Formerly Oracle Content Marketing of the Oracle Marketing Cloud, Compendium was a content marketing solution to create and distribute compelling content across multiple channels to a targeted audience. Users could plan, produce, and deliver content across multiple personas and channels throughout the customer life cycle.
Oracle acquired the product in 2013. A legacy product, Compendium is now end of sale.
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VerticalResponse
Score10 out of 10
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VerticalResponse is an email campaign management software and services platform from Deluxe. In addition to providing email marketing tools, VerticalResponse offers fully managed email marketing services from campaign launch and management to reporting and analysis.
$9
per month
Pricing
Compendium (discontinued)
VerticalResponse
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$11.00
per month
Pro
$16.00
per month
Pro Plus
$196.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Compendium (discontinued)
VerticalResponse
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Compendium (discontinued)
VerticalResponse
Content Creation
Comparison of Content Creation features of Compendium (discontinued) and VerticalResponse
Feature
Compendium (discontinued)
7.2
6 Ratings
8% below category average
VerticalResponse
-
Ratings
Ideation
6.36 Ratings
00 Ratings
Approval workflows
9.16 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content collaboration
7.66 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content calendar
7.56 Ratings
00 Ratings
Network for content licensing/production
5.54 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content Publishing
Comparison of Content Publishing features of Compendium (discontinued) and VerticalResponse
Feature
Compendium (discontinued)
6.6
6 Ratings
17% below category average
VerticalResponse
-
Ratings
Content hub
6.56 Ratings
00 Ratings
Forms / Gated content
6.14 Ratings
00 Ratings
Embedded CTAs
7.15 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content distribution
7.25 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content promotion
6.14 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content automation
6.75 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Compendium (discontinued) and VerticalResponse
Feature
Compendium (discontinued)
6.6
6 Ratings
11% below category average
VerticalResponse
-
Ratings
Audience profiling and targeting
6.15 Ratings
00 Ratings
Closed-loop tracking and reporting
6.14 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content performance analytics
8.26 Ratings
00 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard
6.45 Ratings
00 Ratings
Competitive analytics
6.35 Ratings
00 Ratings
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Compendium (discontinued) and VerticalResponse
Feature
Compendium (discontinued)
-
Ratings
VerticalResponse
9.9
8 Ratings
21% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor
00 Ratings
10.07 Ratings
Dynamic content
00 Ratings
10.05 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content
00 Ratings
10.04 Ratings
Landing pages
00 Ratings
10.04 Ratings
A/B testing
00 Ratings
10.05 Ratings
Mobile optimization
00 Ratings
10.05 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting
00 Ratings
10.08 Ratings
List management
00 Ratings
10.08 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences
00 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Compendium (discontinued) and VerticalResponse
Feature
Compendium (discontinued)
-
Ratings
VerticalResponse
10.0
9 Ratings
27% above category average
Dashboards
00 Ratings
10.09 Ratings
Standard reports
00 Ratings
10.09 Ratings
Custom reports
00 Ratings
10.06 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Compendium (discontinued) and VerticalResponse
Oracle is great for a very basic blog. The look of ours was designed and built on the back end/code side, so I'm not sure if there are a lot of clean, modern templates like you see in a lot of blogs today to choose from or not. It has been great having a number of authors who can write content directly in the platform and then submit it to our content managers for scheduling and publishing. I think the biggest issue people may have with it is the look of the interface. It needs an update.
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For businesses requiring advanced email marketing features like sophisticated automation, in-depth analytics, and extensive customization, VerticalResponse might fall short due to its limited featuresVerticalResponse is ideal for small businesses or freelancers who need a simple, straightforward email marketing tool. Its ease of use and basic features make it suitable for those without extensive technical expertise in email marketing
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I love the ease of list builder because we often times have a lot of data to import. It would be simply impossible without this tool, considering the amount of customer data we have for any one given email.
We really enjoy the ease of use of the HTML wizard as well. It helps even a novice be able to make a beautiful and attention grabbing email.
The dashboard is functional and easy to find when you need with a quick search.
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Templates are a good thing, but hard to set up and require a lot of work. (Other Oracle tools are more user-friendly when it comes to template design.)
While they did a good job updating the interface, I still believe more work can be done to make it more user-friendly.
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The type face is small. Not sure if this is to avoid overwhelming the reader, but I could see this being an issue with vision-impaired people or people who don't see small print well.
Sometimes I find it takes multiple clicks to make one simple change. I wish there was a search field at the top of the screen that allowed me to jump directly to a client's entry to update it there.
Easy to use, and supporting several permutations, the CM suite is an excellent solution for a mid to large size business. It's meant to be used by a team, and the functionality can work across websites and landing pages. There's also the high benefit of translation management, providing support for localized products.
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Product is easy for both technical and non-technical people to use. A cost effective solution for sending out large number of messages. We can manage unsubscribes by individual accounts, so we can have multiple multiple accounts combined to maximize our buying power on credits. Effective API for sending/receiving data makes tool a valuable asset.
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I truly love this product. We are moving to an all-in-one system next year and my greatest fear in doing so is how much I will miss this platform. Although we are excited for things ahead, I will always keep Vertical Response in my back pocket incase I don't love the new platform as much
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To be perfectly honest, every one of my concerns and problems has been handled by the support team in a very timely manner. If they could not fix my issue they assured me it be addressed in future updates.
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At Vertical Response the help desk associates are courteous, knowledgeable and helpful. You can tell they enjoy what they do. And clearly, they are well trained because most times, the first point of contact is able to resolve any issue you may have. There have been very few times where an associate has needed to get back to me or escalate me to a supervisor
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Basic functions and online help...we used what was needed, at the time, and will continue to explore other online trainings as our functional needs expand
Don't forget about customer service once you have a closed the sale with a customer. Oracle seemed to not care about our needs/timeline after we gave them our Purchase Order
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While OCM was a lot more money, they were able to prove to us that they are a much better solution to use and worth the extra cost. The reporting, capabilities along with the analytics that was easy to download was a big discussion factor for us.
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In addition to using Vertical Response personally I also manage email marketing for clients that already use Mailchimp, Robly and Constant Contact. While most of these platforms all offer similar features I choose Vertical Response first if the client does not have a platform in place. Typically I am also teaching the client how to use this tool and the Vertical Response visual interface is very easy for me to teach a client how to navigate and create their own campaigns.
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Everyone had their own plan and executed them without taking into consideration the impact of another ongoing project. Compendium has created communication between teams that were not communicating before.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info