SAP Emarsys vs. LoopFuse (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Emarsys
Score 4.8 out of 10
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Emarsys 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
LoopFuse (discontinued)
Score 6.6 out of 10
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LoopFuse was a marketing automation platform targeted primarily at SMBs. Functionalities include email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring and social listening capability. It was acquired by Salesfusion, which in turn was acquired by SugarCRM. The Salesfusion marketing automation solution is now available as Sugar Market.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
SAP Emarsys
6.5
Ratings
15% below category average
LoopFuse (discontinued)
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Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
List management4.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Emarsys
6.5
Ratings
18% below category average
LoopFuse (discontinued)
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Ratings
Lead nurturing automation6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Emarsys
6.9
Ratings
6% below category average
LoopFuse (discontinued)
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Ratings
Dashboards7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
SAP Emarsys
7.0
Ratings
6% below category average
LoopFuse (discontinued)
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Ratings
API7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
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8.3
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Likelihood to Renew
9.9
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5.6
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Usability
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8.0
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Ease of integration
5.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Emarsys is highly recommended to every new or old organization for planned and well-managed marketing. If you want to reach the maximum market chains or to keep your data under highly confidential supervision or if you want many clients for your product or services, then Emarsys is the best option of all.
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My advice in choosing software in general is to know what you want to get out of the software. Then start researching the software on your own to see what features and benefits each has that will help you accomplish what you need. Once you have a good idea of what sorts of features you're looking for, reach out to the vendors that have them to see demos. Get really in-depth with your demos and ask for practical use-cases for each feature. Free trials are pretty useless with this sort of technology because the initial set-up is so time-consuming that you would either not set it up properly, or you would not stop using the provider you chose after the set up because you don't want to do it again!
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Pros
  • The CRM functionality is a great tool for adding in targeted paid advertising campaigns to complement email campaigns.
  • The ability to segment contacts and create custom lists allows us to send hyper-targeted email campaigns that deliver more efficient and effective results.
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  • It is easy to use without too much set-up.
  • The e-mail engine is simple to use and straightforward, and e-mails seemed to get delivered for the most part.
  • The reporting information is very in-depth and detailed.
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Cons
  • 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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  • I think creating the HTML email campaigns could be made easier.
  • I would like to have more HTML templates available.
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Likelihood to Renew
We have no intention of changing Emarsys
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My new company is much larger and we need robust capabilities so we're implementing Marketo currently.
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Usability
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It's pretty easy to use without any technical abilities, but the email editor will require html skills (no drag and drop).
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Alternatives Considered
Emarsys stacks up well against other email marketing platforms I've used. It doesn't particularly excel in any area, so it isn't heads and shoulders above other options, but it's solid in all areas. If you're looking for a safe option without too much dynamic content or advanced customizations, Emarsys will meet your needs.
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At the time we had to choose between several versions of marketing products. We decided to choose LoopFuse since a few of our employees were quite amused with the ease of use of LoopFuse. Also when looking at cost-effectiveness LoopFuse is a great product for the smaller companies. Making the decision was not too hard.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • The workflows were really easy to build and definitely increased our lead conversion. We did a lot of webinars, eBooks, etc - and it was so easy to decide on workflows to turn those prospects into hot leads by watching what they did on our website, or what they clicked on in our emails.
  • Lead scoring also made our sales team more efficient. We had quite a few leads coming through our system, and many were not sales ready - but Loopfuse could transfer the lead score into Salesforce to show them which leads to focus on, as well as why the leads had the score they did (Loopfuse also imported lead activity into Salesforce - including emails sent, opened, clicked, webpages viewed, forms filled out, etc).
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