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AcelleMail vs Brevo — self-hosted email marketing vs cloud multi-channel SaaS

Side-by-side comparison of AcelleMail (self-hosted PHP application, $80 one-time license, MySQL/MariaDB, plugin SDK, multi-tenant SaaS layer) and Brevo, formerly Sendinblue (Paris-based cloud SaaS founded 2012, multi-channel: Email + Transactional + SMS + WhatsApp + Chat + CRM, REST API + SMTP relay, send-volume-based pricing). Pricing model, sending stack, automation, migration steps.

In sintesi AcelleMail Brevo
License model Commercial license — $80 Regular / $199 Extended on CodeCanyon. Full PHP source included; one-time payment with lifetime point + minor updates. Cloud SaaS subscription. Free tier available; paid Marketing Platform tiers billed monthly per published Free / Starter / Business / Enterprise structure on brevo.com/pricing/.
Hosting Self-hosted on Linux + PHP 8.1+ + MySQL/MariaDB. Single-tenant or multi-tenant on the same install (Extended). Cloud-only — operated by Brevo from Paris-headquartered infrastructure. No self-hosted distribution.
Stack PHP 8.1+ (Laravel-based), MySQL/MariaDB, optional Redis cache. Brevo-managed cloud. Customer surface: REST API at developers.brevo.com + SMTP relay at smtp-relay.brevo.com.
Channels Email-focused. SMS / WhatsApp / chat / CRM are not in core; integrations exist via the plugin SDK or external services. Multi-channel: email marketing, transactional email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat, CRM, and meetings. All bundled in the Brevo dashboard.
Pricing model One-time license fee. Recurring cost is your VPS + your sending service (SES, SendGrid, etc.). Send-volume based for marketing email (the model brevo.com/pricing/ documents) — paid tiers price by monthly email volume, not contact-list size.
Multi-tenancy / SaaS Extended License ($199) ships a multi-tenant layer — customer accounts, plans, 6 payment gateways, dunning, white-label. Single-account product per Brevo subscription. Reselling Brevo to end customers is not a packaged feature in core.
Plugin SDK 4-pattern Hook system (REGISTRY, EVENT, FILTER, BEHAVIOR). Plugins live under storage/app/plugins/. See Plugin SDK. Extension via the public REST API and webhook subscriptions. No in-process plugin runtime in the cloud platform.
Parità di funzionalità

Confronto funzione per funzione

Circa 30 attributi raggruppati in 7 categorie, tratti da AcelleMail v4.2 e dalla documentazione pubblica di Mailchimp. Ogni ✓ è verificabile rispetto alla fonte citata.

Email creation

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
Drag-and-drop email builder ✓ ✓ AcelleMail ships a visual block editor with mobile preview. Brevo includes a drag-and-drop editor in the marketing dashboard.
100+ pre-built templates ✓ ✓ Both platforms bundle a starter template gallery and accept user-imported HTML templates.
Full HTML editor ✓ ✓ Both let you edit raw HTML/CSS for campaigns and transactional sends.
Spintax / dynamic content ✓ ◐ AcelleMail includes spintax + per-subscriber merge fields. Brevo Templates support attribute substitution and Liquid-style logic; spintax-style randomization is not in the published Templates API.
A/B testing ✓ ✓ AcelleMail supports subject-line and content split tests on every license. Brevo includes A/B testing on its paid Marketing Platform tiers.
Multi-language UI ✓ ✓ AcelleMail ships 18 locales for the admin UI. Brevo offers a multi-locale dashboard.

Lists & segmentation

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
Unlimited subscribers (software cap) ✓ ✓ AcelleMail imposes no software-side cap on subscribers. Brevo's pricing model bills on monthly send volume rather than contact-list size.
Multiple lists ✓ ✓ Both support unlimited lists.
Advanced segmentation ✓ ✓ AcelleMail provides a visual segment builder over subscriber fields, behavior, tags, and date logic. Brevo segmentation supports contact attributes, list membership, engagement, and event data.
Tags ✓ ✓ Both support tag-style subscriber labeling.
Embeddable signup forms ✓ ✓ Both generate embeddable signup forms and double opt-in flows.
Bulk import (CSV) ✓ ✓ Both accept CSV bulk import. AcelleMail also supports XLSX and direct DB seed.

