ClickDimensions vs Sendblaster

Likelihood to Recommend

ClickDimensions is great for SMB companies looking for an easy to use, robust platform especially in situations where there are only a few people within the Marketing Department.

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Emily Olson

Marketing Generalist

CC&NInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Sendblaster is a great tool for any environment. It's particularly good in organizations that do not have a full featured CRM that manages bulk email marketing and communication. Even if an organization has a great CRM, Sendblaster is still great for those marketing or communication campaigns that go out to recipients who are not already in the CRM, custom groups, bulk sending that you want to keep separate from your other CRM(s), etc.

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John Vieth

Web Developer

University of Wisconsin-MadisonHigher Education, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ClickDimensions

Sendblaster

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

ClickDimensions

Sendblaster

Lead nurturing

Lead scoring and grading

Data quality management

Automated sales alerts and tasks

ClickDimensions

Sendblaster

Calendaring

Event/webinar marketing

ClickDimensions

Sendblaster

Social sharing and campaigns

Social profile integration

ClickDimensions

Sendblaster

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

ClickDimensions

Sendblaster

API

Role-based workflow & approvals

Customizability

Integration with Salesforce.com

Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Integration with SugarCRM

Pros

The nurture campaign builder was great. Easy to use and to follow along with.
The drop and drag editor was easy to use and you could start using it with no training.
I always like when a service offers a certification for their product. ClickDimensions training was easy to follow, gave good content/tips/tricks and really helped me learn the platform.

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Neville Wiles

Sales & Marketing Support Specialist

Lasers ResourceBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 11-50 employees

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Rendering HTML source code
Managing mailing lists
You can control the speed of email broadcasts
Ease of importing lists

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Solo Mesumbe

Front-end Web Developer and CMS Editor

Texas InstrumentsSemiconductors, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Creating lists based on customer email behaviour was technically possible, but in practise nearly impossible
Managing customer preferences and subscriptions felt extremely convoluted
Interfaces generally not intuitive
Reporting was not in the class of competitors
Deliverability - seems like in onboarding basic things weren't checked off. We really needed a platform expert to implement.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Marketing & Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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The user interface could be more polished. It's very easy to use, but the appearance of the user interface looks a little old fashioned for a desktop software. Of course recipients don't see that interface, so that is not very consequential.

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John Vieth

Web Developer

University of Wisconsin-MadisonHigher Education, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

ClickDimensions 9.0

Based on 1 answer

I see no reason for us to deprecate use at this point. It is important for us as a business to maintain our partnership with them and keep on the pulse of leading technology. ClickDimensions is a marketplace leader for the world of marketing automation, and in coordination with CRM, it's all the more relevant.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

ClickDimensions 5.0

Based on 3 answers

I want to stay neutral. It's not that this product doesn't have appealing features or capabilities, it's that they aren't consistent and stable. So you lose data or your data is not accurate. Or some connection fails and the workflow doesn't trigger as it is supposed to, or the visits or clicks or other metrics contain bad data one month, then the next they're back to normal. This company needs to focus on getting their core product right and not on new features.

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Karen Chamberlain

Consultant

HMS Cornerstone SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

ClickDimensions 1.0

Based on 4 answers

You submit a ticket and they will always come back asking for more information. So the next time you try to be proactive and add that information to the original ticket, but then they come back and ask for something else. It gets to the point where you have to believe it is a stall tactic. You ask for more detail into their processes and you get the runaround. 9 times out of ten they will point the finger at Dynamics 365 as the culprit. It is like pulling teeth to get to Tier 2 support and then the questions start all over again, even if you send screenshots.

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Karen Chamberlain

Consultant

HMS Cornerstone SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Clickdimensions is severely impeded by its integration into Dynamics CRM. Consequently it lacks the Intuitiveness of HubSpot, and the straightforward usability of MailChimp. It is a perfect system if you want to exist entirely within Dynamics, but it requires a high degree of expertise in Dynamics to get maximum value out of it. We're currently migrating to HubSpot, and while the initial integration is proving challenging, I already sense we will be able to deliver a lot more of our marketing goals much more easily, and see an ROI.

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Chris Thorne

Commercial Marketing Manager

Horizon DiscoveryBiotechnology, 201-500 employees

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Doesn't apply.

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Solo Mesumbe

Front-end Web Developer and CMS Editor

Texas InstrumentsSemiconductors, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Tracking Email Engagement by customer is much easier. Real Time Stats/Email Engagement Report already built in.
Lead scoring helps develop more qualified leads.

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Emily Olson

Marketing Generalist

CC&NInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Customer service was greatly improved because of Sendblaster. We were able to design our communication exactly the way we wanted to improve communication effectiveness.
Sendblaster helped our brand because email recipients have been very impressed by the polished visual appearance of our outgoing messages, consistent branding and use of logo, wordmark, and other identifiers, etc.
We saved a lot of money with Sendblaster. Our organization can send unlimited messages, and the Sendblaster software we paid for places no limit on messages sent. So, since there are no ongoing subscription fees or volume fees after paying for the the software, we saved a lot. Other "software as a service" options would have cost a minimum of $50 per month, and potentially a lot more than that for high-volume email communication.

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John Vieth

Web Developer

University of Wisconsin-MadisonHigher Education, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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Likelihood to Recommend