Email Blaster vs. Litmus from Validity

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Email Blaster
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Litmus from Validity
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Litmus, from Validity, is an email marketing solution used to create error-free emails in less time. It is also used to build email campaigns, personalize and test them thoroughly, monitor deliverability, and analyze email performance.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Litmus from Validity
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It seems like similar functionality, but was simpler to use alongside Salesforce.
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I prefer the user interface and I like that its possible to join it with Salesforce
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Haven't tried anything but Litmus. I haven't needed any other product.
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I haven't - Litmus is the only product I've used and I find it works well so no need to change it!
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Litmus is by far superior to Email on Acid. The features and interface offer much more than any other platform on the market.
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We evaluated Litmus against Email on Acid and ultimately opted for Litmus due to its more expansive functionality and workflow. In fairness, Email on Acid offered a good rendering tool, but Litmus went further with engagement analytics, heatmaps and read time insights. …
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Better user experience
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Litmus is better overall. Better UI. User friendly. Relatively intuitive.
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I selected Litmus because it provides an all-in-one powerful tool to update content, collaborate with teams, and analyse data seamlessly. This saves a big amount of time for the whole team. The insights are more granular allowing us to focus deeper into improvements. The …
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Litmus is much more user-friendly and easier to use, and it comes with additional features that weren't available in Email on Acid.
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Having used both, I definitely prefer Litmus over Email on Acid. It's a little more intuitive in terms of UI, and previews load faster. The integration with Salesforce Marketing Cloud also sets it apart further.
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In my experience, Email on Acid is far less reliable for accuracy than Litmus
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We've tried Email on Acid in the past and Litmus has a much more advanced offering. The user interface is superior and they are constantly innovating and rolling out new features.
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I normally use Adobe Dreamweaver to build and copy the code into Litmus for testing. I have not used any other product with such functionality.
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This is not applicable to my role as I have used Litmus to test emails since I have started. Because of the ease of use, timeliness, consistent quality, and affordability that Litmus offers, I haven't found the need to look at similar products or organizations. If all of these …
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I've used Hubspot marketing Hub previously to build marketing emails. In my current role, I do not use Litmus to build emails, only to QA - so I can cannot compare apples to apples. But I do have some familiarity with Hubspot, and I was never able to easily share an email for …
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From a platform and tool perspective, Litmus does a great job at providing rendering testing. No issues.
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Litmus is our first tool and will most likely be our last.
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Litmus has an easier view to see how the emails render across different email clients and seems to be very accurate to how they show up in mailboxes.
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I found that Litmus was able to give a more in-depth review and feedback on accessibility issues in my campaigns, whereas SendForensics lacked any helpful features for this purpose. Litmus' features have helped us better serve all our clients' customers.
Features
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Email & Online Marketing
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Litmus from Validity
5.6
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35% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings2.60 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings1.80 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
List management00 Ratings1.80 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
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Litmus from Validity
6.7
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14% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Litmus from Validity
9.4
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15% above category average
URL Validation00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
Email BlasterLitmus from Validity
Likelihood to Recommend
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9.2
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Likelihood to Renew
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8.9
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Usability
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8.3
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Availability
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7.7
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Performance
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7.3
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In-Person Training
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4.5
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Online Training
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4.5
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Implementation Rating
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2.5
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Configurability
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3.9
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Ease of integration
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10.0
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Product Scalability
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3.8
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Vendor post-sale
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3.6
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User Testimonials
Email BlasterLitmus from Validity
Likelihood to Recommend
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Proofing your emails is necessary. This is a tool that allows you to see how your email not only renders on multiple devices but how it performs. Some email building platforms will tell you their drag and drop templates are ready to go, however they stop short of analyzing accessibility, checking links, load speed among other things. I've also experienced drag and drop template issues as new email clients are released. Litmus provides peace of mind that you did your due diligence on crafting your email. While Litmus does provide some reporting you will not see every typical analytic an email report offers. However, you can use your Litmus data to enhance your email reports which in turn creates a robust view of email performance.
