Dotdigital vs. Klaviyo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dotdigital
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Dotdigital is a customer engagement platform that helps digital marketers and developers deliver communications across the customer journey. It uses customer data to drive engagement, conversion, and loyalty for brands as they grow and scale. The platform connects first party data across systems to surface insights and automate predictive cross-channel messages.N/A
Klaviyo
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Klaviyo is a marketing automation platform that helps businesses to centralize and use every piece of their customer data. With Klaviyo, businesses can combine customer data with more than 350 native integrations to automate personalized email and SMS communications that make customers feel seen. From mom-and-pop shops to established companies, Klaviyo states businesses like Dermalogica, Living Proof, Solo Stove, Citizen Watches, and more than 143,000 other paying users leverage their platform…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPaid plans start at $20/month and include: 251 - 500 contacts 5,000 monthly email sends 150 SMS/MMS sending credits Applicable SMS carrier fees Mobile push notifications (free beta) Email and chat support Additional contacts, email and text sending credits, and service plans available to meet the needs of any size business. View all of our pricing and estimate your total cost of ownership at klaviyo.com/pricing
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Features
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Email & Online Marketing
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Dotdigital
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Ratings
Klaviyo
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
List management00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Lead Management
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Dotdigital
-
Ratings
Klaviyo
7.5
Ratings
4% below category average
Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Data quality management00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Campaign Management
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Dotdigital
-
Ratings
Klaviyo
8.1
Ratings
9% above category average
Calendaring00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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Dotdigital
-
Ratings
Klaviyo
8.0
Ratings
9% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
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Dotdigital
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Ratings
Klaviyo
8.3
Ratings
11% above category average
API00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Third-party software integrations00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usability
7.3
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8.0
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Support Rating
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
The platform is very similar to many of its competitors, and the only reason why some people chose this over others is its natural integration with Magento. For its limits, it is worth investing in an integration with another platform to save money in the long run.
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Klaviyo performs exceptionally well as a newsletter service, helping our tabletop gaming company educate customers, retailers, distributors, media, and press on our product offerings and events. It has significantly boosted sales by allowing us to provide targeted and engaging content. Klaviyo’s robust data reporting allows us to track newsletter attribution to Shopify sales, offering invaluable insights. Customer service is fantastic, always helpful and responsive. However, recurring bugs and glitches—such as issues with font size, color, text block sizes changing on their own, or text disappearing entirely and forcing you to restart a section—can be very frustrating, impacting the smoothness of the user experience. The gains far outweigh the downsides.
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Pros
  • Seamless experience on the platform
  • Integration to Shopify, Loyalty Lion etc
  • Helpful KAM with troubleshooting issues and setting up program
  • Responsive customer support on platform
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  • I have Integrated Klaviyo with my Website and with salesforce which works simultaneously. This integration is happened very easily as In klaviyo we have flows through which we can do automations and set webhook integration with no code activity.
  • Klaviyo helps me to measure the success of email campaigns.
  • Klaviyo helps me to automate the manual tasks with the helps Flows in it which is very easy to use as it has a very easy to understand user interface and no coding reuired.
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Cons
  • Improved email results reporting are needed.
  • Learning the system and planning campaigns can take time.
  • It had issues integrating Google Analytics and lacked transactional email metrics.
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  • At times the platform isn't as intuitive as you would like. Take the time to be onboarded and play around in the platform to get the hang of things. Utilize Klaviyo's resources and attend their live training sessions to help navigate the platform and implement best practices they recommend.
  • Can be pricey depending on company and email list.
  • Customization is limited at times. The brand font we utilized on all branded content wasn't available through Klaviyo. Previously we would have to go through the back end to implement our branded font, import our font, or create content on another platform to utilize our font.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Klaviyo is simply a great solution for e-com email marketing & customer relationship management:
  1. User journey visibility: We can see our clients' customers on their individual user journeys (open email, site visits) to better understand and accommodate your customers.
  2. Flow automation: Creating automated emails that follow up with new leads, those who abandoned carts, purchased.
  3. Email design: So easy to use, and more friendly than some other visual builders that we've used.
  4. Metrics visibility: We can see our clients' metrics very easily and adjust efforts accordingly.
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Usability
DotDigital is not difficult to use, however, the user interface could use some optimization. There are certain elements that can be challenging to find, and the menus are not always intuitive. However, the tool makes up for that with easy to use features, like creating segments, and allowing many rules to specify these particular groups.
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It's a decent platform with a user friendly interface, however it massively misses trust due to unsecured systems and support from customer service; support is a massive problem if you run a company and have a problem with the service that you can't fix. On the other side of the line, in our experience, there is no support or understanding which we haven't encountered with any other company we have done business online in the last decade.
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Support Rating
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Their support is always quick and we have recurring meetings with our advisor. they were great when we first started at walking us through the platform and helping us understand how to do the overall setup. They also have a wide variety of articles that cover must issues in a very clear manner that will get you out of a predicament really fast.
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Implementation Rating
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Don't cut corners, do it right the first time, if you take your time to build everything the way you want it then it will run itself. The platform will help you increase revenue as long as you use the tools it provides. Don't be scared to ask questions, the support team will help you get to the next level
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Alternatives Considered
DotDigital's platform is simple to use for essential email marketing campaigns. Setting up Programs (action-driven automation) is simple. It gives you the ability to design stunning campaigns with a wide range of customizability. To better understand our customer base, it analyzes each email sent out. In every situation, the support team has been responsive and helpful.
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We used Mailchimp to start out, and it is great for a small customer base but as our customer base grew we needed more power and Klaviyo had it. Including so many different automated flows and integrations to other apps and a/b testing and more. I would still recommend Mailchimp if you have less than 5,000 contacts but anything over that you need Klaviyo.
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Return on Investment
  • Positive - Always delivers a good amount of inbound enquiries
  • Positive - This has delivery a sold amount of client wins over the years - an integral part of our bottom line sales.
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  • we have grown our revenue significantly without increasing our spend. This is critical.
  • retention rate has gone up tremendously with specific campaigns and audience targeting
  • would love to personalize more but we are a small team and struggle to do as much as we could. It would be great to have an account manager who could make account based recommendations
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