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Brevo API

Yes. Brevo publishes a documented REST API at developers.brevo.com covering email, SMS, contacts, and campaign management, which is the same engine that powers its MCP server. See developers.brevo.com for the full reference.

Auth: Bearer token (MCP API key from Account > SMTP & API)MCP also available
Open API docsTry Brevo
Public REST API documentedAgent-readiness 8/10
Facts verified 2026-07-13

What is the Brevo API?

Brevo's REST API is the mature part of this story, documented at developers.brevo.com and covering transactional email, SMS, contacts, lists, and campaign management. It's a bolt-on to the marketing platform, not a standalone product, but it's a well-trodden one that developers have built against for years.

The research doesn't confirm the exact auth scheme, published SDK languages, or an OpenAPI spec URL, though Brevo has historically shipped an API key model and official client libraries. Treat the specifics as something to confirm in the docs, but the documentation portal itself is real and detailed.

What you build with it: automated contact syncing between your app and Brevo, transactional email triggered by events in your own product, and campaign reporting pulled into a dashboard. Webhook support isn't confirmed in the research, so if event callbacks are central to your build, verify that first.

For the broader picture: Brevo review, full pricing breakdown, .

HOOK IT TO YOUR STACK

Real Brevo API calls you'll write

brevo-apirest
#Pull the latest data from Brevo
GET/v1/records?limit=10&sort=-created_at
200 OK · 10 records
Most recent entry2 min ago
Records this week147
API calls today1,832
Rate limit remaining8,168 / 10k
Schedule via cron, pipe results.
brevo-apirest
#Push a new record with custom metadata
POST/v1/records
201 Created · record_id: r_5a7
Validationpassed
Webhooks triggered2
Stored size1.2 KB
brevo-apirest
#Subscribe to webhook events
POST/v1/webhooks
201 Created · webhook_id: wh_3f
Signing secretwhsec_••••
Eventsrecord.created
Statusactive
TMB SCORE FOR BrevoAgent fit: 8/10
Read review →

Endpoints illustrative. Confirm exact paths against the live API docs before integrating.

How much does the Brevo API actually cost?

Verify on docs

Brevo publishes an API, but per-tier gating wasn't extracted automatically.

  • Most likely scenario: API access is either included in all paid plans, or it's gated to higher tiers and we need to verify on the live docs page.
  • Until verified, treat the question "which plan unlocks the API" as open. Don't budget on the assumption it's free with the cheapest paid plan.

API at a glance

Auth method
Bearer token (MCP API key from Account > SMTP & API)
SDK languages
—
OpenAPI spec
—
Webhooks
—
Structured outputs
—

Brevo also has an MCP server

If you're wiring Brevo into Claude / Cursor / Codex, the MCP server is usually less code than the REST API.

See Brevo MCP page

What you can build with the Brevo API

Three personas, three different shapes of build. Pick the row that matches how you actually ship.

SOLO DEV / FOUNDER

Glue Brevo into your daily workflow

  • Pull a digest of fresh activity into your morning Slack
  • Trigger a one-off backfill when something looks off
  • Pipe data into your own SQLite for ad-hoc queries
Effort: A weekend, one Node or Python script
AGENCY / CONSULTANT

Sell Brevo reporting at scale

  • White-label Brevo data into client-branded dashboards
  • Run scheduled multi-account reports without logging into the Brevo UI
  • Cross-reference with the rest of the client's stack (CRM, analytics, ad spend)
Effort: 1-2 weeks, hits multi-tenant auth quickly
IN-HOUSE ENGINEER

Production pipelines for Brevo

  • Real-time sync into your warehouse on a cron
  • Custom alerts the dashboard's built-in alerting can't express
  • Backfill + idempotency handling for Brevo data older than the dashboard exposes
Effort: Multi-week project, expect rate-limit tuning

Quickstart template

# Starter template — endpoint paths and SDK package names come from
# the Brevo API docs: https://developers.brevo.com/

curl -X GET "https://developers.brevo.com/<your-endpoint>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" | jq .

Template only. Endpoint paths, exact base URL, and auth header format come from developers.brevo.com.

Limits and gotchas

  • No OpenAPI spec — you write typed clients by hand or use a third-party generator on the docs HTML.
  • No official SDK detected. Plan on hitting the API directly with your HTTP client of choice.
  • Rate limits: always read the docs page before scaling — the published limit is usually lower than the practical one and overages can be expensive.
  • No-code fallback: Zapier and Make.com cover the common triggers if you want to skip writing API code for simple flows.
8/10

Agent-readiness verdict

The Brevo API is a dependable foundation if you're integrating email, SMS, and CRM into your own product or automating flows around Brevo. Documentation is solid, the endpoint coverage is broad, and it doubles as the layer the MCP server rides on. Missing confirmation on SDKs and OpenAPI keeps it just shy of the top tier. An 8 out of 10.

Weak agent-fit without official tooling. Brevo has a community MCP server and documented public API, but lacks OpenAPI specs, SDKs, and native integrations with Claude or ChatGPT. The missing structured outputs and webhook support make it difficult to build reliable agent workflows that require real-time triggers or predictable JSON responses.

Brevo API FAQ

Does Brevo have a public API?+
Yes — REST API at developers.brevo.com.
Should I use the API or the MCP server for Claude / Cursor / Codex?+
Prefer the MCP server for agent workflows — it's less code and pre-handles auth flows. Use the REST API for scheduled jobs, dashboards, and anything outside an LLM-driven flow.

Sources

Joonas Rotko
Joonas RotkoAuthor & Founder of That Marketing Buddy

10+ years in digital marketing. I review marketing software for AI-stack fit: real pricing, MCP and API support, and how cleanly each tool drops into an AI agent workflow, cross-checked against verified data and real user feedback.

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