Automation & flows

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
Visual workflow builder ✓ ✓ AcelleMail Automation2 ships trigger / wait / condition / send / tag-update / segment-move nodes. Brevo includes a visual marketing automation builder on its paid Marketing Platform tiers.
Customer journey / multi-step flows ✓ ✓ Both platforms support multi-step journeys.
RSS-to-email ✓ ◐ AcelleMail can pull RSS feeds into scheduled campaigns. Brevo supports scheduled campaigns and external integrations via REST API; first-party RSS triggers depend on the current plan tier.
Behavioral triggers (opens / clicks) ✓ ✓ AcelleMail exposes engagement events as automation triggers. Brevo emits open and click events through its event tracking and webhook system.
Date / birthday triggers ✓ ✓ Both support date-field triggers natively in the automation builder.

Multi-channel

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
Email marketing ✓ ✓ Both are designed for marketing email as the primary channel.
Transactional email ✓ ✓ AcelleMail can route transactional sends through any of its 8 sending drivers. Brevo offers transactional email through its REST API and SMTP relay.
SMS campaigns ✗ ✓ AcelleMail core is email-only; SMS would be a custom plugin or external integration. Brevo bundles SMS campaigns as a billable channel.
WhatsApp messaging ✗ ✓ Not in AcelleMail core. Brevo bundles WhatsApp campaigns and conversations.
Live chat / inbox ✗ ✓ Not in AcelleMail core. Brevo bundles a live-chat widget and a unified inbox.
CRM (deals + tasks) ◐ ✓ AcelleMail manages contacts and segments; deal pipelines and tasks are not in core (custom plugin or external CRM). Brevo bundles a CRM module with deals, tasks, and meeting scheduling.

Deliverability

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
SPF / DKIM / DMARC tooling ✓ ✓ AcelleMail surfaces SPF/DKIM/DMARC record values per sending server. Brevo handles authentication record provisioning for sending domains added in its dashboard.
Custom sending domain ✓ ✓ AcelleMail supports per-sending-server return path. Brevo authenticates custom sender domains in the Senders & IP section.
Multiple sending services ✓ ✗ AcelleMail ships 8 native drivers (SES, SendGrid, SparkPost, Mailgun, Elastic Email, Blastengine, Gmail, generic SMTP). Brevo is itself the sending service.
IP warmup ✓ ◐ AcelleMail supports daily/hourly send caps per sending server for gradual warmup. Brevo provides dedicated IPs on higher plan tiers; warmup is managed by Brevo on those plans.
Bounce / complaint webhook ingestion ✓ ✓ AcelleMail registers webhook endpoints for SES/SendGrid/Mailgun/etc. (see app/SendingServers/Webhooks/). Brevo emits webhooks for delivered, hard-bounce, soft-bounce, opened, clicked, unsubscribed, complaint, blocked, error.

Integrations

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
REST API ✓ ✓ AcelleMail's REST API is documented at /api. Brevo's API reference is at developers.brevo.com.
SMTP relay (use as upstream) ◐ ✓ AcelleMail itself is a marketing platform; outbound SMTP is delegated to your sending server. Brevo offers SMTP relay at smtp-relay.brevo.com — usable from AcelleMail via the Generic SMTP driver if you want to keep Brevo as the sender.
Webhooks ✓ ✓ Both emit outbound event webhooks for delivery and engagement events.
WordPress / WooCommerce sync ✓ ◐ AcelleMail provides an official WordPress / WooCommerce plugin. Brevo offers WordPress and WooCommerce plugins that sync subscribers and trigger marketing automation.
Zapier / Make / n8n ✓ ✓ Both are first-party listed on Zapier / Make / n8n.
Custom plugin SDK ✓ ✗ AcelleMail ships a four-pattern Hook system (REGISTRY, EVENT, FILTER, BEHAVIOR) — see Plugin SDK. Brevo extension is via the public REST API + webhooks; there is no in-process plugin runtime.

SaaS / multi-tenancy

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
Multi-tenant workspaces ✓ ✗ AcelleMail Extended ($199) ships a reseller layer with customer accounts, plans, and billing. Brevo is a single-account product per subscription.
Subscription plans + payment gateways ✓ ✗ AcelleMail bundles 6 payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline) for resellers. Brevo does not include reseller-billing primitives.
White-label / remove vendor branding ✓ ◐ AcelleMail Extended removes branding for reseller use. Brevo "Remove Brevo logo" is a paid feature on higher plan tiers per its dashboard settings; the dashboard itself remains Brevo-branded.
Reseller billing / dunning ✓ ✗ AcelleMail's Cashier package covers subscriptions, prorated upgrades, and dunning. Brevo does not provide reseller billing primitives.

