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InboxAlly vs. SparkPost (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    InboxAlly

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Designed as an email deliverability tool, InboxAlly specifically aims to prevent marketing emails from being redirected into spam folders, to enhance the likelihood of them being opened and further engaged with by recipients, with the goal of augmenting both open and click-through rates. InboxAlly can also warm up domains and IPs to further increase open rates while preventing emails from getting lost in spam. The customer dashboard is where…

    $149

    per month

    SparkPost (discontinued)

    Score2.8 out of 10
    N/ASparkPost offered real-time analysis of email delivery and customer engagement as well as personalized email templates. The service has been discontinued.

    $30

    per month

    Pricing
    InboxAllySparkPost (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $149
    per month
    Plus
    $645
    per month
    Premium
    $1,190
    per month
    Starter
    $30
    per month
    Premier
    $75
    per month
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    InboxAllySparkPost (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCustom and Enterprise pricing available.—
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    User Ratings
    InboxAllySparkPost (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    InboxAllySparkPost (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    InboxAlly
    Well Suited1- Noticeable increase in open rates
    2- Easy setup process
    3- Great customer supportLess Appropriate1- Some users may need time to fully understand all the features2- Improvements in deliverability aren’t always instant; consistency is key. 3- While the value is strong, startups on a tight budget might find it little bit expensive.
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    Our early experiences with SparkPost were great; we were looking for a low-cost (or no-cost) solution to our email messaging needs, and SparkPost had the best low-cost option: 100,000 messages per month for free, guaranteed for life. Even though our team has experience with other APIs, we chose SparkPost because it felt like the best value. Our experience with it was great. Two years ago, they discontinued their free option but sent the existing users the following message: "When you signed up, we promised that if we ever changed the terms of our 100K free plan, we would continue to honor the original plan for the life of the account. I would like to reaffirm this promise: while this plan is no longer available to new customers, you are grandfathered into this level of free sending volume." The following year, apparently following a change in leadership, they decided to "deprecate" existing free plans, dropping us down from 100,000 messages per month to 500, the lowest of any email API service I'm aware of. No recognition of the broken promise, the reneged guarantee, just a 20% off coupon. This atrocious behavior that reeks of a new culture of squeezing as much money as possible out of its users and has coincided with a steady deterioration of functionality and customer service. At this point, I have no idea why anyone would pay more for a worse service that treats its users so poorly when you could use SendGrid or a similar competitor for a lower price and way more features.
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    Pros
    InboxAlly
    • Increased open rates
    • Detailed analytics
    • Deliverability issues are solved
    • Best warmup tool for our new email accounts
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    Discontinued Products
    • When you don't want to spent time writing your own code to send emails from your apps
    • When you're looking for a product which provides all that you need regarding email features to make it part of your software
    • When you want to use a product which includes templates that can be re-used instead of writing your own and all the required effort to do that
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    InboxAlly
    • Improve their back end UX a bit. It's very easy to understand and super useful, but there's always room for improvement.
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    Discontinued Products
    • When I first implemented SparkPost, I did not take advantage of the sub-account feature, and my account was suspended on New Year's Eve. It took two days until I could speak with a support representative to get my account re-activated. I am now using sub-accounts to alleviate the underlying problem, but I was disappointed that my account was suspended by an automated system with no notice.
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    Usability
    InboxAlly
    Because of InboxAlly, we are out of "Spam Jail" in just two weeks. This helped us to scale our campaigns and improve our open rate from ~30% to 70%+. Highly recommend to anyone running their own outbound email campaigns or lead generation agencies. InboxAlly teaches inbox providers (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.) to understand that the emails you send from your domain are important and valued by your recipients.
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    Support Rating
    InboxAlly
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Would give it a zero if I could. Their customer service used to be incredible; fast response times, really hands-on with their users, and a pretty regular feedback process. They sent me an awesome t-shirt that became part of my go-to climbing gear. But for the past year, their response times went way down, their customer service was less helpful and generally a lot more rude, and they haven't asked for customer input once since their leadership change
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    InboxAlly
    Inboxally is more specialised in solving the very problem that we had, while others do a lesser job on tackling the problem of deliverability.
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    Mailchimp and sendgrid are giving good services and good customer support 24/7 and ROI is increased with this as transition is very smooth. SparkPost is very expensive and not good as much as we think and they will least worried about your mails, tickets, call and messages. Highly not recommended this SparkPost to any one
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    InboxAlly
    • Our open rates increased by 50%
    • With detailed analytics report, we can check the room for improvement.
    • Improved deliverability
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    Discontinued Products
    • It has helped us with our IP health and making sure that we avoid spam traps
    • Very high deliverability and automatic retrying once they have the event
    Incentivized
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