Adobe Journey Optimizer vs. Kumulos

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Journey Optimizer
Score 8.3 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
Kumulos
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Kumulos offers their mobile app development platform supporting mobile app marketing automation, mobile app performance, push notifications, and other features.N/A
Pricing
Adobe Journey OptimizerKumulos
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Journey OptimizerKumulos
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Adobe Journey OptimizerKumulos
Best Alternatives
Adobe Journey OptimizerKumulos
Small Businesses
Simplify360
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
OneSignal
OneSignal
Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Dialpad Support
Dialpad Support
Score 9.1 out of 10
Flurry Analytics (discontinued)
Flurry Analytics (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Verint Community
Verint Community
Score 10.0 out of 10
Flurry Analytics (discontinued)
Flurry Analytics (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Adobe Journey OptimizerKumulos
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(49 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.9
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.4
(49 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 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 OptimizerKumulos
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.
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
We have promotions that we want to tell our members or a specific subset of them like they have a chance of winning a raffle. We use Kumulos to fire off the message and notification. Our members get it in their app and we can tell how many of them received it. We can also use the messages to direct them to specific web pages if we want to give them more information. We also use Kumulos to send announcements about things that are happening around the resort. Since we are located near the airport, when heads of state arrive, there are times that the roads are closed to allow them to pass. We use Kumulos to fire off notifications early enough that they know to avoid the area at a particular time. Where it doesn't do as well is when you need the notifications to be received immediately. Since the notifications pass through the Google/Apple network, it may take time to arrive. Sometimes you get it quick, sometimes you don't. So if timeliness is critical, it won't work as well. Also if you're sending to a lot of people, the rollout of the messages may take longer.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
  • Very, very easy to use - yet equally powerful
  • Personalization of messages
  • Data back feeds
  • Running mobile and web campaigns in one place
  • Awesome support
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
  • The UI could use a lot of improvement. It's not very intuitive.
  • Canceling of sent in-app messages can't be done through the dashboard. You have to contact support for them to do it.
  • To send the same message again, you have to recreate the whole thing instead of just resending it.
Read full review
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
Kumulos is doing everything we need and more. The cost is also very reasonable. It has cut down our need for SMS and has lowered our OPEX because of this. We also love the analytics that it provides and it gives us insight into the usage and engagement of our app.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
No answers on this topic
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Adobe
It didnpt possess anything new from the online version of it, in fact, there were less
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
No answers on this topic
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!
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
Kumulos is just much easier to install, configure, and set up. Ongoing running costs are much much lower, especially because we don't need the constant support of a developer to complete day-to-day tasks. Other systems required a lot of technical support, not just in the setup but also in the ongoing operation.
Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Adobe
I didnpt help purchase
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Adobe
very professional
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
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
Read full review
Kumulos ltd
  • 81% increase in customer retention
  • 27% increase in daily active users
  • Cost of the system is very low compared to tangible financial benefits it as delivered
Read full review
ScreenShots

Adobe Journey Optimizer Screenshots

Screenshot of Channel Setup in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of Content Accelerator in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of In App Message Designer in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of Screenshot of Profiles Dashboard in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of SMS Journey in Adobe Journey Optimizer

Kumulos Screenshots

Screenshot of Kumulos Messaging DashboardScreenshot of Geofencing Set-UpScreenshot of Analytics DashboardScreenshot of Push Notification ComposerScreenshot of Crash Reporting DashboardScreenshot of In-App Messaging Composer