Autoklose vs. dotMailer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Autoklose
Score 8.6 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Autoklose, a VanillaSoft brand, is an SEP solution, presenting a combined package of sales email automation and tracking, contact and email campaign management with sequence templates and optimization.
$59.99
per month per user
dotMailer
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$150
per month
Pricing
AutoklosedotMailer
Editions & Modules
Auto Kloser
$59.99
per month per user
Advanced Kloser
$69.99
per month per user
Accelerated Kloser
$99.99
per month per user
Growth
$150.00
per month
Professional
$500.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AutoklosedotMailer
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
AutoklosedotMailer
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Autoklose
-
Ratings
dotMailer
9.0
Ratings
13% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
List management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AutoklosedotMailer
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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10.0
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Usability
9.2
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-
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Availability
9.1
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-
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Performance
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Support Rating
8.5
(0 ratings)
-
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In-Person Training
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Online Training
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Configurability
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
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Ease of integration
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
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-
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Vendor pre-sale
9.1
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-
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User Testimonials
AutoklosedotMailer
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend Autoklose to smaller teams that do not have the tools and processes in place for conducting sales outreach or business development activities. I would also recommend it to Sales development reps who are relying on manually managing their sales outreach without the benefits of automation. I'd also recommend it if they are trying to do the above while using a CRM like Pipedrive, as Autoklose works well with some CRMs.
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dotMailer is a great tool whether you are a standalone shop or a global company. I am not familiar with many other programs, but my favorite thing about dotMailer is the ability to have all of our constituents on the same account to share templates and ideas, as well as gauge our performance levels. To any colleague within our Group, I would 100% recommend dotMailer
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Pros
  • It is helping in editing, managing, and send[ing] out large marketing campaigns.
  • It is easy to handle multiple emails in appropriate sequence.
  • Our company [has been] using this for a very long time. It is one of the perfect email solutions we found for our organization.
  • I have been very much impressed by their support staff.
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  • Segmentation by distance.
  • RFM segmentation.
  • Product recommendations.
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Cons
  • The system is not designed to send out hundreds of emails within the hour. Thus if you have timely information, and you have a large list, it will generally take many hours to execute.
  • Related to the above, timing of email delivery does jot exist nor can it be customized by timezone.
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  • Updating contact lists can be cumbersome. It would be much easier if we could just make mass update to contact lists without having to export and re-import them. For example, if you upload a list of Joe's contacts and then want them to all be individually tagged with Jane instead, you would have to export the list, change everyone's rep to Jane, and then import the list again.
  • The time zone on our account is set to London which creates challenges for the other cities (New York, Chicago, Seattle, Sao Paulo) that we send emails for. We definitely have to be cautious when scheduling out emails so that we get the timing correct.
  • I would love to be able to view previous months' activities and expand the comparison tool to view trends over time.
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Likelihood to Renew
Will 100% be renewing all 3 seats.
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Since this is used on a global scale and it is preferable to all of our brands, I cannot see us switching to a different provider. We have built years worth of contacts and templates within our current system, which saves our marketing team a lot of time when putting together future campaigns. All of them are mobile optimized which makes it even easier to work with
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Usability
It is well set out from a user interface perspective and once you understand how it works you understand the power and the logic of how it is done. Like any software it helps to be a frequent user, but Autoklose lets you set up campaigns in the shortest possible time based on experience with other systems that I have used.
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Reliability and Availability
We have really had no issues.
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Performance
Always loads fast.
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Support Rating
Our Autoklose rep is amazing! Jelena has always gotten back to us within 24 hours, despite living on a different continent. She is completely proficient with the tool and is usually able to answer our questions with a brief email or short virtual meeting.
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In-Person Training
Jelena is amazing! Very knowledgable. Great instructor.
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Online Training
Jelena is fantastic. She always responds to emails immediately.
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Implementation Rating
It is extremely easy to implement and start using right away
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Alternatives Considered
Autoklose was very reasonably priced compared to the three competitors that I reviewed, but the features were far less robust than Outreach, so I ultimately decided to leave Autoklose after some time. And I went with Outreach, but I still had a great experience with Autoklose, and I'm able to give them great scores for their product and their service. Salesloft was less robust, and Mailshake wasn't sophisticated enough for my needs.
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DotMailer is built for eCommerce. Drip, ActiveCampaign, and Infusionsoft are not eCommerce platforms out of the box, though they can be tailored to that use case. DotMailer is especially geared toward retail businesses.
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Scalability
It's expensive to have a single seat for each salesperson, so the alias feature will be the perfect addition to this product.
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Return on Investment
  • This product saves my business development manger at least 2 hours per day.
  • The weekly digest reports give us a nice look at how the campaign is performing.
  • Having the analytics for the whole campaign in an easy-to-read format gives a quick snapshot of the campaign activity.
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  • Gave us more granular segmentation than simply pages visited or products purchased.
  • Helped us segment local customers vs long-distance customers, and send different messaging to each.
  • It takes a product feed, so enabled us to launch personalized product recommendations in emails.
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ScreenShots

Autoklose Screenshots

Screenshot of Step 01: Set up your campaignScreenshot of Step 02: Choose your recipientsScreenshot of Step 03: Select the best converting templateScreenshot of Step 04: Customize your e-mail sequence