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Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Target
Adobe Target is best suited if you have or desire to have the rest of the Adobe stack (Adobe Launch, Adobe Analytics, Adobe AAM, etc.), although analytics itself can be relatively easily integrated with just about any major testing tool. If your testing program is more advanced, and you'd like to get into heavy personalization, I'd say Target has some features that could definitely be beneficial (e.g. Auto Target, Auto Allocation), but another tool like Evergage or Dynamic Yield is probably a better bet.

Verified User
Analyst in Other
Internet Company, 51-200 employeesPersado
Persado is an excellent tool for a small marketing team seeking to "work smarter, not harder." The tool itself is simple to use and generates instant results, all while learning and reporting at a deeper level than a human on a marketing team could. We have been able to reach the right eyes within our audience at the right time, improving open rates and generating more revenue from our promotional emails.
Email Marketing Manager
RST BrandsRetail, 51-200 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Testing and Experimentation
Adobe Target
7.5
Persado
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a/b experiment testing
Adobe Target
9.0
Persado
—
Split URL testing
Adobe Target
8.3
Persado
—
Multivariate testing
Adobe Target
8.7
Persado
—
Multi-page/funnel testing
Adobe Target
7.3
Persado
—
Cross-browser testing
Adobe Target
7.5
Persado
—
Mobile app testing
Adobe Target
6.0
Persado
—
Test significance
Adobe Target
6.7
Persado
—
Visual / WYSIWYG editor
Adobe Target
5.7
Persado
—
Advanced code editor
Adobe Target
8.0
Persado
—
Page surveys
Adobe Target
6.0
Persado
—
Preview mode
Adobe Target
5.5
Persado
—
Test duration calculator
Adobe Target
7.3
Persado
—
Experiment scheduler
Adobe Target
9.0
Persado
—
Experiment workflow and approval
Adobe Target
7.0
Persado
—
Dynamic experiment activation
Adobe Target
8.0
Persado
—
Client-side tests
Adobe Target
9.5
Persado
—
Server-side tests
Adobe Target
8.0
Persado
—
Mutually exclusive tests
Adobe Target
8.0
Persado
—
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Adobe Target
8.6
Persado
—
Standard visitor segmentation
Adobe Target
8.0
Persado
—
Behavioral visitor segmentation
Adobe Target
8.0
Persado
—
Traffic allocation control
Adobe Target
9.7
Persado
—
Website personalization
Adobe Target
8.7
Persado
—
Results and Analysis
Adobe Target
7.1
Persado
—
Heatmap tool
Adobe Target
9.0
Persado
—
Click analytics
Adobe Target
9.0
Persado
—
Scroll maps
Adobe Target
9.0
Persado
—
Form fill analysis
Adobe Target
7.0
Persado
—
Conversion tracking
Adobe Target
6.0
Persado
—
Goal tracking
Adobe Target
6.5
Persado
—
Test reporting
Adobe Target
7.0
Persado
—
Results segmentation
Adobe Target
5.5
Persado
—
CSV export
Adobe Target
5.0
Persado
—
Experiments results dashboard
Adobe Target
6.7
Persado
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Pros
Adobe Target
- Because the software is established there is lots of online help available and most of the bugs have been worked out
- Adobe has a vast supply of resources if your pockets are deep enough.
- The dashboard is easy to follow and is getting more user-friendly. You no longer have to be an HTML wizard to implement changes.

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Consumer Goods Company, 1001-5000 employeesPersado
- They know way more than me on how to create effective subject lines that actually get people to open. We have solid creative and cool emails, but without the hook, it means nothing. Persado is that hook. (Side note, they are also customizable so if your company has specific guidelines/tone, you can set those parameters.)
- The analytics are amazing! It's so cool to see the responses to various emotions ebb and flow over time. We have a few that consistently perform well (and some that consistently underperform, which makes sense for them to), and a few others that seem to react to the season somehow. How would I know this on my own? (That's right, I wouldn't.)
- Creating these subject lines and exporting them to Listrak (our ESP) is insanely quick and easy. It takes more time for me to set up the split test in our ESP than it does to set up the subject lines in Persado.
Email Marketing Analyst
PositecMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Cons
Adobe Target
- There should be some more clarity around what makes a test significant. While this can be decided by the client themselves, some direction from the tool would be helpful.
- Also, if there was an easier way to organize campaigns and search for them it would be helpful. Right now there is just a long list of campaigns and you have to rely on search to find a specific campaign. What if you don't know the name of the test?

