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    Dotdigital

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADotdigital is a Marketing Automation platform for building automated customer journeys, managing customer data, and coordinating personalized campaigns across email, SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, mobile push, web, advertising, and retargeting channels. Its Cross-Channel Campaign Management capabilities help marketing teams plan, execute, and analyze campaigns across customer touchpoints.N/A

    Mapp Digital

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ABuilt by marketers for marketers, Mapp is a family of software and customer-centric services including a sophisticated data management platform; tools that optimise email, mobile, app, social and web marketing; and campaign management and strategy consulting. Mapp Digital was created by the combination of BlueHornet and the digital-marketing related applications business purchased from Teradata Corporation in July 2016. Other components include Argyle Social, Epoxy (a mobile push app), and…N/A
    Pricing
    DotdigitalMapp Digital
    Editions & Modules
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    DotdigitalMapp Digital
    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
    DotdigitalMapp Digital
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    DotdigitalMapp Digital
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Dotdigital and Mapp Digital
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    Ratings
    Mapp Digital
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Dotdigital and Mapp Digital
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    Dotdigital
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    Ratings
    Mapp Digital
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Dotdigital and Mapp Digital
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    Dotdigital
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    Ratings
    Mapp Digital
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DotdigitalMapp Digital
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    1.9
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
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    10.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    DotdigitalMapp Digital
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    DotDigital has a drag-and-drop email builder and many good templates. Using automation, I was able to send out emails with ease. During the onboarding process, you will also be able to speak with real people. We use it to create modern and engaging emails for customers, whether abandoned cart or post-purchase. It has excellent reporting modules, but it lacks a few fundamentals, which can be frustrating. As a whole, the partnership has been a success so far.
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    Mapp Digital
    During our use of MAPP Digital, it is deserving to say that the product helped us to overcome the main challenges we faced in our business at the time. As a preliminary user I have struggled much with hosting manual campaigns on remarketing etc. But with the Mapp digital software hosting marketing campaigns became a complete automated process with supervision. This feature offered by Mapp made a huge decrease in my daily workload and I'm more than grateful for it.
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    Pros
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    • Email Campaigns are simple and easy to crease
    • We use the SMS to alert our customers to any technical issues
    • Good support from account managers
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    Mapp Digital
    • BlueHornet's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface for creating emails is easier to use than many platforms. Users appreciate this. BlueHornet makes it super simple to create a version specific for mobile devices.
    • I am a big fan of the custom data segmentation tools built into BlueHornet. They are powerful and easy to use. Many other ESPs, including a number of the top rated ones, do not have such powerful, easy to use segmentation tools. This matters. It helps a user send more relevant emails.
    • BlueHornet makes sharing to social networks simple. In this day and age, forwarding to a friend is dead. Sharing to social networks is essential. Having this be easy to do is very important.
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    Cons
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    • API limits: There is a hardcoded limit on how many API calls you can make per hour, and to raise it, you have to pay.
    • The API set is very limited in general.
    • The API set is very limited in general
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    Mapp Digital
    • It would be nice to see the API's functionality introduced into the web client.
    • The reporting tools for transactional messages is different than the rest of the system. This promotes difficulty with getting accurate reporting in the web client, outside of an API call.
    • The custom fields are different for transactional messages, which introduces times when human error may flub the fields because they aren't contiguous throughout the product.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Mapp Digital
    Although BlueHornet offers helpful testing capabilities, the ESP is a bit outdated. There is a lot of room for aesthetics improvement as they are not appealing. The reporting tool is usually broken, and reporting either no, or wrong metrics. If this ESP were to update their design, as well as fix the reporting tool, I think this platform would be much better.
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    Usability
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    DotDigital is not difficult to use, however, the user interface could use some optimization. There are certain elements that can be challenging to find, and the menus are not always intuitive. However, the tool makes up for that with easy to use features, like creating segments, and allowing many rules to specify these particular groups.
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    Mapp Digital
    There were three tabs used to navigate throughout the system called, "publish," "engage," and, "measure." These three tabs made the site very user friendly and all features easy to find
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    Performance
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Mapp Digital
    They rolled out new feature requests quite frequently and always kept our team up to speed on what they were changing/adding to the system
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    Support Rating
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Mapp Digital
    Sometimes it was hard to get an initial response but after we started CCing more people, it became a lot better!
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    Online Training
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Mapp Digital
    They made sure to go through anything and everything that we wanted
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    Implementation Rating
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Mapp Digital
    I wasn't there when they first got it, but when I got there there were only a few people that knew a little bit about it. There was A LOT that we didn't know. Then BlueHornet came and had some workshops and we learned a lot that we didn't even know existed. They were doing a lot of things wrong before BlueHornet came and showed up more about the tool
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    DotDigital's platform is simple to use for essential email marketing campaigns. Setting up Programs (action-driven automation) is simple. It gives you the ability to design stunning campaigns with a wide range of customizability. To better understand our customer base, it analyzes each email sent out. In every situation, the support team has been responsive and helpful.
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    Mapp Digital
    We were able to thoroughly evaluate the program for Mapp Digital thanks to the free trial's availability. Comparing the two products' graphical user interfaces, it's evident that Mapp Digital comes out on top. Mapp Digital's excellent customer service was another reason for our decision to work with the company.
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    Return on Investment
    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    • Maintenance costs due to integration limits.
    • API tiers (now formalized in the documentation) were discovered after the initial purchase, so there are more recurring costs.
    • In general, a raise of costs in the IT compartment, while it can benefit marketing.
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    Mapp Digital
    • BlueHornet has been a good entry-level platform. We have successfully launched scores of clients with limited email marketing experience onto this platform. Because it is easy to use, we have spent minimal effort needing to help these clients with problems.
    • It is easy to migrate clients on or off BlueHornet, depending upon their needs. This is helpful because it allows our clients to be on exactly the right platform. Some platforms make it difficult to migrate off, essentially trapping clients on a platform that no longer meets their needs or business objectives.
    • I wish BlueHornet were keeping pace with technology advancements in the industry. The gap between the biggest ESPs and competitors like BlueHornet seems to be growing.
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