Operations

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
Self-hosted on your servers ✓ ✗ AcelleMail is a PHP application — runs under PHP-FPM + nginx/Apache on hardware you control. Brevo is a Brevo-operated cloud service.
Database — relational ✓ ◐ AcelleMail uses MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.3 — direct SQL access. Brevo data is in Brevo's managed cloud; access is via REST API and CSV export.
On-premise / air-gapped deployment ✓ ✗ AcelleMail can run fully on-premise or in air-gapped environments. Brevo is cloud-only.
Localization (UI translations) ✓ ✓ AcelleMail ships 18 locales out of the box. Brevo dashboard offers multiple locales for the admin UI.

Cost & ownership

Funzione AcelleMail Brevo Note
License model ✓ ◐ AcelleMail Regular is $80 one-time; Extended is $199 (lifetime point/minor updates + 6 months support). Brevo is a recurring monthly subscription per the Free / Starter / Business / Enterprise tiers on brevo.com/pricing/.
Lifetime updates ✓ ✓ AcelleMail license includes lifetime point + minor releases. Brevo customers receive product updates as part of the subscription.
Data export ownership ✓ ✓ AcelleMail runs on a database you control — full SQL access, CSV export, and REST API. Brevo offers contact CSV export plus the developers.brevo.com REST API for programmatic export.
Source code visibility ✓ ✗ AcelleMail ships full unencrypted PHP source. Brevo is a closed-source cloud service; only the published REST/SMTP API surface is documented.
Costo totale di possesso

Costo su 3 anni in tre scenari reali

Brevo is a cloud subscription billed monthly on send volume per its published Free / Starter / Business / Enterprise tiers; AcelleMail is a one-time license you self-host on a VPS plus a sending service. The dollar values below assume Amazon SES at $0.10 per 1,000 emails for the AcelleMail rows. Specific Brevo tier prices change — consult brevo.com/pricing for current values.

Small business — 1,000 contacts, 4× sends/month

Brevo — Brevo Free or entry-tier paid plan Brevo Free tier covers a published daily-send cap. 4,000 monthly sends across 1,000 contacts may fit Free or require an entry paid tier — verify against current brevo.com/pricing thresholds.
Recurring monthly subscription if above Free; check current paid-tier cost.
AcelleMail — AcelleMail Regular License + small VPS + Amazon SES $5/mo VPS + $0.40/mo SES (4,000 sends × $0.0001)
$80 license + $180 VPS + $14 SES = $268 total

At 1,000 contacts and 4 sends/month, both models are inexpensive. AcelleMail one-time cost is ~$268 over 3 years; Brevo at this volume may fit Free. Compare against your current Brevo invoice on the published tier.

Growing newsletter — 10,000 contacts, 80,000 sends/month

Brevo — Brevo Business or higher tier covering 80K monthly sends Brevo paid tier billed monthly per the published send-volume tier covering 80K monthly sends. Marketing automation is included on the Business tier per brevo.com/pricing.
Recurring monthly subscription × 36 months — verify against current pricing.
AcelleMail — AcelleMail Regular License + $10 VPS + Amazon SES $10/mo VPS + $8/mo SES (80,000 × $0.0001)
$80 license + $360 VPS + $288 SES = $722 total

At 10K contacts and 80K monthly sends, AcelleMail self-hosted on SES converges to roughly $20/month after the license is amortized. The cost gap depends on the Brevo tier covering this volume.

Agency / SaaS — 50,000 contacts, 400,000 sends/month, 50 client tenants

Brevo — Brevo + custom multi-tenant integration layer Brevo is a single-account product per subscription; agencies typically operate 50 separate Brevo accounts or a custom routing layer over a single Brevo subscription.
50 accounts × subscription, OR aggregate Brevo Business/Enterprise + custom tenant build.
AcelleMail — AcelleMail Extended License + $20 VPS + Amazon SES (multi-tenant on a single instance) $20/mo VPS + $40/mo SES (400,000 × $0.0001) — covers all 50 tenants on one install.
$199 license + $720 VPS + $1,440 SES = $2,359 total

AcelleMail Extended ships a multi-tenant SaaS layer (customer accounts, plans, 6 payment gateways, dunning) bundled. Brevo handles the cloud infrastructure but does not bundle reseller-billing primitives.

Playbook di migrazione

Brevo → AcelleMail in sette passaggi

La maggior parte dei team completa il passaggio in una settimana. Il setup tecnico richiede mezza giornata; la fase più lunga è ricostruire automazioni multi-step e template.

