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Klaviyo vs Omnisend vs Mailchimp vs Brevo

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

Written head to head: Mailchimp vs Klaviyo · Mailchimp vs Brevo · Klaviyo vs Omnisend, with when to choose each side.

Compared on
Klaviyo

Free plan · from $20/mo

Omnisend

Free plan · from $16/mo

Mailchimp

Free plan · from $13/mo

Brevo

Free plan · from $8.08/mo

What it isB2C CRM for ecommerce email and SMS, billed by active profiles, with a free plan and the Composer AI agentEmail, SMS and push marketing for ecommerce stores, with a free plan for 250 contacts and 24/7 supportIntuit's email and SMS marketing platform, free for 250 contacts, with AI writing on Standard and PremiumEmail, SMS and WhatsApp marketing, formerly Sendinblue, priced by email volume with a free 300-a-day plan
Free planUp to 250 active profiles and 500 email sends a month; $5 of mobile messages and $5 of Composer usage a month; web forms, templates, segmentation, flows and reporting; Klaviyo logo stays on emails; email support for the first 60 days only. Sending is blocked once either limit is exceeded until you upgrade.500 emails a month to up to 250 contacts; 500 web push notifications; the FAQ says the free plan includes the features of paid plans, such as automation, segmentation and forms, within those limits; 24/7 live chat and email supportUp to 250 contacts; 500 email sends a month with no more than 250 a day; 1 user seat and 1 audience; limited pre-built templates; no automation flows, email scheduling or A/B testing; Mailchimp branding stays on; email support for the first 30 days only. Sending pauses if the contact or send limit is exceeded.300 emails a day; up to 100,000 contacts; 1 user; automation limited to 2,000 contacts; Brevo branding on emails; AI content generator, forms, segmentation, transactional email and SMS campaigns (credits paid) included; email support. No credit card needed.
Cheapest paid plan$20/mo (Email)Klaviyo pricing$16/mo (Standard)Omnisend pricing$13/mo (Essentials)Mailchimp pricing$8.08/mo billed annually (Starter)Brevo pricing
What it coversFor 500 active profiles with 5,000 emails a month. The price rises with active profiles, and accounts move to a profile-compliant tier automatically as they grow. A limited-time offer takes $19 off the first month at 500 profiles. No annual price is listed.For up to 500 contacts; email sends are 12x the list size (6,000 a month at 500 contacts); Essential AI (Forms AI and Reports AI). No annual plan is listed; paying 3 months upfront saves 30%. Subscribers and non-subscribers who received automated messages are billed; unsubscribed contacts are not.Starting price for the 0-500 contacts tier; email sends up to 10x the contact count (5,000 a month at 500 contacts); 3 user seats. The price rises with the contact tier, up to $385/month for 50,000 contacts. Overages are billed if contact or send limits are exceeded. Annual plans exist only for Standard and Premium at 10,000+ contacts, through sales.5,000 emails a month and 500 contacts; 1 user; $97 billed yearly (10% off). Removing the Brevo logo costs $12 a month extra on Starter. The price rises with email volume, up to 100,000 emails a month on Starter.
Free trialNone statedNone stated14-day free trial of Essentials or Standard (payment details required at sign-up); a 1-month Premium trial for qualified new customers through salesNone stated
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)350+ integrations including Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Wix, ChatGPT and Claude305+ pre-built integrations including Shopify, Shopify Plus, BigCommerce and WooCommerce300+ integrations including Shopify, WooCommerce, Canva, Zapier, Square, Stripe and Salesforce150+ integrations including Shopify, WordPress, Stripe and Zapier
Open sourceNoNoNoNo
Good for
  • Ecommerce brands on Shopify or WooCommerce running behavior-triggered email flows
  • Combining email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing on one customer profile
  • Using an AI agent to draft and launch campaigns from store data
  • Shopify and BigCommerce stores automating abandoned cart and post-purchase emails
  • Ecommerce brands combining email, SMS and push in one workflow
  • Stores moving from another email platform with a free migration
  • Small businesses sending regular newsletters to a few thousand contacts
  • Ecommerce stores that want automated flows tied to Shopify or WooCommerce data
  • Trying email marketing free with a list under 250 contacts
  • Businesses with large contact lists that send infrequently
  • Combining marketing email with transactional email and SMS in one account
  • Starting free with automation for a list under 2,000 contacts
Watch out for
  • The free plan stops at 250 active profiles and 500 email sends a month
  • Generative AI, predictive analytics and logo removal need a paid plan
  • SMS, Composer usage beyond the free allowance, Customer Hub, Social and Reviews cost extra
  • The free plan allows only 500 emails a month to 250 contacts
  • Standard caps sends at 12x the list size
  • Pro starts at the 2,500-contact tier; the pricing page sells SMS credits on Pro and does not describe SMS pricing for Standard
  • The free plan stops at 250 contacts and 500 sends a month, with no automation flows or scheduling
  • Essentials automation flows are limited to 4 steps; generative AI features need Standard or Premium
  • Overage charges apply on paid plans when contact or send limits are exceeded
  • The free plan is capped at 300 emails a day and keeps Brevo branding
  • Free and Starter limit automation to 2,000 contacts; A/B testing and send time optimization start on Standard
  • WhatsApp, pop-ups and mobile push need Professional, which starts at $499 a month
Made byKlaviyo, Inc.Omnisend, UABThe Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a Mailchimp (part of Intuit)Brevo SAS (formerly Sendinblue)

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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