categories rather than having one blanket subscription. Note that this feature is restricted to its Professional and Enterprise plans. Brevo Help

Brevo vs. MailerLite

MailerLite is also explicitly GDPR-compliant and supports double opt-in, non-prechecked consent checkboxes, and consent withdrawal. MailerLite MailerLite MailerLite

So, if you're mainly trying to minimize your bill, I'd choose Brevo—particularly if you have lots of contacts but don't email them constantly. If you have a small list and send frequently, the calculation can change because Brevo charges based on sending volume.

One important caveat: no email platform makes your marketing automatically GDPR/CCPA compliant. Your signup language, privacy notice, lawful basis, records of consent, data-processing arrangements, and unsubscribe practices still matter. Brevo itself notes that its guidance isn't legal advice. Brevo Help

If you tell me roughly how many subscribers you have and how many emails you send per month, I can calculate which of Brevo, MailerLite, Kit, Mailchimp, etc. is actually cheapest for your usage.