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    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A

    MailCampaigns

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Desk.com (discontinued) and MailCampaigns
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    MailCampaigns
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and MailCampaigns
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    MailCampaigns
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and MailCampaigns
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    MailCampaigns
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Desk.com (discontinued) and MailCampaigns
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    MailCampaigns
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Desk.com (discontinued) and MailCampaigns
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    MailCampaigns
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Desk.com (discontinued) and MailCampaigns
    Feature
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    Ratings
    MailCampaigns
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)MailCampaigns
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
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    MailCampaigns
    It's particularly well-suited for e-commerce businesses looking to send targeted product recommendations based on browsing history and past purchases. However, it may be less appropriate for organizations requiring extensive design customization or those with simple, low-volume email needs. The software is HIPAA compliant and has a SOC 2 certification, which are both huge factors considering we work with sensitive customer data that as a company have to be compliant to do everything within the necessary regulations of data protection.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
    • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
    • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
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    MailCampaigns
    • Advanced behavioral targeting based on real-time user interactions
    • AI-powered subject line optimizer for improved open rates
    • Dynamic content blocks that personalize email content at scale
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    Cons
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    • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
    • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
    • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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    MailCampaigns
    • Limited template customization options for complex designs
    • Occasional lag in reporting dashboard updates
    • Absence of a built-in image editor for quick graphic customization
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
    Incentivized
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    MailCampaigns
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
    Incentivized
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    MailCampaigns
    In fact, we started seeing ROI on the MailCampaigns app in the first three months of using it. The time needed to setup and learn quickly paid off later when we started seeing better campaign performance and more revenue for our email marketing campaigns.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    MailCampaigns
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    MailCampaigns
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
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    MailCampaigns
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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    MailCampaigns
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
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    MailCampaigns
    Prior to MailCampaigns, I used Mailchimp and Constant Contact. While both are solid options, MailCampaigns offers superior segmentation capabilities. Unlike Mailchimp, which limits the number of segmentation conditions, MailCampaigns allows for unlimited layered segmentation
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
    • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
    • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
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    MailCampaigns
    • Increased email open rates by 25% through improved targeting
    • Boosted conversion rates by 15% with personalized content
    • Reduced unsubscribe rates by 30% due to more relevant messaging
    Incentivized
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