So I see everyone up in arms about the deal, but this is a very well-developed and sophisticated email and marketing software.

It seriously has some teeth. For some of you who are not close but have dreams of sending 10,000 emails a month you need to go ahead and grow for free on this deal. I am going to use this to grow one list and compare.

We have been using ActiveCampaign for years. Great automation is not cheap, so there's that but automation with integrations, CRM, Chat, Etc. is just part of growing your business. This isn't Sendfox (jab) lol. I think deals from established players might look a little different and we may need to learn to adapt our thinking when these guys show up.

Thank you, Ayman, for being visionary...

Read the article and see some of the price comparisons to the other MAJOR players in this space. All things considered, some deals are steals if they work out, while some may just help you scale quicker and more efficiently.

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/sendinblue

Sendinblue is an email marketing solution aimed squarely at small to midsize businesses (SMBs). The latest version has consolidated some functions and evolved others, so it can now serve as more of a complete digital marketing hub. New and notable features include beefier automation, baked-in customer relationship management (CRM), and a new professional template creation service. Combine that with an attractive price tag, and you've got an email marketing platform worthy of our Editors' Choice designation, along with Campaigner, HubSpot Marketing Hub, and Mailchimp.

PROS
A wealth of transactional email and SMS features
Includes basic CRM functionality
Impressive range of automation and integration
Expanded template building options

CONS
Initial account setup can be tedious
Data import can be convoluted
Advanced template creation is a separate service and cost
( I found none of these to be that big of a problem)

More at the link above, as 'the most interesting man in the world', would say... "Stay thirsty, my friends."