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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Journey Optimizer

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe 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

    dotMailer

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $150

    per month

    Klaviyo

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AKlaviyo is a marketing automation platform that helps businesses to centralize and use every piece of their customer data. With Klaviyo, businesses can combine customer data with more than 350 native integrations to automate personalized email and SMS communications that make customers feel seen. From mom-and-pop shops to established companies, Klaviyo states businesses like Dermalogica, Living Proof, Solo Stove, Citizen Watches, and more than 143,000 other paying users leverage their platform…

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe Journey OptimizerdotMailerKlaviyo
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Growth
    $150.00
    per month
    Professional
    $500.00
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerdotMailerKlaviyo
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPaid plans start at $20/month and include: 251 - 500 contacts 5,000 monthly email sends 150 SMS/MMS sending credits Applicable SMS carrier fees Mobile push notifications (free beta) Email and chat support Additional contacts, email and text sending credits, and service plans available to meet the needs of any size business. View all of our pricing and estimate your total cost of ownership at klaviyo.com/pricing
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    Adobe Journey OptimizerdotMailerKlaviyo
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    dotMailer
    Chose dotMailer
    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.
    Incentivized
    Klaviyo
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Would buy again
    115 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    107 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    68%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    105 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Journey OptimizerdotMailerKlaviyo
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and dotMailer and Klaviyo
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    dotMailer
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Klaviyo
    8.4
    134 Ratings
    9% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.4120 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.2126 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.01 Ratings7.6118 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.6129 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.7132 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.6132 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.8118 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3120 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and dotMailer and Klaviyo
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
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    dotMailer
    -
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    Klaviyo
    7.6
    103 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.298 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings00 Ratings7.150 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.860 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings00 Ratings7.253 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and dotMailer and Klaviyo
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    dotMailer
    -
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    Klaviyo
    8.2
    47 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings00 Ratings8.247 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and dotMailer and Klaviyo
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    dotMailer
    -
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    Klaviyo
    7.8
    129 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1129 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings00 Ratings7.7125 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings00 Ratings7.585 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and dotMailer and Klaviyo
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Klaviyo
    8.1
    107 Ratings
    7% above category average
    API00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4100 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings00 Ratings8.255 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings00 Ratings7.374 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings00 Ratings8.320 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings00 Ratings8.150 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerdotMailerKlaviyo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (134 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (49 ratings)
    -
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    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Journey OptimizerdotMailerKlaviyo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Journey Optimizer is really good for tracking journeys. It can tell you exactly where users are clicking, which pages they are visiting, and even link to physical location visits. It’s not well-suited for open-ended journeys where the user can take multiple paths to success. In such scenarios, it does not visualize or track the journey very well.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo is a leader in the space, but I might recommend it to a colleague for its price point. There are other options that are more affordable and provide most of the tools Klaviyo offers. I also think it can be complicated to use for a new user.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • API based response and ability to invoke the results need via API.
    • Business friendly management of offer priority , the rule assignments.
    • Data Collection from interactions and ability to utilize them without much latency.
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    dotMailer
    • Easy Editor - no HTML required. It's very easy to drag and drop your elements, customizing the campaign according to your needs.
    • Reports- the reports are robust, showing you your open rates, browsers used, who clicked what, etc. It is easy to section out this information and deliver it to the appropriate stakeholders.
    • Templates - building your own template library makes creating and sending campaigns and quick and easy experience. In a global company like ours, it also enables consistency across the brand locations throughout the world.
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    Klaviyo
    • Klaviyo's template builder is very intuitive yet straightforward enough that an inexperienced user can catch on quickly.
    • Their flow builder is also quite intuitive and allows us to build intricate, highly targeted flows.
    • I appreciate their built-in compliance warnings & checks as they apply to opt-out methods, SMS compliance, and overall deliverability.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The email building experience could be better when integrating AEM content fragments.
    • Not great at organizing content in each area. Could make better use of metadata to limit the content the end user has to wade through.
    • Content life cycle management could be more robust.
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    • Integration is overly complex.
    • Cannot progressively profile from anything other than an email address.
