Emotive.io vs. Heymarket

After using Emotive.io for the last year, I honestly can't think of anything they helped us with besides cost half the price of our previous SMS provider. But when compared to other brands on the market, I still believe Emotive.io is overpriced and offers poor performance.

Having a shared inbox is crucial for us, we cover 7 days a week from a PST-EST time zone so the whole team always needs to have visibility on conversations at all times. We also enjoy the fact that most functions of Heymarket are simple to use and don't require us to loop in tech help

Incentivized

• Our first account manager was responsive
• Our first account manager was knowledgeable
• At the time, Emotive features were competitive.

Incentivized

• Sends personalized messages with tags and templates.
• Automates routine communications like order updates or follow-ups.
• Schedules messages to be sent at specific times.
• Manages customer opt-ins/opt-outs to comply with current regulations.
• Integrates with tools we use, like HelpScout.

Incentivized

• Price
• New Features
• Estimated Cost Calculator

Incentivized

• It could be easier to set up campaigns
• Group texting is missing
• Can duplicate users

Incentivized

In my opinion, Heymarket is easy to use and has a nice, clean interface (much nicer than JustCall). The customization is nice and it is easy to create templates, schedule messages, send messages through API, etc. I cannot give it a 10 because, in my opinion, the mobile app is not very good, you cannot close API messages manually, and the Customer Service team lacks the ability to help without contacting management.

Incentivized

Postscript is more expensive, and worked well for a while, but not really worth the cost. Attentive is cheaper than Emotive and Postscript, and they are performing 10x better than both combined

Heymarket was easier to use and has had less errors than OpenPhone. While they do share many similar features (shared inbox, tagging users, simple to use) Heymarket has been a solid solution for us. I only wish we could also use it to make phone calls along side text messages

Incentivized

• Starting with 0, we initially benefitted greatly from the boost SMS marketing provided.
• The integration with Gorgias was convenient and reduced support time/resources.

Incentivized

• Faster and more personalized responses, which improve customer experience.
• Built-in opt-in/out management reduces the risk of non-compliance with regulations.
• Inability to auto-close API messages results in a lot of lost time for CS as they have to manually close every message sent through API.
• The cost, especially if we decide to send marketing messages, is rather high compared to other companies we have used.

Incentivized