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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    dotMailer

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $150

    per month

    Keap

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AKeap is a small business-focused, comprehensive sales and marketing platform which combines basic contact management, CRM, marketing automation, and e-commerce capabilities into a single, subscription-based SaaS product.

    $199

    per month

    Pricing
    dotMailerKeap
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $150.00
    per month
    Professional
    $500.00
    per month
    Pro
    $199.00
    per month
    Max
    $289.00
    per month
    Max Classic
    Contact Us
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    dotMailerKeap
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—All plans with 1 user and 500 contacts. The price is $30.00 for each additional user.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    dotMailerKeap
    Considered Both Products
    dotMailer
    Chose 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
    Thryv
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    74 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    73 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    Features
    dotMailerKeap
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of dotMailer and Keap
    Feature
    dotMailer
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Keap
    5.9
    152 Ratings
    27% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.01 Ratings9.050 Ratings
    Dynamic content9.01 Ratings8.947 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.01 Ratings4.5126 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.01 Ratings4.5151 Ratings
    List management9.01 Ratings4.5149 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.01 Ratings9.049 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings4.0136 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings6.410 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of dotMailer and Keap
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Keap
    7.7
    29 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.416 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.127 Ratings
    Automated CRM activity logging00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Sales pipeline management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of dotMailer and Keap
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Keap
    5.5
    153 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings5.0148 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings4.0130 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings4.5131 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings5.0140 Ratings
    Automated follow-ups00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of dotMailer and Keap
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Keap
    8.0
    90 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings9.089 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of dotMailer and Keap
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Keap
    6.4
    150 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.255 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings4.0146 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.0137 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of dotMailer and Keap
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Keap
    5.7
    144 Ratings
    25% below category average
    API00 Ratings8.0127 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings4.5110 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings5.0140 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Mobile app for sales & marketing automation00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    dotMailerKeap
    Small Businesses
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    dotMailerKeap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.3
    (210 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (40 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    dotMailerKeap
    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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    Thryv
    Keap is very good at contact management and automation creation but weaker at email campaign creation. I was particularly interested in a function where when manually entering a new contact, you are then able to email that contact using a premade HTML template. It will currently not do this. There is a workaround, but it is unnecessarily ponderous.
    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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    Thryv
    • Pricing: Keap Max Classic (formerly Infusionsoft) is affordable for nonprofits and small businesses and includes all the automation features we need!
    • Customer Support: Our onboarding and success coaches have been so helpful, taking into account some unique processes we have and finding solutions.
    • Updates: Keap is constantly providing more and better solutions!
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    dotMailer
    • Integration is overly complex.
    • Cannot progressively profile from anything other than an email address.
    • Too expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Thryv
    • More articles and videos on how to use the various functions of Keap
    • Having representatives designated to certain regions or companies for a point of contact when help is needed
    • More options when building the emails. While the click and drop options can be a plus, they can also be negative because you are limited to image and text sizing and positions
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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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    Thryv
    We have invested a lot into Infusionsoft and are using it to automate our processes and marketing. Changing CRMs would have a HUGE cost for us and based on our evaluations, the grass isn't greener elsewhere. Infusiosoft fits most of our needs and is slowly getting better each year. Their support is great and we will continue to use them until something much better comes around or our company outgrows a small business CRM.
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    Usability
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    You do need to spend some time on-boarding and implementing the software in order to have full functionality. We were lucky - we had colleagues at the university with experience with Keap and then hired an intern familiar with the software to get us set up and ready to use it. We've had some functionality issues with it along the way and that has frustrated myself and the other uses in our department.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    There have been few outages since we became a customer, and when they have technical issues they are typically resolved rapidly.
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    Performance
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    OMG, it's all in one and that compromises everything, fundamentally. If you want a race car, invest in a race car. If you want a dune buggy, get that. If you want a boat that floats, go for it.
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    Support Rating
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    Generally, very responsive support for even our more complicated issues. We do have some open issues that we need resolutions on and that I understand are complicated and will take longer to resolve but the open issues are significantly impacting to our business.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    I have been to a number of in-person training sessions over the years with Keap and all of them have been FANTASTIC. They really put a lot of time and effort into these sessions. Staff and facilitators go out of their way to ensure that participants are getting what they need.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    The results of training online are often based on how people learn. The training was great but with feature updates, you just have to get in there sometimes and do it! The training definitely lays a firm enough foundation for you to be successful even if its can't be updated with every feature update.
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    Implementation Rating
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    Don't let the fear of implementing a new software solution keep you from unleashing the power of automation that Infusionsoft provides. With the right implementation partner, the process can not only be smooth and painless, it can actually help you get a better understanding for how your current communication process can be improved upon.
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    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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    Thryv
    Keap is fast. The learning curve is shorter and they have an academy for learning with videos quite extensive that explain a lot of different scenarios, specially when you need to customize scenarios of automations and segments. Is cheaper if you consider that this services CRM + Mailing don´t come often in one package and the realiability to send mails is quite good.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    dotMailer
    No answers on this topic
    Thryv
    You get a lot of features included, but you don't need to use them all at once to start seeing an effect. When you are ready to use them, they are there. It also scales without costing too much money.
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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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    Thryv
    • Automation has allowed us to be more engaged and invested in our customers by reminding us about birthdays and other important events in their lives so that we can celebrate with them.
    • We lacked the manpower to sell and distribute orders online before setting up the payments and automation features. We now collect $5k+ a week in lost sales through online ordering.
    • List cleaning functionality and engagment settings have allowed us to run a 40-50% email open rate that allows us to create an engaged community around local events and opportunities as well as sales and special offerings.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of a Keap invoiceProduct screenshotScreenshot of the entire sales pipeline displayed in one view.