# Brevo: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 125 judge labels across 13 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/brevo/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing automation and campaign management | 21% | 2 | 8% | 24 |
| Email marketing platforms | 12% | 3 | 8% | 37 |
| SMS and WhatsApp marketing platforms | 10% | 3 | 0% | 18 |
| Channel partner and local marketing | 7% | 6 | 0% | 6 |
| Ecommerce marketing | 4% | 7 | 0% | 18 |
| Customer data platforms | 2% | 8 | 0% | 4 |
| Mobile marketing and push | 2% | 12 | 25% | 4 |
| AI marketing agents | 0% | 34 | 0% | 5 |
| Email deliverability and testing tools | 0% | 42 | 20% | 5 |
| Content marketing platforms | 0% | 51 | 0% | 1 |
| Email verification | 0% | 59 | 100% | 1 |
| Landing pages and interactive content | 0% | 45 | 0% | 1 |
| Value selling tools | 0% | 72 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "The Best Overall Value: Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)
Brevo is widely considered the most cost-effective all-in-one automation tool for small businesses." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Marketing automation)
- "the best all-around marketing automation platform is usually Brevo because it offers a free plan and low starting prices" (Perplexity Sonar, Marketing automation)
- "Sender and Brevo stand out as the most cost-effective through-channel marketing platforms with robust free plans" (Mistral Small, Channel marketing)
- "Brevo is the most cited "best budget" platform because of the unlimited contacts free tier and email-volume pricing." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Email marketing)

## And against it

- "Brevo reviews include complaints about negative-framed opt-outs and automatic upgrades that users felt were deceptive." (GPT-5.4 mini, Email verification)
- "The main downside is their sending limits... throttling speed or suspending accounts that spike in volume." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Marketing automation)
- "Multiple Reddit users mention Brevo throttling speed or suspending accounts that spike in volume." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Email marketing)
- "It lacks the deep behavioral segmentation and API depth of Customer.io or Braze" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Mobile & push)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- SMS and WhatsApp marketing platforms: 0% to 10%, +11. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 3 of 111.
- Email marketing platforms: 16% to 12%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 of 66, unchanged.
- Ecommerce marketing: 0% to 4%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 11 → 7 of 115.
- Marketing automation and campaign management: 26% to 21%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 2 of 59, unchanged.
- Customer data platforms: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 23 → 8 of 61.
- Mobile marketing and push: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 34 → 12 of 80.
- Channel partner and local marketing: 8% to 7%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 → 6 of 124.
- AI marketing agents: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 34 of 157.
- Email deliverability and testing tools: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 42 of 110.
- Content marketing platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 40 → 51 of 135.
- Email verification: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 59 of 65.
- Landing pages and interactive content: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 26 → 45 of 69.
- Value selling tools: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 72 of 116.

## The company

Brevo; https://www.brevo.com/; Paris, France; founded 2012; about 1,000 employees (2025). From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Brevo's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Brevo is the leading Customer Platform designed to efficiently build meaningful relationships at scale. (https://brevo.com/)
- For: businesses (https://brevo.com/)
- Price stated: Free, Starter, Standard, Professional, Enterprise (https://brevo.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://brevo.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Try it free; Sign up free; No credit card required. (https://brevo.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 150 (https://brevo.com/)
- Certifications: B Corp Certification
- Customers named: Adbloom, Buffalo Grill, Suntransfers

## What it publishes

Every page brevo.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 8421 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 460 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 126 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-19
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-11-01
- report or ebook: 28 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 45 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 127 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-03-06
- news or press: 21 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2025-02-19 webinar or virtual event: 3142 https://community.brevo.com/t/setting-up-a-brevo-automation-for-a-webinar-reminder-sequence-based-on-a-fixed-end-date/3142
- Recent: 2024-09-27 webinar or virtual event: 2173 https://community.brevo.com/t/cta-button-to-plug-into-wordpress-for-webinar-on-multiple-dates/2173
- Recent: 2024-03-06 podcast or video: 883 https://community.brevo.com/t/player-podcast-dans-campagne-email/883
- Recent: 2022-11-01 conference or event: Engineering meetup 2022 https://engineering.brevo.com/engineering-meetup-2022

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.
