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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alive5

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AWith Alive5’s Business Class SMS platform, teams can text-enable their office phone lines to send 2-way texts, bulk messages, and manage conversations with customers, patients, clients or patrons with chatbot automation.

    $5

    per month

    SendPulse

    Score3.4 out of 10
    N/ASendPulse is an integrated messaging platform providing user communication that includes emails, SMS, web push, SMTP, and user management.. This solution includes 15,000 free emails with up to 2,500 subscribers per month.N/A
    Pricing
    Alive5SendPulse
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Alive5SendPulse
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing starts from $9 a month and depends on the number of messages sent.
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    Features
    Alive5SendPulse
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Alive5 and SendPulse
    Feature
    Alive5
    -
    Ratings
    SendPulse
    4.0
    12 Ratings
    67% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings2.012 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings1.012 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings4.010 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings3.09 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings2.012 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Alive5 and SendPulse
    Feature
    Alive5
    -
    Ratings
    SendPulse
    4.7
    12 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings5.011 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings2.09 Ratings
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    Alive5SendPulse
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    AWS Chatbot
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    User Ratings
    Alive5SendPulse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Alive5SendPulse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    It is well suited for communication with existing customers and prospects. It is less appropriate for people just looking to visit our website to get up to date with the latest team news or those who aren't at a computer.
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    SendPulse
    SendPulse is great if you want to connect with your list on a more personal basis, and making sure that your email reaches your subscriber when it is best for him/her. You can also use the SMS function (though I haven't used it yet). Let's say you have clients and want to send a message to them automatically on their birthday, SendPulse allows you to do that. It allows you to add in specific fields that are relevant to you, in order to customise your messaging as much as you want and need.
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    Pros
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    • Mobile compatibility - AliveChat has a dynamic user interface which makes its popup chat widget display and work perfectly on all devices - mobile and desktop. Thus web visitors get a complete experience no matter the device from which they use in accessing our website.
    • Analytic - AliveChat provides us with a dynamic set of website analytics that helps us in analyzing our progress or decline in a timely manner. With the analytics provided by AliveChat, we are able to monitor the number of visitors on the website at a particular time, the duration of which they have been on the website, the number of times they have been on the website in time past etc.
    • Feature packed - AliveChat is packed with features which makes the job of the customer care agents easier. For instance, with AliveChat it is very easy for an agent to transfer a web visitors chat to another agent that has better answers to the agent's query. We are also able to introduce short survey questions to web visitors, which they respond to before they begin chatting with a customer care rep.
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    SendPulse
    • One of the best features of this software is its user interface. I found it very intuitive.
    • It has sms feature also which is a great add-on to this software.
    • It has live chat support feature. And I find it very helpful when i find any technical problem.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    • There seems to always be required upgrades where you need to spend more money to get a better product.
    • The look and feel continues to change, not necessarily for the bad.
    • Price point has gone up a decent amount recently.
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    SendPulse
    • I like its Drag and Drop function to design e-mailers but it lacks in some functionalities. Foe example when I write two different contents in a same box I need a line to show separation between my contents in the same box but this feature is unavailable in SendPulse.
    • They should include more fonts. Every product or service needs different kind of fonts to make a right impact on customers. With limited option of fonts it restricts user's creativity.
    • It is good to have templates to give users some idea for designing campaigns but here SendPluse has nothing much to offer. They have very limited number of templates.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    SendPulse
    Because I love how easy and intuitive SendPulse is.
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    Usability
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    SendPulse
    I find that overall SendPulse is very intuitive to use and the support is there to help you out in case you don't find how to do what you wish to do. The drag and drop functionalities make it easy to create the newsletters you want. Every field is explained and small tutorials are included to show you how to create a new template, newsletter, etc. which makes it very easy to use.
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    Support Rating
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    SendPulse
    Every time I contacted the support team with a question or a problem, they were very fast in replying and helping me out solve it. Usually latest within 10 minutes I would receive a first answer, and the problem would get solved on the same day.
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    Implementation Rating
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    SendPulse
    When implementing SendPulse, it is a good idea to have a transition phase where you still use both systems, in case anything goes wrong.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    AliveChat really serves a different purpose than other products. Very few products offer the ability to chat through our website, so it compliments our phone, text, and email options very well.
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    SendPulse
    For SendPulse's price point, I consider their competition to be the likes of Mailchimp, ConstantContact, etc. While SendPulse rates roughly average across the board in all areas, for businesses looking for the cheapest option (which comes with a lack of features/quality), ConstantContact beats them. For quality/features/value, I'd say Mailchimp is the best option for small businesses.
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    Return on Investment
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    • AliveChat has made it easy for us to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. As the real-time number of visitors on the website gives us insights into the performance of ongoing campaigns.
    • AliveChat also makes it possible for us to have an idea of where our web visitors are coming from i.e. via the pre-chat survey form for instance. We are able to generate important data like how a web visitor got to know about us, their expectations when visiting our website etc.
    • AliveChat makes it easy for web visitors to get a real-time response to their questions, with a delay of probably a few seconds.
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    SendPulse
    • Tapping NRI clients with this software helps me in generating good revenue in last financial year.
    • I grow my NRI database by 60 in last year. And this software played a major role in doing so.
    • It made brand building very easy among my clients.
    Incentivized
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