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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    dotMailer

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $150

    per month

    emfluence Marketing Platform

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    The emfluence Marketing Platform is a marketing automation platform featuring drag-and-drop email editors and automated campaign builders, simple social media scheduling, manageable landing pages, workflow management, analytics, website tracking, surveys, and modals. The platform works for B2B and B2C marketers, marketing agencies, and CRM providers. The product supports CRM integrations and an open API for custom integrations. emfluence offers digital marketing consulting…

    $1,000

    per month

    Pricing
    dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $150.00
    per month
    Professional
    $500.00
    per month
    Up to 30,000 Active Emails
    $1,000
    per month
    Up to 150,000 Active Emails
    $2,000
    per month
    Up to 500,000 Active Emails
    $4,100
    per month
    More than 1,000,000 Active Emails
    Custom
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$3,100 one-time fee per installation
    Additional Details—The emfluence Marketing Platform offers month-to-month pricing that’s based on the number of contacts added, with no restrictions on how many emails are sent each month or by which features are used.
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    Features
    dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of dotMailer and emfluence Marketing Platform
    Feature
    dotMailer
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    8% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.01 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Dynamic content9.01 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.01 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.01 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.01 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    List management9.01 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.01 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of dotMailer and emfluence Marketing Platform
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of dotMailer and emfluence Marketing Platform
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of dotMailer and emfluence Marketing Platform
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of dotMailer and emfluence Marketing Platform
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings3.76 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of dotMailer and emfluence Marketing Platform
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    emfluence Marketing Platform
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    7% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
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    dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
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    Score10 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    dotMailer
    Well suited for a company with a larger marketing budget as this is a costly program compared to the other ESPs. If your use case is not eCommerce, you would probably be better off with a standard ESP like Drip.
    Incentivized
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    emfluence Digital Marketing
    The reporting feature is not as detailed as we require for our documentation, so we have to organize the results into charts and graphs. For every other component of our social media and digital marketing, emfluence checks all of the boxes.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    dotMailer
    • Easy Editor - no HTML required. It's very easy to drag and drop your elements, customizing the campaign according to your needs.
    • Reports- the reports are robust, showing you your open rates, browsers used, who clicked what, etc. It is easy to section out this information and deliver it to the appropriate stakeholders.
    • Templates - building your own template library makes creating and sending campaigns and quick and easy experience. In a global company like ours, it also enables consistency across the brand locations throughout the world.
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    emfluence Digital Marketing
    • Custom landing pages to dive deeper into campaigns and track results
    • Responsive customer service with any problems we come by
    • A/B testing
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    dotMailer
    • Integration is overly complex.
    • Cannot progressively profile from anything other than an email address.
    • Too expensive.
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    emfluence Digital Marketing
    • I do have issues sometimes when making a website popup. I specify certain measurements of my popup yet when it shows up on my website, the graphic doesn't adjust and I have a bunch of white space. But that could also be my website.
    • When adding a new contact into the contact section, once you hit save, the contact information stays on the screen instead of an empty contact profile so you can immediately add the next person.
    • Sometimes when I update a template, The unsubscribe link will link to my email address instead of the person the email is being sent to.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    dotMailer
    Since this is used on a global scale and it is preferable to all of our brands, I cannot see us switching to a different provider. We have built years worth of contacts and templates within our current system, which saves our marketing team a lot of time when putting together future campaigns. All of them are mobile optimized which makes it even easier to work with
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    emfluence Digital Marketing
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    dotMailer
    DotMailer is built for eCommerce. Drip, ActiveCampaign, and Infusionsoft are not eCommerce platforms out of the box, though they can be tailored to that use case. DotMailer is especially geared toward retail businesses.
    Incentivized
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    emfluence Digital Marketing
    They were the only company that could solve our specific problems. When we looked at larger companies like Constant Contact, they weren't as capable at handling our specific needs for a reasonable price. Some companies need to charge us programming hours. Bigger companies couldn't help our issue. emfluence is more flexible.
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    Return on Investment
    dotMailer
    • Better customer service
    • Increased brand awareness
    • Increased brand engagement
    • Streamlined processes
    • Regular communication with customers
    • Increased audience/reach
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    emfluence Digital Marketing
    • It's allowed for us to generate more traffic to our client's websites.
    • It's allowed for us to generate more leads from email marketing through emfluence.
    • Visual click maps, more customized dashboard and email templates, and a deeper dive in data would help further business objectives.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    emfluence Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of search perimeters and contact characteristics using the Dynamic Marketing Group Query Builder.Screenshot of Google Analytics, used to measure the success of email and social media alongside spikes in website traffic. Granular reports can be scheduled for an overview of surveys, landing pages, forms, social posts, emails, and list growth.Screenshot of the drag-and-drop Workflow Canvas visual interface used to create automated marketing campaigns, plus send contacts from a single group into branches based on email views, clicks, or custom queries.Screenshot of the interface to build branching into automated workflows based on opens, clicks, or custom decisions (based on custom or out-of-the-box contact fields, dates, and more).Screenshot of a schedule with a month's worth of social media and email, built using the drag and drop marketing calendar.Screenshot of custom email templates, which can be reused or rebuilt with a drag and drop editor.