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Zinn® Campaigns vs Brevo

Brevo, which used to be called Sendinblue, sells email, SMS and WhatsApp as one suite and prices it by emails sent. Here is how that compares with a campaign tool that comes with your hosting.

What you get with Zinn® Campaigns that others charge extra for, or do not offer

Each of these is switched on in the product today. Nothing here is a roadmap item.

One draft, every subscriber's own language

Set a language on a contact and they receive the campaign translated from the same draft. No copies per audience, no translation bill.

AI writing on every plan

From a one-line brief, the AI writer drafts two subject lines, a preheader and the body. It is not held back for a higher tier.

Sent at each contact's best hour

Smart send time delivers to each contact when they usually open, and an A/B subject test sends the winner to the rest.

Your brand, read from your website

The brand kit takes your logo, colours and font from your own site, so the first campaign already looks like you.

A check before every send

The pre-send check reads the campaign before it goes and lists what to fix, what to review and what is only for information.

SPF, DKIM and DMARC written for you

When we host your DNS, we write the sending records for your domain after you confirm. No copying records between tabs.

Already included with your hosting

Every Mainstream hosting plan includes 500 contacts and 2,000 emails a month, with no second bill.

24/7 enterprise-grade support, at no extra charge

Every customer on every plan reaches our expert team around the clock. Enterprise-grade support is part of the product, never a paid upgrade or a higher tier.

In one paragraph

Brevo's Starter plan is cheap but leaves A/B testing and send-time optimisation for Standard, and WhatsApp for Professional. Zinn® Campaigns puts A/B subject tests and best-time sending on every plan. Brevo is the broader suite today: it runs SMS and WhatsApp for any paying customer, which we do not yet.

FeatureZinn® CampaignsBrevo
Free or included plan500 contacts and 2,000 emails a month, included with every Mainstream hosting planFree plan1
Paid plans start at$4.99 a month for 1,000 contactsStarter $9 a month (from 5,000 emails); Standard $181
SMS campaignsIn pilotYes, SMS credit sold separately1
WhatsApp campaignsNoFrom Professional, $499 a month1
AI writingSubject lines (A and B), preheader and body from one brief, on every planAI content generator from Starter1
A/B testingA/B subject line test, the winner sent to the restFrom Standard1
Send at each contact's best timeYes, on every planAI send time optimisation from Standard1
Sign-up formsHosted forms and an embed snippet, with double opt-inYes, from Starter1

Brevo's cells are what Brevo's own pricing page showed on November 12, 2026, in US dollars. Plans change, so check their page before you decide.

Where their figures come from

  1. Brevo pricing

What changes when you leave Brevo

Testing is not held back for a bigger plan

Brevo lists A/B testing and send-time optimisation from Standard. With Zinn® Campaigns, an A/B subject line test and sending at each contact's best hour are part of the product, not a tier.

Send through the provider you already trust

Already pay for Amazon SES, Resend, Mailgun or any SMTP server? Connect it and your campaigns leave through your own account, with your own reputation, instead of a shared pool.

A check before every send

The pre-send check reads your campaign before it goes and lists what to fix, what to review and what is only for information.

Where Brevo is ahead

Brevo is a full multichannel suite. Email and SMS through its SMTP relay and API, WhatsApp, landing pages, push and sales pipelines are all on sale today. Its free plan needs no hosting account. If you need WhatsApp broadcasts or sales pipelines in the same login now, Brevo does more than we do.

When Zinn® Campaigns is the better fit

If your site is on Zinn Digital® hosting, your newsletter allowance is already there. We suit teams that want testing and smart timing without a plan upgrade, and senders who would rather keep their own SMTP provider than move their reputation to someone else's servers.

Switching from Brevo in three steps

  1. Export contacts from Brevo

    Export your contact lists from Brevo as CSV, with the email, phone, language and opt-in date fields.

  2. Bring them into Zinn® Campaigns

    Paste or upload the file. Columns we do not recognise are kept as contact attributes, so nothing you collected is thrown away.

  3. Point your sender at us

    Connect your domain, or connect your existing SMTP account, and send a test to yourself before the first real campaign.

Questions from Brevo users

Should I switch from Brevo to Zinn® Campaigns?

Switch if you want A/B subject tests and best-time sending without paying for Brevo Standard, plus translation per contact and round-the-clock support included. Keep Brevo if you need SMS and WhatsApp campaigns for every paying customer right now.

Is Zinn® Campaigns the same as Sendinblue?

No. Sendinblue renamed itself Brevo. Zinn® Campaigns is a separate product from Zinn Digital®, built into our hosting dashboard.

Can I use Brevo's SMTP relay to send Zinn® Campaigns?

Yes. Any SMTP service you can sign in to can be connected as your sender, and the campaign then leaves through that account.

Does Zinn® Campaigns have WhatsApp like Brevo?

Not for customer campaigns yet. Brevo listed WhatsApp from its Professional plan. If WhatsApp marketing is what you need today, Brevo has it and we do not.

How does pricing differ?

Brevo prices mainly by emails sent. Zinn® Campaigns prices by contacts, starting at $4.99 a month for 1,000 contacts, and includes 500 contacts with Mainstream hosting.

Is support included, or is it a paid tier?

Included. Every Zinn® Campaigns customer gets 24/7 enterprise-grade expert support at no extra charge, on every plan, from the team that runs the platform.

Already hosting with Zinn Digital®?

Every Mainstream hosting plan already includes 500 contacts and 2,000 emails a month of Zinn® Campaigns. See what it does before you pay anyone else for a newsletter.

See how Zinn® Campaigns works