  1. 1. Export from Brevo

    In the Brevo dashboard, export contacts as CSV from Contacts → Lists → Export. For programmatic export, the Contacts API at GET /contacts returns paginated records with attributes and list memberships. Campaign HTML can be retrieved per-campaign via GET /emailCampaigns/{id}. Marketing automation flows are documented in the Brevo dashboard; rebuild logic from those screenshots in AcelleMail Automation2.

  2. 2. Get AcelleMail

    Buy the Regular License — $80 on CodeCanyon. Download the ZIP, upload to your server, run the web installer (5 minutes — sets DB, admin user, cron). PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.3, ~512 MB RAM minimum. The installation guide walks through cPanel, DigitalOcean, AWS, and Docker.

  3. 3. Configure your sending service

    In Sending Servers → Add, pick Amazon SES (recommended — cheapest), SendGrid, Mailgun, SparkPost, Postmark, Elastic Email, or any SMTP. If you want to keep Brevo as the sender, configure the Generic SMTP driver pointing at smtp-relay.brevo.com with your Brevo SMTP key. Paste the API key, run the test-send, confirm. The 8 built-in drivers live in app/SendingServers/Drivers/Vendors/.

  4. 4. Import contacts + attributes

    In Lists → Create List, recreate your Brevo lists with their attribute schema (Brevo contact attributes map to AcelleMail subscriber custom fields one-to-one). Use Import → Upload CSV and map columns. For lists over 100K, use the chunked import or seed via the REST API.

  5. 5. Recreate templates and campaigns

    For Templates, paste your Brevo HTML into AcelleMail's template editor. Substitution syntax differs: Brevo Templates use {{ contact.FIRSTNAME }}; AcelleMail uses {{ subscriber.first_name }}. Subscriber-attribute access is equivalent. For automation flows, use Automation → New Workflow — Brevo flows expressed in its visual builder rebuild as AcelleMail visual journeys.

  6. 6. Configure tracking + DKIM

    AcelleMail tracking is enabled by default per campaign (open pixel + link wrapping). DKIM signing is configured at the Sending Server level — paste the DNS records AcelleMail generates into your domain. If you continue using Brevo as the upstream sender via SMTP relay, the existing Brevo DKIM/SPF records keep working unchanged.

  7. 7. Test deliverability + cut over

    Send a test campaign to GlockApps or Mail-Tester (free). Aim for 9.5/10. Run the next live campaign from AcelleMail in parallel for one cycle, watch open/click rates against your prior baseline, then turn off Brevo Marketing Platform. Most teams cut over inside a week. Brevo SMTP relay can stay if you want — AcelleMail uses Generic SMTP with your Brevo credentials.
Adeguatezza operativa

Quando il self-hosting non è la scelta giusta

L'email marketing self-hosted è un compromesso: costi più bassi e piena proprietà in cambio di responsabilità operativa. Per le situazioni qui sotto un SaaS gestito può essere la scelta migliore.

  • You need SMS, WhatsApp, chat, and CRM in one dashboard

    AcelleMail core is email-focused. SMS and WhatsApp campaigns, the live-chat widget, and the CRM module are not in core — they would be custom plugin work or external integrations. Teams that need a unified marketing-and-sales dashboard with email + SMS + WhatsApp + chat + CRM in one product may find Brevo's bundle a better fit out of the box, accepting the recurring subscription cost.

  • You don't want to operate any server infrastructure

    AcelleMail is a self-hosted PHP application — you provision a VPS, install PHP-FPM + a web server, point a domain, and maintain backups. Teams that prefer a fully managed cloud service with no servers to operate may pick Brevo and accept the recurring subscription cost. The tradeoff is between recurring SaaS spend and one-time license + ops responsibility.

  • You require a managed cloud sender with bundled IP reputation

    Brevo manages IP reputation and sending infrastructure for the cloud service. AcelleMail self-hosted relies on the underlying sending service (SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, etc.) for IP reputation; the application layer doesn't replace the deliverability work that a managed cloud provider does on shared/dedicated IP pools.

  • Your buyer expects EU data residency by default

    Brevo is headquartered in Paris and operates EU data infrastructure per its published terms. Teams whose buyer expects EU-only data residency by default and who don't want to operate the underlying infrastructure may find Brevo a closer policy fit. AcelleMail self-hosted lets you choose the exact data residency by picking the VPS region — but the operational responsibility is yours.

Costo per caso d'uso

Tre situazioni d'acquisto

Le cifre di costo abbinano i prezzi entry-tier verificati alle stime del calcolatore, quando applicabili. Confronta i numeri; la scelta giusta dipende dalla capacità del tuo team di gestire i compromessi operativi sopra elencati.

