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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EZ Texting

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AEZ Texting provides businesses and organizations with a text marketing solution, including features and integrations to keep conversations going. The solution can be used by businesses to connect with their audiences. It can be used to send promotions, promote a new product, build brand awareness, or drive traffic to websites or storefronts. EZ Texting Key Features EZ Texting's features are designed to enhance the effectiveness of text marketing efforts.…

    $25

    per month

    Ontraport

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AONTRAPORT offers customer relations management services that help with content management (creating and hosting webpages), lead tracking, traditional marketing approaches (e-mail, SMS, social media, direct mail), managing online payments, and workflow automation.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    EZ TextingOntraport
    Editions & Modules
    Launch
    Starting at $25
    per month
    Boost
    Starting at $75
    per month
    Scale
    Starting at $125
    per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at $3,000
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EZ TextingOntraport
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsLAUNCH PLAN: Recommended for up to 500 contacts. Local EZ Textable Number. Max Speed: up to 500/day. Cost Per Msg:$0.030. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. BOOST PLAN: Recommended for 501-2,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume Number. Max Speed: up to 2,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.025. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. SCALE PLAN: Recommended for 2,000-50,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume, High-Speed Number. Max Speed: up to 50,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.020. Delivery Rate: 95%. Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. ENTERPRISE PLAN: Recommended for 50,000+ contacts. This Plan offers. Dedicated Short Codes. Max Speed: up to 1 MM/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.010. Delivery Rate: 99%. Includes 200k msg/mo. Pricing information for EZ Texting is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase EZ Texting must be conducted with the seller. Included in All Plans: Unlimited Incoming Messages, Contacts, & Keywords. New Features: Realize ROI faster with AI Compose & Team Inbox with AI Reply. Live Support Chat: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm ET and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm ET. Growth Tools: QR Codes, Keywords & Signup Forms. MMS Edge: Enhanced Image Library + Editor powered by Shutterstock. CRM-Lite: Upload, Management, Groups & Personalization.Ontraport offers a variety of plans to choose from based on the features needed. Pricing adjusts with the number of contacts in the database and users in the account. Monthly or annual plans are available, and all plans start with a 14-day free trial. Ontraport offers a Done-With-You Setup and Training Package for getting set up in the account quickly. Users can also access a free video library with step-by-step instructions on getting started and using every feature of the platform.
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    Community Pulse
    EZ TextingOntraport
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    CallFire
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    Ontraport
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    116 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    119 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    107 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    114 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    EZ TextingOntraport
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of EZ Texting and Ontraport
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    9.0
    17 Ratings
    15% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.813 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of EZ Texting and Ontraport
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    5.5
    17 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings2.413 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings2.614 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of EZ Texting and Ontraport
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of EZ Texting and Ontraport
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.1
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of EZ Texting and Ontraport
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    9.3
    16 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of EZ Texting and Ontraport
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.3
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API00 Ratings3.011 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
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    EZ TextingOntraport
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    SimpleTexting
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Attentive
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EZ TextingOntraport
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (284 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (122 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (112 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EZ TextingOntraport
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallFire
    EZ Texting would be well suited for a small business that doesn't have the man power to be able to contact all of the leads they have coming in or who struggles to maintain communication with current clients at times. It would not be appropriate for a business who is looking to send phishing texts out to a large group of people.
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    Ontraport
    Here are some cases where Ontraport is well suited : - When writing emails, you can easily access to preview, manage the changes and go back to what you did before - When using automations, if there's an error, you can go back to a previous version of it. There are also some super tools that allows to see where a clients is on an automation without having to go through the all automation. It is less appropriate when you are several colleague that are addressing an issue on an email/automation as it doesn't allows you to be multiple person on the item.
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    Pros
    CallFire
    • I appreciate the detailed delivery reports.
    • The support team’s quick responses are appreciated.
    • The automation feature is incredibly handy for instantly messaging leads right after they sign up.
    • The onboarding process is straightforward.
    • Genuine customer inquiries show up in the inbox, organizing important messages in one place.
    • You can avoid the email spam folder by using ez texting!
    • Opt-outs resolve themselves.
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    Ontraport
    • Dashboards for our daily stats.
    • The email follows up and broadcasts are simple and easy.
    • Sales and marketing can now see the impact they have working together. Nobody can point finger anymore.
    • They have the best customer support. I can't tell you how many times they have walked me through the problems that I created.
    • Amazing email inboxing.
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    Cons
    CallFire
    • Drafts don't save well, seemed like I kept having to redo the same text because a draft wouldn't save.
    • I want to be able to click and update users quickly, but there were too many steps to add/remove people from lists.
    • The app didn't work if I used google SSO - i couldn't ever get signed in.
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    Ontraport
    • Wish they had more options for their forms. Would really like to use multi-step forms.
    • A lot of times their forms load slowly on the website. Would like to see them speed up their services.
