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Both SendinBlue and GetResponse are quality email marketing software options; here I'll breakdown the pros and cons of each as well as give an objective final verdict on which tool I think is better:

Sendinblue:

Best at:

• Providing excellent marketing workflows
• Split testing
• Designing beautiful emails and landing pages
• Transactional emails and SMS
• Integrating with Facebook ads

Pricing:

• Free Plan (unlimited contacts, send up to 300 emails per day)
• Lite Plan ($25/mo, unlimited email sends, email support, access to advanced reporting)
• Premium plan ($65/ mo, Lite plan features + marketing automation, FB ads, landing pages, multi-user access, and telephone support)
• Enterprise Plan (Custom quoted price, custom volume send, priority sending, 20+ landing pages, 10+ user access, dedicated customer success manager for your account/priority support)

Pros of Sendinblue:

• The pricing of Sendinblue compared to some of the other email software tools is relatively inexpensive. (This includes having a free plan that limits you to 300 emails per day)
• The ability to send SMS, chat, and social media messages
• Simple to use interface
• A wide range of templates
• Automated marketing function (premium plan)
• Comprehensive reporting/analytics
• The ability to split test
• Landing page builder
• Great customer support

Cons of Sendinblue:

• While the designs are beautiful for the landing pages, integration is not the easiest. 
• 300 emails per day are quite limiting for a free plan.

Best for: All types of enterprises, who have a wide range of email marketing solutions. 

 

GetResponse:

Best at:

• Allows you to pick templates specifically based on email types (newsletters, autoresponders, automated sequences, blog digest emails, and transactional emails)
• Providing an easy to use drag and drop email builder
• Providing easy to understand analytics beyond standard data (CTR, unsubscribes, and sales), but split-testing analytics as well.
• Optimising conversion funnels.

Pricing:

• Basic Plan: email marketing, website builder, autoresponse emails, unlimited landing pages, one sale funnel, unlimited lead funnels, Facebook and Google Ad chats
• Plus Plan: Basic Plan + marketing automation (5 workflows), webinar feature (100 attendees max), contact scoring and tagging, five sales funnel, allows users to work on one account, five webinar funnels.
• Professional Plan: Everything in plus + complete marketing automation, web push notifications, paid webinars, webinars (max 300 attendees), total sales, and webinar funnels allow five users to work within the same account.
• Max Plan: personalised and flexible features.

                                          Basic          Plus          Professional     
1,000 subscribers             $15/mo      $49/mo         $99/mo
2,500 subscribers             $25/mo      $59/mo         119/mo
5,000 subscribers             $45/mo      $79/mo         $139/mo
10,000 subscribers           $65/mo      $95/mo         $165mo
25,000 subscribers           $145/mo    $179/mo        $255/mo
50,000 subscribers           $250/mo    $299/mo        $370/mo
​​​​​​​100,000 subscribers         $450/mo    $499/mo         $580/mo

Pros of GetResponse:

• The pricing of GetResponse is a fantastic value for the features provided
• User-friendly interface
• Webinar feature
• A wide range of templates
• Automated marketing function 
• Comprehensive reporting/analytics
• The ability to split test and 
• Massive library Landing page templates
• 30-day credit card free trial

Cons of GetResponse:

• No free plan option is available 
• Phone support only available for Max plan

Best for: Has a wide range of email marketing solutions for all types of enterprises. 

Final Verdict: While Sendinblue allows you to build and manage email marketing campaigns with a pay-as-you-go plan. GetResponse has a wide range of features and an excellent pricing plan which provides terrific value.  I believe GetResponse is one of the best choices for those looking for email marketing software.