Emarsys vs. OutboundEngine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Emarsys
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Emarsys is a customer engagement platform that allows users to automate personalized campaigns across channels, based on each individual consumer’s behavior. The suite's capabilities include marketing automation, email marketing, customer engagement, customer intelligence and predictive recommendations. Emarsys is now part of SAP, since the December 2020 acquisition.N/A
OutboundEngine
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
OutboundEngine provides a hands-off way for small business owners to market and grow their business. The product aims to provide small businesses with what big companies have achieved with marketing automation. The service aims to help users keep in touch with clients and prospects with professionally designed, branded campaigns. Benefits include: driving engagement, surfacing warm leads from current contacts, generating referrals and repeat business from their existing contacts, social…
$199
per user
Pricing
EmarsysOutboundEngine
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Essential
$199
per user
Value
$299
per user
Premium
$499
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EmarsysOutboundEngine
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequired$99 per user
Additional DetailsMore information is available on the vendor's website.
More Pricing Information
Features
EmarsysOutboundEngine
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Emarsys
6.6
8 Ratings
16% below category average
OutboundEngine
8.1
48 Ratings
6% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content4.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization6.17 Ratings8.243 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting6.58 Ratings8.448 Ratings
List management4.68 Ratings7.743 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Emarsys
6.5
5 Ratings
17% below category average
OutboundEngine
7.8
37 Ratings
7% above category average
Lead nurturing automation6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.837 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Emarsys
6.9
8 Ratings
8% below category average
OutboundEngine
-
Ratings
Dashboards7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Emarsys
6.8
7 Ratings
11% below category average
OutboundEngine
-
Ratings
API6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability5.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Emarsys
-
Ratings
OutboundEngine
7.9
46 Ratings
9% above category average
Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.946 Ratings
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User Ratings
EmarsysOutboundEngine
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(11 ratings)
7.9
(59 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(2 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(26 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
EmarsysOutboundEngine
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
Emarsys is well suited for any company with an established list of contacts and an interest in email marketing. It's easy to manage, scalable, and has plenty of customization features to make your emails your own. If you're ever stuck, the responsive customer service team will help you out. I recommend Emarsys for medium to large size companies.
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Elm Street Technology
OutboundEngine does a referral campaign and I've been able to close a couple of deals based on getting in touch with people who engage with this campaign and state they could use my services in the next 6 months. This is a great follow up tool for those you may or may not know are going to be needing your services.
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Pros
SAP
  • It has the ability to reach maximum market chains.
  • It helps to keep our customer’s data confidential in any means.
  • It encourages one-to-one customer engagement which has helped us developing more trust in our customers.
  • It is targeting the required and interested audience for the organization.
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Elm Street Technology
  • The content that they generate to send to our clients is relevant and the clients want to engage with us. It makes us appear more professional and consistent, even though we are a smaller company.
  • It helps us stay in touch with clients and helps us stay top of mind. We are able to generate more new business leads if we are in consistent contact with current, former, and potential clients.
  • Their customer service and support is outstanding. All my questions were answered and I went into the program feeling confident and knowledgeable.
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Cons
SAP
  • The email and content builder is significantly worse than other email marketing platforms I've used
  • Emails campaigns cannot be used in more than one automation flow
  • Amount of emails collected and being sent for smart insight are inaccurate
  • I've rarely completed a task without some type of user interface error
  • Customer service mostly directs you to help center on website
  • You have to pay extra for training
  • You have to pay extra for reporting in which the system cannot provide
  • Lengthy contract with a high price tag
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Elm Street Technology
  • I do not like the use of drawings to attract new customers, and they have ignored my requests to eliminate that for my personal emails.
  • I do not like it when a competitor in my immediate market has the same posts. It cheapens the service or makes it appear that I am simply sharing another's post.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
We have no intention of changing Emarsys
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Elm Street Technology
The biggest issue is poor ROI. The second biggest issue is rigid customer service process, lack of a sense of urgency, and inability to reach out to upper management with issues.
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Usability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Elm Street Technology
Overall, OutboundEngine is very user friendly. It is simple to set up and explore, and if there are any issues or questions, the customer service team and account managers are always available to help. They are very knowledgeable and were able to explain everything in detail to me. The program is easy to navigate and helps me stay organized, and an uncomplicated and straightforward solution was exactly what I was looking for
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Elm Street Technology
I haven't had to contact Outbound Engine because I haven't had any application errors or unplanned outages. I basically have had such a trouble free experience with them that I haven't had to call. Everything is automated and I get a notice to review every isse. I suppose if I personalized the newsletter a bit more and added some of my own articles, I would need to contact them, (which I should really start to do) but so far things have been so on point, I haven't felt the need.
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Support Rating
SAP
No answers on this topic
Elm Street Technology
The customer service was excellent! Everyone I spoke to was kind and knowledgeable. My account manager was easily reachable. Setup of the OutboundEngine program was explained really thoroughly, and we knew how we could best use the product to meet the needs of our clients and get our online and social media presence off the ground.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
Emarsys is the email specialist service giver for our whole association. We use it to send custom and mass messages to our clients across three distinct business divisions. Email advertising is one of our greatest income driving channels due to focusing on limitations from deals regions. We can arrive at our clients through email with pertinent data and advancements, all driving income for the business. I have not used any other product marketing automation services.
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Elm Street Technology
I selected it for the ability to have an automated system do 3 things all at once, social media posts, emails and the instant communication with the chat box. I have never seen a chat come through that lead to a helpful client touchpoint. I have never used another product but have since begun to weigh some of the less expensive options.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • From proficient and fast information assortment and converging to changing crude data into significant experiences, Emarsys gives you an answer that allows you to associate with your clients at an extremely close to home level and utilize that to additionally develop your business.
  • Reliable and giving cost effective services.
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Elm Street Technology
  • It has provided a consistent email message to my clients
  • It has provided a consistent social media presence for my past clients
  • It has helped me obtain and correlate customer reviews
  • Unfortunately I cannot say that I have any direct information that a sale was generated directly as a result of OutboundEngine. I feel that it has but I have no measurable proof of this
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