  • SaaS team — product newsletter + transactional

    Situazione: 8,000 trial signups + 2,000 paid customers, weekly product newsletter (~10,000 sends/week), 4-step onboarding drip, transactional sends for billing + receipts.

    Costo Brevo: Brevo Marketing Platform paid tier covering 40K+ monthly sends + transactional volume. Billed monthly; consult brevo.com/pricing for the tier and current price.

    Costo AcelleMail: $80 once + $10/mo VPS + ~$5/mo SES (50K total sends × $0.0001). Or keep Brevo SMTP relay and pay Brevo only for the sending volume; the marketing platform layer becomes free after the one-time license.

  • Marketing agency — 50 client lists

    Situazione: Email service for 50 small-business clients, average 2,000 subscribers each, monthly newsletter + occasional promo.

    Costo Brevo: Brevo: 50 separate accounts (~50× subscription) OR a single aggregate Business/Enterprise plan + custom tenant routing. Reseller-billing primitives are not bundled.

    Costo AcelleMail: $199 Extended License once + $40/mo VPS + ~$30/mo SES total across all clients on one install. Built-in SaaS layer: per-client login, plans, dunning, 6 payment gateways.

  • Indie newsletter — 5,000 subscribers

    Situazione: Weekly newsletter (~20K sends/month), no automation flows, no SMS or WhatsApp.

    Costo Brevo: Brevo paid tier covering 20K+ monthly sends, billed monthly per the published send-volume tier.

    Costo AcelleMail: $80 license + $5/mo VPS + ~$2/mo SES (20K × $0.0001). License recovers ~12-24 months of equivalent paid SaaS subscription if previously paying for hosted email.

Approfondimenti per operatori

Per chi gestisce la migrazione

Clicca su un titolo qui sotto per espandere un approfondimento tecnico. Stessi contenuti già trattati nella pagina marketing sopra — qui ridotti per una lettura rapida, ma sempre disponibili per l'ingegnere che fa il lavoro vero.

Migrazione completa Brevo → AcelleMail — ogni passaggio espanso

Il playbook in 7 passaggi visto sopra, con ogni azione espansa per l'operatore. Tempo totale: ~½ giornata di setup tecnico, poi 1–5 giorni per ricostruire template & automazioni a seconda della complessità delle liste.

  1. 1. Export from Brevo. In the Brevo dashboard, export contacts as CSV from Contacts → Lists → Export. For programmatic export, the Contacts API at GET /contacts returns paginated records with attributes and list memberships. Campaign HTML can be retrieved per-campaign via GET /emailCampaigns/{id}. Marketing automation flows are documented in the Brevo dashboard; rebuild logic from those screenshots in AcelleMail Automation2.
  2. 2. Get AcelleMail. Buy the Regular License — $80 on CodeCanyon. Download the ZIP, upload to your server, run the web installer (5 minutes — sets DB, admin user, cron). PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.3, ~512 MB RAM minimum. The installation guide walks through cPanel, DigitalOcean, AWS, and Docker.
  3. 3. Configure your sending service. In Sending Servers → Add, pick Amazon SES (recommended — cheapest), SendGrid, Mailgun, SparkPost, Postmark, Elastic Email, or any SMTP. If you want to keep Brevo as the sender, configure the Generic SMTP driver pointing at smtp-relay.brevo.com with your Brevo SMTP key. Paste the API key, run the test-send, confirm. The 8 built-in drivers live in app/SendingServers/Drivers/Vendors/.
  4. 4. Import contacts + attributes. In Lists → Create List, recreate your Brevo lists with their attribute schema (Brevo contact attributes map to AcelleMail subscriber custom fields one-to-one). Use Import → Upload CSV and map columns. For lists over 100K, use the chunked import or seed via the REST API.
  5. 5. Recreate templates and campaigns. For Templates, paste your Brevo HTML into AcelleMail's template editor. Substitution syntax differs: Brevo Templates use {{ contact.FIRSTNAME }}; AcelleMail uses {{ subscriber.first_name }}. Subscriber-attribute access is equivalent. For automation flows, use Automation → New Workflow — Brevo flows expressed in its visual builder rebuild as AcelleMail visual journeys.
  6. 6. Configure tracking + DKIM. AcelleMail tracking is enabled by default per campaign (open pixel + link wrapping). DKIM signing is configured at the Sending Server level — paste the DNS records AcelleMail generates into your domain. If you continue using Brevo as the upstream sender via SMTP relay, the existing Brevo DKIM/SPF records keep working unchanged.
  7. 7. Test deliverability + cut over. Send a test campaign to GlockApps or Mail-Tester (free). Aim for 9.5/10. Run the next live campaign from AcelleMail in parallel for one cycle, watch open/click rates against your prior baseline, then turn off Brevo Marketing Platform. Most teams cut over inside a week. Brevo SMTP relay can stay if you want — AcelleMail uses Generic SMTP with your Brevo credentials.
Approfondimento per funzione — dove i due prodotti differiscono e come aggirarlo

