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Amazon Personalize vs. SmartFocus, now part of Actito

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    Amazon Personalize

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Personalize uses machine learning algorithms to create recommendations that respond to the specific needs, preferences, and changing behavior of users in real-time, to drive increased customer engagement.N/A

    SmartFocus, now part of Actito

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ASmartFocus offers real-time interaction management software. Their messaging cloud marketing platform encompasses email, social, mobile and analytics capabilities. Founded in 1999 as EmailVision, SmartFocus has grown to serve customers across the globe; SmartFocus boasts over 2,500 customers of its Message Cloud, including HP, Mercedes-Benz, and others. It's features are relatively broad and encompassing, though central to it is the ability to build and launch email marketing campaigns. It also…N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon PersonalizeSmartFocus, now part of Actito
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    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon PersonalizeSmartFocus, now part of Actito
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Amazon PersonalizeSmartFocus, now part of Actito
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon PersonalizeSmartFocus, now part of Actito
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Well suited for vast business needs, Less suitable when planning for small limited business requirements. However, if the business is vast & the business requirements become vast, its easy to comprehend with Amazon Personalize, as most of the functions would be pre-built & as users, we can customize to our needs to meet business demands.
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    Actito
    Before we used SmartFocus we had a simple bespoke drag and drop builder, where we could add as many "templates" as we wanted. In SmartFocus, the drag and drop builder is smoother and better, but you can't add your own templates. If you are happy with the provided templates, then building newsletters will be really good experience.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Ingest virtually unlimited quantities of transactional data.
    • Provide world-class training capabilities.
    • Provide a free-tier to start your project.
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    Actito
    • Push newsletters to customers
    • Managing campaigns
    • Drag and drop builder
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Repetitive Recommendations.
    • Needs to improve the search speed.
    • Costly to purchase.
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    Actito
    • Drag and drop builder
    • 2-factor authentication
    • Internal integration (the system is too big for an average user what make it hard to use sometimes)
    • Image gallery reliability
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Easy to integrate with existing applications, Easy to personalize for new users, Batch deploy, good recommendations and good suggestions based on current requirements, business goals get easy prioritized based on user needs and recommendations, it can work with existing tools and easily adapt the details and requirements from the existing tools.
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    Actito
    We need a service where we can have support when necessary and a system that will handle a high amount of campaigns, with the functionality where even a junior member of the team can create a campaign from assets provided by the graphic team. SmartFocus has that.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • We managed to analyze huge amounts of data from transactional records.
    • We produced 5 different user/profile segments for our marketing team.
    • We learned how to power marketing predictions using machine learning.
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    Actito
    • By using Smart Focus we massively cut the cost of creating a new e-mail campaign
    • On the other hand, the cost of SmartFocus is much higher than a competitor
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