Emma by Marigold vs. JangoMail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Emma by Marigold
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Emma by Marigold is an email marketing solution. Its key features include mobile-ready design templates, email automation, audience segmentation, and dynamic content. The software includes integration with third-party CRM solutions, ecommerce platforms, and social networks.
$500
per year per user
JangoMail
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
JangoMail is an email marketing platform. Companies use JangoMail to send marketing emails, transactional emails, and person-to-person emails. JangoMail offers a feature-rich application, 24/7 support, inbox delivery, integration with most CRM's, reporting and a low price guarantee.
$25
per month
Pricing
Emma by MarigoldJangoMail
Editions & Modules
Basic
$500
per year per user
Spark
$90.00
per month
Pro
$120.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Emma by MarigoldJangoMail
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Emma by MarigoldJangoMail
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Emma by Marigold
9.1
31 Ratings
11% above category average
JangoMail
7.7
3 Ratings
6% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor8.024 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Dynamic content9.025 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content9.024 Ratings7.02 Ratings
A/B testing9.024 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Mobile optimization9.029 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting10.031 Ratings8.53 Ratings
List management10.031 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences9.021 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Emma by Marigold
10.0
31 Ratings
24% above category average
JangoMail
7.5
3 Ratings
5% below category average
Dashboards10.030 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Standard reports9.931 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Custom reports10.019 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Emma by Marigold
-
Ratings
JangoMail
7.9
2 Ratings
7% below category average
URL Validation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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Emma by Marigold
Emma by Marigold
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Emma by MarigoldJangoMail
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(32 ratings)
7.5
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(5 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Emma by MarigoldJangoMail
Likelihood to Recommend
Marigold
Using Emma for weekly templated email use with minimal changes is awesome. If you want you can create a master and make minor graphic edits quickly and easily from your smartphone. Any edit is possible as long as the artwork is on the online server. Only time I hit a bump in the road is when I was asked to change the style sheet and did not know that the pricing plan I was on did not include this feature. Client had to wait to send new format until Emma performed the requested changes.
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JangoMail
JangoMail is only good for sending mass email and nothing more. While its interface is simple to use, it doesn't have a good amount of features attached to it. That probably explains why it's quite cheap compared to other mailing services. It's lacking features and additional functionalities. It's a cheap alternative mainly for sending mass email though, which is nice for a company that sells product to consumers like us.
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Pros
Marigold
  • Enterprise-level email marketing with multi-level account structure allowing for multiple users at different levels to send campaigns
  • Easy-to-use WYSIWYG email template editors to create dynamic emails with enhanced personalization through merge-fields
  • A large API index that connects to many different platforms and the ability to work with Emma support to create new connections to new platforms as needed
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JangoMail
  • The platform is inexpensive.
  • Their support people are very nice.
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Cons
Marigold
  • Their customer service leaves something to be desired. We ran into an issue with one of our campaigns, and we decided to reach out to support, but they didn't get back with us until 3 hours later! Time is money!!
  • We don't like that their photo editing capabilities are limited, you can only choose small, medium or large photos with no way to resize to exact dimensions. Makes emails a bit of a pain
  • The upgraded premium tools are buggy and leave something to be desired as well – it's a shame.
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JangoMail
  • So far I haven't had any troubles, or problems with JangoMail. I'd love to just paste a WORD doc into the HTML window, but I am not going to risk having the links broken. So I preformat my copy with the long links and then insert them in the HTML window and make them look pretty.
  • JangoMail's "add additional fields" in the into the body of the email is not very transparent, but when you add additional features and that depth of functionally then there is going to be a higher learning curve. I have not explored all of their tutorials.....and they have a great blog to explore also.
  • This is not a big thing but maybe a clock could be installed to show that the email is being sent and that there is x amount of time until the "report" is ready to view. There is a no man's land time that as a user you are not sure if the mail got delivered or is being delivered.
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Likelihood to Renew
Marigold
Emma has been a great tool for our marketing. It's easy to use and I've had no issues in the almost two years we've been with them. It's really been a great way for us to stay connected with customers that takes no time to setup and send
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JangoMail
It satisfied the basic purpose for which my company bought the license. No complaints there.
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Usability
Marigold
While every WYSIWYG software will experience glitches, Emma handles them well. Keep in mind they rarely happen, but they do, it can be of annoyance. Regardless, Emma allows my organization to create seamless email campaigns using fresh data. Emma makes coming up with strategic decisions very easy. The list segmentation that Emma feature allows us to easily manage a large list without issues. Overall, Emma is extremely usable with nearly no learning curve!
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JangoMail
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Marigold
I hate that to get support I have to submit a question to a public forum and wait for a response. I just want the ability for a quick live chat to answer my simple help questions quickly or at the very least submit a ticket via email and get a status update.
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JangoMail
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Marigold
At the time we made the decision to move to Emma, my organization was using both MailChimp and Constant Contact. Emma's drag-and-drop template editor surpassed both, and even editing the pre-made template HTML in Emma was easier. List management was much smoother than the clunky Constant Contact and MailChimp lists we had. From a design perspective, we chose Emma for its ease of use in creating templates and modifying existing ones, as well as the ability to push out branded templates and brand assets through its master admin/subaccount capabilities. Emma's analytics and reporting were much less frustrating to navigate and understand, such that, rather than spending all of our time trying to make sense of the metrics from a campaign (which we were definitely doing), we were attracted to being able to report easily and then move on to determining how to make real improvements
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JangoMail
I selected JangoMail because I wanted to try something new. Usually I find myself using YAMM which is Yet Another Mail Merge but using a new interface was refreshing and it was also very easy to learn and use. I would definitely use it again in the future and recommend to others
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Return on Investment
Marigold
  • Stores using the platform have seen good deliverability stats. Open rates and click-through rates are high with the templates that Emma creates. We still face the challenge of getting more users on the platform.
  • User satisfaction is high for our users who are regularly using the platform.
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JangoMail
  • Sending mass mails so consumers can get an update on our newly released products
  • Quite inexpensive so we don't have to break bank for this
  • Lack of functionalities and features is a downside which caused more manual works
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ScreenShots

Emma by Marigold Screenshots

Screenshot of dynamic content used to send unique, personalized content to each subscriber based on the data stored about them from a single email.Screenshot of the editor's drag & drop layouts and inline text editing, that help to keep the creative process fast and flexible.Screenshot of a display of account activity, email performance and recent mailings in one place right after login.Screenshot of insights on the go using Metric, the included iPhone and Android app.Screenshot of response results that give insights into what's working and provide next steps.Screenshot of customizable, mobile-optimized templates to show off a brand and content in the template gallery.