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    Foleon is a content creation platform designed to make it easy to create interactive content that is on brand. It provides B2B companies with a drag & drop editor and interactive Foleon Doc format used to create bespoke digital content experiences that are engaging, intelligent, and scalable. Founded in Amsterdam with locations in the US and Europe, Foleon is on a mission to empower companies to create the content their audience craves.N/A

    HCL Unica

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AHCL Unica is available as a cloud or on-premise solution that provides fully integrated marketing automation software for enterprise. It includes enterprise marketing automation tools that optimize marketing activities, to ensure excellent customer experiences and data privacy.N/A
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    FoleonHCL Unica
    Editions & Modules
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsWhen it comes to creating compelling content, we know one size doesn't fit all. So we offer custom plans that align with your business needs today and scale as you do.—
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    Features
    FoleonHCL Unica
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Foleon and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Foleon
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    22% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Foleon and HCL Unica
    Feature
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    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Foleon and HCL Unica
    Feature
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    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Foleon and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Foleon
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Foleon and HCL Unica
    Feature
    Foleon
    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Foleon and HCL Unica
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    HCL Unica
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    23% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FoleonHCL Unica
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Foleon
    With templates, themes, and roles,
    it facilitates cross-team collaboration and content production while ensuring
    consistency in our branding and content management.

    It is very useful to improve our
    procedures, collect information and ensure that our martech works together.

    Foleon allows us
    to add background movies, parallax effects, and other animations to increase
    customer engagement.
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
    I think it is wel suited for a business with a lot of one on one relations in the database. For example a supermarket that sells products to a client and gives a reduction on that product. It is nice if the selection process is not to complex and does not involve to many calculations. It is also nice if it is very clear what you want to follow up. In our environment we have lots of many-to-many relations. for example one product is held by more then one client. And that client might have more of those products with other clients. These kind of situation demands for a lot of calculations with derived fields(*), and there things go far too slow. Unica is probably not such a good solution for us, because our environment is too complex, and so is to process of creating the selection, we often have to change things in the selection flows. Because of the complexity it is difficult to see what the flow is exactly doing afterwoods, it also takes to much time to modify existing campaigns. The interface is not handy to work with, if you have long lists of variables, of tables or derived fields(*) you have to scroll through trough them, you can not really search them or reorder them. You can not drag and drop fields or other objects like derived fields in the flow, what would be easy if you have to make frequent changes to the proces flow. When you copy objects something the content of the object changes because the links with other objects or lost. (*) derived field: field to calculate something
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    Pros
    Foleon
    • Foleon is a very easy to use tool to create different types of posts.
    • The learning curve is relatively shallow and the user interface is very logical.
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
    • Ability to translate Multiple SQL queries into a very easy to use visual GUI.
    • Provides the ability to pre-define segments, run them once in off hours, store them in their own system tables for quick youth and a significant reduction in CPU utilization on the database.
    • It’s use of Reusable objects. Including user variables to pre-define calculations one time, macros that you can create and pass values to parameterize the SQL code And the creation of templates to easily replicate work.
    • It’s ability to bring in external data on the fly that can very easily be mapped into any flowchart.
    • It’s flexibility and creating UNIX script via triggers to automate sending of files to multiple vendors with different FTP sites
    • It’s flexibility in the output layouts that it can create.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Foleon
    • The platform can be quite slow at times, especially during posting.
    • I would also like to be able to limit access to media files and information.
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
    • Greater integration of real time (Interact) capabilities with outbound channels, in particular IBM eMessage Email & SMS delivery.
    • Additional outbound channels to be integrated into eMessage, including Facebook Fanpage & Twitter DM broadcasts. At the moment these are possible only through custom additional integration.
    • Support for additional marketing database technology, e.g. MySQL, Exasol, ParAccel, WX2.
    • Provision of database technology with software purchase, as Web technology (IBM WebSphere Express) is supplied for free, but no database is supplied - since IBM also market DB2, which is a supported technology it seems a shame.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Foleon
    No answers on this topic
    HCLSoftware
    There are three main factors to renew a licence: 1) Cost to migrate to another platform would be rather expensive and time consuming, plus the requirement of retraining employees to use a new tool 2) It has been proven time and time again that it is a market leader in the space (10 years +) 3) It can be built upon, with the addition of additional IBM EMM modules - despite theories it does have very strong digital capabilities.
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    Usability
    Foleon
    No answers on this topic
    HCLSoftware
    Unica provides functionality that is very simple and easy to use. For reporting, we can see Unica system tables. Contact history table, response history tables. We have all the information in one place. Performance-wise, Unica also handles large volumes of data and can run a 5-million-record campaign within minutes. This is something great.
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    Support Rating
    Foleon
    No answers on this topic
    HCLSoftware
    I didn't use the Unica support since it is with IBM, only before.
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    Implementation Rating
    Foleon
    No answers on this topic
    HCLSoftware
    - We had to rebuild a part of the datamart afterwards to tighten up and simplify the selection process. But as it was too time consuming to rebuild all the existing campaigns, we no run campaigns on different versions of the datamart. - The response tracking of the campaigns never worked out well, it was impossible to implement a direct response where there is a link between the lead and the response in our operational process
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    Alternatives Considered
    Foleon
    Foleon
    makes it easy to create interactive and absolute material relevant to our
    organization's brand so that it is accessible to our readers while allowing us
    to create personalized digital content experiences.
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
    The contact history and the response history are so powerful. You can track whatever you want to help the call center to push relevant offers to our customer. In addition, predictive models can be built, with patience, in IBM Campaign. If you have some complaints from the call center about any campaigns, you can easily validate it into the contact or response history.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Foleon
    • In my personal opinion, we can say that this tool has had great positive aspects in our organization.
    Incentivized
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    HCLSoftware
    • It helps my clients drive their business which in turn, drives more profit for them.
    • It helps my clients determine what works, and what doesn't work, in terms of their social marketing campaigns.
    • It helps navigate proper budgeting through determining what clients' users respond to, and what they find unique.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Foleon Screenshots

    Screenshot of Turning tedious long-form content into engaging, digestible stories and fully immerse the audience in an interactive, media-rich experience.Screenshot of A drag & drop editor with templates and themes used to create content, regardless of the user's digital or design experience.Screenshot of Collaborate between teams and scale interactive content creation with user roles and templates that lets the user stay on-brand.Screenshot of Connecting Foleon to a tech stack enhances its workflows, gain insights, and ensure martech works together.Screenshot of Foleon empowers users to optimize content based on the audience’s behavior.

    HCL Unica Screenshots

    Screenshot of HCL Unica Deliver is the email marketing and messaging execution module of the HCL Unica platform.

Its scalable digital messaging engine helps enterprise marketers design, personalize, and send high-volume, data-driven communications across multiple customer engagement channels.

It’s built for complex and compliant omni-channel campaigns with advanced segmentation, behavioral triggers, and real-time customer data.

Key channels supported include:
• Email — for personalized bulk and trigger-based mailings.
• SMS — send text messages to mobile subscribers.
• WhatsApp — conversational and promotional messaging.
• In-app and Push notifications — mobile push alerts via apps.