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    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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    Litmus from Validity

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALitmus, from Validity, is an email marketing solution used to create error-free emails in less time. It is also used to build email campaigns, personalize and test them thoroughly, monitor deliverability, and analyze email performance.

    $500

    per month

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    BrevoLitmus from Validity
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
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    Lite
    $25
    per month
    Premium
    $65
    per month
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    BrevoLitmus from Validity
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSendinBlue pricing is based on the number of email messages sent, rather than the number of contacts you keep in your account. Try SendinBlue 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 $7.37 -- or send even more emails at great prices.Litmus offers different plan types to fit various needs, offering monthly and annual plans, as well as fully customizable Enterprise plans.
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    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
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    Validity
    Chose Litmus from Validity
    Litmus is much better at tracking, building, and testing emails than what we have used in the past, and the integration with Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a life-changer.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BrevoLitmus from Validity
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Brevo and Litmus from Validity
    Feature
    Brevo
    7.9
    198 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Litmus from Validity
    5.4
    326 Ratings
    38% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor6.0177 Ratings7.237 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.7160 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.8153 Ratings7.8209 Ratings
    Landing pages6.011 Ratings2.63 Ratings
    A/B testing6.510 Ratings1.84 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.7177 Ratings9.3317 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.5194 Ratings8.9230 Ratings
    List management9.3191 Ratings1.82 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.7111 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Brevo and Litmus from Validity
    Feature
    Brevo
    8.1
    189 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Litmus from Validity
    7.5
    212 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Dashboards8.019 Ratings5.610 Ratings
    Standard reports9.4188 Ratings8.9211 Ratings
    Custom reports6.810 Ratings7.9148 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Brevo and Litmus from Validity
    Feature
    Brevo
    8.5
    128 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Litmus from Validity
    9.2
    315 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Link Tracking8.5128 Ratings8.8206 Ratings
    URL Validation00 Ratings9.1236 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings9.3236 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings9.6313 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BrevoLitmus from Validity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (218 ratings)
    9.1
    (338 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    7.4
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (15 ratings)
    9.4
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    9.2
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    User Testimonials
    BrevoLitmus from Validity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    I wanted to pull a publication from MailChimp and park it elsewhere. Brevo was a bit of a pain to set up, but after I invested the onboarding time, it's been a cost-effective way to produce this newsletter. I would encourage someone to build in the time with both templates and editor. After that, using Brevo is as easy as using other services.
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    Validity
    I’ve been really impressed with Litmus, especially the personalization features. Being able to easily plug in tools like sentiment trackers right into our emails has helped us gather valuable third-party data without a lot of extra work. I also really appreciate the ongoing learning resources—they offer tons of free webinars and articles that are actually useful. I recently read one on email deliverability that broke down specific data and gave me clear, actionable steps to improve how our emails are hitting inboxes. It’s more than just a testing tool—it’s become a go-to resource in our email marketing toolkit.
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    Pros
    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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    Validity
    • Alerts: users are notified whenever comments or approvals are made on emails, with regular reminders being sent in case some were missed
    • Centralised: all members can collaborate and give their feedback on emails, providing a better flow and efficiency for the hierarchy of approvals.
    • Integration: very smooth integration, with little to no errors, with our CRM tool.
    • Validation: alt text, scaling and image ratios are validated
    • Dark mode: a very important accessibility tool used by many email users, this compatibility theme is often overlooked on other platforms. Litmus, however, makes it clear how important it is to review and track emails in this format.
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    Cons
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    • not easy to move/duplicate sections. much easier to just drag and drop. still working this out.
    • don't like the logo or text included with the newsletter sign up form. have now upgraded, but think this should not be included for lower pricing plans
    • not getting issues completely answered by support team. currently have an issue with email sign up not working on mobile. have been told it is not working, but not given any suggestions on how to fix this.
    • have had unusual issue come up with a link. On 2 separate occasions, with 2 separate newsletters that went out, and 2 different images/articles/links, the link was wrong. Even though we checked it, previewed it and sent test email before we sent out these newsletters and these links were correct. It is the section at the bottom of our current newsletter. On both these occasions, when the customer has forwarded the email they received to us, the link was was to an old link - and it was the same old link on both occasions. We have asked for this to be looked into and are waiting on reply. We are going to try to delete this section this week and re-create. It is not a good look for us.
    • We have another issue with how our newsletter is previewing in Outlook. The images and the text are not lining up - not on every section, but on 2 sections out of the 5 sections. Also, the Read Full Article text in the button is not showing properly. Again, not a professional look for us which we are not happy with.
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    Validity
    • Sometime, I feel like its slow to use. Speed is something which can be helpful.
    • AI feature. It will be beneficial for us if there is an AI feature for content updates. It can improve the subject line and content based on the performance of our past emails.
    • If it can provide more ideas on CRM based on industry standards, like I work in hospitality, and if it can share data and any new initiative for hospitality CRM, it might be useful for us to consider.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
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    Validity
    It's one the best tools that we've found for this type of tool but we would like some additional features like spell check so if there's a platform that features that with everything else Litmus has, then we'd potentially look to move over to that platform instead. However, we are overall pretty help with the platform
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    Usability
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    Very user-friendly. I don't know how to code, but the program allows me to create visually appealing things with numerous options. Fairly intuitive. I have used it for a few years and have been happy. Works well for what we need.
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    Validity
    Litmus has integrations that make the software an integrated part of my work every day. Being able to test right within my email builder is just brilliant. Daily I also use the web interface to review analytics and spam testing. Overall it is one of the pieces of software I use daily without any complaints or issues.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Validity
    We have never had a problem with Litmus being unavailable so I would say their availability is fantastic. There might have been one time years ago that the site was down briefly but it also might have been a server issue on my end. Either way, Litmus was back up and running in a very short time
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    Performance
    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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    Validity
    As with all technology, there are inevitably use-cases where you are unable to get to your original goal without some good old-fashioned experimenting. Some situations will (and are) more urgent which complicates an effective integration of a new process or a new team using an existing process but the "issues" are regularly resolved by re-starting the process specific to when Litmus is introduced to a project. If it doesn't come out the way you're anticipating, run it again and verify there is an issue before declaring all is lost
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    Validity
    I am always so so impressed with the litmus support team. They are not only prompt but attentive and offer very personalised responses and support
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    In-Person Training
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    No answers on this topic
    Validity
    I had internal training for how to use, not lead by litmus. Unsure if there was any external training which took place before my time
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    Online Training
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    No answers on this topic
    Validity
    It has all the required information.
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    Implementation Rating
    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.
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    Validity
    I didn’t really personally participate much in the implementation of Litmus, but from what I observed during the process, it was a smooth process with minimal disruptions. The team was able to get up and running quickly, and the platform’s user-friendly interface made onboarding fairly easy for everyone involved from the start.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Brevo (Sendinblue, Inc)
    I selected Sendinblue because my users and customers don't speak and read English, so the french version of an email solution was the best way to answer them. Since 2017, I always recommended Sendinblue to my customers and partners, even if they use another solution, I convert them and never go back again.
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    Validity
    This is not applicable to my role as I have used Litmus to test emails since I have started. Because of the ease of use, timeliness, consistent quality, and affordability that Litmus offers, I haven't found the need to look at similar products or organizations. If all of these features continue to stay strong, I don't plan on changing providers
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    Scalability
    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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    Validity
    With our enterprise account, scalability is not an issue. I have not yet seen or heard of significant issues with user access, API connections for integrations etc. This includes down time for "Scheduled Maintenance" as some providers call them, Litmus has the technology backing to support a global team with a 24-hour workday across regions
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Validity
    • Litmus saves our team so much time by making the QA and email review process so much easier, streamlined, and efficient.
    • We often send out campaigns out to thousands of members, and Litmus gives us the assurance and peace of mind that everything is working as it should before it gets sent out.
    • Decreases the number of email review cycles we go through.
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    Litmus from Validity Screenshots

    Screenshot of Litmus Personalize Essentials, with live polls to give subscribers a voice and drive email engagement.Screenshot of Litmus Email Guardian, featuring 24/7 link monitoring to safeguard emails.Screenshot of Litmus' integrated insights reports, that can automatically combine metrics from Salesforce Marketing Cloud with subscriber engagement insights from Litmus.Screenshot of campaign preview, available in 100+ popular email clientsScreenshot of Litmus' inbox previewing and feedback tools, that help users to spot and fix issues early.