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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Litmus from Validity

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALitmus, from Validity, is an email marketing solution used to create error-free emails in less time. It is also used to build email campaigns, personalize and test them thoroughly, monitor deliverability, and analyze email performance.

    $500

    per month

    Pinpointe On-Demand

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Pinpointe On-Demand is an email marketing platform best suited to medium-sized businesses and agencies. Pricing starts at $36 / month for 5,000 email. Pinpointe also offers plans based on number of active subscribers.

    $74

    Contacts, Email Volume

    Pricing
    Litmus from ValidityPinpointe On-Demand
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard Edition
    $74+
    Contacts, Email Volume
    Enterprise Edition
    $390+
    Per User; Email Volume
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Litmus from ValidityPinpointe On-Demand
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLitmus offers different plan types to fit various needs, offering monthly and annual plans, as well as fully customizable Enterprise plans.—
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    Community Pulse
    Litmus from ValidityPinpointe On-Demand
    Considered Both Products
    Validity
    No answer on this topic
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    267 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    192 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    268 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    159 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    157 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Litmus from ValidityPinpointe On-Demand
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Litmus from Validity and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    5.4
    326 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    12% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor7.237 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.933 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.8209 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Landing pages2.63 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    A/B testing1.84 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.3317 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.9230 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    List management1.82 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences1.01 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Litmus from Validity and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    7.5
    212 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    9.3
    7 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Dashboards5.610 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Standard reports8.9211 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Custom reports7.9148 Ratings9.66 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Litmus from Validity and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    9.2
    315 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation9.1236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking8.8206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing9.3236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews9.6313 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Litmus from ValidityPinpointe On-Demand
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (338 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.4
    (25 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Litmus from ValidityPinpointe On-Demand
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Validity
    I’ve been really impressed with Litmus, especially the personalization features. Being able to easily plug in tools like sentiment trackers right into our emails has helped us gather valuable third-party data without a lot of extra work. I also really appreciate the ongoing learning resources—they offer tons of free webinars and articles that are actually useful. I recently read one on email deliverability that broke down specific data and gave me clear, actionable steps to improve how our emails are hitting inboxes. It’s more than just a testing tool—it’s become a go-to resource in our email marketing toolkit.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    Pinpointe is perfect for managing large numbers of contacts, including gathering new contacts and storing them throughout your databases, which can further be broken into lists and then individual tags for sorting and sending. Where it really excels is in the email marketing sector. We are able to send as many as several hundred thousand emails per hour, making sure all of our customers get time sensitive marketing material quickly.
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    Pros
    Validity
    • Alerts: users are notified whenever comments or approvals are made on emails, with regular reminders being sent in case some were missed
    • Centralised: all members can collaborate and give their feedback on emails, providing a better flow and efficiency for the hierarchy of approvals.
    • Integration: very smooth integration, with little to no errors, with our CRM tool.
    • Validation: alt text, scaling and image ratios are validated
    • Dark mode: a very important accessibility tool used by many email users, this compatibility theme is often overlooked on other platforms. Litmus, however, makes it clear how important it is to review and track emails in this format.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    • The detailed statistics page is really helpful.
    • Excellent and flexible Builder.
    • Customer Service responds within one hour.
    • Stock photos included.
    • Database separation & sub-accounts.
    • Excellent multi-inbox previewer available.
    • Responsive templates.
    • Invaluable webinars and training.
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    Cons
    Validity
    • Sometime, I feel like its slow to use. Speed is something which can be helpful.
    • AI feature. It will be beneficial for us if there is an AI feature for content updates. It can improve the subject line and content based on the performance of our past emails.
    • If it can provide more ideas on CRM based on industry standards, like I work in hospitality, and if it can share data and any new initiative for hospitality CRM, it might be useful for us to consider.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    • Depending on the amount, when I am in the middle of uploading a list of contacts I get bumped out and have to submit a request to increase my dataset. That being said, our company as a whole is happy with what Pinpointe provides us with as is.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Validity
