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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Constant Contact

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AConstant Contact is a full-featured email marketing solution with capabilities such as social media integration, drag-and-drop editing, and real-time reporting. It is a bulk email tool designed for SMB customers. Since 2019, Constant Contact also offers marketing automation features, a website and landing page builder, and other tools to support midsize businesses.

    $12

    per month

    Ziflow

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AZiflow online proofing creates a single source of truth and streamlines the review and approval process for creative content to deliver marketing projects faster for agencies and brands.

    $249

    per month

    Pricing
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    Starting at $12.00
    per month
    Standard
    Starting at $35.00
    per month
    Premium
    Starting at $80.00
    per month
    Standard
    $249
    per month 15 users
    Pro
    $399
    per month 20 users included
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsThe SMS Marketing tool can be added to any Standard or Premium Constant Contact account. SMS is only available in the US for Standard and Premium paid plans. SMS can be added when logged in to an account after purchase. Plans start at $10/month for up to 500 messages.Educational discounts are available for the Business and Enterprise editions. Up to a 20% discount is available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Considered Both Products
    Constant Contact
    No answer on this topic
    Ziflow
    Chose Ziflow
    I found Ziflow to be easier to use than the rest. When we were doing research, it was the one that I found had the best features and pricing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Ziflow
    monday.com helps my team with seeing where projects stand in real-time, whereas Ziflow helps with the review process of certain projects. This software integrates with each other, which is a major benefit and has helped my team keep organized and stay on top of projects in many …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    225 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    166 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    224 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    146 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    168 Answers
    Features
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Constant Contact and Ziflow
    Feature
    Constant Contact
    9.0
    120 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor9.7102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content9.7104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.582 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages9.378 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing8.473 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.686 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.9116 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management9.3118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Constant Contact and Ziflow
    Feature
    Constant Contact
    8.5
    117 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.488 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.8115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.558 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Constant Contact and Ziflow
    Feature
    Constant Contact
    8.4
    69 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation8.231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking7.934 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display8.635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools7.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check9.856 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing6.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews9.968 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Small Businesses
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (135 ratings)
    9.6
    (226 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (23 ratings)
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Constant ContactZiflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Constant Contact
    Constant Contact is an excellent tool for sending out flyers and newsletters. However, I feel the content's appearance is typically all the same. When I receive an email from Constant Contact, I can immediately identify it - the templates usually all look the same. When sending out communications with images, it is easy to use Constant Contact and link webpages. However, the email layout is always vertical and can get very lengthy. I prefer a more flip-book approach with options to flip the page.
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    Ziflow
    We work with a lot of cross functional teams, so it is nice to have them review things on their own and provide feedback all in the one place for our team to review. It helps cut back on meetings and emails full of feedback that gets lost. This is especially helpful when we are working on our catalogs. We do reviews on Ziflow all the way from rough layouts to proofreading.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Constant Contact
    • Market segmentation is great: my main segmentation is by region because that's how our sales team is divided.
    • Lists: making customized email lists is easy and intuitive; the custom fields allow some flexibility in case our fields don't exactly line up with Constant Contact's.
    • Campaigns: creating campaigns is quick and simple. I especially appreciate the 'resend to non-openers' option. I am constantly using this feature.
    • Subject line generator: I like using the recommended subject lines. I'm able to plug in their recommended ideas, or sometimes, this feature helps me generate my own ideas.
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    Ziflow
    • Simple and user friendly interface with little if no learning curve.
    • Accurate and specific change requests are especially enhanced when using the markup tools.
    • Nice to be able to assign who the decision maker is and also be able to change project participants easily, like when someone goes on holiday or sick leave.
    • SOCD (sent, opened, comment, decision) progress indicators provide an awesome 'at a glance' view of project participants activity.
    • Email notifications and integration with ASANA is brilliant.
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    Cons
    Constant Contact
    • It would be nice if we had more customizable options for emails - like moving around pictures and text boxes, rather than a set spot for everything to go.
    • I would like it if multiple people could work on a document at one time. So if I'm in charge of graphics, I can get those updated while someone else is entering content, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Ziflow
    • Comments with instances that span multiple pages force you to zoom out, which can be rough on multi-page proofs. We end up making a comment on each instance for ease of review.
    • Maybe it is in there, but I would love to be able to upload a new version and review/make comments before any of the other reviewers can see it—to double-check for errors. Maybe there is a verification stage first before releasing it to the other reviewers.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Constant Contact
    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.
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    Ziflow
    Ziflow is easy to use, efficient and now is also part of our daily lives. Hence, the teams are already adapted to the tool and willing to work with it. The features are according to all what was expected and we had a great experience until the moment with the tool
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    Usability
    Constant Contact
    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
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    Ziflow
    The tool is easy to use for digital oriented people. For the ones not used to this kind of environment, it could look a bit complicated at the beginning, but following the instructions and tutorials and performing it once makes you get a grip of it in just one use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Constant Contact
    No major problems in sending out the email campaigns and accessing the analytics
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    Performance
    Constant Contact
    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
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    Ziflow
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Constant Contact
    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.
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    Ziflow
    The ZIflow support team has always been very responsive to my questions, issues and other problems. The good thing is I have never had to use their support team all that much because Ziflow has been for the most part trouble free. If it had been error prone, we would have dropped it long ago.
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    Online Training
    Constant Contact
    No answers on this topic
    Ziflow
    They were friendly and took the time to go through everything, especially relating to how we would use the system.
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    Implementation Rating
    Constant Contact
    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
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    Ziflow
    It was seemless! Things got instantly better when we started using Ziflow!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Constant Contact
    Constant Contact is much more intuitive for people who are not tech-savvy. Also, while sendgrid offered more options in it's drag and drop interface, it displayed differently across different email clients, which made it very cumbersome to use. It also took much longer to upload contact lists and it was harder to manage existing contacts. Performance in sendgrid was much slower as well, and the Preview feature was quite buggy. Our team initially chose sendgrid because of the integration options that it's API offered, but we ultimately switched to Constant Contact because it was much easier to build campaigns and better suited our requirements.
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    Ziflow
    I found Ziflow to be much better than PageProof in several ways. The tools available for making comments and edits are more intuitive and there is a greater variety of tools and the version control features worked much better as well. Also their customer service was far better when it was necessary to interact with the company
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    Scalability
    Constant Contact
    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
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    Ziflow
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Constant Contact
    • I have had nothing but positive impacts from using Constant Contact.
    • The church is large, and there are many subgroups and axillary groups within the church. Setting up specific groups based on responsibility, interest, member goals, and service needs allows me to send information quickly, saving valuable time for other tasks.
    • Constant Contact allows leadership to stay personally engaged with the members I work with, without over-taxing my time. It feels so seamless.
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    Ziflow
    • Improved efficiency and time saved in making proofs and adding people to proofs with staging and template features.
    • Robust proofreading features for reviewers like comparing previous versions.
    • In my experience, customer service is quick to help with issues or outages (which aren't often).
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    ScreenShots

