dotMailer vs. emfluence Marketing Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
dotMailer
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$150
per month
emfluence Marketing Platform
Score 8.0 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 60,000 Active Emails
$1,200
per month
Up to 80,000 Active Emails
$1,400
per month
Up to 100,000 Active Emails
$1,600
per month
Up to 150,000 Active Emails
$2,000
per month
Up to 200,000 Active Emails
$2,400
per month
Up to 250,000 Active Emails
$2,600
per month
Up to 500,000 Active Emails
$4,100
per month
Up to 1,000,000 Active Emails
$5,400
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
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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Community Pulse
dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
dotMaileremfluence Marketing Platform
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
dotMailer
9.0
1 Ratings
10% 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 Product A and Product B
dotMailer
-
Ratings
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.1
5 Ratings
5% 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 Product A and Product B
dotMailer
-
Ratings
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.4
3 Ratings
10% above category average
Calendaring00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
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 Product A and Product B
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 Product A and Product B
dotMailer
-
Ratings
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.2
5 Ratings
8% 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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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.