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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Act-On

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Act-On is an adaptive marketing platform designed to drive personal and purposeful multi-channel marketing. Its foci are inbound and outbound marketing, for enabling a tighter alignment with sales and turning data into actionable insights.

    $900

    per month

    Bloomreach

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Bloomreach personalizes the customer experience for brands around the world. Loomi AI, its agentic platform, understands customers in context — then tailors their experience in real time. Connected to applications at every touchpoint, Loomi AI brings personalization to life across email, web,…N/A
    Pricing
    Act-OnBloomreach
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $900
    per month
    Enterprise
    $2,000+
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Act-OnBloomreach
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsThe Professional package starts at 2,500 active contacts, 3 marketing users, 50 sales users and 30,000 API calls per day. The Enterprise allows for much more customization, the package starts at 2,500 active contacts, 6 marketing users, 100 sales users and 30,000 API calls per day. Annual contract required for all packages.Bloomreach pricing is quote-based. Bloomreach pricing is customized to the number of customers served, product catalog size, and the number of events executed – such as how many emails or SMS messages are sent.
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    Act-OnBloomreach
    Considered Both Products
    Act-On
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    Bloomreach
    Chose Bloomreach
    It does about the same as all the others. We really only use it for emails.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    131 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    169 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    15 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    115 Answers
    Features
    Act-OnBloomreach
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Act-On Software and Bloomreach
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    8.3
    124 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Bloomreach
    8.3
    102 Ratings
    8% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor7.6123 Ratings8.589 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.2102 Ratings8.798 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.1102 Ratings8.297 Ratings
    Landing pages8.2118 Ratings6.855 Ratings
    A/B testing8.1106 Ratings8.998 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.3113 Ratings9.189 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.3123 Ratings9.199 Ratings
    List management8.7122 Ratings8.084 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.698 Ratings7.974 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Act-On Software and Bloomreach
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    8.2
    124 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Bloomreach
    7.6
    82 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation8.5113 Ratings7.870 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading8.4113 Ratings8.065 Ratings
    Data quality management8.2112 Ratings8.477 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.8104 Ratings6.846 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Act-On Software and Bloomreach
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    7.5
    84 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Bloomreach
    7.2
    76 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Calendaring6.88 Ratings6.870 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing8.283 Ratings7.553 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Act-On Software and Bloomreach
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    7.3
    75 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Bloomreach
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns7.373 Ratings7.146 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.367 Ratings7.937 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Act-On Software and Bloomreach
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    7.5
    124 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Bloomreach
    8.2
    101 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Dashboards7.6118 Ratings7.9101 Ratings
    Standard reports7.6122 Ratings8.497 Ratings
    Custom reports7.493 Ratings8.497 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Act-On Software and Bloomreach
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    7.7
    117 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Bloomreach
    8.3
    127 Ratings
    10% above category average
    API8.277 Ratings8.7121 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.578 Ratings8.680 Ratings
    Customizability7.698 Ratings8.890 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com8.569 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.038 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM6.930 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.58 Ratings7.664 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Act-OnBloomreach
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (229 ratings)
    9.2
    (190 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (112 ratings)
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (44 ratings)
    8.6
    (54 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    7.6
    (22 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (13 ratings)
    7.8
    (21 ratings)
    Bloomreach Customer Support
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (39 ratings)
    8.5
    (153 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.3
    (16 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (22 ratings)
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Act-OnBloomreach
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Act-On
    We often have quick turnaround time requests, and Act-On's new composer is great because it is easy to make an email look great in desktop or mobile views. This has been a huge time-saver for us! We have benefited from using Act-On for many years and are accustomed to where everything is and how to use it. For the new accounts we train, we will sometimes hear that the organization of where things are could be improved.
