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Braze

Braze

Customer Engagement & Marketing Automationbraze.com

Braze enables brands to deliver highly personalized, real-time cross-channel customer experiences that drive engagement and loyalty. Its AI-powered platform unifies customer data and automates intelligent messaging at scale.

Last updated Aug 21, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Aug 24, 2026

Founded
2011
HQ
New York, New York, United States
Connections
118

At a glance

Employees
1001-5000
Funding
$175M+
Revenue
$400M-$500M
Stock
BRZE
92integrations23competitors

About

A leading cloud-native customer engagement platform, recognized as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Marketing Hubs

Braze is a comprehensive customer engagement platform founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, NY. The company enables brands to build meaningful, data-driven relationships with their customers by orchestrating highly personalized messaging across channels including email, push notifications, SMS, in-app messaging, and web. Braze's platform leverages AI and machine learning to help marketers deliver the right message at the right time, driving engagement, retention, and revenue growth. Braze serves a broad range of industries including retail, media, finance, travel, and technology, with a strong focus on enterprise and mid-market brands. Its platform is built around a real-time customer data layer that ingests behavioral signals and enables dynamic segmentation, journey orchestration, and multivariate testing. The company went public on the Nasdaq in November 2021 under the ticker BRZE, reflecting strong market confidence in its growth trajectory and platform differentiation. In the competitive customer engagement and marketing automation landscape, Braze stands out for its developer-friendly architecture, robust API ecosystem, and deep channel breadth. It competes with platforms like Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Iterable, and Klaviyo, but differentiates itself through real-time data processing, ease of integration, and a modern cloud-native infrastructure. With a global presence spanning offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Braze has established itself as a go-to platform for brands prioritizing customer-centric marketing at scale.

Business model

SaaS

Target market

Enterprise and Mid-Market

What they offer

  • Canvas Flow

    Visual customer journey builder for orchestrating multi-step, cross-channel messaging campaigns with branching logic and real-time triggers

  • Braze Email

    Full-featured email marketing tool with drag-and-drop editor, dynamic personalization, and deliverability optimization

  • Push Notifications

    Mobile and web push notification delivery with rich media support, A/B testing, and intelligent timing

  • SMS & MMS

    Two-way SMS and MMS messaging capabilities with compliance tools and global carrier support

  • In-App Messaging

    Contextual in-app messages triggered by real-time user behavior within mobile and web applications

  • Content Cards

    Persistent, feed-style content placements within apps and websites that can be updated without a new app release

  • Braze Audience Sync

    Syncs Braze audience segments to paid media platforms like Google, Facebook, and TikTok for coordinated cross-channel campaigns

  • Braze Intelligence Suite

    AI-powered features including Intelligent Timing, Intelligent Channel, and Intelligent Selection to optimize send times, channels, and content

  • Braze Data Platform

    Real-time customer data ingestion, segmentation, and profile management layer powering personalization across all channels

  • Predictive Suite

    Machine learning tools for predicting churn likelihood and event probability to enable proactive engagement

Key features

Real-time customer data ingestion and segmentationAI-powered send time and channel optimizationCross-channel journey orchestration via Canvas FlowDynamic content personalization with Liquid templatingMultivariate and A/B testingRobust REST and SDK APIsBuilt-in analytics and reporting dashboardsGlobal compliance and data privacy controlsDrag-and-drop campaign and journey buildersAudience sync to paid media platforms

Use cases

Customer onboarding and activation campaignsChurn prevention and win-back programsPersonalized product recommendationsLoyalty and rewards program communicationsReal-time transactional and triggered messagingCross-channel lifecycle marketingApp re-engagement campaignsE-commerce cart abandonment recoveryMedia and content consumption nudgesFinancial services account engagement

Customer segments

Retail and e-commerce brandsMedia and entertainment companiesFinancial services and fintechTravel and hospitalityGaming companiesHealthcare and wellness appsTechnology and SaaS companies

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Cloud-native infrastructure (AWS)RESTful APIsNative mobile SDKs (iOS, Android)Web SDK (JavaScript)Liquid templating language for personalizationMachine learning and AI modelsKafka for real-time data streamingWebhooks for third-party integrations

Security & compliance

SOC 2 Type IIGDPRCCPAISO 27001HIPAA (available)Privacy Shield

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

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