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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Campayn

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACampayn is an email marketing solution built around features such as contact management, mobile availability, and detailed reporting capabilities.

    $19

    per month

    Gist

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AGist is a unified marketing, sales, and support platform. It includes live chat, a help desk, knowledge base, email marketing, marketing automation, opt-in forms, and more.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    CampaynGist
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $19
    per month
    Unlimited
    $39
    per month
    Professional
    $29.00
    per month
    Premium
    $99.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CampaynGist
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPay-as-you-go is perfect if you don't send emails frequently. Get credits that never expire and use them as you need them.
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    Community Pulse
    CampaynGist
    Considered Both Products
    Campayn
    No answer on this topic
    Gist
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    95%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    Features
    CampaynGist
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Campayn and Gist
    Feature
    Campayn
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Gist
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Campayn and Gist
    Feature
    Campayn
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Gist
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Campayn and Gist
    Feature
    Campayn
    -
    Ratings
    Gist
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Chat reporting00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CampaynGist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CampaynGist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Campayn
    For product promotion and newsletters, I would surely recommend Campayn. We use this software for sending weekly newsletters to our clients. This software adds a lot of information with beautiful designs so that our clients get a good idea of our communication. With the help of this software, we send our digital brochures also. It can easily handle this process and gives us good results.
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    Gist
    If your marketing model is selling products, services, or SAAS where you are doing inbound marketing and your website will do most of the lead generation and conversion, this is a great product. From live chat, support, event tracking, and automation, you could almost put your entire business on autopilot. If your marketing model is mostly outreach to cold leads and conversion, this software currently does not have any type of sales stages or task generation. I would still use Gist for website inbound but use another software for outreach and cold leads then when they become a lead put them into Gist for marketing automation.
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    Pros
    Campayn
    • The user interface of this software is very attractive. It helps users navigate the website easily.
    • It provides a free plan also which is very useful to evaluate this tool before purchasing any subscription plan.
    • It also provides free email templates which can be edited as per the requirement.
    Incentivized
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    Gist
    • Customer service via a unified inbox so you dont have to separately monitor your twitter, Facebook or IG account for consumer communication there. Gist unified all into one inbox, better than anyone else I've seen in the market. They archive all communications and tie them back to a single user so you get unified customer history / data.
    • Marketing segmentation and automation: they track user history and behavior across the site and have super detailed segmenting capability, on par with ActiveCampaign's, but better I'd say. Better UI for the marketing admin person, and more unified data than in AC.
    • Live chat and chatbot. Usually it's either one or the other but with Gist you can do both seamlessly.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Campayn
    • Personally I am not very impressed with its reporting feature. It is not as comprehensive as its competitors.
    • I found less segmentation options for contacts. It should be slightly more.
    • Its customer service is not very active and quick. It takes lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    Gist
    • Plan limits can be confusing. For example, there is a monthly charge for support and a monthly charge for "growth," plus there's a separate charge depending on how many contacts and seats you have. Perhaps this is normal in the industry, but it can make it a little challenging to understand the bill every month.
    • The vast amount of features means development will never be as fast as you'd like it to be (even though they release updates all the time). This may not actually be a valid concern, and it certainly isn't unique to Gist (who doesn't have a wishlist they're waiting on their favorite SaaS to get to?), but I do believe the likelihood of being stuck without your desired feature being developed goes up a lot as the product gets bigger and bigger.
    • Email deliverability has been less than perfect in the past, but it has improved drastically in the last year.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Campayn
    No answers on this topic
    Gist
    Gist is a quite reliable service with a lot of added values. We don't need to pay for different Saas for these important features. If I had an issue the team was super responsive and helpful, that is essential for every business. The email delivery is great, so virtually no email has landed into spam folder
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Campayn
    No answers on this topic
    Gist
    It’s pretty simple, but it does a lot so there are more complicated features which depend on an individuals ability for software implementation. I am not an IT expert and I’ve managed to implement everything myself, others that are more tech-minded may find everything easier.
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    Support Rating
    Campayn
    No answers on this topic
    Gist
    Fantastic support. Ask a question, get an answer within 24 hours every time. And sometimes within a few minutes. They've always come through for me, helpful and, even when it's an issue on my end, they point me in the right direction.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Campayn
    I used to send emails through Sendloop but I was not happy with the editor. I used to compromise on many features to create beautiful newsletters. But in Campayn I found the easy-to-use email editor which helped me create beautiful newsletters as per my requirements. Its drag and drop feature saved lots of time. So I started using this software from then on.
    Incentivized
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    Gist
    Gist combines all our previous products into one application and adds many more features that would require more apps. Gist is excellent and a no-brainer all-in-one application when compared to having to manage multiple applications at higher cost. The support from the whole Gist team has been extremely responsive.
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    Return on Investment
    Campayn
    • Digital reach is more cost-effective than physical reach. With Campayn, we send our information anywhere in this world at very little cost.
    • It helps us to increase our customer base by adding sign-up forms in our emails.
    • We don't need to print a lot of materials as we can make digital formats of those materials and send them via this software.
    Incentivized
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    Gist
    • They are perfect for me as a someone who needs a lot of bang for the buck. The chat messenger device on my website alone has brought me new prospects that I did not have to spend money recruiting.
    • I am able to save hours of time with the automated emails that are GDPR compliant.
    • I don't have to pay for a designer to have excellent looking emails either.
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    ScreenShots

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