TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Contact about Bloomreach

Please fill out the form below to get in touch.

Bloomreach

Connect with Bloomreach

What are you interested in?

Already have an account?

You hereby consent to have TrustRadius share the information supplied on this form with Bloomreach so that Bloomreach and TrustRadius may contact you in regard to the information requested.

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    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

    Twilio Segment

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASegment is a customer data platform that helps engineering teams at companies like Tradesy, TIME, Inc., Gap, Lending Tree, PayPal, and Fender, etc., achieve time and cost savings on their data infrastructure, which was acquired by Twilio November 2020. The vendor says they also enable Product, BI, and Marketing teams to access 200+ tools (Mixpanel, Salesforce, Marketo, Redshift, etc.) to better understand and optimize customer preferences for growth— all integrations are pre-built and…

    $120

    per month

    Pricing
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0.00
    Includes 1,000 visitors/mo
    Team
    $120.00
    Includes 10,000 visitors/mo
    Business
    Contact Sales
    Custom Volume
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    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.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    Considered Both Products
    Bloomreach
    Chose Bloomreach
    I've selected Bloomreach cause it has Omnichannel orchestration and CDP in one.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bloomreach
    The thing that I liked most about working with Bloomreach [Engagement] from the very beginning was the communication and now the human service that our team receives. The support team has been very attentive to our requests and always is able to accommodate them quickly. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bloomreach
    We work with other CDP vendors, Bloomreach being one of our last partners. We can say that even though Bloomreach is not well known as our other partners, it is really a good match in terms of capabilities and it can compete with the big boys. The advantage of Bloomreach …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bloomreach
    Bloomreach Engagement's Scenario Builder and Data Aggregation was a main factor in why we chose Bloomreach over some of the alternatives. Bloomreach Engagement has a simple UI that is easy to use and very intuitive. Bloomreach also offered training via an Academy which was …
    Incentivized
    Twilio
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    171 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    133 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    106 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    116 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    8.3
    104 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.591 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.7100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.299 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages6.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing8.9100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.086 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    7.6
    84 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation7.872 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading8.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management8.479 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks6.747 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution7.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    7.1
    77 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring6.871 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.554 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    7.4
    55 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns7.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    8.2
    103 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.9103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    8.1
    129 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    API8.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.681 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability8.892 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM7.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.666 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio Segment
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tag library00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Page load times00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio Segment
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Website personalization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customer Data Management
    Comparison of Customer Data Management features of Bloomreach and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    Bloomreach
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio Segment
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Account Scoring00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Customer Data Governance00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Connectors00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Enhancement00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data Ingestion00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Storage00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Data Visibility00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Event Data00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Identity Resolution00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    Small Businesses
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    GetResponse
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (192 ratings)
    8.7
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (54 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    7.6
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Bloomreach Customer Support
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (155 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    BloomreachTwilio Segment
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    Best suited: - Merging emails coming from: Facebook leads forms, Unbounce or landing pages forms, Google forms, any other kind of lead generation tool and bundling all that information together for a single user "profile". - Passing events generated in multiple applications by the same user (product selected in web, product discarded in cart, etc) and delivering those events into other applications (like a CRM) Less appropriate: - Reading/updating data directly from segment from a frontend application
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    • Multi-platform. Segment has easy integrations in many different web, backend, and app platforms/frameworks. We use the Segment SDK in Android and iOS as well as our node.js backend.
    • Segment is fairly affordable for early-stage companies that are trying out different analytics software. The "developer" plan is free and is suitable for most companies with products that have a small user base.
    • The UI is great! It is extremely intuitive and easy-to-learn, and this made it take very little time to integrate this software into our analytics and marketing workflows.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    • More and richer sources. For example, MailChimp is a source but the data you get from MailChimp is quite limited. I ended up writing my own scripts to take better advantage of MailChimp's API because Segment's integration was lacking.
    • Better examples on how to set up event tracking. Pageview tracking is easy enough, but it would be nice if they had a sample app and corresponding code for it and showed you, via Git commits, how to add various kinds of events.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    Over the period it took us to set up, we kept going back to their enablement team to help us with the setup, and they were always ready and were very helpful in the entire process. Even with their documentation, they took the time out to help us work through the process. We've never had a message/email unanswered for more than an hour on working days.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    In-Person Training
    Bloomreach
    The Training was awesome
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Bloomreach
    very informative and patient
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Bloomreach
    All the deployments were done on time
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    We chose Twilio Segment for the good API integration and node resources, I would use Ontraport again, particularly if I didn't have the requirements for API and development/platform integration. Certainly the set up and management is easy and seamless with both the API and the user interface to use depending on circumstances and requirements.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Twilio
    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.
    Read full review
    Twilio
    • Segment has enabled us to get a full view of our front end activity, join it to our back-end activity, and get full visibility into our funnels and user activity.
    • Segment lets us send events to ad tools with a full audit trail so all the numbers line up.
    • Segment also brings data from other sources into our data warehouse, saving our data engineering time from building commodity connectors.
    Read full review
    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.

    Twilio Segment Screenshots

    Screenshot of Destinations CatalogScreenshot of Destinations Main OverviewScreenshot of Sources Main OverviewScreenshot of DebuggerScreenshot of DocsScreenshot of Destination Settings