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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon SES

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is an outbound-only email-sending service useful for marketing and transactional email, relying on the infrastructure of Amazon. Amazon SES provides the requisite statistics and built-in notifications for bounces, complaints, and deliveries for optimization of campaigns. Emails are sent via SMTP or the Amazon SES API. Amazon's pricing is per usage, presently at $.10 per thousand sends. The service is free for users of Amazon EC2 (up to 62,000 messages),…

    $0.10

    for emails after the first 1,000

    Brevo

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ABrevo, formerly known as Sendinblue, is the leading customer relationship management (CRM) suite designed to fully cultivate long-term customer relationships and to empower businesses to expand in a fast changing digital world. With Brevo, businesses have a unified view of the customer journey in one easy-to-use platform thanks to intuitive and scalable marketing and CRM tools such as Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Chat, Marketing Automation, Meetings, and much more.

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    Plover

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    Pricing
    Amazon SESBrevoPlover
    Editions & Modules
    Sending Emails from an Application Hosted in Amazon EC2
    $0.10 ($0.12)
    for every 1,000 emails after 62,000 (for each GB of storage)
    Sending Emails from Another Email Client or Software Package
    $0.10 ($0.12)
    for every 1,000 emails (for each GB of storage)
    Receiving Email
    $0.10
    for emails after the first 1,000
    Sending Emails from an Application Hosted in Amazon EC2
    Free
    for first 62,000 emails
    Receiving Email
    Free
    for the first 1,000 emails
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Starter
    $9
    per month
    Standard
    $18
    per month
    Professional
    $499
    per month
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon SESBrevoPlover
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Brevo pricing is based on the number of email messages sent, rather than the number of contacts you keep in your account. Try Brevo with a free account and send up to 9,000 emails per month (300 emails per day). As your business grows, you can upgrade to a plan that meets your needs without breaking the bank! Send up to 40,000 emails per month for just $9 -- or send even more emails at great prices.—
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    Amazon SESBrevoPlover
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    Amazon AWS
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
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    Plover
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    166 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    148 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    146 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Amazon SESBrevoPlover
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) and Brevo and Plover
    Feature
    Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
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    Ratings
    Brevo
    7.8
    217 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Plover
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.4196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings7.9177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.8168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings6.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings6.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.4193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.6212 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.5209 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.3124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) and Brevo and Plover
    Feature
    Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
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    Ratings
    Brevo
    7.8
    205 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Plover
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    Dashboards00 Ratings8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.6204 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) and Brevo and Plover
    Feature
    Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
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    Ratings
    Brevo
    8.9
    146 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Plover
    -
    Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings8.9146 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Postmark
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    Postmark
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Postmark
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    Postmark
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon SESBrevoPlover
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    9.1
    (237 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (34 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
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    -
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon SESBrevoPlover
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Simple Email Service comes with the bundle of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and it also offers a limited number of emails per month for free. One who has a technical background and wants to send custom emails with custom domains in a professional way can go with Amazon Simple Email Service. If you have no technical background or tech team, it might not be useful for you.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    Brevo is very suitable for companies and individuals who want to run email marketing campaigns, create a strong corporate image, manage customer relationships, and build customer loyalty. Like any application, there are areas for improvement, such as more templates and a simpler CRM application, but I believe it has more positive features than negative ones, and for us, it has become a strategic partner. Brevo es muy adecuado para empresas y personas que desean realizar campañas de mailing marketing, crear un sólida imagen corporativa, el CRM con los clientes y fidelizarlos. Hay puntos de mejora como toda aplicación como mas plantillas, mejor sencilles en su aplicativo de CRM pero considero que tiene mas funcionalidades positivas que negativas y para nosotros se ha convertido en un aliado estrategico This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
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    Plover
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • As compare to other vendors that I have integrated response is very quick.
    • You can verify both domain or email to send out the emails from.
    • While setup you can easily configure it with your domain with few clicks like adding CNAME, DKIM records
