ConvertKit vs. Sendblaster

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ConvertKit
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
ConvertKit, from the company of the same name headquartered in Boise, is presented as email marketing software for online creators - the authors, makers, podcasters, photographers, YouTubers, teachers, and artists. The vendor boasts 19,500 paying customers, sending 500 million emails per month, and rapid growth.
$29
per month
Sendblaster
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SendBlaster is the eponymous lean, list management / newsletter-centric email marketing software from the Italian company founded in 2006, basically for creating newsletters in a WYSIWYG editor and sending them out to the multitudes, with tools facilitating this: programmable tags, personalization, link checking, embedded image support, file importing, templates, and help from partner Mailstyler (free) for newsletter optimization and styling. Bulk mailing is managed for free with Sendblaster…N/A
Pricing
ConvertKitSendblaster
Editions & Modules
Creator
$29.00
per month
Creator Pro
$59.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ConvertKitSendblaster
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
ConvertKitSendblaster
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
ConvertKit
9.5
3 Ratings
16% above category average
Sendblaster
8.6
2 Ratings
6% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor8.03 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Dynamic content10.03 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content10.03 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Landing pages8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
A/B testing10.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization10.03 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting10.03 Ratings9.52 Ratings
List management10.03 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ConvertKit
9.0
3 Ratings
15% above category average
Sendblaster
8.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Dashboards9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Custom reports9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
ConvertKit
10.0
3 Ratings
16% above category average
Sendblaster
-
Ratings
URL Validation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Link Tracking10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Image Validation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Inbox Display10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Spam Testing10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Previews10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ConvertKitSendblaster
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ConvertKitSendblaster
Likelihood to Recommend
ConvertKit
It is perfect for artists and content creators. It is perfect for service based providers who want to house their potential leads. Entry level entrepreneurs can also benefit. It is not an all in one type of platform, but it is useful for list building and setting up automation. If you have less than 1K subscribers, this is the route to go until you need to use automation. Then, just feel free to upgrade.
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Sendblaster
Sendblaster is a great tool for any environment. It's particularly good in organizations that do not have a full featured CRM that manages bulk email marketing and communication. Even if an organization has a great CRM, Sendblaster is still great for those marketing or communication campaigns that go out to recipients who are not already in the CRM, custom groups, bulk sending that you want to keep separate from your other CRM(s), etc.
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Pros
ConvertKit
  • Ease of Use
  • Reliability
  • Segmentation
  • Automation
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Sendblaster
  • Rendering HTML source code
  • Managing mailing lists
  • You can control the speed of email broadcasts
  • Ease of importing lists
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Cons
ConvertKit
  • Pricing.
  • Google Analytics integration.
  • Email templates and a modern interface for composing emails.
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Sendblaster
  • The user interface could be more polished. It's very easy to use, but the appearance of the user interface looks a little old fashioned for a desktop software. Of course recipients don't see that interface, so that is not very consequential.
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Alternatives Considered
ConvertKit
The other products I have used are not available on TrustRadius. I used ConvertKit before I used these other products because I need an all in one platform.
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Sendblaster
Doesn't apply.
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Return on Investment
ConvertKit
  • Prospect follow up is much easier than it used to be with fewer real prospects slipping through the cracks
  • My return clients percentages have increased since I started using Convertkit
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Sendblaster
  • Customer service was greatly improved because of Sendblaster. We were able to design our communication exactly the way we wanted to improve communication effectiveness.
  • Sendblaster helped our brand because email recipients have been very impressed by the polished visual appearance of our outgoing messages, consistent branding and use of logo, wordmark, and other identifiers, etc.
  • We saved a lot of money with Sendblaster. Our organization can send unlimited messages, and the Sendblaster software we paid for places no limit on messages sent. So, since there are no ongoing subscription fees or volume fees after paying for the the software, we saved a lot. Other "software as a service" options would have cost a minimum of $50 per month, and potentially a lot more than that for high-volume email communication.
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