    • Too expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Klaviyo
    • Needs more visible critical notifications as we once exceeded our monthly email limit right during the Black Friday campaign. The notification was not visible enough for us to catch it on time, as a result, some emails scheduled to be sent over the weekend were never sent
    • Better library of dynamic values available for use inside emails
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    It has been working very well, and actually it is a reliable tool for audience segmentation and everything that needs to be done for a campaign to deploy correctly
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    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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    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo is simply a great solution for e-com email marketing & customer relationship management:
    1. User journey visibility: We can see our clients' customers on their individual user journeys (open email, site visits) to better understand and accommodate your customers.
    2. Flow automation: Creating automated emails that follow up with new leads, those who abandoned carts, purchased.
    3. Email design: So easy to use, and more friendly than some other visual builders that we've used.
    4. Metrics visibility: We can see our clients' metrics very easily and adjust efforts accordingly.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Adobe
    AJO certainly requires a firm understanding of how Adobe expects data to be architected. AJO should not be an organizations first experience with an Adobe product. We benefited from ~18 months of experience with RTCDP prior to bringing on AJO. Engageable profiles, data storage, profile usage limits, all factor in when using an omnichannel solution. Marketers must be careful to bring in only the data required for business use cases, and continually evaluate these needs in the face of a changing marketing ecosystem.
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    The only reason why I did not give it a 10/10 is that it cannot distinguish purchases that came through subscription recharges instead of purchases that were driven directly by email sends. Other than that, the automation qualities, design features, and segmentation options make this an incredible email platform, and I am very happy with it
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I do not rate it perfect because there are times that is not perfectly realiable, and it stops working when you need it the most, especially because the audiences take so long to evaluate and 2 times a dat to do them quickly is really not enough
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Adobe
    I really think this is something that can be improved, especially the querrys, sometimes it takes too long for them to run
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Adobe
    Sometimes when the manager connects to a support representative, even though the response is very immediate, they are not always able to provide a solution and we end up resolving the issue other ways
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    Their support is always quick and we have recurring meetings with our advisor. they were great when we first started at walking us through the platform and helping us understand how to do the overall setup. They also have a wide variety of articles that cover must issues in a very clear manner that will get you out of a predicament really fast.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It didnpt possess anything new from the online version of it, in fact, there were less
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Adobe
    I give it this rating of 5 because the truth is I started the training with the pages in Adobe and is far more complete and has more explanations that the online training and you can revisit it as many times as you want to, the online non live version is better
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    The only thing I wanted to mention is that when going into the email edition, when adding labels, I was able to copy and paste the labels before, and now it has changed and I am no longer able to do it without editing the label itself
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    Don't cut corners, do it right the first time, if you take your time to build everything the way you want it then it will run itself. The platform will help you increase revenue as long as you use the tools it provides. Don't be scared to ask questions, the support team will help you get to the next level
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Adobe Journey Optimizer takes the lead because it integrates the functionality of several disparate systems, such as Adobe Marketo Engage (content creation/campaign operations) and Adobe Analytics (data, reporting, trends, predictions), to provide a comprehensive approach to campaign coordination and delivery, through reporting and informing our future campaign strategy. All of the products we use are valuable in different contexts. Adobe Journey Optimizer is a true silver bullet for delivering the most engaging, targeted marketing & communications campaigns!
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo's ability to really tackle the entire marketing contact ecosystem on one platform is what really won us over. The price for everything was competitive, not necessarily the cheapest but competitive, and the ability to see that data flow from every interaction was what was crucial to us. Additionally, Klaviyo is the core of our B2C business. We were not focused on anything other than how we interact with customers directly, and Klaviyo was a direct win for us. The one negative is Klaviyo's ability to work with our B2B side of our business, because it doesn't integrate with platforms like HubSpot. That is a massive downside, but the upside justified the investment.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    I didnpt help purchase
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    This is very functional, is has been great to work with pleople from different areas and being able to show them how adobe journey optimizer works for the team
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Adobe
    very professional
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    dotMailer
    • Better customer service
    • Increased brand awareness
    • Increased brand engagement
    • Streamlined processes
    • Regular communication with customers
    • Increased audience/reach
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    Klaviyo
    • Klaviyo brought our email channel to the top performing channel over Paid Ads several times (according to G Analytics), before Klaviyo Paid Ads were always top and the email channel struggled to even stay in 2nd place.
    • Klaviyo did cost quite a bit more than our old email platform but the ROI was much higher so it paid for itself.
    • Klaviyo implemented tools that allowed us to have a higher customer satisfaction with things like letting customers choose to receive less emails instead of unsubscribing.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Journey Optimizer Screenshots

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    Klaviyo Screenshots

    Screenshot of Web forms to grow contact listsScreenshot of Personalized recommendations that resonateScreenshot of Smarter targeting. Deeper personalization.Screenshot of Display of how performance stacks up against peers