ExpressPigeon is an email marketing system for small to medium sized enterprises from a relatively new (2011) company with an emphasis on look and viewability across multiple devices (i.e. mobile-accessibility) and browser compatibility. Beyond this, ExpressPigeon supports A/B testing and segmentation, for optimization and personalization, and is extensible via its API. A free version is available for contacting up to 500 subscribers, and 50% discounts are offered to non-profits who sign up for…
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Zoho Campaigns
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Zoho Campaigns is an email marketing and social networking campaigning tool for smaller companies that helps create, send, and track effective email campaigns. It features list management and segmentation, A/B Testing, tracking and reporting, automation, and mobile campaign management.
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Forever Free
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Standard Plan
$3 for 500 contacts
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Professional Plan
$4.5 for 500 contacts
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Pay as you go
$14 for 500 contacts
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
ExpressPigeon
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Zoho Campaigns
4.7
Ratings
51% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor
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Dynamic content
10.00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content
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5.00 Ratings
Landing pages
10.00 Ratings
3.00 Ratings
A/B testing
10.00 Ratings
4.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization
10.00 Ratings
6.00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting
10.00 Ratings
3.00 Ratings
List management
10.00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences
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4.00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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ExpressPigeon
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Zoho Campaigns
5.3
Ratings
37% below category average
Dashboards
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4.00 Ratings
Standard reports
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6.00 Ratings
Custom reports
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ExpressPigeon is well suited for a small team that needs to utilize marketing for their business. I can tell you now that my entire team knows how to use ExpressPigeon. It may not be well suited for someone that is looking to really automate their marketing efforts, but definitely suited for teams that really have their hands from beginning to the end of a campaign.
I use it because it is a "free" program that "comes with" our CRM tool. I don't find this to be a useful tool at all. It is a major pain to use and I don't recommend it to anyone who does "real" email marketing. I've been doing email marketing for 18 years and I have never used a worse program than this one. Seriously - take my advice and use MailChimp. The marketing automation that Zoho claims this feature has, is awful. After using it for almost two years, I dread every time I have to create a new email.
The social campaigns section we have not used much, probably because it only works with Twitter and Facebook, and we are more active on Google+ and LinkedIn.
The templates are nice, but I have seen other services with better pre-built templates.
To segment lists can be a bit hard to configure initially, however exporting lists from our CRM is simple.
While ExpressPigeon is not as "advanced" in some senses, when compared to those other tools, it provides us with the core functions that we need to run the business. They are also constantly upgrading and adding functionality, such as automation, which helps when needed. Overall, stacks up fairly well for the costs associated to it.
Zoho Campaigns is not for beginners to email marketing, but it’s an excellent choice for those who want to send out a lot of emails with few restrictions and great reporting. It’s a no-brainer if you’re already a Zoho user, as Campaigns is included in Zoho One subscriptions and integrates nicely with other Zoho apps.