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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshchat

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AA solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.

    $0

    per month free for up to 10 agents

    Intuit Mailchimp

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMailchimp is an email marketing and marketing automation platform. Beyond just tracking how campaigns perform, Mailchimp takes it a step further by analyzing data from over half a billion emails to show why campaigns perform, driving informed decisions.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    FreshchatIntuit Mailchimp
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $79
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    starts at $13
    per month
    Standard
    starts at $20
    per month
    Premium
    starts at $350
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshchatIntuit Mailchimp
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FreshchatIntuit Mailchimp
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshchat
    We chose Freshchat because it integrates well with Freshdesk and we are able to experience seamless data exchange between the two apps. The other reason is because Freshchat is able to monitor events and measure website traffic, sorting out leads based on factors such as …
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    Intuit
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    251 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    244 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    215 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    247 Answers
    Features
    FreshchatIntuit Mailchimp
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Intuit Mailchimp
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.1
    585 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.1537 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.1519 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.2499 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.3404 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings7.7434 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.9535 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.8568 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.1564 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.7385 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.9
    75 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.465 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.372 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.9
    126 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings7.448 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.2
    124 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings8.1107 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.3
    565 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.6229 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.6560 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.9130 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Freshchat and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.9
    132 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API00 Ratings7.9107 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.470 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings5.62 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings8.554 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.9109 Ratings
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    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatIntuit Mailchimp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.7
    (608 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (55 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    8.5
    (477 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (20 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.4
    (22 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshchatIntuit Mailchimp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
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    Intuit
    Mailchimp is fairly easy to onboard, even for those who would consider themselves less technologically inclined. It can be as simple as plug-and-play for simpler campaigns or scale up as needed. It also makes it easy to build, send out for internal review and feedback, and track all the needed changes.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
    • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
    • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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    Intuit
    • Mailchimp allows you to manage your mailing list really well. You can subscribe people, unsubscribe people manage the mailing list directly into segments, and what not.
    • Mailchimp has features where you can create campaigns based on your mailing lists and send out newsletters to your subscribers based on a multitude of parameters that you can setup. Such as send email daily, weekly, monthly and they also have event based mails that you can send out.
    • Mailchimp also has a feature where you can design your emails. The look and aesthetics are very important when sending emails to your subscribers and all those needs are addressed here.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
    • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
    • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
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    Intuit
    • The pricing tiers do scale quickly so if you have a free newsletter it may get expensive
    • The pricing is based on total emails so if you have users who you only email rarely it might not make sense to use Intuit Mailchimp
    • Customer support can be a bit lacking at times and their docs aren't always the best
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
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    Intuit
    We've had Mailchimp for about ten years, I want to say. I started with the company about four years ago, and I don't see us ever diverting to another source. It's easy for us to use, and we have all our clients already built into the database. I imagine we'll use them for as long as we have the company.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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    Intuit
    It is easy, but some things you need to learn from their resources. Mailchimp is one of the most popular email marketing platforms because it combines email marketing, automation, audience management, and analytics into a single tool that's easy to use and scale. Simple solutions and drag-and-drop edits make it easy.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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    Intuit
    I have, in the 4+ years that I've used Mailchimp, never seen an issue that restricted the use of their software/tools. I don't know of a single time when they're system crashed or went down. I could be wrong, but I honestly haven't experienced any issues with outages, errors or unplanned downtime
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    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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    Intuit
    I haven't noticed any slow speeds from Mailchimp or their tools. I think the landing pages load quickly and look nice. The email reports and editing operates smoothly and doesn't take time to load. Additionally, when I use Mailchimp in conjunction with Zapier + Hubspot I don't notice any drag between any of these tools
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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    Intuit
    Website tools were easy to use and understand so a novice can easily meet or exceed their client's expectations! Loved that we were able to totally customize so that the e-mail we created conveyed our client's overall messaging consistent with their branding! Client love that we can provide turnkey services to support their sales and marketing teams!
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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    Intuit
    It's pretty easy to get up and running! There's a slight learning curve on a few things, but once you find where everything is located, you can import your list and send your first email. It really makes our clients feel great to see how quickly they can get that first email out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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    Intuit
    I used Intuit Mailchimp, and I would say other software I used is equally good and competes with Intuit Mailchimp. Well, Intuit Mailchimp's reporting is better, and ActiveCampaign has more affordable pricing, so in the end, it all comes to what you need. What we needed was available in cheaper price in other software as well. But I would definitely say Intuit Mailchimp has its own advantages too.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
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    Intuit
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    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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    Intuit
    Mailchimp over the years I've used it has grown in leaps and bounds. They have added so many additional features than were previously available. They are truly an all-in-one marketing platform now. If you're a small operation and just want to add email to your marketing efforts, they're there for you. If you're a larger operation and want to start sending postcard advertisements, they can do that. If you'd good with that and want to kick up your marketing by going social, you can do that on their platform. They are truly able to be as small as you need, but also get quite large in whatever it is you'd like to do through their system.
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
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    Intuit
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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
    • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
    • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
    • There is no negative effect in general.
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    Intuit
    • One of my retail web store clients was sending out email specials and notices about once a month. After clicking the send button, we would watch Google Analytics and the current site users would light up immediately. Often, the current site visitors would pop up to 20, 30 or more after the email was sent. On a normal day, seeing 1 or 2 online users would be OK.
    • Pretty much in all cases, we could see an uptick in positive activity after sending out a Intuit Mailchimp email to a list.
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    ScreenShots

    Freshchat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale

    Intuit Mailchimp Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mailchimp's advanced analytics and reporting tools. These are used to monitor trends, track performance, and get actionable insights that help users to create better campaigns and drive customer engagement.Screenshot of Mailchimp's precise audience segmentation. Its AI simplifies the workflow by generating complex customer segments for highly personalized campaigns.Screenshot of omnichannel marketing. Campaigns can be built across multiple channels, and then managed from one convenient place.Screenshot of marketing automations with the Customer Journey Builder. This is used to reach the right people with the right message at exactly the right time, which helps to drive more repeat business, increase customer retention, and see more orders.Screenshot of Mailchimp's SMS marketing. SMS can be integrated into email, automations, and social campaigns.Screenshot of Mailchimp's AI, used to deliver relevant content faster. It can generate professionally written, on-brand marketing emails with the press of a button. The user only needs to review, edit, and send.