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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

    MailBluster

    N/AN/AMailBluster is an email marketing solution used to send a high volume of promotional emails that are each personalized. MailBluster tracks all the user activities and lets users visualize opens, clicks, bounces, complaints, and eCommerce conversions with charts & data.

    $12

    per month (approximation)

    Pricing
    Adobe Journey OptimizerMailBluster
    Editions & Modules
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    Pro
    $5
    per month (billed annually) + $0.60 per 1,000 emails
    Executive
    $10
    per month (billed annually) + $0.60 per 1,000 emails
    Managed
    $15.30
    per month (billed annually) 10,000+ emails/month, with higher-volume plans available
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerMailBluster
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—MailBluster prices email sending by SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) choice: a customer’s own provider, or MailBluster’s managed SMTP. Every plan includes unlimited leads. The free Starter plan includes up to 3,000 emails in total, bring-your-own SMTP, MailBluster branding, campaign creation, lead management, segmentation, email tracking, and forms, with no credit card required. Pro is $5 per month billed yearly ($60 per year), with unlimited sending over the customer’s SMTP at $0.60 per 1,000 emails, no MailBluster branding, and access to automation, custom fields, Pro templates, lead and report exports, sender management, double opt-in emails, ecommerce support, API keys, a Developer API, and a WordPress plugin. Executive is $10 per month billed yearly ($120 per year) with the same sending rate and branding terms as Pro, plus dedicated 1-to-1 setup and support, 3 years of data retention, unlimited automation workflows, and a 5% yearly reward on email sending. Managed SMTP starts at $15.30 per month billed yearly for 10,000 emails per month (regular price $17 per month), with unlimited leads, SMTP fully managed by MailBluster, no MailBluster branding, SMTP costs included so a separate SMTP provider is not required, a dedicated account manager, IP blacklist monitoring, advanced automation, custom fields, Pro templates, lead and report exports, sender reputation management, and priority support; higher-volume plans are available. A 14-day Managed SMTP free trial allows up to 100 emails per day and does not require a credit card.
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    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    68%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Journey OptimizerMailBluster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (49 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    7.5
    (49 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    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)
    -
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    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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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 OptimizerMailBluster
    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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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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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
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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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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
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    MailBluster
    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
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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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    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
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    MailBluster
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    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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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    I didnpt help purchase
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    MailBluster
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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
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    MailBluster
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    very professional
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    MailBluster
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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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    MailBluster
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    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 OptimizerProduct screenshotScreenshot of Profiles Dashboard in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of SMS Journey in Adobe Journey Optimizer

    MailBluster Screenshots

    Screenshot of MailBluster's drag-and-drop email builder used to create HTML email campaigns.Screenshot of MailBluster's automation, which uses triggers and actions to automate everything from welcome emails to product promotions.Screenshot of MailBluster's unlimited lead management, to scale email marketing efforts along with growth.Screenshot of an example of MailBluster's reports and visual analytics. Monitor opens, clicks, bounces, complaints, and eCommerce conversions to measure success.Screenshot of some of the integration options. Connect multiple SMTP services to optimize deliverability, reliability, and sending performance.Screenshot of a visual overview of MailBluster's zero SMTP configuration. Its fully managed infrastructure is built to provide reliable performance and consistent email deliverability.