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    ClickDimensions

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AClickDimensions is an email marketing and marketing automation platform for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Features include email marketing, web tracking, lead scoring, social discovery, campaign tracking, and form capture.N/A

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

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    ClickDimensionsTwilio SendGrid
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $15
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    Advanced
    $60
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    72%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    70%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    65%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    70%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ClickDimensionsTwilio SendGrid
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    3.9
    10 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.7
    50 Ratings
    18% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor5.38 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Dynamic content4.010 Ratings6.640 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content1.410 Ratings4.438 Ratings
    Landing pages1.710 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    A/B testing3.710 Ratings9.330 Ratings
    Mobile optimization1.710 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting4.610 Ratings4.950 Ratings
    List management6.09 Ratings4.644 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences6.39 Ratings4.524 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    4.7
    10 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Twilio SendGrid
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    Lead nurturing automation7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading5.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management3.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks4.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    2.5
    7 Ratings
    101% below category average
    Twilio SendGrid
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    Calendaring4.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing1.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    5.5
    3 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
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    Social sharing and campaigns8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration3.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    2.6
    9 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.1
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Dashboards2.09 Ratings4.648 Ratings
    Standard reports2.09 Ratings5.048 Ratings
    Custom reports3.87 Ratings8.631 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    4.4
    10 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Twilio SendGrid
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    API1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability2.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of ClickDimensions and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    ClickDimensions
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings8.29 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings9.112 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (10 ratings)
    4.6
    (61 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    4.8
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClickDimensionsTwilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ClickDimensions
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    If you're prepared to build out your whole staff UX, audience creation, email production, and analytics on your own using API, this tool may have that flexibility. If you require a sturdy drag and drop production tool, this tool has it but at the expense of a lot of other critical functionality. Out of the box analytics/reporting, is extremely limited. Complex queries, even something like pulling those who haven't engaged in email within a certain time period, is clunky. If you require any support at all, this is not the tool for you. I'm a deliverability consultant and have used many of the top email marketing tools and SendGrid has been extremely difficult for my team. I do not recommend it. Shiny and bright during sales, pretty disappointing thereafter.
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    Pros
    ClickDimensions
    • 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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    Twilio
    • Managing email lists / audiences is easy with features like groups and segments.
    • They provide pre-built email templates that are very easy to modify. It is also super easy to create new email templates with their drag-and-drop email builder.
    • Provides clear / easy-to-read analytics of email campaigns.
    • I can easily import large email contact lists all at once or add a user manually one-at-a-time, when needed.
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    Cons
    ClickDimensions
    • 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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    Twilio
    • Not necessarily their Email API but their email in general - they are currently in beta for automated email sequences but are still bare bones. Much more work is needed before it can be used mainstream and be able to convert everything to SendGrid.
    • Helping with warming up our dedicated IP for the best-sending score.
    • We seem to hit the promotions folder a decent amount (maybe the IP problem above) and even a lot of their emails hit my spam or promotions folder (whether they be transactional or marketing) which isn't a great sign when trusting an ESP.
    • Transactional email sequences would be a huge plus.
    • Now that Twilio owns SenGrid, having an integrated platform where you could see all our transactional emails together.
    • Better reporting and split reporting between transactional and marketing emails.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ClickDimensions
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ClickDimensions
    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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    Twilio
    It is usable but needs improvement in overall user experience and ease of use. A new joinee/anyone new to the tool would need more tarining currently before he can use the platform seamlessly. The set-up to value realization time for Twilio SendGrid customers is generally high because of this concern.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ClickDimensions
    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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    Twilio
    Twilio SendGrid Email API is everything we want it to be, and we have no reason to look for any other solution. Features and pricing match exactly what we need. As developers for SaaS products, Twilio SendGrid Email API provides a great service. I hope that they stay this way and don't inflate the service with too many marketing oriented features, because there are other tools for that and Twilio SendGrid Email API is a API for sending email first and foremost.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ClickDimensions
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    Sendgrid has a lot of features that other providers have and a few more - like the dynamic template builder, which AWS SES doesn't have. We choose the provider based on the scenario of use and the provider we're using. If we're going to be making regular changes to a template, then we'd go with Sendgrid, as the changes will be easier to make and don't necessarily require developer intervention.
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    Return on Investment
    ClickDimensions
    • 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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    Twilio
    • As it was cheaper than the transactional service we previously used, it saved costs.
    • The API was relatively easy to work with so it helped us ship the service and test it quickly.
    • We still use the transactional email service, even though we recognize its limits as it meets our immediate needs.
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    ScreenShots

    ClickDimensions Screenshots

    Screenshot of Create email templates inside Dynamics CRM with our drag and drop email editorScreenshot of Collect contact and lead data through web forms and landing pagesScreenshot of Build multi-channel, automated campaigns using an easy drag and drop interfaceScreenshot of View your marketing performance at a glance right inside DynamicsScreenshot of Use reporting to accurately measure your sales and marketing campaigns