emfluence Marketing Platform vs. MailerLite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
emfluence Marketing Platform
Score 10.0 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
MailerLite
Score 8.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
MailerLite is an email marketing platform for small businesses, creators, and ecommerce brands, used to automate the customer journey and grow a customer list. Users can send unlimited emails with every plan. Pricing starts at $10/month. MailerLite enables users to: Grow and engage their audience - Build newsletters, forms, pop-ups, landing pages, and even full websites with a Drag and drop builder that offers total creative control over designs. 150 customizable…
$10
per month
Pricing
emfluence Marketing PlatformMailerLite
Editions & Modules
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
Free
$0
per month 1 user
Growing
$10
per month 3 users
Advanced
$20
per month Unlimited users
Enterprise
Custom pricing
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
emfluence Marketing PlatformMailerLite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$3,100 one-time fee per installationOptional
Additional DetailsThe 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.Additional 30% discount available to Non-profit organizations. Up to a 10% for paying yearly.
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emfluence Marketing PlatformMailerLite
Features
emfluence Marketing PlatformMailerLite
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.4
6 Ratings
10% above category average
MailerLite
8.8
88 Ratings
9% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor9.16 Ratings9.577 Ratings
Dynamic content8.66 Ratings9.069 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content8.26 Ratings7.563 Ratings
Landing pages8.24 Ratings8.566 Ratings
A/B testing8.25 Ratings8.854 Ratings
Mobile optimization7.75 Ratings8.469 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting9.16 Ratings9.377 Ratings
List management8.26 Ratings9.276 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences8.24 Ratings9.051 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.1
5 Ratings
4% above category average
MailerLite
-
Ratings
Lead nurturing automation9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.4
3 Ratings
13% above category average
MailerLite
-
Ratings
Calendaring8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.4
3 Ratings
13% above category average
MailerLite
-
Ratings
Social sharing and campaigns8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Social profile integration8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
6.7
6 Ratings
9% below category average
MailerLite
6.9
76 Ratings
11% below category average
Dashboards9.16 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Standard reports7.26 Ratings8.876 Ratings
Custom reports3.76 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
8.2
5 Ratings
10% above category average
MailerLite
-
Ratings
API8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
emfluence Marketing Platform
-
Ratings
MailerLite
9.4
69 Ratings
15% above category average
Email Previews00 Ratings9.469 Ratings
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User Ratings
emfluence Marketing PlatformMailerLite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(6 ratings)
9.0
(88 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(25 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
emfluence Marketing PlatformMailerLite
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Mailerlite
I didn't have much luck when testing other similar tools and since we tested with free plan, we couldn't commit to something else if we couldn't get basic stuff fixed. That's when we switched to MailerLite, and their support was great and super helpful all the way (during our free plan, especially). Plus, they're super budget-friendly for startups, so I highly recommend.
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Pros
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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Mailerlite
  • Offers a user-friendly interface, making it simple to create beautiful forms, group subscribers, and automate emails.
  • Includes email automation workflows in their free plan - the only provider I know of that doesn't charge you after one month or hit you with "transaction fees".
  • Excellent video tutorial library so you can learn email marketing as a beginner without feeling overwhelmed.
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Cons
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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Mailerlite
  • EVERYONE should be allowed to at least use the AI bot chat feature. This doesn't take a person and is such basic customer service that it should be offered at all levels.
  • It would be nice if MailerLite worked better with AddEvent icons
  • When emailing support it took days to get a response (after an agent escalated the issue). Some concerns are more urgent and email support shouldn't mean bad support.
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Likelihood to Renew
emfluence Digital Marketing
No answers on this topic
Mailerlite
Mailerlite is awesome and it does everything I need and then some. They're always innovating and adding new features, and their team is flippin' amazing. Can't see myself ever switching. They may not have everything, but looking at how well their team works, they'll get there for sure and I'm willing to wait.
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Usability
emfluence Digital Marketing
No answers on this topic
Mailerlite
I find it very easy to use, intuitive with a clean interface and drag and drop functionality where that adds value. It's quite configurable for our brand and the template and duplication options are very useful as we reuse a lot of content.
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Support Rating
emfluence Digital Marketing
No answers on this topic
Mailerlite
Whenever I contact Support, either via email or through online chat, I always get a speedy response that gives me the answer I need. The AI Agent on the online chat is excellent and has helped me so much on numerous occasions.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Mailerlite
MailerLite has similar features to the tools mentioned above. The main advantage is that it is very complete in its free version. This is ideal for those who are starting out and want to try a complete email marketing platform.
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Return on Investment
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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Mailerlite
  • Gives us the ability to track the popularity of content in our email as well as who has read the content.
  • The customizable layout gives us the opportunity to be creative and have our culture shine through our company communication.
  • The ability to see who has un-subscribed helps our HR department to see who isn't receiving important company information so we can ask them to re-subscribe.
  • Helps our company to be more transparent and communicate more effectively.
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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.

MailerLite Screenshots

Screenshot of reports, that can include unsubscribe count, spam complaints, bounces, link activity and other metrics that are critical to measuring success.Screenshot of automations for every subscriber journeyScreenshot of the MailerLite landing page builderScreenshot of an example newsletterScreenshot of some of the over 150 templates availableScreenshot of where to find MailerLite's integrations