    • Their broadcasting options are legacy. There are better options out there for sending broadcast messages.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallFire
    We're excited about EZ Texting and what it does for us. We want to get more into automation with campaigns dealing directly with web sales so a more robust solution will likely leave EZ Texting as our event activation partner and only be used during select times of the year.
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    Ontraport
    My client was already using Ontraport and had a decent investment in the tool. As soon as we turn around the revenue situation with my client's products, we will be ditching OAP immediately, despite the significant re-implementation cost we are going to face moving to a new system. I am part of a high-end, professional marketing group, and the overwhelming sentiment with these other professionals is that one should run away from this as fast as humanly possible. I thought their words were just ungrounded opinion, and I deeply regret that I did not heed them more closely before sinking still more time and effort into OAP.
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    Usability
    CallFire
    EZ Text was very easy to set up and very intuitive. It does not take long at all to add your contact lists or to set up templates. It takes a second to get used to when it comes to sending mass group texts, but all in all, it does what we need to do and was easy to implement. We were able to do it ourselves.
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    Ontraport
    The software is just easy to use. The UI is fairly intuitive. The help system is pretty good. I find it is pretty quick to get my work completed and if I don't document my things well, I can always figure out how I did something when I need to make changes. When I have a problem the tech support is easy to deal with and when things need to get escalated they are resolved quickly.
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    Reliability and Availability
    CallFire
    We have never needed to use the system and it be unavailable. They seem to schedule their server maintenance perfectly (at least for us!).
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    Ontraport
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    Performance
    CallFire
    It works pretty well but sometimes things don't work the way you would assume, IE marking messages as read is not as intuitive
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    Ontraport
    Most of the time OP runs fine. But I've had to submit more support tickets this year do to messages, seq.'s or rules not running correctly. Also experienced slow response times moving in and around OP.
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    Support Rating
    CallFire
    EZ Texting "gets it"! When I have had something I needed customer service to help me with, they returned my emails and calls promptly. I have a smaller business and they came through as if I was a huge corporate entity. They really care about all sizes of customers!
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    Ontraport
    The techs are reasonably savvy, highly courteous and want to do right by their customers. Unfortunately, the product they are supporting is so deeply flawed that there's only so much they can do when your legitimate business requirements are simply not supported.
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    In-Person Training
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    Ontraport
    I went to their Ontrapalooza event, and it opened my mind as to how the software can be used.
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    Implementation Rating
    CallFire
    The most important aspect of implementation was selecting a valuable keyword. When we first started using EZ Texting, we were able to grab a simple, easy word to use to connect people to our texts. That proved invaluable in our marketing and selling people on using the service. If we didn't have a good word, I would imagine it wouldn't have been as successful.
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    Ontraport
    If you know your business, ONTRAPORT is easy
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallFire
    We chose EZ Texting over enterprise solutions because of it's ease of set up, ease of use, and low barrier to entry. We had discussions with other companies, and it seemed very complicated and would require a lot of set up on our end. We don't have a dedicated IT or marketing team. We are a small business. So those barriers were just too complicated and we decided to go with an easier solution.
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    Ontraport
    Task management was the main thing that separated ONTRAPORT for me. Keeping things accountable. As well, I felt the campaign builder was slicker, and that the contact management was more robust. Custom fields are very customizable.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CallFire
    We have been grandfathered into our old package, but I wish there were better package options offered now.
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    Ontraport
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    Scalability
    CallFire
    We haven't really utilized it for this purpose but it does seem like there are a lot of great options you can utilize.
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    Ontraport
    With the new lower priced options, it's now easier for newer businesses to start with a more basic version and upgrade as they need more features.
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    Professional Services
    CallFire
    easy access
    Incentivized
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    Ontraport
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    CallFire
    • Customers, as well as potential customers, do not seem to have any issue, providing their phone numbers for text messages as opposed to receiving countless emails.
    • Upselling items has improved considerably due to our ability to notify customers of new products and specials that we are offering in the store.
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    Ontraport
    • We are providing better customer service as a direct result of Ontraport. We can track where all of our customers are, what pages/sites/modules they are visiting with ease and tailor our communication accordingly.
    • Our marketing funnel has become vastly improved, meaning that our ROI for marketing has gone up. Sales this April are double what they were last year.
    • Our team works better together because we all have a better idea of what the other needs and when. The tasks that we can assign in Ontraport mean nothing gets missed, creating a better customer and employee experience.
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    ScreenShots

    EZ Texting Screenshots

    Screenshot of EZ Texting Dashboard: View recent activity, upcoming campaigns, and access AI Assistant.Screenshot of Enhanced Image Library + Editor: Our enhanced Shutterstock integration helps you unlock and edit 450+ million free images and 20k design templates, giving you the license to create more scroll-stopping texts.Screenshot of AI Compose: Create engaging messages instantly with emojis, helpful templates, easy editing, multilingual translations, and more.Screenshot of Workflows: Effortlessly send texts triggered by actions and events to boost engagement and drive conversions. With a drag & drop editor, technical expertise or code is never required.Screenshot of Quickly create engaging texts with built-in tools, including AI Compose, to add personalization, trackable URLs, media, and more! Stay compliant with EZ Texting's SafeSTOP® feature.Screenshot of Reporting Made Easy: Get delivery confirmations, check on bounce rates and view opted-outs.

    Ontraport Screenshots

    Screenshot of Manage, track, sort and add to a contact listScreenshot of Design professional emails, forms and landing pages with block formatsScreenshot of Utilize the Support Center's in-depth advice on maximizing Ontraport's features