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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FreshMail

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AFreshMail is a browser based email marketing solution used to create and send newsletter campaigns. This solution leads users from campaign planning and creation to final reports.N/A

    Sendblaster

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASendBlaster is the eponymous lean, list management / newsletter-centric email marketing software from the Italian company founded in 2006, basically for creating newsletters in a WYSIWYG editor and sending them out to the multitudes, with tools facilitating this: programmable tags, personalization, link checking, embedded image support, file importing, templates, and help from partner Mailstyler (free) for newsletter optimization and styling. Bulk mailing is managed for free with Sendblaster…N/A
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    FreshMailSendblaster
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    Pricing Offerings
    FreshMailSendblaster
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFreshMail is absolutely free if you send less than 2000 emails to up to 500 subscribers per month.—
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    Features
    FreshMailSendblaster
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of FreshMail and Sendblaster
    Feature
    FreshMail
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Sendblaster
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.53 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.53 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.03 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Landing pages9.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    A/B testing8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.03 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting10.03 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    List management7.03 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of FreshMail and Sendblaster
    Feature
    FreshMail
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sendblaster
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom reports8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of FreshMail and Sendblaster
    Feature
    FreshMail
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sendblaster
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshMailSendblaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
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    User Testimonials
    FreshMailSendblaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FreshMail
    The platform works very well for sending emails with simple layouts, it also allows you to keep track of the opening data of those who receive the emails. The platform could improve its ability to modify databases and integrate with other platforms in order to automate some of the marketing actions.
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    Sendblaster
    Sendblaster is a great tool for any environment. It's particularly good in organizations that do not have a full featured CRM that manages bulk email marketing and communication. Even if an organization has a great CRM, Sendblaster is still great for those marketing or communication campaigns that go out to recipients who are not already in the CRM, custom groups, bulk sending that you want to keep separate from your other CRM(s), etc.
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    Pros
    FreshMail
    • Location targeting to filter people based on their region
    • Auto responding to questions and similar inquiries related to content
    • Engaging and building interest in the product
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    Sendblaster
    • Rendering HTML source code
    • Managing mailing lists
    • You can control the speed of email broadcasts
    • Ease of importing lists
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    Cons
    FreshMail
    • My campaign got delayed because of their moderation process. When I wrote them to ask what was going on they said they have some kind of anti-spam moderation process that was taking longer than usual.
    • I don’t like the fact that you can’t edit your template in HTML in their editing program (FreshMail Designer). This is probably isn’t a big deal for most people but some of us like to take over every detail of the template.
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    Sendblaster
    • The user interface could be more polished. It's very easy to use, but the appearance of the user interface looks a little old fashioned for a desktop software. Of course recipients don't see that interface, so that is not very consequential.
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    FreshMail
    FreshMail stands out for its ease of email design. Being a specialised email tool, it is more versatile when it comes to obtaining data from users, it is more intuitive, as the amount of time that needs to be invested in learning how to design emails, landing pages, a/b testing and others, is much less than the competition
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    Sendblaster
    Doesn't apply.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    FreshMail
    • Better Outreach
    • Hitting the objective of marketing prospects qualified
    • Return on cost
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    Sendblaster
    • Customer service was greatly improved because of Sendblaster. We were able to design our communication exactly the way we wanted to improve communication effectiveness.
    • Sendblaster helped our brand because email recipients have been very impressed by the polished visual appearance of our outgoing messages, consistent branding and use of logo, wordmark, and other identifiers, etc.
    • We saved a lot of money with Sendblaster. Our organization can send unlimited messages, and the Sendblaster software we paid for places no limit on messages sent. So, since there are no ongoing subscription fees or volume fees after paying for the the software, we saved a lot. Other "software as a service" options would have cost a minimum of $50 per month, and potentially a lot more than that for high-volume email communication.
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