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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Leadfwd

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALeadfwd, from the company of the same name in Staten Island, combines B2B Prospecting, Sales Outreach and Account-Based Marketing. It replaces the former INBOX25.N/A
    Pricing
    IterableLeadfwd
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IterableLeadfwd
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IterableLeadfwd
    Considered Both Products
    Iterable
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    Leadfwd
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    66 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    IterableLeadfwd
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Iterable and Leadfwd
    Feature
    Iterable
    7.1
    97 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Leadfwd
    7.4
    2 Ratings
    3% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.285 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.792 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.490 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    A/B testing7.493 Ratings3.22 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.089 Ratings6.22 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting5.193 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    List management7.193 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.084 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Iterable and Leadfwd
    Feature
    Iterable
    6.2
    94 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Leadfwd
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Dashboards6.694 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Standard reports6.293 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Custom reports5.884 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Iterable and Leadfwd
    Feature
    Iterable
    8.2
    91 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Leadfwd
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    API8.082 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.678 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Customizability8.183 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Iterable and Leadfwd
    Feature
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Iterable and Leadfwd
    Feature
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Iterable and Leadfwd
    Feature
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IterableLeadfwd
    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
    Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IterableLeadfwd
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IterableLeadfwd
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Leadfwd
    I think Inbox25 is a great fit for companies outgrowing lower-end, disconnected email marketing applications. Companies with a more formalized marketing organization that send a lot of emails (tens of thousands monthly or more) will be better served with a product like Inbox25 that is less complex, easier to use, and much more affordable (30% lower by our experience) from the larger marketing automation products on the market. Our company has 3 full-time marketing staff with over 100,000 contacts (with valid emails) that we target in various direct and drip email campaigns and Inbox25 fits our needs just fine. I suspect that we may outgrow the product eventually but I think it'll meet our needs just fine for many years to come.
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    Pros
    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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    Leadfwd
    • SugarCRM integration
    • Ease of building workflows
    • Responsive, helpful support team
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Leadfwd
    • Inbox25 is in a growth phase and has transformed their product pretty fast. With that comes an increased need to continually learn how to leverage new features.
    • Tutorials and product documentation exist but it is relatively minimal. They overcome this with personalized, one-on-one training that is recorded for future review using a project management platform.
    • Inbox25 has expanded beyond Sugar CRM to include Salesforce.com integration. I'm not sure if they plan to add integrations to other applications but they are positioned well for growth.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Iterable
    Extremely easy to use, deeply integrated into our infrastructure
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    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Leadfwd
    Different platforms stack up particularly well for different use cases. INBOX25 is our default choice for SugarCRM users.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    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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    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Leadfwd
    • We have successfully moved cold suspects to leads and leads to opportunities, and opportunities to customers with Inbox25. We are just now starting to realize more value given that we've only recently started using the more advanced drip marketing and lead scoring features.
    • When we used the pay-as-you-go version we were paying just pennies per email and remained CAN-Spam Act compliant. It was harder to quantify the ROI then but it was apparent that email marketing was working and moving prospects from one sales stage to another. It was also very useful for re-engaging prospects and promoting products and services to customers.
    • Our total investment in the advanced edition is less $30,000 annually and we expect the ROI to be less than one year. It could have been sooner if we'd have been more thoughtful in our initial implementation.
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    ScreenShots

    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.