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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Sitecore Send

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASitecore Send, formerly Moosend, is an email marketing platform featuring drag and drop editor and templates for newsletters, automated workflow, mailing list management with custom fields and advanced segmentation, and personalized content.

    $10

    Per Subscriber

    Pricing
    GistSitecore Send
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $29.00
    per month
    Premium
    $99.00
    per month
    Starting Price
    $10.00
    Per Subscriber
    Maximum Price
    $760.00
    Per Subscriber
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GistSitecore Send
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    GistSitecore Send
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Gist and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    Gist
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Sitecore Send
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Gist and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    Gist
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Send
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    8% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.47 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.96 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Gist and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    Gist
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Send
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Gist and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    Gist
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Send
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    GistSitecore Send
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (112 ratings)
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GistSitecore Send
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Sitecore
    UI presented by this application is not only unique but also important to implement for further creation. Hence a proven and tested application for tracing the developments at all places to check the capability of the developmental process. It’s a powerful email marketing tool and helps to maintain the client’s relationship with full support.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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.
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    Sitecore
    • Moosend is the best application to trace the business development and to create ideas through email marketing
    • This tool is helpful in the atomization of developments on a certain level
    • It promotes business opportunities in the market with innovation and ideas
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Sitecore
    • If you have more than 1000 subscribers you will be required to upgrade to the Pro plan.
    • Free plan users have limited customer support.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
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    Sitecore
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Sitecore
    Pretty straight forward but it takes sometime to get used to. Not exactly like WordPress or other open source cms but it gets the job done
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    Sitecore
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Sitecore
    Moosend is known as more of an industry standard than BuzzStream (which is a more budget tool), and it shows. BuzzStream has clearly cut corners in areas of usability and general UI, where Moosend, on the other hand, seems to have done it right from the beginning. Moosend is so much less clunky than the other tools we evaluated.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Sitecore
    • Moosend is quite affordable (500,000 emails for $500), so it's easy to see an ROI. It only takes a few recipients converting to make a campaign worth the spend.
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    ScreenShots

    Gist Screenshots

    Screenshot of Live ChatScreenshot of Email MarketingScreenshot of Marketing Automation WorkflowsScreenshot of Knowledge BaseScreenshot of Meetings