La tabella affiancata sopra mostra la parità di funzionalità; qui c'è il contesto di supporto per ogni riga con una nota non banale — utile quando una piattaforma è "parziale" e ti serve il workaround.

Email creation

  • Spintax / dynamic content: AcelleMail includes spintax + per-subscriber merge fields. Brevo Templates support attribute substitution and Liquid-style logic; spintax-style randomization is not in the published Templates API.

Automation & flows

  • RSS-to-email: AcelleMail can pull RSS feeds into scheduled campaigns. Brevo supports scheduled campaigns and external integrations via REST API; first-party RSS triggers depend on the current plan tier.

Multi-channel

  • SMS campaigns: AcelleMail core is email-only; SMS would be a custom plugin or external integration. Brevo bundles SMS campaigns as a billable channel.
  • WhatsApp messaging: Not in AcelleMail core. Brevo bundles WhatsApp campaigns and conversations.
  • Live chat / inbox: Not in AcelleMail core. Brevo bundles a live-chat widget and a unified inbox.
  • CRM (deals + tasks): AcelleMail manages contacts and segments; deal pipelines and tasks are not in core (custom plugin or external CRM). Brevo bundles a CRM module with deals, tasks, and meeting scheduling.

Deliverability

  • Multiple sending services: AcelleMail ships 8 native drivers (SES, SendGrid, SparkPost, Mailgun, Elastic Email, Blastengine, Gmail, generic SMTP). Brevo is itself the sending service.
  • IP warmup: AcelleMail supports daily/hourly send caps per sending server for gradual warmup. Brevo provides dedicated IPs on higher plan tiers; warmup is managed by Brevo on those plans.

Integrations

  • SMTP relay (use as upstream): AcelleMail itself is a marketing platform; outbound SMTP is delegated to your sending server. Brevo offers SMTP relay at smtp-relay.brevo.com — usable from AcelleMail via the Generic SMTP driver if you want to keep Brevo as the sender.
  • WordPress / WooCommerce sync: AcelleMail provides an official WordPress / WooCommerce plugin. Brevo offers WordPress and WooCommerce plugins that sync subscribers and trigger marketing automation.
  • Custom plugin SDK: AcelleMail ships a four-pattern Hook system (REGISTRY, EVENT, FILTER, BEHAVIOR) — see <a href="https://acellemail.com/for/developers">Plugin SDK</a>. Brevo extension is via the public REST API + webhooks; there is no in-process plugin runtime.

SaaS / multi-tenancy

  • Multi-tenant workspaces: AcelleMail Extended ($199) ships a reseller layer with customer accounts, plans, and billing. Brevo is a single-account product per subscription.
  • Subscription plans + payment gateways: AcelleMail bundles 6 payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline) for resellers. Brevo does not include reseller-billing primitives.
  • White-label / remove vendor branding: AcelleMail Extended removes branding for reseller use. Brevo "Remove Brevo logo" is a paid feature on higher plan tiers per its dashboard settings; the dashboard itself remains Brevo-branded.
  • Reseller billing / dunning: AcelleMail's Cashier package covers subscriptions, prorated upgrades, and dunning. Brevo does not provide reseller billing primitives.

Operations

  • Self-hosted on your servers: AcelleMail is a PHP application — runs under PHP-FPM + nginx/Apache on hardware you control. Brevo is a Brevo-operated cloud service.
  • Database — relational: AcelleMail uses MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.3 — direct SQL access. Brevo data is in Brevo's managed cloud; access is via REST API and CSV export.
  • On-premise / air-gapped deployment: AcelleMail can run fully on-premise or in air-gapped environments. Brevo is cloud-only.

Cost & ownership

  • License model: AcelleMail Regular is $80 one-time; Extended is $199 (lifetime point/minor updates + 6 months support). Brevo is a recurring monthly subscription per the Free / Starter / Business / Enterprise tiers on brevo.com/pricing/.
  • Source code visibility: AcelleMail ships full unencrypted PHP source. Brevo is a closed-source cloud service; only the published REST/SMTP API surface is documented.
Confronto di costi su larga scala — tre situazioni d'acquisto affiancate

La scheda TCO sopra mostra i numeri entry-tier; questa vista affianca tutte e tre le situazioni d'acquisto in modo da scegliere quella più vicina al tuo volume di contatti e alla frequenza di invio.

