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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acumbamail

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAcumbamail is an Email, SMS marketing, subscription forms management and landing page editor for marketing, boasting a team of English-speaking, dedicated technical support ready to help with campaign creation. The tool integrates with Analytics, Wordpress, Prestashop, and Facebook.

    $28

    per month starting with 20,000 emails/month

    Emma by Marigold

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AEmma by Marigold is an email marketing solution. Its key features include mobile-ready design templates, email automation, audience segmentation, and dynamic content. The software includes integration with third-party CRM solutions, ecommerce platforms, and social networks.

    $500

    per year per user

    Pricing
    AcumbamailEmma by Marigold
    Editions & Modules
    Mailings - Basic
    $28
    per month up to 20,000 emails
    Subscribers - Basic
    $44
    per month 2,500 subscribers
    Mailings - Pro
    $79
    per month 20,000 emails
    Subscribers - Pro
    $95
    per month 2,500 subscribers
    Mailings - Enterprise (advanced optimization tools)
    $247
    per month 20,000 emails
    Subscribers - Enterprise (advanced optimization tools)
    $264
    per month 2,500 subscribers
    Basic
    $500
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcumbamailEmma by Marigold
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Features
    AcumbamailEmma by Marigold
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Acumbamail and Emma by Marigold
    Feature
    Acumbamail
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Emma by Marigold
    9.1
    31 Ratings
    14% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor10.01 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    Dynamic content10.01 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.01 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Landing pages10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing5.01 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Mobile optimization5.01 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting5.01 Ratings10.031 Ratings
    List management10.01 Ratings10.031 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences10.01 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acumbamail and Emma by Marigold
    Feature
    Acumbamail
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Emma by Marigold
    10.0
    31 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Dashboards9.01 Ratings10.030 Ratings
    Standard reports9.01 Ratings9.931 Ratings
    Custom reports7.01 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Acumbamail and Emma by Marigold
    Feature
    Acumbamail
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Emma by Marigold
    -
    Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Emma by Marigold
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AcumbamailEmma by Marigold
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcumbamailEmma by Marigold
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acumbamail
    Acumbamail is a newer email marketing tool that has plenty of room to grow, but they are off to a fantastic start. Setting up my first email list was super easy and intuitive. Creating broadcasts is straightforward, as are landing pages. And the automation flows that are built in are incredible. The biggest downside is some of the documentation being in Spanish. It's easy enough to translate but still slows you down. That said, I'm really looking forward to growing with Acumbamail!
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    Marigold
    Using Emma for weekly templated email use with minimal changes is awesome. If you want you can create a master and make minor graphic edits quickly and easily from your smartphone. Any edit is possible as long as the artwork is on the online server. Only time I hit a bump in the road is when I was asked to change the style sheet and did not know that the pricing plan I was on did not include this feature. Client had to wait to send new format until Emma performed the requested changes.
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    Pros
    Acumbamail
    • Creating Landing Pages.
    • Built in Automations.
    • Email List Maintenance.
    • The email editor is simple to use and very intuitive.
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    Marigold
    • Enterprise-level email marketing with multi-level account structure allowing for multiple users at different levels to send campaigns
    • Easy-to-use WYSIWYG email template editors to create dynamic emails with enhanced personalization through merge-fields
    • A large API index that connects to many different platforms and the ability to work with Emma support to create new connections to new platforms as needed
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    Cons
    Acumbamail
    • The online support is excellent, but the written support is sometimes in Spanish.
    • Setting up your account for better email deliverability takes some time.
    • It's a newer program, so there is definitely some room for improvement in the user interface.
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    Marigold
    • Their customer service leaves something to be desired. We ran into an issue with one of our campaigns, and we decided to reach out to support, but they didn't get back with us until 3 hours later! Time is money!!
    • We don't like that their photo editing capabilities are limited, you can only choose small, medium or large photos with no way to resize to exact dimensions. Makes emails a bit of a pain
    • The upgraded premium tools are buggy and leave something to be desired as well – it's a shame.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acumbamail
    No answers on this topic
    Marigold
    Emma has been a great tool for our marketing. It's easy to use and I've had no issues in the almost two years we've been with them. It's really been a great way for us to stay connected with customers that takes no time to setup and send
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    Usability
    Acumbamail
    No answers on this topic
    Marigold
    While every WYSIWYG software will experience glitches, Emma handles them well. Keep in mind they rarely happen, but they do, it can be of annoyance. Regardless, Emma allows my organization to create seamless email campaigns using fresh data. Emma makes coming up with strategic decisions very easy. The list segmentation that Emma feature allows us to easily manage a large list without issues. Overall, Emma is extremely usable with nearly no learning curve!
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    Support Rating
    Acumbamail
    No answers on this topic
    Marigold
    I hate that to get support I have to submit a question to a public forum and wait for a response. I just want the ability for a quick live chat to answer my simple help questions quickly or at the very least submit a ticket via email and get a status update.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acumbamail
    Acumbamail is still in its infancy, so it's not fair to compare it to ConvertKit, which has been around for a while, but Acumbamail is very similar in its setup. In some ways, its automation look to be a lot more straightforward. I'm really hoping they'll be able to grow Acumbamail into a killer product!
    Incentivized
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    Marigold
    At the time we made the decision to move to Emma, my organization was using both MailChimp and Constant Contact. Emma's drag-and-drop template editor surpassed both, and even editing the pre-made template HTML in Emma was easier. List management was much smoother than the clunky Constant Contact and MailChimp lists we had. From a design perspective, we chose Emma for its ease of use in creating templates and modifying existing ones, as well as the ability to push out branded templates and brand assets through its master admin/subaccount capabilities. Emma's analytics and reporting were much less frustrating to navigate and understand, such that, rather than spending all of our time trying to make sense of the metrics from a campaign (which we were definitely doing), we were attracted to being able to report easily and then move on to determining how to make real improvements
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    Return on Investment
    Acumbamail
    • Still too early to tell, but down the road, the impact of having a good mailing list will be enormous!
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    Marigold
    • Stores using the platform have seen good deliverability stats. Open rates and click-through rates are high with the templates that Emma creates. We still face the challenge of getting more users on the platform.
    • User satisfaction is high for our users who are regularly using the platform.
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    ScreenShots

    Acumbamail Screenshots

    Screenshot of Visual editorScreenshot of Acumbamail's reporting dashboardScreenshot of Acumbamail's templates

    Emma by Marigold Screenshots

    Screenshot of dynamic content used to send unique, personalized content to each subscriber based on the data stored about them from a single email.Screenshot of the editor's drag & drop layouts and inline text editing, that help to keep the creative process fast and flexible.Screenshot of a display of account activity, email performance and recent mailings in one place right after login.Screenshot of insights on the go using Metric, the included iPhone and Android app.Screenshot of response results that give insights into what's working and provide next steps.Screenshot of customizable, mobile-optimized templates to show off a brand and content in the template gallery.