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Pros
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  • The AQ and Approval Process is very seamless. We have a brand team of 20 people, and there are mostly five emails being deployed every day across 3 Hotels and 30 restaurants.
  • The Preview of the email template on all devices, ranging from mobile phones to laptops and iPads, which we can also check based on ISPs like Gmail, Outlook, and AOL, is a very good feature that we use for each email.
  • The Analytics tools we use for each email to create a tracking link to insert into our email for a send is a great feature. It helps us to see the email performance based on ISP clients.
  • For every edits, we receive an email on our inbox, which is very helpful.
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Cons
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  • When creating a tracking code, I would like to see a button that says "Create New" without having to return to the main page.
  • When creating a tracking code, I would like to have no expiration option.
  • There is a little bit more personalization for the personalization content (being able to access the code HTML and not only the snippet).
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Likelihood to Renew
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I love using Litmus and find that it has been a huge component of the success of our email campaigns. I can't say enough great things about the platform, and I have seen firsthand how it has saved me time building and sending fully optimized email campaigns. I would absolutely renew again.
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Usability
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Litmus has integrations that make the software an integrated part of my work every day. Being able to test right within my email builder is just brilliant. Daily I also use the web interface to review analytics and spam testing. Overall it is one of the pieces of software I use daily without any complaints or issues.
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Reliability and Availability
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We have never had a problem with Litmus being unavailable so I would say their availability is fantastic. There might have been one time years ago that the site was down briefly but it also might have been a server issue on my end. Either way, Litmus was back up and running in a very short time
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Performance
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As with all technology, there are inevitably use-cases where you are unable to get to your original goal without some good old-fashioned experimenting. Some situations will (and are) more urgent which complicates an effective integration of a new process or a new team using an existing process but the "issues" are regularly resolved by re-starting the process specific to when Litmus is introduced to a project. If it doesn't come out the way you're anticipating, run it again and verify there is an issue before declaring all is lost
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Support Rating
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I am always so so impressed with the litmus support team. They are not only prompt but attentive and offer very personalised responses and support
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In-Person Training
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I had internal training for how to use, not lead by litmus. Unsure if there was any external training which took place before my time
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Online Training
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It has all the required information.
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Implementation Rating
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I didn’t really personally participate much in the implementation of Litmus, but from what I observed during the process, it was a smooth process with minimal disruptions. The team was able to get up and running quickly, and the platform’s user-friendly interface made onboarding fairly easy for everyone involved from the start.
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Alternatives Considered
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I selected Litmus because it provides an all-in-one powerful tool to update content, collaborate with teams, and analyse data seamlessly. This saves a big amount of time for the whole team. The insights are more granular allowing us to focus deeper into improvements. The preview tools is one of the most important features we heavily rely on, as we can see how emails are previewed across multiple devices. Speed is also a major factor. Being an organisation sending out many emails, we are happy with the speed and efficiency of accessing and organising emails.
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Scalability
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With our enterprise account, scalability is not an issue. I have not yet seen or heard of significant issues with user access, API connections for integrations etc. This includes down time for "Scheduled Maintenance" as some providers call them, Litmus has the technology backing to support a global team with a 24-hour workday across regions
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Return on Investment
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  • Litmus has been a huge time-saver for our email designer. We send around 40–50 emails a week in over 10 different markets, so manually testing each one just isn’t realistic. With Litmus, she can skip the testing process and spend more time optimizing our emails for better customer engagement.
  • We’re just starting to explore Litmus’ personalization features, and they’re already proving valuable. After identifying a gap in our email personalization, the built-in templates are making it easy to start delivering more tailored, customer-focused content.
  • Continuing education through Litmus has been a valuable resource for our team. The articles take a little time to get through, but the insights are always worth it—they’ve helped us turn ideas into real, actionable steps to improve our email strategy and content.
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ScreenShots

Litmus from Validity Screenshots

Screenshot of Litmus Personalize Essentials, with live polls to give subscribers a voice and drive email engagement.Screenshot of Litmus Email Guardian, featuring 24/7 link monitoring to safeguard emails.Screenshot of Litmus' integrated insights reports, that can automatically combine metrics from Salesforce Marketing Cloud with subscriber engagement insights from Litmus.Screenshot of campaign preview, available in 100+ popular email clientsScreenshot of Litmus' inbox previewing and feedback tools, that help users to spot and fix issues early.