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    emfluence Marketing Platform

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    The emfluence Marketing Platform is a marketing automation platform featuring drag-and-drop email editors and automated campaign builders, simple social media scheduling, manageable landing pages, workflow management, analytics, website tracking, surveys, and modals. The platform works for B2B and B2C marketers, marketing agencies, and CRM providers. The product supports CRM integrations and an open API for custom integrations. emfluence offers digital marketing consulting…

    $1,000

    per month

    Iterable

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIterable is an AI-powered customer communication platform that activates customers across channels in real-time. With intelligent personalization, dynamic content, and a cross-channel suite, Iterable helps brands create seamless, data-driven experiences across email, SMS, push, and in-app notifications.N/A
    Pricing
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Editions & Modules
    Up to 30,000 Active Emails
    $1,000
    per month
    Up to 150,000 Active Emails
    $2,000
    per month
    Up to 500,000 Active Emails
    $4,100
    per month
    More than 1,000,000 Active Emails
    Custom
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$3,100 one-time fee per installationOptional
    Additional DetailsThe emfluence Marketing Platform offers month-to-month pricing that’s based on the number of contacts added, with no restrictions on how many emails are sent each month or by which features are used.
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    Community Pulse
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Considered Both Products
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answer on this topic
    Iterable
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    66 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of emfluence Marketing Platform and Iterable
    Feature
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Iterable
    7.1
    97 Ratings
    7% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.16 Ratings8.185 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.66 Ratings7.792 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.26 Ratings7.490 Ratings
    Landing pages8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing8.25 Ratings7.493 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.75 Ratings7.189 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.16 Ratings5.193 Ratings
    List management8.26 Ratings7.193 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.24 Ratings7.084 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of emfluence Marketing Platform and Iterable
    Feature
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of emfluence Marketing Platform and Iterable
    Feature
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of emfluence Marketing Platform and Iterable
    Feature
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of emfluence Marketing Platform and Iterable
    Feature
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Iterable
    6.2
    94 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Dashboards9.16 Ratings6.694 Ratings
    Standard reports7.26 Ratings6.293 Ratings
    Custom reports3.76 Ratings5.884 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of emfluence Marketing Platform and Iterable
    Feature
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Iterable
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    9% above category average
    API8.63 Ratings7.982 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.63 Ratings8.678 Ratings
    Customizability8.25 Ratings8.183 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Small Businesses
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    emfluence Marketing PlatformIterable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    The reporting feature is not as detailed as we require for our documentation, so we have to organize the results into charts and graphs. For every other component of our social media and digital marketing, emfluence checks all of the boxes.
    Incentivized
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    Iterable
    At OneVision, I was brought on to migrate from ActiveCampaign and it was a huge improvement to go to Iterable. Much of the improvement lay in the back end connectivity to databases, which although not directly in my purview, made it easier to work as a team (product & marketing) inside our company.
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    Pros
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    • Custom landing pages to dive deeper into campaigns and track results
    • Responsive customer service with any problems we come by
    • A/B testing
    Incentivized
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    Iterable
    • Customer Journey creation - the platform easily creates a visual path for the marketing team to curate messaging based around timing, channel, behavior as well as add split testing logic and exit criteria so we target only the audiences we want.
    • Customer Success - one of the best teams I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I'm able to move so much quicker because they really create a helpful partnership.
    • Audience segmentation, the platform is easy to work with even if you're a first time user, they do a great job of visually showing the logic and the and/or/none type rules.
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    Cons
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    • I do have issues sometimes when making a website popup. I specify certain measurements of my popup yet when it shows up on my website, the graphic doesn't adjust and I have a bunch of white space. But that could also be my website.
    • When adding a new contact into the contact section, once you hit save, the contact information stays on the screen instead of an empty contact profile so you can immediately add the next person.
    • Sometimes when I update a template, The unsubscribe link will link to my email address instead of the person the email is being sent to.
    Incentivized
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    Iterable
    • Insights. I think this is the biggest downfall of Iterable, the insights and analytics area is really not good at all. We have almost stopped using it all together in favour of just using Mixpanel (but now we're paying for 2 platforms). Things we can do in Mixpanel that we can't do in Iterable:
    • - custom conversion windows
    • - more scalable reports
    • - comparing multiple events
    • - setting up alerts that trigger to slack
    • Segmentation - building segments and organizing lists that are already built.
    • - relative dates can be confusing but are a critical piece of building lists
    • - unable to compare multiple events
    • - we have a pretty good naming structure for our lists but with so many daily users, no good way to organize them (with labels or folders) and searching for a list requires you to find the exact word we end up re creating dynamic lists each time
    • - static lists don't show you what rules were used to create the list
    • - no way to see changes over time
    • Improved ways of collaborating. There's no way of knowing if other people are editing a list, template, campaign or journey. easy to overwrite each other's work
    • I've been an Iterable user for about 4 years, at 2 different companies. SinceI started using Iterable I think the number of bugs has increased.
    • I wish Iterable did a better job testing releases so we're not the ones discovering issues so frequently.
    • In app message. We've had issues with this tool/channel starting at implementation. It feels like it never made it's way out of beta, despite us paying for it now.
    • The app team offered to do working sessions with us to understand how we use it day to day and never followed up on that. There have been no improvements to the tool and any time we run into another issue with it (although Jena in support is great) it takes forever to diagnose or we are told the issue cannot be replicated. It just feels like we have constant issues with this tool.
    • We've actually onboarded to another tool (not ideal for omni channel) for some in app messages because this one has so many downfalls and is so buggy.
    • Self serve documentation is great when you have an idea of what you're doing but not entirely sure. It is not easy to understand for people who are newer or less well versed in the platform.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Extremely easy to use, deeply integrated into our infrastructure
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    Usability
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Iterable very easy to learn and use. It's a great platform for both a new email marketer and a marketer that's been working in email for 20+ years.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Iterable is there like 99.9% of the time. However, when it goes down, it grinds us to a halt. Most of the time, outages are an hour or less, but if that's at a peak time, it can be a nightmare. That said, when the worst does happen, there are frequent updates and an easy situation tracker that give you an estimate of how much longer you'll have to wait for the issue to be resolved.
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    Performance
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    The API is super quick. The UI can be a little sluggish depending on what you're loading, but overall Iterable performs great. Iterable appears to do a good job of making processes async so that one action isn't blocking another.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    I've never experienced any issues with Iterable. As I and my colleagues have learnt the system and it's features, response to questions and advice from our account manager is always quick. Kevin knows the product well, and with the few tricky questions has hasn't been able to answer he's been quick to get back to us.
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    Alternatives Considered
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    They were the only company that could solve our specific problems. When we looked at larger companies like Constant Contact, they weren't as capable at handling our specific needs for a reasonable price. Some companies need to charge us programming hours. Bigger companies couldn't help our issue. emfluence is more flexible.
    Incentivized
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    Iterable
    I admittedly don't remember much of Klaviyo, as I have become so familiar with Iterable. I definitely prefer Iterable, however. There are so many more features in Iterable and it just feels like a more dynamic and comprehensive experience with more granular data than Klaviyo presented us
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    We've definitely tested scalability, and it's no line - it works. The process is pretty easy. Most of the times it goes off without a hitch. Any time we do encounter issues, our support team is quick to get on the job and very communicative as they work us through a successful launch.
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    Return on Investment
    emfluence Digital Marketing
    • It's allowed for us to generate more traffic to our client's websites.
    • It's allowed for us to generate more leads from email marketing through emfluence.
    • Visual click maps, more customized dashboard and email templates, and a deeper dive in data would help further business objectives.
    Incentivized
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    Iterable
    • Iterable journeys save us a ton of time and resources and we are able to optimize messaging with simple A/B testing and dynamic content.
    • Preview data and snippets are easy to use - managing them is less of a lift, saving us time to focus on creative.
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    ScreenShots

