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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AThe 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

    SAP Emarsys

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/AEmarsys is a customer engagement platform that allows users to automate personalized campaigns across channels, based on each individual consumer’s behavior. The suite's capabilities include marketing automation, email marketing, customer engagement, customer intelligence and predictive recommendations. Emarsys is now part of SAP, since the December 2020 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)SAP Emarsys
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)SAP Emarsys
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsRequest pricing at info@bronto.com.
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    Community Pulse
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)SAP Emarsys
    Considered Both Products
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    Chose Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
    Better in most ways than Emarsys. Omnisend is limited in their CRM integrations. Bluecore focuses on behavioral triggers, bit different focus.
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)SAP Emarsys
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued) and SAP Emarsys
    Feature
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
    7.4
    58 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SAP Emarsys
    6.5
    8 Ratings
    16% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor7.050 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Dynamic content6.450 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content6.449 Ratings4.07 Ratings
    Landing pages4.525 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    A/B testing9.055 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.850 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.458 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    List management7.456 Ratings4.38 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.448 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued) and SAP Emarsys
    Feature
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
    7.6
    57 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Emarsys
    6.9
    8 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Dashboards7.857 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Standard reports7.856 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Custom reports7.143 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued) and SAP Emarsys
    Feature
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    SAP Emarsys
    6.5
    5 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued) and SAP Emarsys
    Feature
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Emarsys
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)SAP Emarsys
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (60 ratings)
    7.7
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bronto Marketing Platform (discontinued)SAP Emarsys
    Likelihood to Recommend
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    If you're a mid-size to larger business and rely on regular email engagement from customers, then Bronto Marketing Platform could be a potentially great partner if not game-changer for how you've been doing email campaign management previously. Their automation tools and development interface is amicable. The amount of data that's collected and available from engagement with subscribers through their tools can be overwhelming. Still, if you enjoy digging into every kernel of possible user activity information, you'll love it.
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    SAP
    Emarsys is well suited for any company with an established list of contacts and an interest in email marketing. It's easy to manage, scalable, and has plenty of customization features to make your emails your own. If you're ever stuck, the responsive customer service team will help you out. I recommend Emarsys for medium to large size companies.
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    Pros
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    • It's easy to work with – it has seamless integration across all platforms, which helps when you're working with big clientele.
    • It's logically organized, which can't be said of all ESP's.
    • It has the LIVE CHAT support. A lot of email marketing clients simply don't have that. It's the little things!
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    SAP
    • It has the ability to reach maximum market chains.
    • It helps to keep our customer’s data confidential in any means.
    • It encourages one-to-one customer engagement which has helped us developing more trust in our customers.
    • It is targeting the required and interested audience for the organization.
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    Cons
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    • Segmenting- although there's a lot that can be done with segmenting audiences, there's a bit of a learning curve when it comes to setting up segments. Wish it was more intuitive.
    • Workflows- setting up automation workflows requires some practice and I've needed to consult a Bronto support person each time I set up a new workflow.
    • Bronto Pop-up manager- we use this feature, not sure how common it is among Bronto clients, but there is overall some improvement needed with this tool. There is limited capability to update the look and feel of the pop-up manager, and we've run into some conflicts with other pop-ups on our website interfering with the Bronto pop-up.
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    SAP
    • The email and content builder is significantly worse than other email marketing platforms I've used
    • Emails campaigns cannot be used in more than one automation flow
    • Amount of emails collected and being sent for smart insight are inaccurate
    • I've rarely completed a task without some type of user interface error
    • Customer service mostly directs you to help center on website
    • You have to pay extra for training
    • You have to pay extra for reporting in which the system cannot provide
    • Lengthy contract with a high price tag
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    Likelihood to Renew
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    Never really had any issues that caused out-of-the-ordinary frustration levels. Of course, you'll have days where the learning curve of using a tool gets challenging. Still, I don't remember ever really coming across an obstacle or roadblock while using the tool because of a feature or function it just couldn't do successfully or at all. Customer support was always available as needed, and it was generally easy to find answers to questions when they arose.
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    SAP
    We have no intention of changing Emarsys
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    Usability
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    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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    SAP
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    Reliability and Availability
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    I never experienced any downtime.
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    SAP
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    Performance
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    No issues.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    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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    SAP
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    Online Training
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    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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    SAP
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    Implementation Rating
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    Easy to set up.
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    SAP
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    Alternatives Considered
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    Bronto hits the sweet spot for us. It is most similar to the Salesforce family of products. Salesforce however can feel cluttered and configuration and setup can be time consuming and confusing. Bronto is much more streamlined and also has features built in that may require additional purchases in the Salesforce world. Adobe Campaign is a very powerful solution and can do many things hard to achieve in Bronto. However, Campaign is much more of a developer tool where Bronto is easy to learn and use right out of the box.
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    SAP
    Emarsys is the email specialist service giver for our whole association. We use it to send custom and mass messages to our clients across three distinct business divisions. Email advertising is one of our greatest income driving channels due to focusing on limitations from deals regions. We can arrive at our clients through email with pertinent data and advancements, all driving income for the business. I have not used any other product marketing automation services.
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    Return on Investment
    The Bronto Marketing Platform
    • Offering great reporting for tracking everything. I can see what emails are working (I track on a monthly basis) and what people are clicking.
    • A/B split testing lets us try different things. Try this and that.
    • Creating lists and segments of subscribers lets us look at who is the best performing contacts. Really get 'into the data' and understand what is working and what is not.
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    SAP
    • From proficient and fast information assortment and converging to changing crude data into significant experiences, Emarsys gives you an answer that allows you to associate with your clients at an extremely close to home level and utilize that to additionally develop your business.
    • Reliable and giving cost effective services.
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