Ceros vs MailerLite | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

Ceros is fantastic for companies who can afford it. It's not ideal for startups who don't have the budget for it. If your company or agency is interested in creating interactive content, but you don't have the skill sets in-house to develop or code them properly, Ceros is for you

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Daniel Berry

Marketing Automation Specialist

Cheaper Than DirtMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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MailerLite is fantastic for anyone who is looking to send emails to a lot of people and gather data and analytics of who has read the email, clicked on links, etc. It works well on a company base as well as an individual contractor base.

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Katie McKinlay

Corporate Recruiter

BoostabilityMarketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Ceros

MailerLite

Ideation

Approval workflows

Content collaboration

Network for content licensing/production

Ceros

MailerLite

Content hub

Forms / Gated content

Embedded CTAs

Content distribution

Content promotion

Content automation

Ceros

MailerLite

Audience profiling and targeting

Closed-loop tracking and reporting

Content performance analytics

Campaign optimization dashboard

Competitive analytics

Ceros

MailerLite

WYSIWYG email editor

Dynamic content

Ability to test dynamic content

Landing pages

A/B testing

Mobile optimization

Email deliverability reporting

List management

Triggered drip sequences

Ceros

MailerLite

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Ceros

MailerLite

Email Previews

Pros

Easy to use and adopt user interface. If you know basic Photoshop, you can use this.
Encouraging roadmap - the product has gotten better every year. The company obviously listens to client feedback.
Smart, dedicated client team - always checking in, comes with new ideas, generally nice people. We always love our meetings with them!

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Luxury Goods & Jewelry Company, 51-200 employees

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What MailerLite does really well is providing small businesses on small budgets the opportunity to create attractive and easy peasy landing pages without breaking the bank.
MailerLite over the last year has really stepped up its game by integrating with popular third-party tools to help small businesses work smarter by creating automated systems and processes.
Their online educational webinars and training videos have improved tremendously in helping to educate small business owners on how to use email marketing more effectively.

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Ayo Bamgbose, Assoc CIPD, MSc

Online digital business coach

Social Media Design SchoolE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Cons

A direct to consumer model
Price point is high, but understandably

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Sierra Schubach

Marketing Content Manager

Impartner SoftwareComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Automations can be quite limited when one wants a slight more involved workflow.
The onboarding process can be quite cumbersome with their approvals - they don't say why if you're not.
Their affiliate program - a better deal and better support for attributions.

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Craige Hardel

Founder

Hardel Enterprise SolutionsMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Ceros 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Our CSMs have always been 100% and their support team typically responds within an hour or two. Their design/build team also worked with us on perfecting several experiences and are always mindful of how a project is going. One of their designers didn't really understand one of our requests and the project took more rounds of revisions than in previous projects, but they rectified the issue and the project came out well in the end. That outcome probably only happened in the time it did due to our CSM consistently checking in and getting feedback throughout the project - unfortunately, not something that happens enough with all our partners.

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Luxury Goods & Jewelry Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Ceros takes what would be difficult to accomplish in the Adobe suite of products and makes it easy. When it comes to user experience, user interface and customization options, Ceros is a much better alternative than Adobe. However, Adobe is the trusted name and some may be more comfortable with Adobe products

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Daniel Berry

Marketing Automation Specialist

Cheaper Than DirtMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Compared to products like Constant Contact, MailerLite is much more cost appropriate, and is easier to use. The only downside is that Constant Contact has some additional functionality for live events that MailerLite doesn't offer, like text to join, but unless you are speaking at or holding live events often the added cost for Constant Contact doesn't make sense for startups or small businesses.

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Verified User

Consultant in Marketing

Public Relations and Communications Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Just started using, stay tuned for positive impact numbers!

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Sierra Schubach

Marketing Content Manager

Impartner SoftwareComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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While email is a great way to connect with our clients, the sharable pdf brochures have been a great source of traffic to our website. It has also been a great conversation starter with potential clients who are tired of emails.
There are over 12 million WhatsApp users in Kenya, most of our clients and prospects, are more willing to connect us via WhatsApp than by email. The .PDF brochures has become one of our biggest marketing assets as we can keep them updated about our projects in a more social way. The fact that the brochures are more shareable is a big bonus. It'll be good to be able to track clicks, which currently can't be done as it's stared as a draft in MailerLite.

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Abigail Nwaocha

Internet Marketing Manager

The Growth MetricArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Ceros Editions & Modules

Edition

Annual Subscription	$36,000¹

per year

Additional Pricing Details

—

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$10*

* 2500 subscribers

MailerLite Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium plan	$10¹
Forever free plan	$0¹
Premium plan for small business	$30²
Premium plan for medium businesses	$50³
Premium plan	$15⁴

1,000 subscribers
5000 subscribers
10,000 subscribers
2,500 subscribers

Additional Pricing Details

Sign up for an annual plan and receive a 30% discount. Additional 30% discount available to Non-profit organizations.

Rating Summary

Ceros

MailerLite

Ceros

MailerLite

Likelihood to Recommend

Ceros

MailerLite

Feature Rating Comparison

Ideation

Approval workflows

Content collaboration

Network for content licensing/production

Content hub

Forms / Gated content

Embedded CTAs

Content distribution

Content promotion

Content automation

Audience profiling and targeting

Closed-loop tracking and reporting

Content performance analytics

Campaign optimization dashboard

Competitive analytics

WYSIWYG email editor

Dynamic content

Ability to test dynamic content

Landing pages

A/B testing

Mobile optimization

Email deliverability reporting

List management

Triggered drip sequences

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Email Previews

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Ceros

MailerLite

Cons

Ceros

MailerLite

Support Rating

Ceros

MailerLite

Alternatives Considered

Ceros

MailerLite

Return on Investment

Ceros

MailerLite

Screenshots

Ceros

MailerLite

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Ceros Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

MailerLite Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

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