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    Bloomreach
    They've just been a great partner to work with. They put forth 100% when bringing platforms to the merchant and were highly prepared and knowledgeable during the sales cycle and implementation, and remained very connected post-implementation to ensure client success with the platform. Their CEO is always eager to sit down, talk shop, and listen to clients' needs, and you can tell from his enthusiasm that he cares about making this company the best in class.
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    Pros
    Act-On
    • The templates are easy to use and set up campaigns.
    • It's simple to use, and the email editor features a drag-and-drop interface.
    • It's easy to set up a drip campaign or a series of scheduled emails.
    • It has the flexibility of having a variety of scheduling options and the use of user experience automation.
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    Bloomreach
    • The product recommendations engine allows for us to create a personalised experience for every customer across the 3m emails we send each month. This ensure that our customers remain connected to our brand.
    • The customer data platform attached to Bloomreach Composable Personalization Cloud provides an all-in-one solution for our business intelligence needs. Allowing up-to-date purchasing, behaviour, and engagement reporting from our email to website activity.
    • The ability to integrate with Meta and other paid ad formats allows for us to create a connected omnichannel experience for users, ensuring we are providing the right message, to the right person, at the right time, in the right place.
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    Cons
    Act-On
    • The designer tools, especially for emails, were often difficult to use. The formatting of the text would be all over the place and change / refuse to change at random. Moving boxes around was shifty and sometimes nearly impossible. It just wasn't customizeable enough. No "undo" functionality either.
    • The only way to collect information expansively over time (there's a term Act-On uses for it, I can't recall) where it adds questions to the form each time a user fills it out, is if the person were to fill out the same form multiple times. I know this does happen for some websites/resources, but as a company that wanted to collect new information each time someone filled out any form, regardless of the resource or the URL, that was simply not an option, and that doesn't really make a lot of sense. I know it's not really possible to track someone but if they filled out the first part of the form and then it added new questions to answer, and then they submitted and got through the gating, that would actually be helpful.
    • There was no "trash can" of sorts in case you deleted something by mistake. This could be so stress-inducing if it was a major project. My coworker did this once, contacted Act-On, they couldn't even recover it.
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    Bloomreach
    • Improve introduction to Bloomreach-specific terminology such as running aggregates. These are really powerful but can be difficult to understand
    • Introduce more options for report exporting - it would be good to be able to schedule reports to send to different email addresses
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Act-On
    It's my single biggest asset in my current role. With limited resources, its enabled Anachron to punch well above our weight marketing wise and although we're still at the beginning of our journey I know the system can scale with us
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    Bloomreach
    We are extremely satisfied with Bloomreach. It is a central and indispensable pillar of our personalization and data-driven marketing strategy. The platform provides us with unparalleled scalability across 27 countries and guarantees high availability and stable performance, even when working with an enormous volume of data.The fact that the platform is intuitive and allows a wide range of our teams (from CRM to UX) to work effectively with personalization significantly reduces our dependence on IT support and accelerates campaign deployment.Given the robustness of the architecture and the positive results we are generating across channels, renewing the contract is a logical step to ensure our future organic growth.
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    Usability
    Act-On
    It's a great tool for our business, and we get a fantastic ROI on it every year based on wins for customer service and automation responses. It's save projects, repaired salesperson/customer relationships and generated new sales and interest yearly. We really wouldn't hesitate to recommend this platform at all.
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    Bloomreach
    In my time working with Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud, I always liked to work with it. It is crucial that you get support from experts from the beginning to show you how to work with the vast amount of options and activities to choose from. The learning curve is also well-rounded because of its user-friendly interface and highly skilled customer support.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Act-On
    I have always found them quick to respond to my query by web inquiry. In those instances when I call, I have always reached help quickly. They are conscientious and skilled in discussing my concern and finding a solution to my problem. Other tech organizations should use Act-On as a model for top-notch customer service.
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    Bloomreach
    The platform is generally reliable - major outages are rare and most day-to-day campaign operations run without interruption. Where it dips: occasional slowdowns in the analytics dashboard during peak loads, and sometimes scenario executions get delayed without clear explanation. The real-time event processing is mostly solids. Overall uptime is strong - it is not something that keeps me up at night, but it is not flawless either.
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    Performance
    Act-On
    Great for the most part. Sometimes there are little lags, but that's likely because I'm requesting to see a lot of data at one time.
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    Bloomreach
