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Based on 722 reviews and ratings
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Based on 37 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Constant Contact ranks higher in 1 feature set: Reporting & Analytics
- Ontraport ranks higher in 1 feature set: Email & Online Marketing
Email & Online Marketing

7.7
Constant Contact
77%

7.8
Ontraport
78%
Ontraport ranks higher in 7/9 features
Ontraport ranks higher in 7/9 features
WYSIWYG email editor

7.8
78%
82 Ratings

8.3
83%
16 Ratings
Dynamic content

7.6
76%
82 Ratings

10.0
100%
13 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content

7.5
75%
81 Ratings

8.3
83%
7 Ratings
Landing pages

7.6
76%
56 Ratings

7.9
79%
15 Ratings
A/B testing

7.4
74%
52 Ratings

9.9
99%
12 Ratings
Mobile optimization

8.0
80%
85 Ratings

8.4
84%
10 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting

8.6
86%
135 Ratings

4.6
46%
29 Ratings
List management

8.4
84%
90 Ratings

3.3
33%
15 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences

6.7
67%
47 Ratings

9.8
98%
13 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics

7.8
Constant Contact
78%

7.4
Ontraport
74%
Ontraport ranks higher in 2/3 features
Ontraport ranks higher in 2/3 features
Dashboards

7.8
78%
87 Ratings

9.0
90%
14 Ratings
Standard reports

8.2
82%
87 Ratings

3.3
33%
11 Ratings
Custom reports

7.5
75%
58 Ratings

10.0
100%
9 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing

8.1
Constant Contact
81%

Ontraport
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Constant Contact ranks higher in 8/8 features
Constant Contact ranks higher in 8/8 features
URL Validation

8.4
84%
31 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Link Tracking

8.0
80%
34 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Image Validation

8.2
82%
31 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Inbox Display

8.0
80%
34 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools

8.0
80%
28 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check

7.8
78%
31 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Spam Testing

7.8
78%
26 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Email Previews

8.6
86%
40 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Lead Management

Constant Contact
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

4.4
Ontraport
44%
Ontraport ranks higher in 4/4 features
Ontraport ranks higher in 4/4 features
Lead nurturing

N/A
0 Ratings

7.1
71%
15 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading

N/A
0 Ratings

2.5
25%
13 Ratings
Data quality management

N/A
0 Ratings

2.8
28%
14 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks

N/A
0 Ratings

5.2
52%
15 Ratings
Campaign Management

Constant Contact
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.7
Ontraport
77%
Ontraport ranks higher in 2/2 features
Ontraport ranks higher in 2/2 features
Calendaring

N/A
0 Ratings

6.2
62%
5 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing

N/A
0 Ratings

9.3
93%
8 Ratings
Social Media Marketing

Constant Contact
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.1
Ontraport
71%
Ontraport ranks higher in 2/2 features
Ontraport ranks higher in 2/2 features
Social sharing and campaigns

N/A
0 Ratings

7.1
71%
3 Ratings
Social profile integration

N/A
0 Ratings

7.2
72%
4 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure

Constant Contact
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.3
Ontraport
73%
Ontraport ranks higher in 6/6 features
Ontraport ranks higher in 6/6 features
API

N/A
0 Ratings

3.3
33%
11 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals

N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
9 Ratings
Customizability

N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
100%
12 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com

N/A
0 Ratings

7.3
73%
1 Rating
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

N/A
0 Ratings

7.3
73%
1 Rating
Integration with SugarCRM

N/A
0 Ratings

7.3
73%
1 Rating
Attribute Ratings
- Constant Contact is rated higher in 6 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Performance, Support Rating, Implementation Rating, Product Scalability
- Ontraport is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Renew
Likelihood to Recommend

8.4
Constant Contact
84%
106 Ratings

3.3
Ontraport
33%
19 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

9.0
Constant Contact
90%
21 Ratings

9.1
Ontraport
91%
8 Ratings
Usability

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
9 Ratings

7.8
Ontraport
78%
3 Ratings
Availability

9.0
Constant Contact
90%
4 Ratings

Ontraport
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
4 Ratings

7.7
Ontraport
77%
8 Ratings
Support Rating

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
17 Ratings

9.0
Ontraport
90%
6 Ratings
In-Person Training

Constant Contact
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
Ontraport
91%
1 Rating
Online Training

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
1 Rating

Ontraport
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
9 Ratings

9.1
Ontraport
91%
4 Ratings
Product Scalability

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
1 Rating

8.2
Ontraport
82%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
Constant Contact
Constant Contact is great when trying to target specific market segments. We typically like to segment our master list by region, but also have product segments, as well. They do provide pre-made segments to start you off too.We don't usually use their email builder, we find others to be more flexible, intuitive, and have more variety. We do prefer emailing from Constant Contact, however.

