Documentation-based comparison
Brevo Transactional Email versus SMTP2GO
Compare documented scope and conditions. Unknowns remain unknown; different billing units do not establish a cost winner.
What the evidence answers
A reading of reviewed official documentation for Brevo Transactional Email and SMTP2GO. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.
Price
- Brevo Transactional Email From $9/mo
- Free: no subscription charge
- Starter: $9.00 monthly
- Standard: $18.00 monthly
- Professional: $499.00 monthly
- Enterprise: Vendor quotation required
- SMTP2GO From $15/mo
- Free: no subscription charge
- Starter: $15.00 monthly
- Starter: $150.00 annual ($12.50/mo equivalent)
- Professional: $75.00 monthly
- Professional: $750.00 annual ($62.50/mo equivalent)
- Premier: Vendor quotation required
Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.
Documented for both
- Sending volume
- Brevo Transactional Email Plans are priced on emails sent; contact-based pricing applies only to marketing features.Free: 300 emails per dayStarter: 5,000 emails per monthStandard: 5,000 emails per monthProfessional: 150,000 emails per month
- SMTP2GO Free: 1,000 emails per monthStarter: 10,000 emails per monthProfessional: 100,000 emails per monthPremier: More than 3,000,000 emails a month
- Log retention
- Brevo Transactional Email Flexible log retention is advertised; a numeric retention window is not stated on this page.
- SMTP2GO Free: 5 days of email reportingStarter: 30 days of email reportingProfessional: 30 days of email reporting
- Dedicated IP
- Brevo Transactional Email Dedicated IPs with custom warming schedules are offered to high-volume senders; no price is published.Enterprise: Dedicated IPs are part of the custom Enterprise plan
- SMTP2GO Professional: Dedicated IP address included
- Support
- Brevo Transactional Email Free: Email supportStarter: Email support in 6 languagesProfessional: Phone support plus 3 hours a year with a deliverability specialistEnterprise: Tailored onboarding and CSM support
- SMTP2GO Starter: ticket, chat and phone support.Free: Ticket support; toll-free phone and live chat for the first 14 days onlyProfessional: Ticket, chat and phone support
- Overage charges
- Brevo Transactional Email Pay-as-you-go email credits are an alternative to a plan: they do not expire and one email uses one credit.
- SMTP2GO Free: Extra emails are not permitted on Free.
Limits to check
- Brevo Transactional Email Attachments are limited to 25 MB per email, and one API request can batch up to 1,000 emails.
- SMTP2GO The free plan is limited to 200 emails a day and does not allow extra emails.
Not verified yet
Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.
Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Brevo Transactional Email: webhooks and events; SMTP2GO: sender domains.
Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.
Next steps
- Ask Brevo Transactional Email about sender domains; our sources do not establish it yet.
- Ask SMTP2GO about webhooks and events; our sources do not establish it yet.
| Requirement | Brevo Transactional Email | SMTP2GO |
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| Pricing | From $9/mo | From $15/mo |
| Who it is for | Transactional email sent by API or SMTP from your application, inside an all-in-one platform that also runs marketing campaigns. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation | Email delivery for transactional email from apps, everyday email from Outlook and marketing email with an unsubscribe link. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · SMTP2GO homepage |
| Coverage limits | Attachments are limited to 25 MB per email, and one API request can batch up to 1,000 emails. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation | The free plan is limited to 200 emails a day and does not allow extra emails. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · SMTP2GO pricing, loaded monthly plan cards |
| Sending volume | Plans are priced on emails sent; contact-based pricing applies only to marketing features. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation
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| Sender domains | Not verified | SPF and DKIM are set up automatically for your sending domains. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · SMTP2GO homepage |
| Log retention | Flexible log retention is advertised; a numeric retention window is not stated on this page. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation |
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| Webhooks and events | Event webhooks and real-time tracking are listed. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation
| Not verified |
| Dedicated IP | Dedicated IPs with custom warming schedules are offered to high-volume senders; no price is published. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation
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| Support |
| Starter: ticket, chat and phone support. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · SMTP2GO: official product and plan documentation
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| Overage charges | Pay-as-you-go email credits are an alternative to a plan: they do not expire and one email uses one credit. Pay-as-you-go does not include phone support; the credit price is not shown. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo: official pricing page |
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| Coverage note | Starting volume. | At the default volume shown. |