    • Easy to use with or without access key and secret key within aws servers. You can directly map permissions to servers to go without credentials using boto3.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    • Sendinblue allows you to send emails that do not arrive in spam
    • Sendinblue, through its security measures and filters, helps keep contact databases well organized and up to date
    • Sendinblue offers an easy-to-use newsletter creation tool and, in case of lack of inspiration, many templates
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    Plover
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • While the service limits are one of the main points that keep the delivery metrics so reliable, it can be stressful to get a new implementation out the door quickly.
    • If you're looking for a point-and-click style email delivery tool, this is not the right type of product for you. Amazon Simple Email Service is for a developer-centric approach to implementation into existing applications, processes, and services.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    • Onboarding can be a bit tricky. As with most WordPress additions, different plugins will have different configurations. Don't expect to install and just click activate.
    • Online support is highly technical. Email is its own beast and even good digital may not know more than the basics.
    • The reporting is strangely not intuitive or even very end-user friendly even with the robust data being tracked.
    • Composing in their editor can sometimes sync differently. Just like a video game, it's helpful to save often despite the autosave.
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    Plover
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    SendinBlue is providing an excellent value to my business by simplifying and speeding up the way that we interact with our customers
    Incentivized
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    Plover
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    1. Very less cost. 2. Fastest in market. 3. Negligible downtime. 4. Easy to integrate with other systems. 5. Easy to setup with your domain and email.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    It's okay, it's easy to use, has good features, and good automation options, but it lacks better delivery support. Many messages end up in spam, even though I have a dedicated IP address that I pay for separately, and I think it needs more design options to make emails stand out, especially in terms of typography. That's why I'm not giving it a 10. It also lacks integration with other tools. EStá bien, es fácil de usar, tiene buenas funcionalidades, tiene buenas opciones de automatización, le falta mayor apoyo en cuanto a entrega, muchos de los mensajes se vana spam, aun cuando tengo una IP dedicada que pago por aparte y creo que faltan opciones de diseño para que los correos puedan ser diferentes, sobre todo en tipografía. Por eso no le doy 10. Falta integración con otras herramientas.
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    Plover
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    I have never had any planned outages in the time I have been using the software and have had no issues with accessing it.
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    Plover
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    Everything loads very quickly, it saves as you go along so you're unlikely to loose work if your computer fails. Reports are there immediately too so you're able to act quickly on customer engagement.
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    Plover
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    We did not have the need of contacting Amazon for support. The documentation they provide is of great quality. Examples are easy to follow. One thing to have into consideration is we didn't have the premium support for AWS, so I can't provide details on how good or bad this service is, but in general, the basic support I had was great.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    These people helped me identify errors when setting up DKIM and were more than helpful in trying to diagnose low open rates with a few campaigns identifying where improvement can be made and how to more effectively manage contact lists. The support is excellent.
    Incentivized
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    Plover
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    If you follow all the steps of the setup process they give you, any one can set this up in about 1 - 2 hours.
    Incentivized
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    Plover
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Mailchimp has a fixed monthly price, and with the number of emails that we sent, it's pretty expensive. Since our mailings are quite infrequent, using Mailchimp didn't make financial sense for us, even though Mailchimp is a more polished, packaged solution for email marketing. We evaluated other email delivery solutions as well and didn't find anything that matches Amazon SES on reliability and pricing.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    Sendinblue not stacking up so great unfortunately. We are considering going back to Constant Contact because of ongoing issues we are having with Sendinblue. We have however just upgraded to Premium with Sendinblue, mainly so we can get Telephone Support. But now it seems Sendinblue do not call you, you have to call them. With Constant Contact they would phone us and talk us through any issues we were having.
    We selected Sendinblue initially because of price.
    Also, our average Open rate over the last few months we were with Constant Contact was about 20%. Our Open rate - to exactly the same database, has dropped to under 10% with Sendinblue. We can't understand this. Doesn't make sense.
    The Click Rate has stayed about the same - averaging about 2-3% on both platforms.
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    Plover
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    They have multiple options for upgrading bigger senders or if you need more emails sent in a month.
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    Plover
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • SES is still more cost effective than other email services like Mailgun.
    • Unless we have a high-traffic month, staying within the free tier is very nice for our bottom line.
    • Not having to spend time worrying about SES reliability saves us frustration and money.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    • Saved us over 80% of what we used to pay aWeber for the exact same services
    • Maintained similar effectiveness in email blast/newsletter open rates (slightly less than aWeber but within margins)
    • Saves us an incredible amount of time in content creation using Brevo content editor
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    Plover
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