Email Marketing · France (FR)
Brevo
French email & CRM platform — GDPR-native and trusted by 500,000+ businesses.
The switch
Mailchimp→Brevoalso replaces HubSpot, Intercom
About
Formerly Sendinblue. French all-in-one marketing platform covering email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat and CRM. GDPR-native from day one, data hosted in EU, no ad reselling of customer data.
Why we recommend it
- GDPR-native — built in France
- Free tier: 300 emails/day
- Email + SMS + WhatsApp + CRM in one
- Data stays in EU (FR/DE)
- No reselling of contact data for ads
EU vs USA
Brevo vs Mailchimp
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 Brevo
🇺🇸 Mailchimp
Headquarters
Paris, France
Atlanta, GA, USA
Jurisdiction
France (GDPR)
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
EU (France, Germany)
Global, US-controlled
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
Yes
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
Brevo SAS (private, founder-led)
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU)
Founded
2012
2001
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