Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued) vs. Email on Acid

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
Score 7.9 out of 10
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The Bronto Marketing Platform was an email marketing solution from Oracle which was acquired from NetSuite in 2016. It was optimized for creating automated, yet personalized emails, and subscriber profile segments, analyzing click and visit behavior, and tracking geolocation. It has since been discontinued.N/A
Email on Acid
Score 6.8 out of 10
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Email On Acid is an email marketing solution built as a standalone product and as an integration into marketing automation tools such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Marketo. It includes features such as collaboration, code analysis, and spam filter testing.
$86
month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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The Basics
$86
month
Premium
$132
month
Professional
$499
month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)Email on Acid
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsRequest pricing at info@bronto.com.Save 15% on the monthly cost when billed annually!
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Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
7.4
Ratings
7% below category average
Email on Acid
9.2
Ratings
15% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages4.50 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization7.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting9.40 Ratings8.50 Ratings
List management7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
7.6
Ratings
1% below category average
Email on Acid
9.0
Ratings
16% above category average
Dashboards7.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Standard reports7.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Custom reports7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)Email on Acid
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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7.2
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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Usability
9.0
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Availability
10.0
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Performance
8.0
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Support Rating
2.0
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Online Training
8.0
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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Configurability
10.0
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User Testimonials
Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)Email on Acid
Likelihood to Recommend
Bronto is a very professional application in the email marketing use space. It has a straightforward and simple interface but it is still a powerful and customizable experience. Most tasks are easy, and you can usually find a way to do things outside the norm with ease. It is a good platform for users new to the email marketing world but grows with their needs and abilities.
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  • Email On Acid is great for someone who needs a simple, intuitive platform to create custom HTML emails.
  • Probably not suited for someone new to HTML and CSS.
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Pros
  • Chat support. They are the professionals behind those keyboards. Not asking someone else. Them. Right there. Get your answers fast and accurate.
  • Detailed tracking information. Sends, delivered, clicks, conversions. Anything and everything you want to know about how your emails are doing is tracked. I keep my own reporting separate in an excel sheet, but they have great reporting.
  • Automated messaging rules. Set and forget emails that hit the customer with the right information exactly when needed. The workflows allow for some REALLY cool & complex set ups too.
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  • Display testing
  • Link validation
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Cons
  • Reporting has been much improved in the last 12 months but still has room to improve. Often the view and format of reports varies depending on where you are looking at the data.
  • Although the feature IS coming, we have been looking for transactional messaging for our CRM since we signed with Bronto. Given we use Netsuite, who owns Bronto, we expected this feature much sooner.
  • More real-time and personalized content within Bronto would be welcomed.
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  • Renderings can be slightly off
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Likelihood to Renew
As with anything, it's not perfect but it's more than suitable for our needs. I'd like to see continued growth and updates from Bronto and I'm excited to see what they have planned for their users down the road. Our clients (and my superiors) have been very happy with the performance of the software so far. It's going to be a great year for us
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Usability
Usability is great. Very intuitive drag-and-drip metaphor for building automations. And the UI is very user-centric. It constantly prompts you with suggestions and next steps such that you hardly have to refer to the (excellent) documentation.
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Reliability and Availability
I never experienced any downtime.
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Performance
No issues.
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Support Rating
They used to be good, but they've evolved into a monolithic bureaucratic nightmare after the Netsuite / Oracle acquisition. Can't talk to anyone that actually knows the system and support tickets seem to go days or weeks without responses and resolution.
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Online Training
They have lots of videos on list importing / segmentation / report customization etc. when you sign on they give a link to online tutorials and documentation which is very helpful. They have very helpful PDFs on how to import / set up platform
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Implementation Rating
Easy to set up.
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Alternatives Considered
Bronto Marketing Platform is much more of an enterprise solution than I believe many of these other options are within the email marketing campaign world. Their amount of features, data collection, and management and even help support was impressive. This was especially true during our launch efforts with the initial release of using their tool. If budget costs could be a concern, then you can be successful with some of the smaller options available. Still, the Bronto Marketing Platform makes it pretty easy to define some exact costs and actual ROI for improving your email campaign efforts that can help justify the expense of the tool above others.
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Ultimately, we chose Email on Acid because it provided exactly what we needed at a great price point. Litmus was another great option, but a bit more robust and expensive than what we were currently looking for
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Return on Investment
  • Our email list was aging, and based on Bronto recommendations to clean out our list, we were able to increase our average open rate from 21% to 28% over the course of 12 months.
  • We were able to increase our list size by about 25% over the course of 24 months by cleaning our lists and subsequently starting the pop-up manager on our site.
  • We're able to maintain a healthy click rate- about 30%, with the straightforward template options in the WYSYWIG editor.
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  • Ability to send over 1000 previews spanning across 90 email clients.
  • Saves a lot of time getting emails out the door.
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ScreenShots

Email on Acid Screenshots

Screenshot of Whether you know HTML or not, our new Campaign Precheck gives you the power to fix email mistakes while you QA, so you can create a message that every subscriber can read and understand.Screenshot of See what your email looks like on more than 70 clients and devices. View the emails in portrait or landscape so you know how your email will look for every subscriber.Screenshot of Test and edit instantly. Simply load up your email and tweak the code in our editor – you’ll see the preview change as you adjust the code.Screenshot of Whether you’re an email marketer or a developer, our tools can help your team streamline the email testing process. Use the “share” link to easily send test results to team members and clients. Our mark-up tool also allows reviewers to draw or comment within the email previews.Screenshot of Image validation makes sure your images render properly on every email client and device, so you can reach more subscribers on more platforms.Screenshot of Email testing, simplified. Send a test email directly from your email service provider or upload your HTML to our system. We’ll help you spot funky formatting, broken links and code problems.