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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Active Query Builder

    Score9.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Active Query Builder is a component for business applications which helps users without any SQL experience to work with SQL queries and get data fast. Users can get a clear view of database schema and design SQL queries with natural point-and-click actions rather than tedious typing. Active Query Builder assists novice users learning SQL and allows experienced users to analyze and understand their queries better by parsing them and building the visual diagram. With…

    $199

    per developer

    Adobe Campaign

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AAdobe acquired Neolane in July 2013 and later re-named the product Adobe Campaign. Adobe Campaign provides both marketing automation and marketing resource management functionality such as spend & financial management, workflow, and asset management.N/A
    Pricing
    Active Query BuilderAdobe Campaign
    Editions & Modules
    VCL Edition (Delphi, C++Builder)
    $199.00
    per developer
    Core .NET Edition (non-visual)
    $199.00
    per developer
    ActiveX Edition
    $299.00
    per developer
    WinForms Edition
    $399.00
    per developer
    WPF Edition
    $399.00
    per developer
    ASP.NET Edition
    $399.00
    per developer
    Java Edition
    $450.00
    per developer
    .NET All-in-One Edition
    $899.00
    per developer
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    Pricing Offerings
    Active Query BuilderAdobe Campaign
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Active Query BuilderAdobe Campaign
    Considered Both Products
    Active Database Software
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    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Active Query BuilderAdobe Campaign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    5.0
    (97 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    5.0
    (42 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.0
    (41 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Active Query BuilderAdobe Campaign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Active Database Software
    This is a good framework to use if your project requires frequent database queries. The product is made for both complete amateurs and seasoned experts. Prompt, courteous, and expert assistance; any problems are addressed and fixed without delay. Relatively inexpensive Inadequate, if there are new people involved, delays due to a lack of documentation are likely, and issues with code completion may arise.
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    Adobe
    Multi-Channel Campaign Management: I have found Adobe Campaign to be excellent for managing campaigns across multiple channels, including email, mobile, social media, and web. Its centralized platform allows me to plan, execute, and track campaigns effectively, making it ideal for organizations with diverse marketing channels. For example, when I was running a campaign to promote a new product launch across email, SMS, and social media channels, Adobe Campaign provided me with the tools to orchestrate and track the campaign seamlessly. I could ensure consistent messaging and a cohesive customer experience across different channels.
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    Pros
    Active Database Software
    • Pull data from SQL even if you do not know SQL.
    • Provides clear database information.
    • Works with multiple databases at once.
    • Data access and security.
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    Adobe
    • It allows me to capture leads through various sources, such as website forms or landing pages.
    • It offers a centralized repository where I can securely store and manage customer data, encompassing contact information, preferences, transaction records, and additional relevant data.
    • It provides robust analytics and reporting capabilities.
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    Cons
    Active Database Software
    • Features are good but lacks documentation
    • It would be great it were adaptive to Embarcadero/Dev Express Skins that would be very cool
    • Modifying SQL code is difficult
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    • Adobe Campaign does not have a high enough sales intelligence to let us know which landing page format would be the most optimal for the proper development of our mass marketing operations, which in the long run would also help with customer collection.
    • Does not directly track the number of people who enter our website, beyond sending them automated messages depending on whether they entered a certain section of the site. This problem is important, because it does not allow us to get complete tracking results in that area.
    • The platform does not do social media marketing extensively enough to let us create dynamic evaluations on the results of interactions that are obtained within social networks, which creates a huge margin of error in our analytical results messages, and so we have stopped applying social marketing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Active Database Software
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Once you go for Neolane you are a bit stuck with it, so we will most likely stay with Neolane. Cost of investment and training are the main factors at work here. We havesimply have invested too much in the product to stop using it after 2 years. That said, my score of 8 does not imply that the product is worthy of getting an 8 but reflects our willingness to renew. Given that upgrading to a new version will cost again a substantial sum, we most likely will keep using the current version we are on which is 6X.
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    Usability
    Active Database Software
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Thanks to this tool we are taking more internal control of the creation and deployment of campaigns with less dependency on an ESP. We can pre-program marketing publications, being able to concentrate on the target audience. It helps me manage email campaigns with real-time tracking.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Active Database Software
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Aside from frequent error prompts, the program is quite dependable
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    Support Rating
    Active Database Software
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Although there is a lot of material available on the internet to answer questions, I still feel a lack of commitment and delay in the responses of the support, but as a whole, it leaves nothing to be desired. I believe that, in the great majority, companies sin in the desired support, but we cannot generalize. But this one, in particular, has a wide range of specialists and well-qualified management, but I believe that it is not so bad.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Active Database Software
    I have used Flutter to begin and with flutter you need learn a language called Dart which is not needed with AQB, which is the main reason for us to pick Active Query Builder as a choice over Flutter. AQB supports all the merchant SQL databases with native syntax support, query optimizations and more
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    Adobe
    As we tried to centralise the marketing automation platform within the enterprise, Adobe Campaign can plug into several instances of Salesforce.com for lead management queues. All other marketing automation platforms can only plug into one instance of Salesforce.com. Adobe Campaign was also able to handle the complexity and challenges of our enterprise data which are a result of years of legacy, mergers and acquisitions and data aggregation.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Active Database Software
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Not everything was great at all times. It was handled accordingly, pricing was reasonable for what was purchased. It was the best value on the market at the time of purchase.
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    Return on Investment
    Active Database Software
    • better business decisions allow us to maximize revenue for the company
    • awesome ROI
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    Adobe
    • Talking about profits can be subjective if you don't take into account the periodic variations between net and gross profit margins, but fortunately with Adobe Campaign, it is easy to notice these differences quickly.
    • Results have always seemed relative to us, as they vary greatly depending on how much is invested.
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