Who OneHive Mail is built for
Real estate agents, teams and property professionals in Canada and the US who want email marketing and a real estate CRM in one product, with every feature on every plan.
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OneHive Mail vs Brevo for real estate agents
Brevo is a broad marketing and sales platform for businesses of every kind, with email, SMS and WhatsApp, a separate sales CRM, and a free plan. OneHive Mail is narrower: email marketing and a real estate CRM in one product, priced by active contacts. Here’s how they compare for a realtor or a small team.
Brevo information comes from its own website and help centre, checked on . Prices and features change, so check Brevo’s site before you decide. OneHive Mail isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Brevo.
Is OneHive Mail a good Brevo alternative for realtors?
It depends what you need. Brevo has a free plan, SMS and WhatsApp, and sells its sales CRM as separate packages. OneHive Mail includes a real estate CRM, real estate designs and automations on every plan, priced by active contacts, but it is email only and has no free plan.
Who each platform is for
Who Brevo is built for
Businesses of many kinds, from individuals and solopreneurs to companies with over a million contacts. Its site has solution pages for small businesses, ecommerce and developers. We didn’t find a real estate product page; real estate appears in its blog.
Side by side
Feature and pricing comparison
Facts from each company’s own published information. Where we couldn’t confirm something on Brevo’s site, we say so rather than guess.
| Topic | OneHive Mail | Brevo |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | One product with every feature on every plan, in 6 sizes from 1,000 to 20,000 contacts; larger audiences by quote. | Free, Starter, Standard, Professional and Enterprise marketing plans, with more features on higher plans, priced by monthly email volume. Sales packages are sold alongside them. Yearly billing saves 10%. |
| Starting price | $25 USD/month for up to 1,000 active contacts ($35 CAD in Canada). No free plan. | Free plan. Starter from $9/month and Standard from $18/month in USD, for 5,000 emails a month; Professional from $499/month. Its pricing page also lists Canadian dollar prices: Starter from $10 and Standard from $22 a month. |
| What sets the price | Your active contacts. Unsubscribed, bounced, archived and CRM-only contacts don’t count toward your plan. | The number of emails you send each month. We couldn’t confirm a contact limit on its pricing page. |
| Monthly email sends | Ten times your plan’s contact limit. | Free: up to 300 emails a day once Brevo approves your account for sending. Starter from 5,000 emails a month; Professional from 150,000. |
| Users | 3 included on every plan; extra users $5 USD/month each. | Starter is described as for single users, and Professional includes 10 seats. We couldn’t confirm seat counts for the other plans on its pricing page. |
| CRM and contact management | Built in: a pipeline with stages, tasks, a calendar, an activity log, engagement scores, buyer and seller preferences and real estate contact types. | Segments from Starter up, and contact scoring on Professional. Pipelines and sales automation come from its separate Sales packages (Sales Essentials and Sales Advanced). |
| Email templates | 198 ready-made designs, most written for real estate: listings, open houses, market updates, newsletters and client care. | A drag-and-drop editor, responsive templates “tailored to your industry and use case” and an AI content generator. |
| Automation | Included on every plan: email sequences started by a tag, a list or a new contact, with a rule that stops them when someone clicks. | Marketing automation starts on Standard, with unlimited multi-step workflows. |
| Text messages and other channels | Not offered. OneHive Mail is email only. | SMS on paid plans, with credits sold separately. WhatsApp, popups and mobile and web push from Professional. |
| Free trial | 10 days with 100 contacts and 250 email sends; card required, $0 today. | A free plan, with no credit card needed, instead of a trial. |
| Currency | Fixed prices in US dollars, and separate fixed prices in Canadian dollars for customers in Canada. | Prices in several currencies, including US and Canadian dollars. |
Which fits you
Our honest take
This part is our opinion, based on the facts above. The right choice depends on your business.
Brevo may suit you better if…
- You send only a few emails a day and want to start free: Brevo’s Free plan allows up to 300 a day.
- You want SMS or WhatsApp campaigns as well as email.
- You also need transactional email, an API or SMTP sending for a website or app.
- Your business isn’t real estate, or you need enterprise features such as SSO and a dedicated IP.
OneHive Mail may suit you better if…
- You want a real estate CRM, with a pipeline, tasks, a calendar and buyer and seller preferences, included rather than sold as a separate sales package.
- You want 198 ready-made designs written for listings, open houses, market updates and client care.
- You want automations and every other feature on every plan, rather than features that depend on your tier.
- You work as a small team and want 3 users on every plan.
- You’re in Canada and want consent records that follow CASL’s categories.
Switching
Moving from Brevo to OneHive Mail
- Export your contacts from Brevo to a CSV file.
- Leave out unsubscribed and blocklisted contacts and bounced addresses. Importing into OneHive Mail means confirming that everyone in the file agreed to hear from you, so they shouldn’t be in it. Keep your export of them for your records.
- Import the file under Contacts → Import. Match the columns, including lists as tags, and record how your contacts agreed to hear from you.
- Add your branding once, then rebuild your main segments and any workflows as automations.
- Pick a design for your first campaign, send yourself a test, and send.
Step by step: Import your contacts · Clean your contact database first
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is Brevo free for realtors?
- Brevo has a free plan with no credit card needed, which allows up to 300 emails a day once your account is approved for sending. Paid plans start at $9 USD a month for 5,000 emails. OneHive Mail has no free plan; it starts at $25 USD ($35 CAD) a month, with a 10-day free trial.
- Does Brevo have a real estate CRM?
- Brevo sells general-purpose Sales packages with pipelines and sales automation, alongside its marketing plans. We didn’t find a real estate edition. OneHive Mail’s CRM is built in on every plan and has real estate contact types and buyer and seller preferences.
- Why is Brevo priced by emails and OneHive Mail by contacts?
- Brevo’s plans are sized by how many emails you send each month. OneHive Mail’s plans are sized by your active contacts, and every plan includes ten times that number in sends each month, so a list of 1,000 contacts can get several emails a month on the smallest plan.
- Can OneHive Mail send text messages like Brevo?
- No. OneHive Mail is email only. If SMS or WhatsApp campaigns matter to you, Brevo offers them.
Sources
- Brevo: Pricing plans and FAQ
- Brevo blog: Real estate email marketing
- OneHive Mail pricing · OneHive Mail features
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See if OneHive Mail fits your business
Try it with the 10-day free trial: up to 100 contacts and 250 email sends. Plans start at $25 USD/month, priced by your active contacts.