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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bloomreach

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Bloomreach personalizes the customer experience for brands around the world. Loomi AI, its agentic platform, understands customers in context — then tailors their experience in real time. Connected to applications at every touchpoint, Loomi AI brings personalization to life across email, web,…N/A

    Sales Engine International

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASales Engine International is a new company resulting from the merger of Manticore and Sales Engine in 2012. The product has email marketing and landing page functionality with strong template libraries. The product provides connectors to both Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce.com. Primary customers are SMBs.N/A
    Pricing
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBloomreach pricing is quote-based. Bloomreach pricing is customized to the number of customers served, product catalog size, and the number of events executed – such as how many emails or SMS messages are sent.
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    Community Pulse
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Considered Both Products
    Bloomreach
    No answer on this topic
    Sales Engine Media
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    169 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    131 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    169 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    115 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Bloomreach and Sales Engine International
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    8.3
    102 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sales Engine International
    2.3
    1 Ratings
    108% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.589 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.798 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.297 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages6.855 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    A/B testing8.998 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.199 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    List management8.084 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.974 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Bloomreach and Sales Engine International
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    7.6
    82 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sales Engine International
    2.3
    1 Ratings
    109% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation7.870 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading8.065 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Data quality management8.477 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks6.846 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Bloomreach and Sales Engine International
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    7.2
    76 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sales Engine International
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    152% below category average
    Calendaring6.870 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.553 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Bloomreach and Sales Engine International
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Sales Engine International
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    153% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns7.146 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bloomreach and Sales Engine International
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    8.2
    101 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Sales Engine International
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    152% below category average
    Dashboards7.9101 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Standard reports8.497 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Custom reports8.497 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Bloomreach and Sales Engine International
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    8.3
    127 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Sales Engine International
    1.5
    1 Ratings
    134% below category average
    API8.7121 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.680 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Customizability8.890 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com7.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.812 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM7.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.664 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Small Businesses
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    GetResponse
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (190 ratings)
    3.1
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (54 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    7.6
    (22 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Bloomreach Customer Support
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (153 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BloomreachSales Engine International
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bloomreach
    They've just been a great partner to work with. They put forth 100% when bringing platforms to the merchant and were highly prepared and knowledgeable during the sales cycle and implementation, and remained very connected post-implementation to ensure client success with the platform. Their CEO is always eager to sit down, talk shop, and listen to clients' needs, and you can tell from his enthusiasm that he cares about making this company the best in class.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    We used the Manticore Marketing Automation solution for almost/just over 2 years, and initially, it was a great solution. Everything just seemed to work. When Manticore Technology, Inc. and Sales Engine International merged on May 31st of 2012, the overall product quality began to decline. As browsers and other programs (like our CRM environment) went through updates and new releases, Manticore just didn't keep up. Parts of the program became incompatible with certain browsers, forcing us to change where and how we logged into the back-end of the system. It was a silly workaround, but not the end of the world. When we learned that other client-facing portions didn't work with certain browsers, we brought it to their attention, and were told that we needed to find some way to work with it, and that the changes to the system were not possible. We ended up having to change our 200+ landing pages/forms, and could no longer have the State/Province field as a required field for registrations. That is just one example of our experience, and there have been others that are just as troublesome.
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    Pros
    Bloomreach
    • The product recommendations engine allows for us to create a personalised experience for every customer across the 3m emails we send each month. This ensure that our customers remain connected to our brand.
    • The customer data platform attached to Bloomreach Composable Personalization Cloud provides an all-in-one solution for our business intelligence needs. Allowing up-to-date purchasing, behaviour, and engagement reporting from our email to website activity.
    • The ability to integrate with Meta and other paid ad formats allows for us to create a connected omnichannel experience for users, ensuring we are providing the right message, to the right person, at the right time, in the right place.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    • Awesome integration with CRM/SFDC.
    • Support is US-based, free with subscription, and very helpful.
    • Best workflow capability (drag and drop) I've seen in any comparable product.
    • Custom templates are available for purchase and are great for branding.
    • Easy to use landing pages.
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    Cons
    Bloomreach
    • Improve introduction to Bloomreach-specific terminology such as running aggregates. These are really powerful but can be difficult to understand
    • Introduce more options for report exporting - it would be good to be able to schedule reports to send to different email addresses
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    • List Building for Resends - I like to resend my email campaigns to non-openers and there is no easy way to pull this list within Manticore (If did not open this email is not an option). Typically I pull the report for the campaign, then re-import my list of non-openers to create a new list.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bloomreach
    We are extremely satisfied with Bloomreach. It is a central and indispensable pillar of our personalization and data-driven marketing strategy. The platform provides us with unparalleled scalability across 27 countries and guarantees high availability and stable performance, even when working with an enormous volume of data.The fact that the platform is intuitive and allows a wide range of our teams (from CRM to UX) to work effectively with personalization significantly reduces our dependence on IT support and accelerates campaign deployment.Given the robustness of the architecture and the positive results we are generating across channels, renewing the contract is a logical step to ensure our future organic growth.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    I've been incredibly pleased with Manticore/SEI and have selected them at several companies now. It's worked in a variety of different business environments, both big and small, and everyone on both the sales and marketing side have been extremely pleased with the results
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    Usability
    Bloomreach
    In my time working with Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud, I always liked to work with it. It is crucial that you get support from experts from the beginning to show you how to work with the vast amount of options and activities to choose from. The learning curve is also well-rounded because of its user-friendly interface and highly skilled customer support.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    Some of the actions require you to be in a specific section before actions are available to you, like adding a list. You first have to navigate to that section for options to be available to you
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    Reliability and Availability
    Bloomreach
    The platform is generally reliable - major outages are rare and most day-to-day campaign operations run without interruption. Where it dips: occasional slowdowns in the analytics dashboard during peak loads, and sometimes scenario executions get delayed without clear explanation. The real-time event processing is mostly solids. Overall uptime is strong - it is not something that keeps me up at night, but it is not flawless either.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    Manticore hardly ever has "product down time" and almost never during a normal work day for our company
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    Performance
    Bloomreach
    Performance in Bloomreach Content is quite good but you need to be ready. Your implementation should follow all the good practices (avoid crazy patterns) and the environment setup should be the right one. With all that, Bloomreach's performance is quite solid. Our usage makes use of complex queries and most of them are really quick. Only when you need something really complex and you aggregate queries that should be separated you would get slower results (but then again, that is not a good practice for any platform).
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    Email campaigns are deployed instantly when you launch, unlike other Marketing Automation tools I've used in the past that queue emails in batches and can take hours to complete a send
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    Support Rating
    Bloomreach
    The project team consistently delivers excellent collaboration and is always available whenever assistance is needed. Their responsiveness and commitment make working together smooth and efficient. Bloomreach support, which is included for free in the platform, can also be quite useful, especially for quick clarifications. However, the quality and speed of their responses can sometimes vary, depending on the issue.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    The Manticore team is very knowledgeable, I haven't had an issue where a ticket was left unanswered or unresolved
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    In-Person Training
    Bloomreach
    The Training was awesome
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Bloomreach
    very informative and patient
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    Training was done online, but was one-on-one, giving me a lot of time to ask very specific product questions. They also walk you through setting up a test campaign, email, and landing page
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    Implementation Rating
    Bloomreach
    All the deployments were done on time
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    It was the easiest integration and implementation that I've ever experienced. I've implemented other CRM integrated services before that provided the same services as Manticore that were extremely technical and expensive to integrate with Salesforce.com or Microsoft CRM Dynamics, or just plain couldn't integrate
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bloomreach
    Bloomreach is far superior than SFMC as that platform requires too much technical knowledge. Ometria is very good and I would say is quite similar to Bloomreach although I would say Ometria is a smaller company. Dotdigital is also very powerful but not more so than Bloomreach. This being said, Dotdigital and HubSpot does have telephone support which is amazing and something I would like to see from Bloomreach in future or at least shorter wait times for customer support live chat.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    We migrated to Marketo approximately 6 months
    ago, and were extremely happy with the change. Besides the higher sticker
    price and the "everything's a sales pitch" communications from
    Marketo, we can't find any fault.

    Sales
    Engine International - Manticore (commonly referred to as Manti-beast
    internally) created many problems for us. And while they did integrate
    with our Microsoft Dynamics environment, the software quickly ate through our
    purchased storage and forced us to constantly purchase more. That alone
    cost us many hundreds of dollars in Microsoft Dynamics CRM storage every year.
    And, when confronted about it, Manticore support flat out lied about how
    much storage their activities were taking up in our system. So, while it
    integrates, it's a very poor integration.
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    Scalability
    Bloomreach
    there is an option of multiple projects per organisation, customers and assets can be copied across. Multiple sites can be managed in one project, different activities organized under initiatives. Splitting work into sensible units is therefore well possible. The billing is based on number of tracked and number of stored events, no package-based deals. It should therefore be well scalable from a small e-store to a large corporation.
    Incentivized
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    Sales Engine Media
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Bloomreach
    • Emails, banners, and weblayers brought us an increase in conversion and additional profit.
    • From a marketers perspective, it allows us to reach far and wide and see how well a campaign is doing in real-time.
    • Knowing the customer allows improved communication and personalize our recommendations.
    • Bloomreach Engagement has created revenue uplift with acquisition and conversion.
    • The most effective tool out there when ROI is in question.
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    Sales Engine Media
    • Errors in forms led to a decrease in registrations - found workaround to correct it, but was never informed of certain incompatibilities
    • Reports have been inaccurate and very inflexible, and have not allowed for reliable forecasting/planning
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    ScreenShots

    Bloomreach Screenshots

    Screenshot of Funnels that simplify targeting.Screenshot of Retention-based insights about impact of changes in a product and the impact of major marketing campaigns.Screenshot of Web layers with A/B testing.Screenshot of The drag and drop campaign editor.Screenshot of The WYSIWYG Email editor & Fully customisable Email templates.Screenshot of The CRM with 360° customer behaviour history.