Adobe Journey Optimizer vs. ReachMail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Journey Optimizer
Score 8.2 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
ReachMail
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
ReachMail focuses on assisting email marketers in achieving delivery success, and present their services a a guide in the ever-changing world of marketing and transactional email. ReachMail includes tools like optimized time-of-day sending, integrated list hygiene and expert support.
$9
per month
Pricing
Adobe Journey OptimizerReachMail
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$9.00
per month
Prro
$29.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Journey OptimizerReachMail
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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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
ReachMail
9.2
9 Ratings
15% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
List management00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Ratings
ReachMail
9.7
9 Ratings
24% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Ratings
ReachMail
9.8
1 Ratings
21% above category average
URL Validation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Journey OptimizerReachMail
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(22 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
7.2
(22 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Journey OptimizerReachMail
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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ReachMail, Inc
The free Reachmail account (which I have used for several small organizations) is a good tool where there are limited or zero email marketing dollars, a contact audience of up to 5,000 subscribers, and a max of 15,000 monthly emails. The pricing levels are really reasonable for volume requirements, including custom plans for infrequent mailings. If there are constraints (time and/or design experience) that require a large choice of ready-made contemporary templates without graphic or font modifications, then this probably isn't a good email marketing tool.
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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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ReachMail, Inc
  • I have a $10 account, but customer support treat me like a princess. They even added a feature to one page to remedy a problem I was having with that page. They care about their customers.
  • ReachMail Features (or at least, these are the ones I know they have): WYSIWYG Email Editor, Template Management, Mobile Optimized Emails, Dynamic Content, Subscribe/Unsubscribe, Mailing List Management, Drip Campaigns, Auto-Responders, Image Library, A/B Testing, Customer Surveys, CAN SPAM Compliance, Reporting/Analytics.
  • These folks know what they’re doing. I can’t speak highly enough about ReachMail.
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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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ReachMail, Inc
  • There are no batch report downloads. When I have multiple variations and waves in a campaign, I have to download reports individually. I'd like for a way to download one report of all sends during a certain time period, or given another set of parameters.
  • It would save a lot of time if we had the ability to upload multiple images or assets at once.
  • There's only a two-level "tree" of organization of lists and suppression lists. It would be great if we had the abililty to nest lists into better categories, rather than having to scroll through one giant list of suppressions or deployment lists. Something like a 2015 folder, then inside that a Business Unit folder, then inside that, a Campaign folder, etc. This would make things much easier to find.
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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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ReachMail, Inc
Their team is knowledgable and willing to help offer insight and support to build out the right campaigns to fit our business needs and goals
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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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ReachMail, Inc
In my opinion, ReachMail is a good competitor to Mailchimp, probably has more features though and analytics to help organize information. There are also a lot more third party integrations that have helped us compared to other apps that we've tried before, but ReachMail has been the most useful, for me personally and my team
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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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ReachMail, Inc
  • None. I signed up for a pay account so only had to spend a dollar for the first month. Even that was a waste as I simply can't send emails out with their forced unsubscribe header. If it was the typical CAN-SPAM footer it would be fine, but it just looks awful.
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ScreenShots

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