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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Airship

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Airship Experience Platform provides an end-to-end solution for unifying experiences across channels and capturing value across the entire customer lifecycle.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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    AirshipBenchmark Email
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    AirshipBenchmark Email
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    AirshipBenchmark Email
    Considered Both Products
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
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    BenchmarkONE
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AirshipBenchmark Email
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Airship and Benchmark Email
    Feature
    Airship
    -
    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 Airship and Benchmark Email
    Feature
    Airship
    -
    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 Airship and Benchmark Email
    Feature
    Airship
    -
    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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    AirshipBenchmark Email
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    SimpleTexting
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    EZ Texting
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Everest (Return Path + 250ok)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Emma by Marigold
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AirshipBenchmark Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    AirshipBenchmark Email
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    Well-Suited for: 1. Mobile App Notifications: Ideal for targeted push notifications in apps. 2. Customer Segmentation: Effective for personalized marketing campaigns based on user data. 3. Event-Triggered Automation: Great for automated messaging based on user actions. 4. A/B Testing: Useful for optimizing campaign messages and strategies. Less Appropriate for: 1. Non-Mobile Channels: Less effective if the primary focus is on non-mobile communications like email or direct mail. 2. Basic Email Marketing: Other platforms might be better suited for simple, broad email campaigns without complex segmentation or personalization needs.
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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
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    • The marketing push notifications are very effective, and it gives us free hand to define different business criteria to target user groups
    • The user experience or the message content could differ from Android and iOS, and this is a huge benefit for us
    • As an Architect, troubleshooting an issue is very detailed and the time it takes to troubleshoot an issue is considerably less from our previous product
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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
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    • The automated A/B testing winner selection and application should be added
    • The flexibility of message shape, specifically incorporating transparency so messages do not need to be a rectangular shape
    • Faster and more reliable servers around the globe
    • Making more detailed use cases and tutorials to be followed can simplify things for users
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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.
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    Usability
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    The interface takes a bit getting used to in order to know how to take advantage of everything. Some of the analytics that are available are particularly hard to find, so it's important to pay attention when customer support reviews everything, but everything I'd want and need in terms of Push and In-App messaging is all there.
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    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    I have not had to interact much with customer support as I have been able to find the vast majority of the answers I'm looking for within their documentation, which I very much appreciate because it saves me a lot of time. Customer support has been responsive and helpful for the most part during the couple of interactions I've had.
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    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    We've tested a bunch of different CRM tools over the years and Airship has been a winner for its functionality, features, cost, and ability to integrate with other softwares that we use. It has been great for SMS and mobile in particular. It could certainly be a one stop shop for CRM.
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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
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    • The ROI has increased more than approx. 50% (exact details to be confirmed) based on cross-channel orchestration
    • Using push notifications alone, we have seen a huge increase in app engagement which was a challenge before to nudge users to get back to the App after initial download
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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.
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