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Oil & Energy Company, 51-200 employeesOntraport
Starting a business you have enough stuff to deal with. Ontraport takes the headache out of the tech side. Everything works together and you don't ever get left alone to figure things out. I would beg any new business to invest in Ontraport. Or if you want to grow and scale an existing business it would be great. I think it more for service-based business.
Founder
Kirkland Media GroupMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Pros
Constant Contact
- You can accomplish quite a bit using the drag and drop interface, so there is less custom HTML required.
- Easy to use for folks who are not tech savvy.
- Very quick upload speed for contact lists when compared with other email marketing vendors.
- Easy to customize contact lists.
- Displays much more consistently across different email clients when compared with other email marketing vendors.

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Insurance Company, 501-1000 employeesOntraport
- User segmentation for specific messaging is key for us because it helps drive our new client conversions and existing client repurchasing.
- ONTRAPORT plays nice with our scheduling software and WordPress so we can implement new material without hassle.
- Campaigns and automation is simple to set up and monitor which helps us use more of their tools instead of paying for complex features we'll never use.
Chief Media Buyer
10xResponseInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Cons
Constant Contact
- The interface is definitely a bit difficult to use and it takes some getting used to.
- More customization and exporting of html would be awesome.
- They could expand on features that other email marketing software has such as tying in with social media, more flows, etc.

Verified User
Strategist in Marketing
Marketing & Advertising Company, 11-50 employeesOntraport
- Integrations. Basically, all integrations are done using Zapier. This is a huge time suck. In other programs like ActiveCampaign, you have WordPress plugins to import your data from Gravity Forms. It takes 2 minutes to set up. With Zapier, even a simple integration takes a minimum of 30 minutes to setup and test to the point where you trust it.
- Documentation: there is a lot of documentation, but a lot of it is confusing with not enough examples to make something clear.
- Templates: other programs like Drip focus on more templates for campaigns. While there are a few here, there's really not a ton and they don't seem carefully curated.
- Learning curve: it took a really long time to get it set up for our business. I appreciated the onboarding sessions, which definitely helped a lot, but it could have been simpler.
- Version 5: last year ONTRAPORT launched their newest version of their software. I can see that it's a foundation that they will be able to build a lot on, but it's not fleshed out yet. Like a fresh foundation and a good building, but not a lot of paint or polish yet.
- Sales funnels: managing people through a sales funnel just happens through a custom field that you set up. There's no predetermined "section" for something that a lot of sales teams would want. It makes it easy to not know what's going to happen with your automation when you send someone to a new part of the sales funnel (ie. you move someone to the next part of the sales funnel, it triggers an automation, maybe you weren't aware of that). It would be great if it gave you a quick summary of some of the automation you're about to send when you take actions.
- Intimidation: enough said. It just feels intimidating to set this stuff up. This may be true for all the other automation programs too though.
Web & Sales Consultant
One Yellow TreeMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Constant Contact
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$9.99 per month
Constant Contact Editions & Modules
Edition
Core | $9.991 |
---|---|
Plus | $45.001 |
CRM Platform by SharpSpring | $449.001 |
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Ontraport
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$29 per month
Ontraport Editions & Modules
Edition
Pro | $2971 |
---|---|
Basic | $792 |
Plus | $1473 |
Enterprise | $4974 |
- per month (3 Users -- up to 10,000 Contacts)
- per month (1 User -- up to 1,000 contacts)
- per month (2 Users -- up to 2,500 Contacts)
- per month (5 Users -- up to 20,000 Contacts
Modules
100,000 extra contacts | $99 |
---|---|
Additional user | $47 |
100,000 extra messages | $99 |
First-class postcards | $1 |
- none
Additional Pricing Details
Packages are priced on a month to month contract where you can cancel your account at any time. Clients may opt-in for an annual contract, where they pay for 10 months up front and the last two are "free."Likelihood to Renew
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 9.0
Based on 21 answers
There is no doubt that we are going to renew Constant Contact. We have not just invested a lot of time in learning and creating a great looking product but we have developed a strong database of information that allows us to track how we are doing for each newsletter. This supports our goals of creating products that residents desire and are excited to receive.
Multimedia Communications Supervisor
Virginia Beach City GovernmentGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees
Ontraport
Ontraport 9.1
Based on 8 answers
My client was already using Ontraport and had a decent investment in the tool. As soon as we turn around the revenue situation with my client's products, we will be ditching OAP immediately, despite the significant re-implementation cost we are going to face moving to a new system. I am part of a high-end, professional marketing group, and the overwhelming sentiment with these other professionals is that one should run away from this as fast as humanly possible. I thought their words were just ungrounded opinion, and I deeply regret that I did not heed them more closely before sinking still more time and effort into OAP.

