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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

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    Vbout

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AVbout is a marketing automation solution focused on agencies. Features include email marketing, lead scoring, social media management, and behavioral marketing.N/A
    Pricing
    Benchmark EmailVbout
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    Starting at $13
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Benchmark EmailVbout
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Benchmark EmailVbout
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    9.5
    7 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Vbout
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor7.86 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Dynamic content10.06 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.34 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Landing pages10.04 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    A/B testing10.06 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Mobile optimization10.07 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting10.06 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    List management10.07 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.24 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Vbout
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Dashboards7.66 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Standard reports10.07 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Custom reports7.23 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Vbout
    -
    Ratings
    Inbox Display10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    9.4
    4 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Benchmark Email and Vbout
    Feature
    Benchmark Email
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Benchmark EmailVbout
    Small Businesses
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    OneSignal
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Everest (Return Path + 250ok)
    Score10 out of 10
    Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Benchmark EmailVbout
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Benchmark EmailVbout
    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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    Vbout.com
    To Automate your social media presence by bulk scheduling content. Create multiple drip email marketing campaigns to support different marketing promotion initiatives. Visualize your marketing funnel. Learn what is your best referral traffic source per each initiative (for example, I learned that Quora was bringing us highly qualified leads). Create lead scores and start qualifying your prospects. Create multiple landing pages to promote your product to different audiences.
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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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    Vbout.com
    • On email marketing, it has petty good recommendation for sending methods.
    • The landing pages can be fully customized with code editor and works with Bootstrap frameworks.
    • The automation comes in handy since it works on all Vbout tools.
    • We can also install the Tracking Code on external websites to utilize Vbout tools.
    • Awesome support team!
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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.
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    Vbout.com
    • Since their team is so focused on being the best, they occasionally have small feature appearance issues
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Vbout.com
    The better relation quality / features / pricing in the market
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    BenchmarkONE
    No answers on this topic
    Vbout.com
    Great experience so far. Vbout has low learning curve. It's a user-friendly product with comprehensive knowledge base. Even if we meet a blocker, their team is ready to help us solve the issue. Their keep the dashboard straightforward that contains all tools, so we can access each one of them right away.
    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
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    Vbout.com
    Vbout offers a very robust overall solution, with a more basic solution, and a much lower price point than the Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM solution.
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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.
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    Vbout.com
    • The platform has saved us a lot of money
    • It's highly functional and allows us to do a lot more than Marketo
    • It's easy to manage, and it saves us a lot of time on a regular basis.
    Incentivized
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