SaaS team — product newsletter + transactional

  • Situazione: 8,000 trial signups + 2,000 paid customers, weekly product newsletter (~10,000 sends/week), 4-step onboarding drip, transactional sends for billing + receipts.
  • Costo Brevo: Brevo Marketing Platform paid tier covering 40K+ monthly sends + transactional volume. Billed monthly; consult brevo.com/pricing for the tier and current price.
  • Costo AcelleMail: $80 once + $10/mo VPS + ~$5/mo SES (50K total sends × $0.0001). Or keep Brevo SMTP relay and pay Brevo only for the sending volume; the marketing platform layer becomes free after the one-time license.

Marketing agency — 50 client lists

  • Situazione: Email service for 50 small-business clients, average 2,000 subscribers each, monthly newsletter + occasional promo.
  • Costo Brevo: Brevo: 50 separate accounts (~50× subscription) OR a single aggregate Business/Enterprise plan + custom tenant routing. Reseller-billing primitives are not bundled.
  • Costo AcelleMail: $199 Extended License once + $40/mo VPS + ~$30/mo SES total across all clients on one install. Built-in SaaS layer: per-client login, plans, dunning, 6 payment gateways.

Indie newsletter — 5,000 subscribers

  • Situazione: Weekly newsletter (~20K sends/month), no automation flows, no SMS or WhatsApp.
  • Costo Brevo: Brevo paid tier covering 20K+ monthly sends, billed monthly per the published send-volume tier.
  • Costo AcelleMail: $80 license + $5/mo VPS + ~$2/mo SES (20K × $0.0001). License recovers ~12-24 months of equivalent paid SaaS subscription if previously paying for hosted email.

Usa il calcolatore di risparmio per un numero personalizzato sul tuo esatto conteggio iscritti e frequenza di invio.

Contro-posizionamento onesto — obiezioni comuni al passaggio

Quattro obiezioni che ogni operatore valuta prima di abbandonare Brevo o un qualsiasi SaaS. Risposte senza giri di parole — sono compromessi reali, e la scelta giusta dipende dal tuo team.

1. "Cambiare costa più di quanto si risparmia."

Valutazione onesta: con liste sotto i ~500 contatti, il piano gratuito o entry di Brevo può essere più economico di un VPS da $5–10/mese più la licenza AcelleMail — ancor prima di contare il tempo dell'operatore. Il punto di pareggio si colloca tipicamente tra 1.000 e 5.000 contatti. Fai i tuoi conti con il calcolatore di costi prima di decidere.

2. "Con il self-hosting la deliverability crolla."

Vero se gestisci un MTA in proprio senza warm-up. NON è vero quando AcelleMail inoltra tramite un sending service gestito (Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark) — quei vendor mantengono la reputazione IP; AcelleMail orchestra solo campagne e tracking. Raggiungere la parità di inbox-placement con Brevo è la norma, non l'eccezione, con questo setup.

3. "Il mio team non ha tempo di imparare un altro tool."

Preoccupazione legittima. La UI di AcelleMail riprende pattern comuni (campaign builder, liste di audience, flussi di automazione), quindi la maggior parte degli utenti Brevo è produttiva dal primo giorno. Il vero impegno è ricostruire automazioni multi-step e librerie di template — pianifica 1–5 giorni a seconda della complessità, non settimane.

4. "E se AcelleMail smettesse di essere mantenuto?"

Il self-hosting ribalta il rischio: possiedi una copia perpetua del sorgente. Nessun cambio di prezzo del vendor, dismissione o acquisizione può portarti via la piattaforma. Se gli aggiornamenti si fermano, la tua installazione esistente continua a funzionare. Confronta con il SaaS, dove le decisioni del vendor su prezzi, funzionalità o chiusure sono unilaterali.

