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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HCL Unica

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AHCL Unica is available as a cloud or on-premise solution that provides fully integrated marketing automation software for enterprise. It includes enterprise marketing automation tools that optimize marketing activities, to ensure excellent customer experiences and data privacy.N/A

    Klaviyo

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AKlaviyo 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…

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    HCL UnicaKlaviyo
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL UnicaKlaviyo
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Paid 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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    Community Pulse
    HCL UnicaKlaviyo
    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
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    Klaviyo
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    76 Answers
    Features
    HCL UnicaKlaviyo
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of HCL Unica and Klaviyo
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    Klaviyo
    8.4
    94 Ratings
    10% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.384 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.389 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.183 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.684 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.892 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.792 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.983 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of HCL Unica and Klaviyo
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    Klaviyo
    7.4
    72 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.970 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.226 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.229 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of HCL Unica and Klaviyo
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    Klaviyo
    8.0
    14 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of HCL Unica and Klaviyo
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    Klaviyo
    8.0
    90 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.490 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.087 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.750 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of HCL Unica and Klaviyo
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    Klaviyo
    8.2
    71 Ratings
    9% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.766 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HCL UnicaKlaviyo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HCL UnicaKlaviyo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HCLSoftware
    I think it is wel suited for a business with a lot of one on one relations in the database. For example a supermarket that sells products to a client and gives a reduction on that product. It is nice if the selection process is not to complex and does not involve to many calculations. It is also nice if it is very clear what you want to follow up. In our environment we have lots of many-to-many relations. for example one product is held by more then one client. And that client might have more of those products with other clients. These kind of situation demands for a lot of calculations with derived fields(*), and there things go far too slow. Unica is probably not such a good solution for us, because our environment is too complex, and so is to process of creating the selection, we often have to change things in the selection flows. Because of the complexity it is difficult to see what the flow is exactly doing afterwoods, it also takes to much time to modify existing campaigns. The interface is not handy to work with, if you have long lists of variables, of tables or derived fields(*) you have to scroll through trough them, you can not really search them or reorder them. You can not drag and drop fields or other objects like derived fields in the flow, what would be easy if you have to make frequent changes to the proces flow. When you copy objects something the content of the object changes because the links with other objects or lost. (*) derived field: field to calculate something
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    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo is well suited for email campaigns and SMS campaigns. It is great for automated campaigns including cart abandonment, browse abandonment, welcome campaign, lost customer campaign, loyalty campaigns, product review collection, and more. It is easy to use and easy to set up all of the above as well as pop ups on your website to collect emails and phone numbers for SMS and special campaigns even. We did not feel it was necessary to use it for direct customer communications about their orders but you could use it for that too if you wanted to, keeping in mind you pay per the number of emails you send out (wink wink).
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    Pros
    HCLSoftware
    • Ability to translate Multiple SQL queries into a very easy to use visual GUI.
    • Provides the ability to pre-define segments, run them once in off hours, store them in their own system tables for quick youth and a significant reduction in CPU utilization on the database.
    • It’s use of Reusable objects. Including user variables to pre-define calculations one time, macros that you can create and pass values to parameterize the SQL code And the creation of templates to easily replicate work.
    • It’s ability to bring in external data on the fly that can very easily be mapped into any flowchart.
    • It’s flexibility and creating UNIX script via triggers to automate sending of files to multiple vendors with different FTP sites
    • It’s flexibility in the output layouts that it can create.
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    Klaviyo
    • 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
    HCLSoftware
    • Greater integration of real time (Interact) capabilities with outbound channels, in particular IBM eMessage Email & SMS delivery.
    • Additional outbound channels to be integrated into eMessage, including Facebook Fanpage & Twitter DM broadcasts. At the moment these are possible only through custom additional integration.
    • Support for additional marketing database technology, e.g. MySQL, Exasol, ParAccel, WX2.
    • Provision of database technology with software purchase, as Web technology (IBM WebSphere Express) is supplied for free, but no database is supplied - since IBM also market DB2, which is a supported technology it seems a shame.
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    Klaviyo
    • 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
    HCLSoftware
    There are three main factors to renew a licence: 1) Cost to migrate to another platform would be rather expensive and time consuming, plus the requirement of retraining employees to use a new tool 2) It has been proven time and time again that it is a market leader in the space (10 years +) 3) It can be built upon, with the addition of additional IBM EMM modules - despite theories it does have very strong digital capabilities.
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    Klaviyo
    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
    HCLSoftware
    I think it is easy to use, if you don't have to do to complex selections.
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    Klaviyo
    The only reason why I did not give it a 10/10 is that it cannot distinguish purchases that came through subscription recharges instead of purchases that were driven directly by email sends. Other than that, the automation qualities, design features, and segmentation options make this an incredible email platform, and I am very happy with it
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    Support Rating
    HCLSoftware
    I didn't use the Unica support since it is with IBM, only before.
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    Klaviyo
    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
    HCLSoftware
    - We had to rebuild a part of the datamart afterwards to tighten up and simplify the selection process. But as it was too time consuming to rebuild all the existing campaigns, we no run campaigns on different versions of the datamart. - The response tracking of the campaigns never worked out well, it was impossible to implement a direct response where there is a link between the lead and the response in our operational process
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    Klaviyo
    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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    HCLSoftware
    The contact history and the response history are so powerful. You can track whatever you want to help the call center to push relevant offers to our customer. In addition, predictive models can be built, with patience, in IBM Campaign. If you have some complaints from the call center about any campaigns, you can easily validate it into the contact or response history.
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    Klaviyo
    MailChimp was adequate for basic email marketing, but Klaviyo offers a far superior experience with its advanced segmentation, automated flows, and deep integration with Shopify. Klaviyo’s behavioral data analysis and A/B testing provide more precise targeting, while its robust reporting tools help us understand customer preferences better. Overall, Klaviyo’s features are more tailored to our needs, making it a more powerful and effective platform.
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    Return on Investment
    HCLSoftware
    • It helps my clients drive their business which in turn, drives more profit for them.
    • It helps my clients determine what works, and what doesn't work, in terms of their social marketing campaigns.
    • It helps navigate proper budgeting through determining what clients' users respond to, and what they find unique.
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    Klaviyo
    • 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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