500apps vs. Twilio SendGrid

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
500apps
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
500apps is a business platform designed to offer value to every department in growing businesses. With its application suite of 50 apps, 500apps enables work in all department categories such as Marketing, Sales, Support, HR, Developers, Collaboration, and Productivity management. The company's vision is to enable growth in global SMBs through the software applications suite. In addition, this infinity suite can be accessed for $14.99/month with all product categories, no feature caps, access…
$14.99
per month
Twilio SendGrid
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Twilio 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…
$15
per month
Pricing
500appsTwilio SendGrid
Editions & Modules
500apps Infinity Suite
$14.99
per month
500apps Infinity Suite
$14.99
per month
Basic
$15
per month
Advanced
$60
per month
Free
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
500appsTwilio SendGrid
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUnlimited Access to 50 apps, No Feature Caps, 24x5 Email, Chat, and Phone Support, & Single Sign-On No tiers. Honest pricing. Cancel anytime.
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Community Pulse
500appsTwilio SendGrid
Top Pros

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Features
500appsTwilio SendGrid
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Twilio SendGrid
6.9
48 Ratings
16% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.135 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings6.838 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings6.236 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings7.323 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings7.228 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.236 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.948 Ratings
List management00 Ratings6.642 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Twilio SendGrid
7.7
48 Ratings
0% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.846 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.146 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.130 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Twilio SendGrid
8.1
10 Ratings
2% below category average
URL Validation00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
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User Ratings
500appsTwilio SendGrid
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
5.7
(59 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
500appsTwilio SendGrid
Likelihood to Recommend
500apps
I think it is well suited in the IT and HR/administration areas. As it offers a large services related to communications and data management systems. Also in educational institutions we can use the service as well. Hospitals and medical systems will be the top most benificiries of these softwares as data tracking and monitoring of patients will be efficient.
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Twilio
I think Sendgrid is a great tool for sending out emails of all types. I've primarily used it for transactional emails as we've had other solutions for marketing emails, but I'm sure it would do just a good job - there is a "Marketing" section within the app you can use. Sendgrid integrates really easily with the development frameworks I've used, such as Laravel and Lumen; I've also integrated it with Moodle with ease.
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Pros
500apps
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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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Cons
500apps
No answers on this topic
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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Usability
500apps
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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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Support Rating
500apps
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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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Alternatives Considered
500apps
The user-friendly UI is excellent. In contrast to other platforms, I am able to build my chatbot in a matter of minutes. I finally chose Botup. It's the most user-friendly and cost-effective chatbot software available, thanks to its intuitive user interface and first-rate customer support. I advise you to use the 500apps all-in-one suite instead of wasting time and money seeking third-party integrations for your company
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Twilio
If given a choice between the two, I would pick Mandrill over SendGrid. Mandrill is slightly more expensive but the data & reports that you receive from it make the service worth it. Mandrill lets you export reports over a period of time, view the actual content of emails that you've dispatched and the customer support is way better. If you can bear the slightly higher cost, Mandrill would be a better choice.
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Return on Investment
500apps
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Twilio
  • Our clients experience significant ROI from their web forms - without receipt of forms, many of them would not still be in business.
  • As a solution for clients' sites, we find SendGrid is a fast installation and a 1 stop problem solver, saving us man-hours.
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ScreenShots

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