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Posso migrare da Brevo (ex Sendinblue) ad AcelleMail senza perdere i dati dei subscriber?
Sì. Brevo esporta i contatti in CSV da Contatti → Liste → Esporta; l'API Contacts su GET /contacts restituisce JSON paginato per un export programmatico completo. L'import di AcelleMail accetta CSV con mappatura dei custom field e supporta XLSX o seed diretto nel DB per liste molto grandi. Gli attributi di contatto di Brevo si mappano uno-a-uno sui custom field subscriber di AcelleMail. Prevedi mezza giornata per una lista sotto i 5.000 contatti; 2–3 giorni per liste con logica di automation estesa da ricostruire.
Posso continuare a usare Brevo come motore di invio dopo essere passato ad AcelleMail?
Sì — Brevo offre un relay SMTP su smtp-relay.brevo.com, raggiungibile dal driver Generic SMTP di AcelleMail. Configuralo in Sending Servers → Add → Generic SMTP con la tua chiave SMTP Brevo. AcelleMail gestisce poi il layer di piattaforma di marketing (liste, campagne, automation) e Brevo continua a gestire la consegna SMTP vera e propria e la reputation.
Come si confronta l'automation di AcelleMail con la marketing automation di Brevo?
AcelleMail Automation2 offre un visual workflow builder con nodi trigger / wait / condition / send / tag-update / segment-move: percorsi multi-step si configurano nella UI senza codice. Brevo include la marketing automation nei suoi piani Marketing Platform a pagamento, con un visual flow builder simile. Entrambi gli approcci supportano percorsi multi-step; la differenza di adeguamento sta nel volere il layer di marketing self-hosted (AcelleMail) o completamente gestito multicanale (Brevo).
Perché AcelleMail fa pagare $80 quando Brevo offre un piano Free?
La Regular License di AcelleMail ($80 una tantum) è una licenza commerciale che include aggiornamenti a vita di versioni point + minor, 6 mesi di supporto e codice sorgente PHP completo senza alcuna fee ricorrente per email o per contatto. Brevo offre un piano Free con un tetto giornaliero di invii pubblicato; sopra quel tetto, i piani a pagamento fatturano mensilmente sul volume di invio. I $80 coprono un pacchetto diverso: automation visuale, plugin SDK, 8 sending driver, UI multilingua e il percorso Extended verso un layer SaaS multi-tenant ($199).
AcelleMail include SMS e WhatsApp come Brevo?
Il core di AcelleMail è email-focused. Le campagne SMS e WhatsApp non sono incluse nel core; le integreresti via plugin SDK (pattern REGISTRY per aggiungere un canale di invio) o via un servizio esterno come Twilio. Brevo include SMS e WhatsApp come canali fatturabili nella stessa dashboard. I team la cui esigenza primaria è il marketing multicanale in un unico prodotto possono trovare Brevo più calzante; i team che vogliono il controllo della piattaforma email con canali SMS/WhatsApp separati possono preferire AcelleMail + un provider SMS dedicato.
Posso gestire più account cliente su una singola installazione di AcelleMail?
Sì — è esattamente quel che copre la Extended License di AcelleMail ($199). Include un layer multi-tenant: account cliente, piani di abbonamento, 6 payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline), upgrade prorata, dunning e branding white-label. Brevo è un prodotto a singolo account per abbonamento. Vedi la pagina For Agencies per l'architettura.
Che stack richiede AcelleMail rispetto a Brevo?
AcelleMail: PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 o MariaDB ≥ 10.3, ~512 MB di RAM minimi, 1 GB raccomandato per liste fino a ~50K. Gira su PHP-FPM dietro nginx o Apache. Brevo è un servizio cloud gestito da Brevo — nessuno stack da ospitare lato cliente. La superficie lato cliente è la REST API su developers.brevo.com o il relay SMTP su smtp-relay.brevo.com.
AcelleMail ha un plugin SDK?
Sì. AcelleMail include un sistema di Hook a quattro pattern (REGISTRY, EVENT, FILTER, BEHAVIOR) — i plugin vivono in storage/app/plugins/ e possono registrare sending driver, payment gateway, pannelli UI e hook di ciclo di vita. Vedi la documentazione del Plugin SDK per i quattro pattern e gli esempi pratici (Postal MTA, Paddle gateway, plugin AI). L'estensione di Brevo passa dalla REST API pubblica + webhook; non c'è runtime di plugin in-process.
Dove vivono i miei dati con AcelleMail rispetto a Brevo?
I dati di AcelleMail vivono nel database del VPS che hai provisionato. Tu scegli la residenza dei dati scegliendo la region del VPS. Brevo è operato da Brevo (con sede a Parigi) sull'infrastruttura cloud Brevo secondo i termini pubblicati; i team con requisiti stretti di residenza UE spesso lo considerano calzante. La differenza di costo è operativa: la scelta di residenza con AcelleMail non costa nulla in più ma ti obbliga a gestire l'host; la residenza di Brevo è inclusa nell'abbonamento.
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