    Constant Contact Screenshots

    Screenshot of the AI Content Generator that can be used to create content for emails, social posts, or SMS.Screenshot of an example automation workflow. These help to ensure a business's marketing is always on.Screenshot of some of the available pre-built email templates, that can be edited with the included drag-and-drop email editor.Screenshot of the Social Posting tool, used to plan and post social media messaging across platforms.Screenshot of the SMS Marketing feature.Screenshot of some of Constant Contact's available integrations.

    Ziflow Screenshots

    Screenshot of Ziflow's  markup tools, which enables stakeholders of all abilities to circle, highlight, draw, point, and overall produce feedback that doesn’t leave creatives guessing.Screenshot of Ziflow’s workflow automation and templates, for creative teams that constantly repeats tasks when setting up review workflows.Screenshot of where users can see different versions side-by-side to compare changes to a project over time, and automatically highlight version differences, all the way down to the pixel with the auto-compare capability.Screenshot of frame-accurate commenting on video and motion projects. Feedback can be viewed on a specific video frame to remove any chance of confusion. Ziflow Safe Zones are used to make sure crucial content remains in-frame on every device, and to see likely cut-off points at industry-standard aspect ratios. Users can review projects from a web browser on any device - no app download is required.Screenshot of Ziflow, on mobile devices. Team members can access proofs via proof notification emails on their devices. Comments and decisions can be made via the device's native browser, with Ziflow's HTML5-based Proof Viewer.Screenshot of ZiflowAI: Creative collaboration, powered by artificial intelligence. It is a chatbot designed to drive review and approval processes forward.