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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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.

    $0

    per month

    Unbounce

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Unbounce is a landing page builder for marketers. Marketers can use the drag and drop platform to create customized, responsive landing pages for their marketing campaigns.

    $99

    per month

    Pricing
    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    Starting at $13
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Build
    $99
    per month
    Experiment
    $149
    per month
    Optimize
    $249
    per month
    Agency
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—All plans include: Unlimited conversions, Unlimited subdomains, 1000+ integrations, Built-in AI copywriting, and Customer support. Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Considered Both Products
    BenchmarkONE
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    Unbounce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    72%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Benchmark Email and Unbounce
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    9.5
    7 Ratings
    18% above category average
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Benchmark Email and Unbounce
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Unbounce
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    Ratings
    Dashboards7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Benchmark Email and Unbounce
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Unbounce
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    Ratings
    Inbox Display10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO and Conversion Optimization
    Comparison of SEO and Conversion Optimization features of Benchmark Email and Unbounce
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
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    Ratings
    Unbounce
    6.9
    14 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Landing page A/B testing:00 Ratings6.813 Ratings
    Dynamic page text replacement00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Real-time analytics dashboard00 Ratings7.113 Ratings
    SEO tools00 Ratings6.513 Ratings
    Optimization recommendations00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
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    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Small Businesses
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    Instapage
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Everest (Return Path + 250ok)
    Score10 out of 10
    Instapage
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score9.4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (51 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Benchmark EmailUnbounce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Unbounce
    As I am using this platform for a long time, I believe I am happy with the services I am getting from this outstanding software. It has made my landing page experience better than ever without any coding knowledge to apply. It has upgraded my business in a positive direction and I believe I am using this software for many years to come.
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    Pros
    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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    Unbounce
    • AB testing is simple to set up. Clone a page make your changes and pit one or more against each other. Set the number of views and you're told the winner once the test is done. Simple
    • Tracking code is easy to add. Follow the straightforward instructions in the back end
    • Easy to add multiple domains to your account. So you can use the landing pages you build on numerous sites if you so desire
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Unbounce
    • One of the cons of Unbouncewas the learning curve. We are very familiar now with the ends and outs but in the beginning, it would have been super helpful to have some sore of learning up front.
    • The pricing structure is not great for our particular organization. We will never need unlimited page views but we do often need more landing pages we make it work but the pricing model could be improved.
    • The reporting could be a little better. We supplement with some of our own trackings but for the most part, the reporting from Unbounce is a basic level understanding of how the page is performing.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Unbounce
    The nonprofit discount makes it so affordable that my client was happy to continue their subscription all year round. They have used it to build landing pages to capture expressions of interest for their next recruitment window. It hasn't quite produced the sort of results we were hoping for, but I'm not sure that's Unbounce's fault.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Unbounce
    Unbounce made it easy for my team to build landing pages for website and email. We gained valuable A/B testing insights and gathered information from visitors effectively converting them to leads. The Editor is straight forward and I was able to learn to use it on my own without instruction. CRM integration was easy and consistently worked.
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    Support Rating
    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Unbounce
    Unbounce customer support is very strong. We have been able to connect with them via email and telephone mediums. They are very knowledgeable and can effectively help resolve difficult problems that are slowing us down. Overall Unbounce customer support is very professional. Our wait times have always been small or at least reasonable.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Unbounce
    Choose a subdomain that is appropriate for multiple types of pages. You don't want to have to keep changing it. Think about using Google Tag Manager to manage your Google Analytics code and event tracking. Build one landing page to completion. Then make a copy of it if you need to create variant pages.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Unbounce
    Despite my review for unbounce being not the greatest review or score in the world, when stacked up against its two biggest competitors, I'd prefer Unbounce over Leadpages and Instapage. Leadpages drag and drop editor, integrations, and overall UI/UX is 10x worse than unbounce and unbounce really leads in the category of nice templates and quickness to a production landing page with much better options and integrations.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Unbounce
    • Unbounce has positively impacted PPC Director's ability to provide clientele with the service of building informative, relevant, and high-converting landing pages. For instance, the traceable effectiveness of landing pages built by PPC Director in Unbounce remains directly correlated to long-term client retention.
    Incentivized
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