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ActiveCampaign vs dotMailer

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67 Ratings

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13 Ratings

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Score 8.5 out of 101

Based on 67 reviews and ratings

dotMailer

13 Ratings
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Score 7.2 out of 101

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ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign is perfect for teams that want a lightweight, easy to use email software which still has the ability to deeply integrate with your codebase/business logic (through tagging via their API and automations).It strikes the balance nicely between allowing developers and marketers to collaborate --- simply instruct the developers to tag users appropriately in the business logic / code base, and then the marketers can use AC's automations initiated by a tag to come up with whatever complex follow-up they desire (all without bugging the developers again).

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dotMailer

Well suited for a company with a larger marketing budget as this is a costly program compared to the other ESPs. If your use case is not eCommerce, you would probably be better off with a standard ESP like Drip.

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Feature Rating Comparison

Email & Online Marketing

ActiveCampaign
7.7
dotMailer
9.0
WYSIWYG email editor
ActiveCampaign
7.7
dotMailer
9.0
Dynamic content
ActiveCampaign
7.3
dotMailer
9.0
Ability to test dynamic content
ActiveCampaign
7.4
dotMailer
9.0
Landing pages
ActiveCampaign
6.7
dotMailer
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A/B testing
ActiveCampaign
7.1
dotMailer
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Mobile optimization
ActiveCampaign
7.7
dotMailer
9.0
Email deliverability
ActiveCampaign
8.3
dotMailer
9.0
List management
ActiveCampaign
8.1
dotMailer
9.0
Triggered drip sequences
ActiveCampaign
9.3
dotMailer
9.0

Reporting & Analytics

ActiveCampaign
7.0
dotMailer
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Dashboards
ActiveCampaign
7.0
dotMailer
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Standard reports
ActiveCampaign
7.2
dotMailer
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Custom reports
ActiveCampaign
6.8
dotMailer
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Pros

  • The automation interface is fairly intuitive to work through and offers powerful, flexible features.
  • For the price and features it offers, it's the best value of any automation service that exists today.
  • It has a TON of options for the advanced user to tinker and test with.

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  • Segmentation by distance.
  • RFM segmentation.
  • Product recommendations.

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Cons

  • Since it has so many options, a beginner might be overwhelmed by the choices available. This is hard to avoid when offering so much flexibility, but still, a new user would be well-served to watch some tutorials and have a clear idea about the workflow they want to get started.
  • There is a point at which your list will outgrow the service (hopefully!) and you might want to think about switching to a service whose CRM and landing page functionality is more robust.

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  • Integration is overly complex.
  • Cannot progressively profile from anything other than an email address.
  • Too expensive.

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Likelihood to Renew

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dotMailer10.0
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Since this is used on a global scale and it is preferable to all of our brands, I cannot see us switching to a different provider. We have built years worth of contacts and templates within our current system, which saves our marketing team a lot of time when putting together future campaigns. All of them are mobile optimized which makes it even easier to work with

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Alternatives Considered

ActiveCampaign is closest in proximity to Infusionsoft but falls short of in most every area except price. It is not in the same ballpark as Pardot, Marketo and HubSpot. To be fair, however, one also has to pay a great deal more for those solutions.

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DotMailer is built for eCommerce. Drip, ActiveCampaign, and Infusionsoft are not eCommerce platforms out of the box, though they can be tailored to that use case. DotMailer is especially geared toward retail businesses.

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Return on Investment

  • It's overall price point is a positive attribute, but the phrase "you get what you pay for" certainly applies here.
  • The negative impact comes with having to answer "I'm not sure I'm able to get that data" when posed with a question from clients or one's own leadership group.

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  • Gave us more granular segmentation than simply pages visited or products purchased.
  • Helped us segment local customers vs long-distance customers, and send different messaging to each.
  • It takes a product feed, so enabled us to launch personalized product recommendations in emails.

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Pricing Details

ActiveCampaign

General
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No
Additional Pricing Details
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dotMailer

General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No
Additional Pricing Details
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