
A web agency in India became an email tool, then Brevo. Armand Thiberge’s next ambition stretches beyond customer software to a question of who gets to build Europe’s future.

The bootstrapped live chat tool that helped 45,000 online stores talk to their customers - and turned a failed jeans startup into a multimillion-dollar exit.
A field guide to the twelve email marketing platforms worth a business's money in 2026 - from Mailchimp's all-rounder ecosystem and Klaviyo's ecommerce muscle to Brevo's generous free tier, ActiveCampaign's deep automation, and beehiiv's creator-first newsletter engine. Email still returns roughly $36 to $42 for every dollar spent, and the tool you pick decides how much of that you actually keep.