    emfluence Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of search perimeters and contact characteristics using the Dynamic Marketing Group Query Builder.Screenshot of Google Analytics, used to measure the success of email and social media alongside spikes in website traffic. Granular reports can be scheduled for an overview of surveys, landing pages, forms, social posts, emails, and list growth.Screenshot of the drag-and-drop Workflow Canvas visual interface used to create automated marketing campaigns, plus send contacts from a single group into branches based on email views, clicks, or custom queries.Screenshot of the interface to build branching into automated workflows based on opens, clicks, or custom decisions (based on custom or out-of-the-box contact fields, dates, and more).Screenshot of a schedule with a month's worth of social media and email, built using the drag and drop marketing calendar.Screenshot of custom email templates, which can be reused or rebuilt with a drag and drop editor.

    Iterable Screenshots

    Screenshot of how Iterable unifies customer, product, business, and martech ecosystem data to create integrated marketing.Screenshot of Iterable’s AI Suite, that helps to build personalized campaigns quickly, predicts what customers need next, and fine-tunes every message for maximum impact.Screenshot of some of the tools and support available through Iterable that support scale and tomorrow’s growth.Screenshot of how Iterable unifies all engagement channels into one platform for consistent, personalized communication, connecting with customers wherever they are: SMS, email, in-app, push, embedded messaging, and beyond.Screenshot of how to create highly-personalized communications that listen to, react to, and anticipate customer needs.Screenshot of an example of how AI can be used to influence the most important metrics and achieve key business goals.