Attentive Mobile vs. MessageGears

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Attentive
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform that helps innovative brands & organizations connect with consumers in a new way from the company of the same name in New York. The service allows users to deliver relevant offers, content, and information to create seamless communication between a business and its audience.N/A
MessageGears
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
MessageGears is a hybrid email marketing service built around deliverability, actionable customer data, and audience segmentation and targeting.N/A
Pricing
Attentive MobileMessageGears
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AttentiveMessageGears
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
Attentive MobileMessageGears
Considered Both Products
Attentive
Chose Attentive Mobile
While ManyChat is specific to Facebook Messenger, my experience in their platform made it very easy to hit the ground running with Attentive Mobile. With the policy changes in the Messenger world, we have mostly abandoned that and moved to SMS for a direct line to customers. …
MessageGears

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Attentive MobileMessageGears
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Attentive Mobile
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Ratings
MessageGears
3.3
3 Ratings
84% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings1.62 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings2.33 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings2.73 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
List management00 Ratings2.13 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings2.33 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Attentive Mobile
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Ratings
MessageGears
1.1
3 Ratings
150% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings1.23 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings1.23 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Attentive Mobile
-
Ratings
MessageGears
3.7
3 Ratings
79% below category average
URL Validation00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings2.93 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings1.12 Ratings
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User Ratings
Attentive MobileMessageGears
Likelihood to Recommend
3.5
(4 ratings)
9.2
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Attentive MobileMessageGears
Likelihood to Recommend
Attentive
Attentive Mobile is great for those who actively want to build and talk to their community. The goal is to send two messages per week to optimize revenue while balancing out unsubscribes. If a client has trouble with content or finding appropriate marketing messages to send, Attentive Mobile might not be a good fit.
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MessageGears
MessageGears can be a solid, inexpensive email solution and you can be able to send millions of emails per year. In 2020, we delivered over 235 million emails at a fraction of what that would cost with any other email service provider. We worked with MessageGears on a custom solution with our database.
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Pros
Attentive
  • Account management
  • Platform interface
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MessageGears
  • The MessageGears Support team is very helpful.
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Cons
Attentive
  • More communication on ways to improve
  • More structure on calls with our account manager
  • More clarity on insights and new ideas
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MessageGears
  • Multivariate testing
  • WYSIWYG email builder
  • SQL audience error report
  • Native reporting
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Usability
Attentive
Very easy to set up flows and individual campaigns. Creating a segment is also very easy and all fields are very intuitive.
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MessageGears
Our situation is unique so I believe we are working on a semi-outdated UI which needs a tune up / version upgrade. Similarly, our custom connection means that we do not have access to the full feature set so I've never experienced MessageGears' best functionality
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Support Rating
Attentive
Fast and easy to communicate with. I wish we went over more insights and analytics on our monthly calls with our account manger. This would really give us the push that we need in order to best utilize the platform as a whole.
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MessageGears
MessageGears support is always quick to respond when we have an issue, which is rare. Gail has been our main rep and she has been great. We don't have many issues so luckily, we don't need to lean on their customer support team much. That said, it would be beneficial to hear from upper management more.
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Alternatives Considered
Attentive
No contract, no problem.
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MessageGears
MessageGears doesn't come close to Salesforce Marketing Cloud. We chose MessageGears based on how data was accessed. We never really got a good preview of how the system works or what was available, so we didn't know everything that it was lacking until we started using it.
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Return on Investment
Attentive
  • Some clients seeing 50x ROAS (which plateaus eventually)
  • All clients making money
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MessageGears
  • Sending more email!
  • Onboarding handoff was a little rough
  • Great control on who we are sending to
  • Dynamic content is very easy!
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