GetResponse vs. Klaviyo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GetResponse
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
GetResponse is an online marketing platform optimized for use by small businesses. It provides tools which support email marketing, autofunnel, landing pages, marketing automation, webinars, autoresponders, and enterprise marketing needs.
$0
per month Up to 500 contacts
Klaviyo
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Klaviyo is a marketing automation platform that helps businesses to centralize and use every piece of their customer data. With Klaviyo, businesses can combine customer data with more than 350 native integrations to automate personalized email and SMS communications that make customers feel seen. From mom-and-pop shops to established companies, Klaviyo states businesses like Dermalogica, Living Proof, Solo Stove, Citizen Watches, and more than 143,000 other paying users leverage their platform…N/A
Pricing
GetResponseKlaviyo
Editions & Modules
FREE
$0
per month Up to 500 contacts
Email Marketing
$19
per month Up to 1,000 contacts
Marketing Automation
$59
per month Up to 1,000 contacts
Ecommerce Marketing
$119
per month Up to 1,000 contacts
MAX and MAX²
Custom (contact sales)
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GetResponseKlaviyo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPaid plans start at $20/month and include: 251 - 500 contacts 5,000 monthly email sends 150 SMS/MMS sending credits Applicable SMS carrier fees Mobile push notifications (free beta) Email and chat support Additional contacts, email and text sending credits, and service plans available to meet the needs of any size business. View all of our pricing and estimate your total cost of ownership at klaviyo.com/pricing
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Community Pulse
GetResponseKlaviyo
Considered Both Products
GetResponse
Chose GetResponse
We selected GetResponse basis a feature-to-feature comparison and also an overall recommendation from a leading digital marketer
Chose GetResponse
Our company stands out for having very initial contact with our customers, and this is thanks to the templates that GetResponse has.
Chose GetResponse
Over the years we have worked with quite a few email platforms. We feel that GetResponse is a solid competitor. The CRM side is not as strong as a product like Keep but we don't expect it to be. If we are really being fair and comparing apples to apples, then GetResponse is as …
Chose GetResponse
GetResponse was the perfect tool for the size of our company. We checked out other tools and GetResponse had the best integration and capabilities in comparison to other competitors.
Chose GetResponse
ActiveCampaign seems to check more of the boxes for our marketing agency needs. The ease of on-boarding multiple clients is wonderful.
Chose GetResponse
Everything else at least sends the emails to my lists.
Chose GetResponse
Better pricing and similar high delivery rates. Much active support and great number of customization available.
Chose GetResponse
Mailchimp is the best alternative to GetResponse but GetResponse's innovative design makes them better compared to. What I like more on GetResponse is it helps us to work from any device from anywhere and carry out a campaign from one device to another device. Mailchimp offers …
Chose GetResponse
GetResponse is much stronger in lead management and versatility than an ESP like MailChimp or SFMC. It isn't as versatile as HubSpot or Marketo and leaves a lot lacking in landing pages and scalability.
Chose GetResponse
  1. CRM functionality.
  2. Much cheaper
  3. Landing page is much better
Chose GetResponse
My team has switched to GetResponse from MailChimp as it:
- has more features that can be used
- the ability to create flows and automations is a valuable feature
Chose GetResponse
Mailchimp is more basic but is free. Infusionsoft is more expensive but more complex - I have seen it dubbed "confusionsoft", but I have not tried it to confirm as it is out of our price range. GetResponse seems to have been a happy medium for us as it provides the services we …
Chose GetResponse
We are evaluating new vendors and leaning towards MailChimp.
Chose GetResponse
Not the top of the heap and certainly far from the bottom. GR is arguably one of the best solutions for Home based or small shops. It is out of the box whereas some of the others are not as complete or more difficult to unpack. It lacks some features but over-delivers on others.
Chose GetResponse
Automational was discontinued. Customer service was much better with GetResponse than with Agile. Agile's customer service was very bad - made me feel inadequate, They treated me like a new customer even though I had been doing email marketing for over ten years. They severely …
Chose GetResponse
GetResponse shares a lot of the same capabilities as ActiveCampaign and Infusionsoft. It's much cheaper than Infusionsoft and has a much easier interface than ActiveCampaign. It also offers a significant upgrade in feature set to MailChimp and Constant Contact who really …
Chose GetResponse
GetResponse has a lot of the same functionality as InfusionSoft - but is more user-friendly and less expensive.