    It's one the best tools that we've found for this type of tool but we would like some additional features like spell check so if there's a platform that features that with everything else Litmus has, then we'd potentially look to move over to that platform instead. However, we are overall pretty help with the platform
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    Pinpointe On-Demand is a critical component of our marketing infrastructure and we will continue to use it to support our email marketing requirements
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    Usability
    Validity
    Litmus has integrations that make the software an integrated part of my work every day. Being able to test right within my email builder is just brilliant. Daily I also use the web interface to review analytics and spam testing. Overall it is one of the pieces of software I use daily without any complaints or issues.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Validity
    We have never had a problem with Litmus being unavailable so I would say their availability is fantastic. There might have been one time years ago that the site was down briefly but it also might have been a server issue on my end. Either way, Litmus was back up and running in a very short time
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
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    Performance
    Validity
    As with all technology, there are inevitably use-cases where you are unable to get to your original goal without some good old-fashioned experimenting. Some situations will (and are) more urgent which complicates an effective integration of a new process or a new team using an existing process but the "issues" are regularly resolved by re-starting the process specific to when Litmus is introduced to a project. If it doesn't come out the way you're anticipating, run it again and verify there is an issue before declaring all is lost
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Validity
    I am always so so impressed with the litmus support team. They are not only prompt but attentive and offer very personalised responses and support
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    They are quick to respond to requests, usually within an hour. If they don't have an immediate fix to a problem, they let me know what the status is and what they are doing about a request. In some cases, if the development team needs to be involved because a bug is found, they have fixed and patched the system same day. Rarely do I ever get that kind of customer support response with any other company. They don't have a premium support tier because they treat every request with the same level of professionalism and response time (again, to at least let you know it was received and an actual person is looking at it, even if they are busy with other requests).
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    In-Person Training
    Validity
    I had internal training for how to use, not lead by litmus. Unsure if there was any external training which took place before my time
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Validity
    It has all the required information.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
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    Implementation Rating
    Validity
    I didn’t really personally participate much in the implementation of Litmus, but from what I observed during the process, it was a smooth process with minimal disruptions. The team was able to get up and running quickly, and the platform’s user-friendly interface made onboarding fairly easy for everyone involved from the start.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
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    Alternatives Considered
    Validity
    This is not applicable to my role as I have used Litmus to test emails since I have started. Because of the ease of use, timeliness, consistent quality, and affordability that Litmus offers, I haven't found the need to look at similar products or organizations. If all of these features continue to stay strong, I don't plan on changing providers
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    Pinpointe is a great #2 for specialty campaigns. Our bounce rates were higher than with other providers. Pinpointe's detailed reports and interface are a step above the competition.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Validity
    With our enterprise account, scalability is not an issue. I have not yet seen or heard of significant issues with user access, API connections for integrations etc. This includes down time for "Scheduled Maintenance" as some providers call them, Litmus has the technology backing to support a global team with a 24-hour workday across regions
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Validity
    • Litmus saves our team so much time by making the QA and email review process so much easier, streamlined, and efficient.
    • We often send out campaigns out to thousands of members, and Litmus gives us the assurance and peace of mind that everything is working as it should before it gets sent out.
    • Decreases the number of email review cycles we go through.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    • Our ROI has gone up significantly since using Pinpointe.
    • We are able to use the coding to implement a join form on our website directly so we don't have to download from our website and upload to Pinpointe each time we want to add our contacts.
    • Our emails show up white-labeled so it is our own branding on all emails.
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    ScreenShots

    Litmus from Validity Screenshots

    Screenshot of Litmus Personalize Essentials, with live polls to give subscribers a voice and drive email engagement.Screenshot of Litmus Email Guardian, featuring 24/7 link monitoring to safeguard emails.Screenshot of Litmus' integrated insights reports, that can automatically combine metrics from Salesforce Marketing Cloud with subscriber engagement insights from Litmus.Screenshot of campaign preview, available in 100+ popular email clientsScreenshot of Litmus' inbox previewing and feedback tools, that help users to spot and fix issues early.

    Pinpointe On-Demand Screenshots

    Screenshot of Industry Leading Reporting & AnalyticsScreenshot of Drag n Drop builder - create mobile friendly, responsive emails in 5 minutes!Screenshot of Compare, Analyze historic trendsScreenshot of Make your campaign stand out - Over 40,000 stock images - freeScreenshot of Improve User engagement - set up Preference CentersScreenshot of Send with confidence. Preview your email in the top 25+ inboxes