5,000 emails but only for 500 email addresses?

Hey everyone :slight_smile:

We would like to use Brevo to inform our members (just over 3,000) in our non-profit sports club about news once a month.

We would like to use the Business package for €15 per month. There are 5,000 emails per month free, which would be perfect for us.

But what does the addition of 500 contacts mean? Do I really have to pay 49 € per month if I want to send only 1 e-mail to 3,000 members once a month?

Greetings

Hi @verein , thanks for posting on this community!

Yes, you got it right: there are two maximums per subscription plan, one in terms of contacts and one in terms of number of emails sent.

In your case, as you have 3,000 contacts, you would need to go for a 49€/month plan indeed.

does this work the same if i was to send emails using my Wordpress site? the contact are managed by a plug in that integrates with brevo via API. we schedule and design everything on website

yes, absolutely: we would count the total number of contacts, including the ones created by API

How actually Brevo set their emails limit of the plan? Because the email limit of account with 3,500 contacts and account with 75,000 contacts are same. I think the minimum limit set to 20,000 not 5,000. Thanks

Hi @Fiary , when you’re subscribing to Brevo, you’re choosing:

  • a plan type, ie a set of features
  • and the maximum number of emails you’ll be sending
    see this screenshot:

This email limit comes with a contact limit, that you’re usually not supposed to reach. This is why you can have different number of contacts (if you’re still below the contact limit set for your email volume), but the same email limit.