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500,000 emails · 5% tx · EU

50k–500k Contacts Newsletter Scale

🏆 Our pick: Brevo· 💰 Best value: Amazon SES

Newsletter scale is marketing-heavy with list management, segmentation, and template builder. Free tier + per-contact matters.

Ranked for this Use Case (Top 6)

Showing the 6 cheapest of 11 quoteable providers. The priciest options are omitted for scanability.

#1 Scaleway Transactional Email tx-only $7.28/mo Visit ↗
#2 SMTP2GO tx-only $33.00/mo Visit ↗
#3 MailerSend tx-only $36.96/mo Visit ↗
#4 Mailchimp Transactional (Mandrill) tx-only $49.95/mo Visit ↗
#5 Resend tx-only $58.00/mo Visit ↗
#6 Amazon SES $74.95/mo Visit ↗

Recommendations

🏆 Marketing ValueBrevo

9k free/mo + EU sovereign + visual builder + dedicated IP $33.81/mo.

🥈 EcosystemSendGrid (Twilio)

Advanced segmentation and Twilio bundle, but watch dedicated IP $30.

🥉 Raw CheapestAmazon SES

Lowest per-1k at huge scale when you bring your own builder.

Key Takeaways

  • Brevo free tier covers early-stage newsletters indefinitely.
  • Dedicated IP recommended >100k/mo for reputation isolation.

Gotchas

  • Marketing per-contact billing can hide when list is stale. Clean bounces.
  • Brevo daily 300 cap on free tier throttles single-day blasts.

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