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5,000 emails · 80% tx · EU

Brevo vs Resend vs Scaleway — Free Tier Battle

🏆 Best overall: Brevo

Pre-PMF startups live on free tier. Compare renewal-free allowances and watermarking.

Ranked for this Use Case (Top 6)

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

#1 Brevo $0.00/mo Visit →
#2 Scaleway Transactional Email $0.00/mo Visit →
#3 Amazon SES $0.50/mo Visit →
#4 Mailchimp Transactional (Mandrill) $2.88/mo Visit →
#5 MailerSend $7.00/mo Visit →
#6 Postmark $15.00/mo Visit →

Recommendations

🏆 Generous FreeBrevo

9k/mo forever + 300/day free, EU, no credit card day-1.

🥈 Emerging FreeScaleway Transactional Email

10k/mo free (largest EU free tier) via Paris infra.

🥉 Minimalist FreeResend

3k/mo plus React Email — perfect for onboarding flows.

Key Takeaways

  • Brevo+Scaleway free tiers cover most startups to 5k MAU.
  • Postmark/SendGrid free is trial not recurring — plan migration.

Gotchas

  • Brevo 300/day free cap throttles single-day signup spikes.
  • Resend rate limits free tier more aggressively.

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