Chose GetResponse
GetResponse worked great for the company's direct email needs with list segmenting, A/B testing, and reporting. I personally did not get to select the email tools used for the company, but it was effective and educational to newcomers with the tool.
Chose GetResponse
I would say GetResponse is the perfect product for somebody who is new and looking for quality. Most alternatives are specialized for different types of mailing. So if one ESP doesn't work, another one will. SendInBlue for example is better suited for higher volume mailing but …
Chose GetResponse
Mail Chimp and Icontact. GetResponse is easy to use and less complicated than the other platforms. I prefer Get Response to any other platform I have used because it gives me all the tools to get my clients and customers to pay attention. Other Platforms don't compare to …
Chose GetResponse
Prior to this we used iContact which was horrible and emails were not getting delivered and going into Spam. It was recommended by a co-worker who mentioned we used it before so we decided to adopt it again.
Klaviyo
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo is the known industry standard. It easily integrates with Shopify and Google Analytics. This helps us to track conversions more easily and with greater accuracy. Although other products can integrate and offer pretty much the same service, we decided to move forward …
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo integrates better with Shopify and it is more counterintuitive to our marketing needs.
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo beat all the other competitors. The pricing structure is just too hard to beat, and the customization/personalization, and the usability is just amazing.
Chose Klaviyo
We moved from MailChimp to Klaviyo around ~2019, and Klaviyo already had an integration that gracefully synced all our data. At the time, we particularly preferred Klaviyo's A/B testing tools over MailChimp's, and the rest of their feature suite helped us stay. We still use …
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo's ability to really tackle the entire marketing contact ecosystem on one platform is what really won us over. The price for everything was competitive, not necessarily the cheapest but competitive, and the ability to see that data flow from every interaction was what …
Chose Klaviyo
I use other products in other businesses and for clients. Klaviyo is preferred by our IT/developer, was better cost, and overall, is slightly simpler to manage.
Chose Klaviyo
Costs more but much more customizable in every aspect. The WYSIWYG editor is far more robust and allows us full customization. Also its ability to sync easily accross multiple apps and platforms make it a no brainer if you are adding multiple tech apps to your site.
Chose Klaviyo
SurveyMonkey, Handshake by Shopify (discontinued) and Shopify
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo is better for eCommerce businesses. It integrates better with other apps, has more features, and is customisable, so we can reflect the branding in the emails we build.
Chose Klaviyo
I moved from Klaviyo's email platform to Seguno about 6 months ago and am preferring Seguno. It's right in the Shopify dashboard and very easy to use. The email creation process is more intuitive vs. Klaviyo and it's significantly less expensive, so a better option for small …
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo has a very intimate integration with Shopify bringing in purchasing behaviour, browsing behavior, total spend, order value, ordered products, etc. Klaviyo's automated email journeys are way more complex and support multiple IF conditions, which allows granular …
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo has been email capabilities
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo is leaps and bounds above Mailchimp. We just switched from MailChimp because we outgrew it. That is actually my recommended path to take while starting out. MailChimp had a free plan up to 5000 emails. Once we hit that, we switched and got an email marketing team and …
Chose Klaviyo
We switched from MailChimp to Klaviyo as we felt Klaviyo was better suited to our needs as we were growing.
Chose Klaviyo
It is different from them, especially because of its use in e-commerce and data-driven marketing. While IT provides segmentation, behavior tracking, and automation flows, Mailchimp is good for running simple campaigns and smaller organizations. We have chosen IT because it …
Chose Klaviyo
It had the best flexibility for templating, and also for segmentation and dynamic content compared to others we used/demo'd when deciding to change provider. Overall, it gave us more control. Instead of working around the platform, we can shape it around what we’re trying to do.
Chose Klaviyo
Found Klaviyo easier to use and had more functions than mailchimp.
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo is easy to use if you can stomach the cost. Probably has too much that most brands don't need, yet you pay for anyways.
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo delivers a better experience for designing, managing, and operating as a whole. Just about every feature is best; the only flaw is that Attentive has more robust signup flows, but it makes up for it with its great overall UX. When it comes to designing templates, design …
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo has always been the most efficient and most strategic email marketing tool I've used for e-commerce businesses. No matter what industry, it does a fantastic job.
Chose Klaviyo
Some other solutions are overly simplified, limiting control and flexibility, whereas others are so complex that execution becomes extremely burdensome and creates long lead times. We found Klaviyo to have the best balance.
