Brevo vs Hello Bar Popup Builder
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| Feature | Brevo v3.3.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | Hello Bar Popup Builder v1.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 1.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 3,000+ |
| Last updated | June 24, 2026 | June 4, 2026 |
| Editions | Brevo | Hello Bar Popup Builder |
| Pros | Sign-up forms with double opt-in; Transactional email sent through Brevo; Web push notifications; WooCommerce contact sync | Adds Hello Bar popups with a site code and little setup; Loads the script in the head or the footer, chosen in settings; Plugin code is small with no local tracking |
| Cons | Needs a Brevo account and API key; Marketing tracker script loads on every page once connected; reCAPTCHA or Turnstile calls go to Google or Cloudflare when enabled | Popup content, analytics and data live on the Hello Bar service; Needs a Hello Bar account and site code to work; Popup behaviour cannot be changed in the plugin itself |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Sign-up forms with double opt-in, Subscribe widget and shortcode, Transactional email sent through Brevo, Web push subscription, Optional reCAPTCHA or Turnstile on forms, Marketing automation tracker in the site header | Hello Bar site code and API key settings, Loads Hello Bar script in head or footer, Hello Bar popup script from the service, Admin options page |
| Integrations | ||
| Brevo API | — | |
| Marketing | — | Hello Bar |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | WonderPush (Brevo web push), Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.9.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.google.com, cdn.brevo.com, management-api.wonderpush.com, api.brevo.com, challenges.cloudflare.com | my.hellobar.com |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |