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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

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    Zoho Campaigns

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZoho Campaigns is an email marketing and social networking campaigning tool for smaller companies that helps create, send, and track effective email campaigns. It features list management and segmentation, A/B Testing, tracking and reporting, automation, and mobile campaign management.

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    Pricing
    Twilio SendGridZoho Campaigns
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $15
    per month
    Advanced
    $60
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Forever Free
    $0
    Standard Plan
    $3 for 500 contacts
    per month
    Professional Plan
    $4.5 for 500 contacts
    per month
    Pay as you go
    $14 for 500 contacts
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Twilio SendGridZoho Campaigns
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Twilio SendGridZoho Campaigns
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    Twilio
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    Zoho
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    79%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    74%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    74%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Twilio SendGridZoho Campaigns
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Twilio SendGrid and Zoho Campaigns
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    7.1
    48 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Zoho Campaigns
    4.7
    25 Ratings
    51% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor7.035 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Dynamic content6.838 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content5.636 Ratings5.022 Ratings
    Landing pages8.023 Ratings3.017 Ratings
    A/B testing7.228 Ratings4.021 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.036 Ratings6.023 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting7.448 Ratings3.025 Ratings
    List management7.642 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.222 Ratings4.019 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Twilio SendGrid and Zoho Campaigns
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    7.6
    48 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zoho Campaigns
    5.3
    25 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Dashboards7.446 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Standard reports8.246 Ratings6.025 Ratings
    Custom reports7.230 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Twilio SendGrid and Zoho Campaigns
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoho Campaigns
    3.7
    3 Ratings
    73% below category average
    URL Validation7.410 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Link Tracking8.210 Ratings3.03 Ratings
    Image Validation9.08 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Inbox Display7.810 Ratings3.03 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools7.810 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews8.610 Ratings4.03 Ratings
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    Mad Mimi
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Everest (Return Path + 250ok)
    Score10 out of 10
    Everest (Return Path + 250ok)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Twilio SendGridZoho Campaigns
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    6.2
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Twilio SendGridZoho Campaigns
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Twilio
    Twilio SendGrid is well suited for those organizations who need to send mass emails very often to their prospects and customers and thus may be wary of a reliable tool that can do that without affecting domain reputation. It may be less suited for organizations which do not have say more than 10,000 target prospects and thus may rely only on 1:few ABM for sending emails.
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    Zoho
    It is well suited in scenarios:
    1. Well-defined static list with proper info.
    2. Not building email templates from scratch
    3. Litmus testing involved
    4. Easy to use simple automation journeys involved
    Not well-suited scenarios:
    1. Complex Customer journeys
    2. Dynamic content involved
    3. Integration with other products other than the ZOHO suite
    4. Testing API limits
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    Pros
    Twilio
    • Managing email lists / audiences is easy with features like groups and segments.
    • They provide pre-built email templates that are very easy to modify. It is also super easy to create new email templates with their drag-and-drop email builder.
    • Provides clear / easy-to-read analytics of email campaigns.
    • I can easily import large email contact lists all at once or add a user manually one-at-a-time, when needed.
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    Zoho
    • The best thing about this software is its integration with G-suite.
    • It's user interface is so easy that any user can learn it quickly. And it is very easy to operate.
    • It helps users to engage subscribers via various social media platforms.
    • It allows users to compare various email campaigns.
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    Cons
    Twilio
    • Not necessarily their Email API but their email in general - they are currently in beta for automated email sequences but are still bare bones. Much more work is needed before it can be used mainstream and be able to convert everything to SendGrid.
    • Helping with warming up our dedicated IP for the best-sending score.
    • We seem to hit the promotions folder a decent amount (maybe the IP problem above) and even a lot of their emails hit my spam or promotions folder (whether they be transactional or marketing) which isn't a great sign when trusting an ESP.
    • Transactional email sequences would be a huge plus.
    • Now that Twilio owns SenGrid, having an integrated platform where you could see all our transactional emails together.
    • Better reporting and split reporting between transactional and marketing emails.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho should start by throwing this tool in the trash and then recreate it from scratch. There are so many flaws I would be here all year trying to list them all. Start by the fact that creating templates is an absolute nightmare. You'll find over and over again that something that should be easily executed can't be done. It is NOT a plug and play program. Everything is trial and error.
    • The reporting SUCKS bad. It gives you basics, but if you want any real insights... I have to export all my data into my own spreadsheets to compare results from multiple campaigns.
    • Customer service is B.A.D. You'll spend HOURS upon HOURS with a tech support team that knows less than you. The only time anything gets accomplished is when you work with a programmer. BUT, you'll seriously waste 1-2 hours explaining a problem to someone who is only taking notes. You'll get so frustrated when they try to show you how they think it works and you respond with... "I know how this works because I have used it for a year - the problem is that it stopped working the way it always did before. They will argue with you. You will respond accordingly. They will close tickets without resolution. Speaking of tickets, you'll never get one. They say they will take care of it and a week later you will follow-up and no one will have any idea what is going on. You'll start from scratch and be even more frustrated. You will learn to "fix" it on your own or deal with it, broken.
    • After two years, I'm still not sure if my emails even make it to an inbox. When asked, you'll be told that you need to write better subject lines. I call bull****. Don't rely on this product to deliver your email. And don't question Zoho, as it will always be your fault.
    • You can't use this tool to send to ANY group email addresses. You can't even override the system. I have a lot of clients that use info@xxx.com or sales@xxx.com, etc. and I have to send them personal emails since this will not allow them to be sent. They say it is to protect them from getting blacklisted. I call bull**** again.
    • The templates offered by the system are crap - unless you only send holiday emails. Not a large selection of just generic templates. You'll be pulling your hair out trying to use their builder to create your own. In the end, you'll end up sending emails with nothing "pretty" about them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Because I am a single user organization and the subscription is free for up to 3 users.
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    Usability
    Twilio
    It has the potential to be really cool. However, it feels as if it was created by developers for developers (and I work with developers, yet even for me the instrument was somewhat not easy to use - just read SendGrid's help manuals...) However, if you are into data and your way of thinking is more mathematical rather than lyrical, you'll enjoy this instrument
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Twilio
    Twilio SendGrid Email API is everything we want it to be, and we have no reason to look for any other solution. Features and pricing match exactly what we need. As developers for SaaS products, Twilio SendGrid Email API provides a great service. I hope that they stay this way and don't inflate the service with too many marketing oriented features, because there are other tools for that and Twilio SendGrid Email API is a API for sending email first and foremost.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Twilio
    Sendgrid has a lot of features that other providers have and a few more - like the dynamic template builder, which AWS SES doesn't have. We choose the provider based on the scenario of use and the provider we're using. If we're going to be making regular changes to a template, then we'd go with Sendgrid, as the changes will be easier to make and don't necessarily require developer intervention.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Campaigns is not for beginners to email marketing, but it’s an excellent choice for those who want to send out a lot of emails with few restrictions and great reporting. It’s a no-brainer if you’re already a Zoho user, as Campaigns is included in Zoho One subscriptions and integrates nicely with other Zoho apps.
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    Return on Investment
    Twilio
    • As it was cheaper than the transactional service we previously used, it saved costs.
    • The API was relatively easy to work with so it helped us ship the service and test it quickly.
    • We still use the transactional email service, even though we recognize its limits as it meets our immediate needs.
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    Zoho
    • It allows us to communicate with all our customers or lists together or individually, and to track how successful our campaigns are.
    • Customer Service is a target area of why we use Zoho Campaigns, and it meets our needs greatly.
    • To date we have not really measured the ROI or impact that Zoho Campaigns has on our marketing efforts but with this product it certainly has the means to do such.
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