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Brevo vs Mails.ai

Compare Brevo, Mails.ai by sending volume, delivery webhooks, inbound email, domain limits and retention.

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These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.

Brevo

100K

Mails.ai

0

Brevo

$499 / mo

Professional · 100K emails

Mails.ai

$0 / mo

Free · 0 sends

Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.

Email APIs overview & pricing

Provider
Brevo
Brevo
Mails.ai
Mails.ai
Billing unit
Brevo
emails
Mails.ai
sends
Plan at selected usage
Brevo
Professional
Mails.ai
Free
Monthly estimate
Brevo
$499/mo
Mails.ai
$0/mo
Workload
Brevo
100K emails
Mails.ai
0 sends
Free access
Brevo
Limited free plan
Mails.ai
3,000 events/month, 1 agent, sending via workspace subdomain, MCP server access, and SDKs with no credit card required
Published plans
Brevo
Free, Starter, Standard, Professional, Enterprise
Mails.ai
Free, Pro, Scale
Prices checked
Brevo
2026-10-08
Mails.ai
2026-10-08

Email APIs monthly cost

Brevo: $499Mails.ai: $0

Different workloads, separate estimates

Separate transactional delivery from campaigns, outreach and agent inboxes. Compare monthly sends and daily caps; contacts, seats and inboxes are not sending allowances. Budget separately for dedicated IPs, validation and attachments.

Which email providers fit your needs?

Brevo features & plan notes

  • Transactional + marketing
  • SMS
  • EU-based
  • Everything in Standard

Mails.ai features & plan notes

  • Inbound email parsing delivered as structured JSON with automatic prompt-injection detection
  • Automatic email thread reconstruction and conversation handling via REST, SSE, or webhooks
  • Native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support alongside TypeScript and Python SDKs
  • Per-agent reputation monitoring and send limits with cold outreach enforcement
  • 3,000 events / month
  • 1 agent
  • TypeScript + Python SDKs, REST
  • MCP server
  • Magic-link signup, no card

How to compare email providers

Separate transactional delivery from campaigns, outreach and agent inboxes. Compare monthly sends and daily caps; contacts, seats and inboxes are not sending allowances. Budget separately for dedicated IPs, validation and attachments.

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Brevo vs Mails.ai — FAQ

Brevo: $499/month on Professional at 100,000 emails. Mails.ai: $0/month on Free at 0 sends. Different billing units are not an equal-workload comparison. Estimates exclude unlisted add-ons and taxes.

Review SMTP or API integration, domain authentication, bounce and complaint events, suppression handling and delivery-log retention.

Only when the published plan actually bills by sends. Contacts, subscribers and inboxes stay in their own billing units.

Transactional + marketing, SMS, EU-based. Free access: Limited free plan. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

Inbound email parsing delivered as structured JSON with automatic prompt-injection detection, Automatic email thread reconstruction and conversation handling via REST, SSE, or webhooks, Native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support alongside TypeScript and Python SDKs, Per-agent reputation monitoring and send limits with cold outreach enforcement. Free access: 3,000 events/month, 1 agent, sending via workspace subdomain, MCP server access, and SDKs with no credit card required. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

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