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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

    Benchmark Email

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABenchmark is an email marketing platform on a global mission to help businesses everywhere ignite relationships with their customers, from the company of the same name in St.Louis, Missouri.

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    Pricing
    Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
    Editions & Modules
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    Pro
    Starting at $13
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    BenchmarkONE
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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
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and Benchmark Email
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    Benchmark Email
    9.5
    7 Ratings
    18% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and Benchmark Email
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    Benchmark Email
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and Benchmark Email
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    Benchmark Email
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Inbox Display00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
    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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    BenchmarkONE
    For low volume non-profits, Benchmark Email provides a respectable free service. Ease of use is high and customization of the email is good. The discount for 501(c)(3) organizations and fully free use for non-profits that help children is commendable. Although the GUI editor is flexible and easy to learn, it does have some issues with certain detailed formatting concerns, like properly showing the newlines between paragraphs. Image/photo processing and presentation is similarly both easy to use, but frustrating due to some capability gaps and quirks, like specifying image sizes and display on hi-resolution devices.

    Overall, Benchmark Email provides a good service that is easy to learn to expand your communication reach; however, the ROI and satisfaction may not be as high if paying fees comparable to other offerings.
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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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    BenchmarkONE
    • 2,000 contact list space available with no time limit to those who can't upgrade.
    • The AB Testing feature helps to improve the performance of your emails by experimenting with different content and send times to determine what works best. Thus great emailing objectives are easier to achieve.
    • There is a feature where website and email engagement trigger an automatic email series. For example, the automatic flow of a subscriber from a leads list to a customer list upon making a purchase is awesome.
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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
    Incentivized
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    BenchmarkONE
    • List maintenance -- navigating multiple lists is a cumbersome activity.
    • Analytics about user engagement could be better. It's not super robust, especially if you're used to Google Analytics.
    • Customer support is kind of slow to get back to us.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    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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    BenchmarkONE
    I stated this plenty of times in my previous responses but we moved to Benchmark from Mad Mimi. Mad Mimi's feature set is extremely basic and only suited for start-ups or very small businesses. Benchmark provides enough customization to take the next step in your email marketing program. It's also fairly affordable
    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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    BenchmarkONE
    • If we think particularly on the ROI then benchmark email gives you a definite amount of ROI. But it takes time, you will see the results after a six month span of time. Because sending an email itself is a slow and steady process to follow.
    Incentivized
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