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Internet Company, 1001-5000 employeesPersado
- Not so much a con, but area for improvement: an option to have reports generated automatically and sent to me weekly or similar. It would automate my learning and understanding of how the tool is working.
- When we write control subject lines that include emojis, I have to go outside of Persado to find the emoji I want to use, copy, and come back to Persado. However there is a button to add emojis to the Persado generated subject lines.
- Since Persado integrates with our ESP, Bronto, we'd really like to see more to the connection such as sharing conversion and revenue data.
Email Marketing Manager
RST BrandsRetail, 51-200 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 6.3
Based on 24 answers
We have a team of people trained on how to use the application and it integrates well with the other Adobe products we use. Our future roadmap of testing will require some complex scenarios which we hope Target will be able to accomplish
Director of Web Analytics & Optimisation
AVGComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Usability
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 1.1
Based on 4 answers
Can be difficult to learn, but once you understand Mboxes and the nuances of the system it's very user friendly
Digital Producer
Guthy-Renker201-500 employees
Reliability and Availability
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 6.1
Based on 4 answers
i don't think we use the full functionalities of the tool, but to use the full functions, it's almost impossible (Too hard)
Senior Web Analytics Manager
Wotif GroupTelecommunications, 1001-5000 employees
Performance
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 8.0
Based on 3 answers
The bottleneck is never the software program
Digital Producer
Guthy-Renker201-500 employees
Support
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 4.5
Based on 8 answers
Adobe rarely responds before the 3rd or 4th time you attempt to get up with them, and when they do there are many delays, transfers, that typically lead to us solving the issue ourselves in the meantime before they can.

Verified User
Analyst in Other
Internet Company, 51-200 employeesIn-Person Training
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 8.1
Based on 3 answers
The instructor that came to train us was awesome and this training was very useful. I would recommend it for anyone who is going to be using this software. I only mark it lower because it is an added expense to an already expensive product, and a lot of the training covered the "Target" portion of the software (which again, we didn't use)
Product Analyst
Homes.comInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Online Training
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 6.1
Based on 3 answers
The training was very easy to understand, however it would have been more useful to my development team than me. It was also primarily over-the-phone, which is never as easy to follow as in-person. We ended up scheduling and paying for an in-person training session to supplement the online/phone training because it wasn't helpful enough.
Product Analyst
Homes.comInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Implementation
Adobe Target
Adobe Target 7.2
Based on 5 answers
Implement using a global mBox on the page so you can change any and everything over the traditional method. Traditional method is good if you do not have technical web dev resources, do not know Javascript/jQuery, or you have money to blow on mBox calls. Global deployment reduces mBox calls and allows you to touch many parts of the page easily. A lot more customizable

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives Considered
Adobe Target
I have used Optimizely for A/B testing. Optimizely makes it easier to set up almost any type of testing experiment. Optimizely is also strongly recommended for a limited number of users and when you want to optimize the cost. Optimizely was selected over Adobe Target since the start-up company had a limited budget to invest on A/B testing platform.
Senior Product Manager, Digital Commerce
Dell TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Persado
Phrasee wasn't an option to select, but we did evaluate them after hearing about them at a digital marketing summit. I liked what they were doing and the emails they were sending, but the pricing structure was outrageous! There was a 0% chance our CFO would approve the budget. To add salt to the wound, they also charged outrageously for a trial period. Ugh - as much as I wanted it, there was no way I could justify the ROI. Enter Persado. I got an email from a sales rep which accompanied a resource. I got excited but hesitated. I then saw they offered a free 14-day trial. Wait - what?? Free?! Yes. Wendy gave me the grand tour and holy cannoli I was immediately impressed with the results of our very first send. And it's only gotten better. Sorry Phrasee, I'm with Persado now.
Email Marketing Analyst
PositecMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Adobe Target
- The quantifiable results of each campaign are reflected in the lift and confidence. Within each campaign, you have the ability to tie a dollar amount to to each conversion metric, in order to monetarily understand the successes and project the benefits of implementation over a period of time.
- Within each campaign you can set up any number of success metrics, in the interest of understanding the behavior of your audience for each experience. But you will usually want to optimize for a specific conversion and move forward with the implementation based on the test results.
- As a conversion optimization specialist in the field of education management, my team was tasked primarily with lead generation. Test & Target helped our marketing team better understand the behavior of our customers, informing our user experience decisions and creating more satisfying experiences for our audience.
Business Analyst, Web Marketing
Open to OpportunitiesEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
Persado
- Granted these numbers are driven by a number of other factors as well, our email marketing program has grown by 44% and 35% in the last 2 years respectively. More email opens from Persado subject lines has certainly contributed to this growth.
- Open rate improvement of 11% between control subjects and Persado subjects.
- Click rate improvement of 27% between control subjects and Persado subjects.
Email Marketing Manager
RST BrandsRetail, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Adobe Target
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Persado
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No