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Based on 12 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Email & Online Marketing

7.7
Constant Contact
77%
SparkPost
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Constant Contact ranks higher in 9/9 features
Constant Contact ranks higher in 9/9 features
WYSIWYG email editor

7.8
78%
82 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Dynamic content

7.6
76%
82 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content

7.5
75%
81 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Landing pages

7.6
76%
56 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
A/B testing

7.4
74%
52 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile optimization

8.0
80%
85 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting

8.6
86%
135 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
List management

8.4
84%
90 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences

6.7
67%
47 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics

7.8
Constant Contact
78%
SparkPost
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Constant Contact ranks higher in 3/3 features
Constant Contact ranks higher in 3/3 features
Dashboards

7.8
78%
87 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Standard reports

8.2
82%
87 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Custom reports

7.5
75%
58 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing

8.1
Constant Contact
81%
SparkPost
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
Attribute Ratings
- Constant Contact is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

8.4
Constant Contact
84%
106 Ratings
1.1
SparkPost
11%
5 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

9.0
Constant Contact
90%
21 Ratings
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
9 Ratings
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability

9.0
Constant Contact
90%
4 Ratings
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
4 Ratings
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
17 Ratings
1.0
SparkPost
10%
1 Rating
Online Training

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
1 Rating
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
Implementation Rating

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
9 Ratings
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability

10.0
Constant Contact
100%
1 Rating
SparkPost
N/A
0 Ratings
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 employeesSparkPost
Our early experiences with SparkPost were great; we were looking for a low-cost (or no-cost) solution to our email messaging needs, and SparkPost had the best low-cost option: 100,000 messages per month for free, guaranteed for life. Even though our team has experience with other APIs, we chose SparkPost because it felt like the best value. Our experience with it was great. Two years ago, they discontinued their free option but sent the existing users the following message: "When you signed up, we promised that if we ever changed the terms of our 100K free plan, we would continue to honor the original plan for the life of the account. I would like to reaffirm this promise: while this plan is no longer available to new customers, you are grandfathered into this level of free sending volume."The following year, apparently following a change in leadership, they decided to "deprecate" existing free plans, dropping us down from 100,000 messages per month to 500, the lowest of any email API service I'm aware of. No recognition of the broken promise, the reneged guarantee, just a 20% off coupon. This atrocious behavior that reeks of a new culture of squeezing as much money as possible out of its users and has coincided with a steady deterioration of functionality and customer service. At this point, I have no idea why anyone would pay more for a worse service that treats its users so poorly when you could use SendGrid or a similar competitor for a lower price and way more features.

Verified User
Director in Research & Development
Legal Services Company, 11-50 employeesPros
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 employeesSparkPost
- Good Documentation
- Developer focused
- Supports sub-accounts
- Good support
- Integrates with Laravel out of the box
Chief Technical Officer, Software Developer
Assessment GeneratorComputer Software, 1-10 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 employeesSparkPost
- I really like SparkPost, it was really useful to achieve our goals
Member of the Technical Staff
ioet ltdInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 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
—SparkPost
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
SparkPost Editions & Modules
Edition
Starter | $301 |
---|---|
Premier | $751 |
Enterprise | Contact sales team |
- per month
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—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
SparkPost
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
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
SparkPost
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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 employeesSparkPost
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 employeesSparkPost
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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 employeesSparkPost
SparkPost 1.0
Based on 1 answer
Would give it a zero if I could. Their customer service used to be incredible; fast response times, really hands-on with their users, and a pretty regular feedback process. They sent me an awesome t-shirt that became part of my go-to climbing gear. But for the past year, their response times went way down, their customer service was less helpful and generally a lot more rude, and they haven't asked for customer input once since their leadership change

Verified User
Director in Research & Development
Legal Services Company, 11-50 employeesImplementation 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 employeesSparkPost
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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+ employeesSparkPost
ExactTarget, Marketo CRM. These are completely different types of systems, but their email element is similar.

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Real Estate Company, 11-50 employeesScalability
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 employeesSparkPost
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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
SparkPost
- It has helped us with our IP health and making sure that we avoid spam traps
- Very high deliverability and automatic retrying once they have the event
Software Engineer II
CareerBuilderHuman Resources, 1001-5000 employees