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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Braze

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABraze is a customer engagement platform that enables relevant and memorable experiences between consumers and brands. With Braze, global brands can ingest and process customer data in real time, orchestrate and optimize contextually relevant, cross-channel marketing campaigns.N/A

    Knak

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AKnak is an email marketing solution built to create emails and landing pages through Marketo.

    $10,000

    per year

    Pricing
    BrazeKnak
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Solo
    $10,000
    per year
    Templates
    Free
    Starter/Enterprise
    Contact
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrazeKnak
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUnlimited emails and landing pages. 100% self-serve. No hidden costs
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    Community Pulse
    BrazeKnak
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    Braze
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    158 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    119 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    158 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    91 Answers
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    Features
    BrazeKnak
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Braze and Knak
    Feature
    Braze
    -
    Ratings
    Knak
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Braze and Knak
    Feature
    Braze
    -
    Ratings
    Knak
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BrazeKnak
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (162 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (129 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.5
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrazeKnak
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Braze
    If you're looking for a reliable, automated system to run customer feedback programme like the NPS, Braze offers possibly the best platform to operate such kind of a campaign. In addition, if you are looking to build email campaigns for existing clients with the goal of retention or relationship-building, Braze offers much better email delivery and engagement rates.
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    Knak
    If you have Marketo or Pardot and have emails that might be somewhat simple to slightly complex, without the budget for a developer, Knak is the right solution for you. If you have complex emails that require a lot of code or customization and have the in-house resources, Knak might not be the perfect solution
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    Pros
    Braze
    • Canvas feature has been really good for creating customer journey paths and long-term messaging campaigns.
    • They have been addressing feature requests to continue to improve the Canvas feature. One of the simplest but most-handy features is allowing Delay steps wait for a very specific date on a calendar -- so you can plan seasonal campaigns or when you have evergreen-style drip campaigns it allows for avoiding public holidays/etc.
    • The catalog feature provides a lot of use-cases and flexibility for personalizing comms or customizing comms for whitelabeled versions of our standard comms (for our B2B2C scenarios).
    • We use the catalog as a repository of our B2B2C brand info, messaging customization - it basically allows us to offer a whitelabeled configurable version of our optimized automated in-life comms in the branding of our b2b customers.
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    Knak
    • Well designed templates
    • Easy integration with Marketo
    • New templates all the time and a big library to choose from
    • Mobile-optimized templates
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    Cons
    Braze
    • Enabling GIF/videos to be directly uploaded on to Braze's platform
    • Easier way of creating canvases; right now it is too complex for someone new who is starting off in the company to understand what things do and where things are
    • Ability to track duplicate user profiles within the entire audience segment
    • Automated deduplicating email addresses/phone numbers in each targeting segment; right now it's done manually after extracting csv files
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    Knak
    • Sometimes there are issues with buggy code
    • Updates sometimes will break emails
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Braze
    We are on a mission for an omnichannel experience for our customers and are already making good progress with Braze able to fully support and optimise this
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    Knak
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Braze
    From my experience thus far, Braze is able to deeply integrate into a variety of tools and I haven't found a use case where Braze cannot offer a solution to an integration requirement. Integrations have been very easy to setup and developers have been able to manage and upgrade these seamlessly.
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    Knak
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Braze
    Very responsive and helpful on simple questions, but not great other than that. They do not have a way for the customer/user to escalate a ticket. You have to contact your rep and in some cases, they don't respond within 24 hours so you have no idea if they have escalated it. There is no phone number for an urgent issue - you have to rely on email
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    Knak
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Braze
    It's really well explained, there are lots of documentation about all topics. When we want to perform in a specific area, there are always a dedicated path. For each new feature, there is always some videos explaining the purpose and the new functionalities. Also I used to do the certification which allows me to show my achievements in my business environment.
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    Knak
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Braze
    Braze is a cross-channel and data-driven tool. It is much more intuitive and easier to use. It supports a high volume of sending. Braze team provides excellent follow-up and support, and we are part of a large community of clients who share knowledge and help.
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    Knak
    Marketo has email templates and you can, of course, create your own - but Knak makes it so much easier to create templates that are nice looking and mobile-optimized.
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    Return on Investment
    Braze
    • We saved a couple of million by switching from Salesforce to Braze.
    • We increased our engagement for a limited-time promo by 33% by simply running a 4-variant subject line test.
    • We managed to reduce our unsubscribe volume by 18% by excluding dormant users.
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    Knak
    • Great return on time investment
    • Great return on our strategy to get new communications out the door
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