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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

    HCL Unica

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AHCL Unica is available as a cloud or on-premise solution that provides fully integrated marketing automation software for enterprise. It includes enterprise marketing automation tools that optimize marketing activities, to ensure excellent customer experiences and data privacy.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Journey OptimizerHCL Unica
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerHCL Unica
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Journey OptimizerHCL Unica
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
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    HCLSoftware
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    68%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Adobe Journey OptimizerHCL Unica
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    21% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Journey Optimizer and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    23% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerHCL Unica
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (49 ratings)
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (49 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Journey OptimizerHCL Unica
    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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    HCLSoftware
    I think it is wel suited for a business with a lot of one on one relations in the database. For example a supermarket that sells products to a client and gives a reduction on that product. It is nice if the selection process is not to complex and does not involve to many calculations. It is also nice if it is very clear what you want to follow up. In our environment we have lots of many-to-many relations. for example one product is held by more then one client. And that client might have more of those products with other clients. These kind of situation demands for a lot of calculations with derived fields(*), and there things go far too slow. Unica is probably not such a good solution for us, because our environment is too complex, and so is to process of creating the selection, we often have to change things in the selection flows. Because of the complexity it is difficult to see what the flow is exactly doing afterwoods, it also takes to much time to modify existing campaigns. The interface is not handy to work with, if you have long lists of variables, of tables or derived fields(*) you have to scroll through trough them, you can not really search them or reorder them. You can not drag and drop fields or other objects like derived fields in the flow, what would be easy if you have to make frequent changes to the proces flow. When you copy objects something the content of the object changes because the links with other objects or lost. (*) derived field: field to calculate something
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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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    HCLSoftware
    • Ability to translate Multiple SQL queries into a very easy to use visual GUI.
    • Provides the ability to pre-define segments, run them once in off hours, store them in their own system tables for quick youth and a significant reduction in CPU utilization on the database.
    • It’s use of Reusable objects. Including user variables to pre-define calculations one time, macros that you can create and pass values to parameterize the SQL code And the creation of templates to easily replicate work.
    • It’s ability to bring in external data on the fly that can very easily be mapped into any flowchart.
    • It’s flexibility and creating UNIX script via triggers to automate sending of files to multiple vendors with different FTP sites
    • It’s flexibility in the output layouts that it can create.
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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.
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    HCLSoftware
    • Greater integration of real time (Interact) capabilities with outbound channels, in particular IBM eMessage Email & SMS delivery.
    • Additional outbound channels to be integrated into eMessage, including Facebook Fanpage & Twitter DM broadcasts. At the moment these are possible only through custom additional integration.
    • Support for additional marketing database technology, e.g. MySQL, Exasol, ParAccel, WX2.
    • Provision of database technology with software purchase, as Web technology (IBM WebSphere Express) is supplied for free, but no database is supplied - since IBM also market DB2, which is a supported technology it seems a shame.
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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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    HCLSoftware
    There are three main factors to renew a licence: 1) Cost to migrate to another platform would be rather expensive and time consuming, plus the requirement of retraining employees to use a new tool 2) It has been proven time and time again that it is a market leader in the space (10 years +) 3) It can be built upon, with the addition of additional IBM EMM modules - despite theories it does have very strong digital capabilities.
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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.
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    HCLSoftware
    Unica provides functionality that is very simple and easy to use. For reporting, we can see Unica system tables. Contact history table, response history tables. We have all the information in one place. Performance-wise, Unica also handles large volumes of data and can run a 5-million-record campaign within minutes. This is something great.
    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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    HCLSoftware
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    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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    HCLSoftware
    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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    HCLSoftware
    I didn't use the Unica support since it is with IBM, only before.
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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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    HCLSoftware
    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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    HCLSoftware
    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
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    HCLSoftware
    - We had to rebuild a part of the datamart afterwards to tighten up and simplify the selection process. But as it was too time consuming to rebuild all the existing campaigns, we no run campaigns on different versions of the datamart. - The response tracking of the campaigns never worked out well, it was impossible to implement a direct response where there is a link between the lead and the response in our operational process
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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!
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    HCLSoftware
    The contact history and the response history are so powerful. You can track whatever you want to help the call center to push relevant offers to our customer. In addition, predictive models can be built, with patience, in IBM Campaign. If you have some complaints from the call center about any campaigns, you can easily validate it into the contact or response history.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    I didnpt help purchase
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
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    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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    HCLSoftware
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    very professional
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
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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
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
    • It helps my clients drive their business which in turn, drives more profit for them.
    • It helps my clients determine what works, and what doesn't work, in terms of their social marketing campaigns.
    • It helps navigate proper budgeting through determining what clients' users respond to, and what they find unique.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe Journey Optimizer Screenshots

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    HCL Unica Screenshots

    Screenshot of HCL Unica Deliver is the email marketing and messaging execution module of the HCL Unica platform.

Its scalable digital messaging engine helps enterprise marketers design, personalize, and send high-volume, data-driven communications across multiple customer engagement channels.

It’s built for complex and compliant omni-channel campaigns with advanced segmentation, behavioral triggers, and real-time customer data.

Key channels supported include:
• Email — for personalized bulk and trigger-based mailings.
• SMS — send text messages to mobile subscribers.
• WhatsApp — conversational and promotional messaging.
• In-app and Push notifications — mobile push alerts via apps.