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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Journey Optimizer

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Journey Optimizer is a customer engagement solution, enabling brands to orchestrate and deliver personalized customer engagement across all channels — including email, web, app, mobile, and more — in the moments that matter to customers.N/A

    Audience Republic

    Score3 out of 10
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    Pricing
    Adobe Journey OptimizerAudience Republic
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerAudience Republic
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Journey OptimizerAudience Republic
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    Features
    Adobe Journey OptimizerAudience Republic
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and Audience Republic
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    Audience Republic
    2.4
    1 Ratings
    107% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and Audience Republic
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    Audience Republic
    2.0
    1 Ratings
    117% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and Audience Republic
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    Audience Republic
    1.5
    1 Ratings
    137% below category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Braze
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Everest (Return Path + 250ok)
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    Enterprises
    SAP Service Cloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerAudience Republic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.8
    (4 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Journey OptimizerAudience Republic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    AJO is best suited for advanced Martech teams who are already bought into the Adobe ecosystem through the use of RTCDP, AA, AAM, etc. Organizations that are starting their Martech journey are good candidates, as well as those who are reevaluating all of their marketing channel vendors near the same time. Success in AJO is highly dependent on the number of marketing channels added. Close coordination with database teams is essential for success. Many of the offline data requirements benefit from modeling of the data. Having dedicated resources developing AJO (RTCDP)-specific views will reduce the amount of QA required to bring the solutions to market
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    Audience Republic
    Audience Republic is good for data acquisition using their gamified competitions, but I think that's about the only point of difference it has from Braze, Mailchimp or Campaign Monitor. While they promise to allow you to easily segment data from ticketing outlets, in my opinion, this is a blatant falsehood. In my experience, excuses come through thick and fast from the customer service team, but nothing has been resolved in the 2.5 years of using them.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • pre built use case playbooks provide a basis for various trips
    • provides customized messaging
    • custom actions let different systems and databases be easily integrated
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    Audience Republic
    • Segmentation
    • EDM template refinements
    • Data acquisition
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • It doesn´t keep the last search you sis in the journeys and you have to enter the search parameter every time
    • there is a window of time during the day that the audiences give out errors and you can´t see the estimates
    • I should be able to select STO in campaigns, not only in journeys
    • I should be able to select the email parameters when using campaigns
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    Audience Republic
    • Integration of ticketing agencies
    • More flexible templates
    • Better customer service
    • Not lying about the fees charged to other clients
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    Usability
    Adobe
    At times, Adobe Journey Optimizer offers too many options, making things less user-friendly than I would personally prefer. As mentioned earlier, there is a tendency to encounter decision paralysis with the increase in available options. While having options is excellent, in typical Adobe fashion, too many can be overwhelming for users
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    Audience Republic
    It's easy enough to use, even for a beginner, but I think the usability is dampened by the terrible dynamics of the platform and, in my experience, how they create more manual labour and legwork instead of the optimisation they promise.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    They both have their pros and cons, I feel it depends on the users that the products are targetting, SFMC is has more specialized customizations, Adobe does offer similar but require a higher technical knowledge which is not something that is provided bt the other product
    Incentivized
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    Audience Republic
    All of these platforms offer the same level of performance to Audience Republic, but are a lot cheaper. I didn't choose Audience Republic, it was passed down to me from a former employee. I am in the process of moving to Braze as for the exact same service they will save our company $100k a year.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Multichannel onboarding journey improving the engagement of freshmen in the business, resulting in a decrease in the dropout rate.
    • Separate business of anticipation of receivables from suppliers that used to be manual and now I have connected this entire operation via the S3 connector, less manual work and significant gains in conversions and payments
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    Audience Republic
    • Besides from the gamified competitions to attain data to then market to, literally nothing that I couldn't get from a competitor.
    • Audience Republic lie to us about how much their services cost. They were charging us 0.0053c per email send (and they upped this price without telling us one month), and a peer told me they were paying 0.0015c per send. In my opinion, they are not trustworthy.
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    Screenshot of Channel Setup in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of Content Accelerator in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of In App Message Designer in Adobe Journey OptimizerProduct screenshotScreenshot of Profiles Dashboard in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of SMS Journey in Adobe Journey Optimizer