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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Customer.io

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Customer.io is a customer engagement platform that enables marketers to build sophisticated automated messaging campaigns. With access to real-time behavioral data, users can create personalized and relevant messages to engage and retain customers. This includes sending emails, push notifications, SMS, in-app messages, and more through a visual building experience. Built for scale, Customer.io boasts users among over 5,300 companies, sending over 17 billion messages per year.

    $100

    per month

    Lead Liaison

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Lead Liaison is a cloud-based sales and marketing automation solution. This solution provides equal focus to sales support with solutions such as a hot-lead dashboard, Buy Signals and a live ticker alert of businesses on the customer's website.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    Customer.ioLead Liaison
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Inbound Marketing
    $250
    per month
    Sales Enablement
    $450
    per month 5 users
    Omnibound Marketing
    $780
    per month
    Lifecycle Marketing
    $1,500
    per month
    Event Lead Management
    starting at $2000
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Customer.ioLead Liaison
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$499 Depends on package
    Additional DetailsEssentials: For startups and small teams engaging customers on their mobile and web apps. - Up to 5,000 profiles*, Send Emails, Push, In-App, and SMS, Visual Workflow Builder, Segmentation, Two Workspaces, Email Support, Customer Community Premium: For high-growth companies looking for greater control over their messaging outcomes. - Everything in Essentials, Custom Data + Message Volume, Premium Product Features, Additional Workspaces, 90-day Onboarding Program, Premium Email & Chat Support, Managed Deliverability, Dedicated IPs, Parcel Pro Licenses, HIPAA Compliance Enterprise: For at-scale companies looking to create world-class customer experiences. - Everything in Premium, Managed Infrastructure*, Customer Success Manager, Quarterly Success Reviews, Technical Account Manager*, Audit Logging & Data Governance*, Parcel Business Licenses, Migration Support*, *Available by consultation.
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    Customer.io
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    Lead Liaison
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    Features
    Customer.ioLead Liaison
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Customer.io and Lead Liaison
    Feature
    Customer.io
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Liaison
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Customer.io and Lead Liaison
    Feature
    Customer.io
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Liaison
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Customer.io and Lead Liaison
    Feature
    Customer.io
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Liaison
    8.9
    6 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Customer.io and Lead Liaison
    Feature
    Customer.io
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Liaison
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Customer.io and Lead Liaison
    Feature
    Customer.io
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Liaison
    9.2
    7 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Customer.io and Lead Liaison
    Feature
    Customer.io
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Liaison
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Customer.ioLead Liaison
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (20 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (12 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Customer.ioLead Liaison
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Customer.io
    Talking from the perspective of a marketer at a SaaS with average. 50K email subscribers, Customer IO has been an excellent tool for us. Our requirements include sending users newsletters, marketing emails, and transactional emails, running lead-nurturing campaigns, and more. For a comprehensive use case like ours, CustomerIO is great. While it also has a learning curve, when you have such requirements, it’s worth it. I don’t think CustomerIO is the best fit if you have basic requirements like only weekly newsletter emails.
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    Lead Liaison
    I think Lead Liaison could work well for new companies without an existing tech stack as you can also use it as your CRM. For a more mature company, especially one with multiple existing platform, I do not think it is worth switching, as all of the features will likely seem inferior to alternative specialist tools, many of which are cheaper, better supported and better integrated
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    Pros
    Customer.io
    • Managing users, attributes and events. You are easily able to modify any user, based on their ID, and add or remove attributes, assign events to them. That makes it very easy to segment later and to assign them to several campaigns based on behavior. Just a warning: this integration isn't so easy (at least it wasn't for us).
    • Creating workflows of campaigns is very easy. You can quickly create behavioral campaigns based on attributes, segments and add elements to the workflow. You can send an email, then wait, then send another, then exit the campaign if they converted, etc. The workflow is easy to configure and very powerful for automation.
    • We don't use many email templates (we make them in MJML) but it's very easy to add senders, to change templates and in general to test designs.
    • Deliverability works very well, at least for us. It sends emails pretty fast and without issues.
    • Exporting is very quick and easy. Importing wasn't a feature until recently, but it works well too.
    • Seeing activity it's also useful. In general, logs are awesome (be it of a customer, of activity on the site, email sends, etc.).
    • We don't use environments, but it might be very useful for a bigger company.
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    Lead Liaison