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Education Management Company, 1-10 employeesUsability
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 10.0
Based on 9 answers
There is always room for improvement. I don't know how they test their systems, but they should invite not-so computer savvy people to test it. If I, as an expert have problems, they need to think like the technophobe. Since I've used Constant Contact in the past as part of my former employment, I have not viewed any of the tutorials and just jumped in to work on my client's newsletter. With that said, I found some areas easy and some a bit cumbersome
Owner, Consultant
AZ Social Media WizInternet, Myself Only
Ontraport
Ontraport 7.8
Based on 3 answers
The software is just easy to use. The UI is fairly intuitive. The help system is pretty good. I find it is pretty quick to get my work completed and if I don't document my things well, I can always figure out how I did something when I need to make changes.When I have a problem the tech support is easy to deal with and when things need to get escalated they are resolved quickly.
Sales Manager
Hague Quality Water of Los Osos, CAConsumer Goods, 1-10 employees
Reliability and Availability
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 9.0
Based on 4 answers
No major problems in sending out the email campaigns and accessing the analytics

Verified User
Manager in Research & Development
Public Policy Company, 11-50 employeesOntraport
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 10.0
Based on 4 answers
The system seemed quite slow sometimes. Specifically, there was sometimes a delay in sends if it was during a high traffic period. There were time-outs when uploading new code for an email, and a lag in reporting analytics which was sometimes as long as 72 hours

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Retail Company, 51-200 employeesOntraport
Ontraport 7.7
Based on 8 answers
Most of the time OP runs fine. But I've had to submit more support tickets this year do to messages, seq.'s or rules not running correctly. Also experienced slow response times moving in and around OP.
Business Partner
The Life Coach SchoolEducation Management, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 10.0
Based on 17 answers
I think the overall support for Constant Contact has always been incredible; I have nothing negative to say. Our customer support representative was attentive, easy to understand, and very knowledgeable. I never felt like I wasn't a priority of his and my issues, while very small, were fixed in a very short time frame.

Verified User
Administrative Assistant in Marketing
Real Estate Company, 51-200 employeesOntraport
Ontraport 9.0
Based on 6 answers
The techs are reasonably savvy, highly courteous and want to do right by their customers. Unfortunately, the product they are supporting is so deeply flawed that there's only so much they can do when your legitimate business requirements are simply not supported.

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Education Management Company, 1-10 employeesIn-Person Training
Constant Contact
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Ontraport
Ontraport 9.1
Based on 1 answer
I went to their Ontrapalooza event, and it opened my mind as to how the software can be used.
Director of SEM
National PositionsMarketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees
Implementation Rating
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 10.0
Based on 9 answers
Implementation is very easy for someone who wants to send out the “batch and blast” type newsletters. If you want to use their templates with no customizations, the product works fine. However, the more customizations you get into involving link color, etc, that’s where things can get tricky for someone who may not be familiar with coding

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Retail Company, 51-200 employeesOntraport
Ontraport 9.1
Based on 4 answers
If you know your business, ONTRAPORT is easy
President
Spearhead Sales & MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
Constant Contact
We tried Mailchimp. We could send messages to larger groups for free with Constant Contact. And we simply found more people read the emails and responded more frequently when we used Constant Contact. I think it's because it didn't feel as much like a marketing tool as when we contacted them with Mailchimp.

Verified User
Contributor in Other
Religious Institutions Company, 10,001+ employeesOntraport
Ontraport is capable of more than MailChimp and AWeber, both of which I would consider beginner systems. It is also easier to use and understand initially than Infusionsoft, and takes less time to get off the ground when you make the change. It is capable of very complex tasks but the user interface is simple and the tasks are easy to construct. It takes away my worry and pain, that reason alone is enough to recommend them!
Director Of Operations
Clients In Abundance International Business AcademyMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Scalability
Constant Contact
Constant Contact 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Very reliable in sending email campaigns and controlling the recipients so that no contact is sent the same email more than once, even if they are on a resent list

Verified User
Manager in Research & Development
Public Policy Company, 11-50 employeesOntraport
Ontraport 8.2
Based on 1 answer
With the new lower priced options, it's now easier for newer businesses to start with a more basic version and upgrade as they need more features.
The Ontraport Expert for Rapid Growth Solopreneurs
Connect With Your ClientMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Constant Contact
- Good email marketing option that we need to expand on
- We have not had a strong determinable ROI, but we do not always know if a donation resulted from an email
- Very affordable and we plan in keeping it as a resource
Director of Development
Health Care Center for the HomelessHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees
Ontraport
- We can save costs on excessive mailings as we are more targeted in our efforts and wasting less communication.
- We have been able to more effectively target relevant donors that have given more recently.
- ONTRAPORT has consolidated the tracking software that we have used for contact information.
WMU Graduate Ambassador
Western Michigan UniversityNon-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees