Brevo
Brevo, formerly Sendinblue, offers a generous free tier and pricing based on emails sent rather than list size, which suits a slowly growing podcast list well.
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Brevo prices its plans around monthly email sends instead of total subscriber count, which is a meaningful difference from most competitors and can be cheaper for a podcast with a big but quiet list.
It also includes SMS and basic CRM features, useful if a podcast wants to text listeners about live events or drops without a separate tool.
The free plan is genuinely usable for a small show just getting started with email, with daily send limits rather than a hard subscriber cap.
Do the math on your actual send frequency and list size before assuming it's cheaper, weekly sends to a big list can flip the math the other way.
Sources for this review
- Official product website · Checked 2026-08-27
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