    Performance in Bloomreach Content is quite good but you need to be ready. Your implementation should follow all the good practices (avoid crazy patterns) and the environment setup should be the right one. With all that, Bloomreach's performance is quite solid. Our usage makes use of complex queries and most of them are really quick. Only when you need something really complex and you aggregate queries that should be separated you would get slower results (but then again, that is not a good practice for any platform).
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    Support Rating
    Act-On
    Since we start using Act-on for ourselves and our clients, we have been supported very well. Often we need to integrate with legacy systems and we find the support team on our side during the whole endeavor. Always asking if they can help us further, always willing to do a better job. The support of Act-On is one of the main differentiators
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    Bloomreach
    The project team consistently delivers excellent collaboration and is always available whenever assistance is needed. Their responsiveness and commitment make working together smooth and efficient. Bloomreach support, which is included for free in the platform, can also be quite useful, especially for quick clarifications. However, the quality and speed of their responses can sometimes vary, depending on the issue.
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    In-Person Training
    Act-On
    Dan D. was great. He took the time to understand how I needed the program to run, and was very flexible to our special CRM setup.
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    Bloomreach
    The Training was awesome
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    Online Training
    Act-On
    Act-On had a lot of resources, and their staff was great at answering any questions I had to make sure we got started on the right foot. Looking back, I would have preferred some additional training sessions since we didn't have any previous experience with Marketing Automation and best practices.
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    Bloomreach
    very informative and patient
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    Implementation Rating
    Act-On
    What impressed me most is that Act-On showed full committment in making our implementation successful, even when it required additional support from their team. This gave me a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings. Most other software software vendors are not anywhere close to being this responsive and effective
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    Bloomreach
    All the deployments were done on time
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    Alternatives Considered
    Act-On
    Act-On is easier to use than Marketo, but not as visually appealing and user-friendly as HubSpot. It's much better than Pardot, as Pardot feel clunky every step of the way. SharpSpring is comparable because of its price point but surpasses Act-On in its tools and intuitive interface. We selected Act-On because of the pricing model and thought all things would be close to parity with other options. It depends on the team you have. If you have developers and a marketing team that knows some html/css, you can get by with Act-On.
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    Bloomreach
    Bloomreach is far superior than SFMC as that platform requires too much technical knowledge. Ometria is very good and I would say is quite similar to Bloomreach although I would say Ometria is a smaller company. Dotdigital is also very powerful but not more so than Bloomreach. This being said, Dotdigital and HubSpot does have telephone support which is amazing and something I would like to see from Bloomreach in future or at least shorter wait times for customer support live chat.
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    Scalability
    Act-On
    Before I feel like I need more features, the Act-On customer service reps are contacting me telling about new features as part of my account.
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    Bloomreach
    there is an option of multiple projects per organisation, customers and assets can be copied across. Multiple sites can be managed in one project, different activities organized under initiatives. Splitting work into sensible units is therefore well possible. The billing is based on number of tracked and number of stored events, no package-based deals. It should therefore be well scalable from a small e-store to a large corporation.
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    Return on Investment
    Act-On
    • With the Automated Series, we were able to put in place campaigns that generated revenue that took no time to continue running once set up. This was a positive feature allowing employees to work on another project while the campaign ran on their own.
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    Bloomreach
    • Emails, banners, and weblayers brought us an increase in conversion and additional profit.
    • From a marketers perspective, it allows us to reach far and wide and see how well a campaign is doing in real-time.
    • Knowing the customer allows improved communication and personalize our recommendations.
    • Bloomreach Engagement has created revenue uplift with acquisition and conversion.
    • The most effective tool out there when ROI is in question.
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    ScreenShots

    Act-On Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Automated Journey Builder. Here, users can personalize customer interactions from awareness to loyalty.Screenshot of the Analytics Dashboard. This is used to compare performance over time, filter by segment, and export report components.Screenshot of the Email Composer. Here is where users design emails optimized for desktop and mobile with a drag and drop builder.

    Bloomreach Screenshots

    Screenshot of Funnels that simplify targeting.Screenshot of Retention-based insights about impact of changes in a product and the impact of major marketing campaigns.Screenshot of Web layers with A/B testing.Screenshot of The drag and drop campaign editor.Screenshot of The WYSIWYG Email editor & Fully customisable Email templates.Screenshot of The CRM with 360° customer behaviour history.