Adobe Journey Optimizer vs. Benchmark Email

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Journey Optimizer
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Journey Optimizer is a customer engagement solution, enabling brands to orchestrate and deliver personalized customer engagement across all channels — including email, web, app, mobile, and more — in the moments that matter to customers.N/A
Benchmark Email
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Benchmark is an email marketing platform on a global mission to help businesses everywhere ignite relationships with their customers, from the company of the same name in St.Louis, Missouri.
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Pricing
Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
Editions & Modules
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Pro
Starting at $13
per month
Enterprise
Custom
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Pricing Offerings
Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Ratings
Benchmark Email
9.5
7 Ratings
18% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
List management00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Ratings
Benchmark Email
8.3
7 Ratings
9% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Ratings
Benchmark Email
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Inbox Display00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(16 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.1
(16 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Journey OptimizerBenchmark Email
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
AJO is best suited for advanced Martech teams who are already bought into the Adobe ecosystem through the use of RTCDP, AA, AAM, etc. Organizations that are starting their Martech journey are good candidates, as well as those who are reevaluating all of their marketing channel vendors near the same time. Success in AJO is highly dependent on the number of marketing channels added. Close coordination with database teams is essential for success. Many of the offline data requirements benefit from modeling of the data. Having dedicated resources developing AJO (RTCDP)-specific views will reduce the amount of QA required to bring the solutions to market
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BenchmarkONE
For low volume non-profits, Benchmark Email provides a respectable free service. Ease of use is high and customization of the email is good. The discount for 501(c)(3) organizations and fully free use for non-profits that help children is commendable. Although the GUI editor is flexible and easy to learn, it does have some issues with certain detailed formatting concerns, like properly showing the newlines between paragraphs. Image/photo processing and presentation is similarly both easy to use, but frustrating due to some capability gaps and quirks, like specifying image sizes and display on hi-resolution devices.

Overall, Benchmark Email provides a good service that is easy to learn to expand your communication reach; however, the ROI and satisfaction may not be as high if paying fees comparable to other offerings.
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Pros
Adobe
  • pre built use case playbooks provide a basis for various trips
  • provides customized messaging
  • custom actions let different systems and databases be easily integrated
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BenchmarkONE
  • 2,000 contact list space available with no time limit to those who can't upgrade.
  • The AB Testing feature helps to improve the performance of your emails by experimenting with different content and send times to determine what works best. Thus great emailing objectives are easier to achieve.
  • There is a feature where website and email engagement trigger an automatic email series. For example, the automatic flow of a subscriber from a leads list to a customer list upon making a purchase is awesome.
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Cons
Adobe
  • It doesn´t keep the last search you sis in the journeys and you have to enter the search parameter every time
  • there is a window of time during the day that the audiences give out errors and you can´t see the estimates
  • I should be able to select STO in campaigns, not only in journeys
  • I should be able to select the email parameters when using campaigns
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BenchmarkONE
  • List maintenance -- navigating multiple lists is a cumbersome activity.
  • Analytics about user engagement could be better. It's not super robust, especially if you're used to Google Analytics.
  • Customer support is kind of slow to get back to us.
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Usability
Adobe
At times, Adobe Journey Optimizer offers too many options, making things less user-friendly than I would personally prefer. As mentioned earlier, there is a tendency to encounter decision paralysis with the increase in available options. While having options is excellent, in typical Adobe fashion, too many can be overwhelming for users
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BenchmarkONE
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
They both have their pros and cons, I feel it depends on the users that the products are targetting, SFMC is has more specialized customizations, Adobe does offer similar but require a higher technical knowledge which is not something that is provided bt the other product
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BenchmarkONE
I stated this plenty of times in my previous responses but we moved to Benchmark from Mad Mimi. Mad Mimi's feature set is extremely basic and only suited for start-ups or very small businesses. Benchmark provides enough customization to take the next step in your email marketing program. It's also fairly affordable
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Multichannel onboarding journey improving the engagement of freshmen in the business, resulting in a decrease in the dropout rate.
  • Separate business of anticipation of receivables from suppliers that used to be manual and now I have connected this entire operation via the S3 connector, less manual work and significant gains in conversions and payments
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BenchmarkONE
  • If we think particularly on the ROI then benchmark email gives you a definite amount of ROI. But it takes time, you will see the results after a six month span of time. Because sending an email itself is a slow and steady process to follow.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Journey Optimizer Screenshots

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Benchmark Email Screenshots

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