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500,000 emails · 5% tx · EU

50k–500k Contacts Newsletter Scale

🏆 Best overall: Brevo

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 $6.62/mo Visit →
#2 SMTP2GO $33.00/mo Visit →
#3 MailerSend $36.96/mo Visit →
#4 Mailchimp Transactional (Mandrill) $49.93/mo Visit →
#5 Resend $58.00/mo Visit →
#6 Amazon SES $74.95/mo Visit →

Recommendations

🏆 Marketing ValueBrevo

9k free/mo + EU sovereign + visual builder + dedicated IP €29/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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