    • The form customization is perfect. Very easy to use.
    • The insight we get from the form's (GPS) data is nice as we do not have to mandate fields anymore.
    • The ability to pass thru a lot of data on the back end works for our process. The internal receiver (customer service or sales reps) of the form data knows exactly what campaign the lead came from, what clinical specialty is tied to the prospect and what product is of interest. All seamlessly.
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    Cons
    Customer.io
    • Price is quite expensive for Premium or once you get into high volumes of contacts.
    • Depending on how you'll use it, it may require some help from developers to set up.
    • Despite the support being great, you have to email them, there's not chat feature.
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    Lead Liaison
    • ROI reporting is lacking to some degree.
    • We get too many feature updates but it doesn't appear to contain anything useful.
    • Not integration friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Customer.io
    No answers on this topic
    Lead Liaison
    Why move from a product that is help grown the speed on Marketing ROI? We see that the dashboards, flexibility and tracking are meeting and exceeding the business needs we had outlined. The support they provide is consistent, available and responsive. They will work with you until your issue is resolved.
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    Usability
    Customer.io
    Super intuitive and easy interface to start off with. There are not a lot of guides and the documentation is helpful but not super extensive, but even if you're a little technical, you can easily figure most of the things out by yourself. Everything is super easy to start with and the platform does not overwhelm you with a lot of options, or data.
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    Lead Liaison
    One item you did not ask, but should be in around customer support. They do a great job of working with you, training and ongoing questions. Lead Liaison is always available and easy to get answers. The dashboards are great to gain business trends. The social media management is easy and a great way to ensure content is being tracked. The ability to gain tracking code for additional tactics. Our team enjoys the easy access and useability. We work with our clients to make sure they have a tool that we can use to scale for their needs. Lead Liaison makes it easy for us to help clients understand that Marketing ROI is closer to their finger tips than ever before.
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    Support Rating
    Customer.io
    My experience with their support team has always been great. Very quick to respond, have an online chat, and are very helpful. They helped me resolve any issues I've had every time in a professional and knowledgeable manner. We've now switched to another tool, and I can't even compare the service level we get there to customer.io
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    Lead Liaison
    Lead Liaison has tremendous support. I''ve never gone more than a hour or so without a response. They are quick to understand my request, review the options for solution and deliver the best option with the best outcome. Also, the good part is that I don't need support all the time because the product is so easy.
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    Implementation Rating
    Customer.io
    No answers on this topic
    Lead Liaison
    Any issue with the adoption of the product were on our end. I wish we had the band width to run faster so we can know more faster. Our team enjoys the dashboards and ease of using the product. I know our clients are appreciating the results of the information as well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Customer.io
    Customer.io was really the first pure, full-featured drip email program on the market and as far as I know, it's still the simplest and best overall for that specific function. SendGrid has also added drip campaign features, but I would seriously evaluate Customer.io against any other drip email provider because they really have all the key elements you need to make it work.
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    Lead Liaison
    I have not used any other product than Lead Liasion. I just recently started using this product and was not aware of the other options. Either way I am looking forward to seeing how far I am able to succeed using Lead Liasion and will continue to use this platform in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Customer.io
    • Positive impact on the sales side. I'm not sure about the specific ROI (you have to include the designer and the time it takes to set up) but you certainly get back the investment in a few months, once you are able to scale your email marketing.
    • Customer experience is way better by having more segmented, contextual and accurate messages sent to them.
    • Integration is costly and it will take several days or weeks to be fully achieved. Expect to invest some money on this.
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    Lead Liaison
    • Ability to attract more targeted prospects.
    • Deepen the relationship with existing clients AND increase the amount of revenue from clients as this is an added service in addition to our online marketing services.
    • One client paid for my costs!
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    ScreenShots

    Customer.io Screenshots

    Screenshot of data-driven or manual segments that can be created in the no-code builder for recipient lists, campaign triggers, filters, and conversion goals.Screenshot of the code editor for email, that helps navigate code and iterate.Screenshot of account performance, visible at a glance from the Dashboard view.Screenshot of drag and drop messages, time delays, and branches where desired, to build cross-channel campaigns.Screenshot of triggered campaigns based on forms submissions, customer attributes, customer actions, and dates.Screenshot of localization for global audiences. One message can be delivered in multiple languages.

    Lead Liaison Screenshots

    Screenshot of Lead Liaison DashboardScreenshot of Lead Liaison Content CreationScreenshot of Lead Liaison Video Marketing