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo is the best email marketing and CRM platform when it comes to eCommerce brands and Shopify integration. We can plan and analyse the audience and segments in depth, where we see the power of well-integrated email automation capabilities and more.
Chose Klaviyo
Klaviyo simply has more features, better integrations and better a/b testing and reporting. Klaviyo is the dominant market player and it’s hard to run an e-commerce business if you don’t have a tool at Klaviyo’s level. The other tools also were a bit harder to navigate as well …
Chose Klaviyo
Shopify's built in options are just not enough. It can do the basic "Here's you order" or "Status update". But you can't control nearly enough emails at scale with just the usage of Shopify's built in options.
Features
GetResponseKlaviyo
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
GetResponse
8.9
Ratings
15% above category average
Klaviyo
8.4
Ratings
9% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor9.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Dynamic content8.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content8.70 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Landing pages9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
A/B testing9.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Mobile optimization9.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting10.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
List management9.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences8.20 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
GetResponse
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Klaviyo
7.6
Ratings
2% below category average
Lead nurturing automation9.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading9.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Data quality management9.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
GetResponse
9.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Klaviyo
8.2
Ratings
11% above category average
Event/webinar marketing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Calendaring00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
GetResponse
9.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Klaviyo
-
Ratings
Social profile integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
GetResponse
9.7
Ratings
28% above category average
Klaviyo
7.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Standard reports10.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Custom reports9.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
GetResponse
8.3
Ratings
11% above category average
Klaviyo
8.1
Ratings
8% above category average
API10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Customizability9.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Third-party software integrations6.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
GetResponseKlaviyo
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GetResponseKlaviyo
Likelihood to Recommend
GetResponse is good for marketing automation newbies that want a powerful platform without a steep learning curve. It appears to have a strong set of tools for creating automated sequences, but it's not your solution for large enterprise usage. Also, seeing as how competitive the market's become, while it's not expensive per se, it is a bit on the pricey side relative to some.
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For us, the ability to apply properties and segment users as we do has been the biggest boon to our marketing endeavors. We use hundreds of properties to ensure customers receive truly tailored content. Being able to build that out with the Klaviyo x WooCommerce integration and Klaviyo's APIs was a major differentiator for us as our business grew.
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Pros
  • If you understand coding the ability to use dynamic content based on smart searches was very useful.
  • The drop and drag workflows were very easy to create and use
  • Allowed for simple automation and nurture campaigns to occur off of events
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  • I have Integrated Klaviyo with my Website and with salesforce which works simultaneously. This integration is happened very easily as In klaviyo we have flows through which we can do automations and set webhook integration with no code activity.
  • Klaviyo helps me to measure the success of email campaigns.
  • Klaviyo helps me to automate the manual tasks with the helps Flows in it which is very easy to use as it has a very easy to understand user interface and no coding reuired.
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Cons
  • Lists are rejected on baseless grounds.
  • They recommend a service to clean lists and even after being cleaned, emails and lists are rejected.
  • They purged 80% of our email list because they were not interacting regularly enough with our emails.
  • Their drag and drop editor is set up poorly, if you have similar look and feel emails there is no way to know which you are in.
  • Often email templates do not save and you have to start over.
  • Sometimes scheduled emails don't even send.
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  • Needs more visible critical notifications as we once exceeded our monthly email limit right during the Black Friday campaign. The notification was not visible enough for us to catch it on time, as a result, some emails scheduled to be sent over the weekend were never sent
  • Better library of dynamic values available for use inside emails
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Likelihood to Renew
As I mentioned before. I believe that the platform is easy to use. Simple and easy process from start to finish. Email efficient and get to the client quickly. Catch errors that would prevent getting to where i need it to go. Overall great experience and would renew without question
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Klaviyo is simply a great solution for e-com email marketing & customer relationship management:
  1. User journey visibility: We can see our clients' customers on their individual user journeys (open email, site visits) to better understand and accommodate your customers.
  2. Flow automation: Creating automated emails that follow up with new leads, those who abandoned carts, purchased.
  3. Email design: So easy to use, and more friendly than some other visual builders that we've used.
  4. Metrics visibility: We can see our clients' metrics very easily and adjust efforts accordingly.
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Usability
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It's a decent platform with a user friendly interface, however it massively misses trust due to unsecured systems and support from customer service; support is a massive problem if you run a company and have a problem with the service that you can't fix. On the other side of the line, in our experience, there is no support or understanding which we haven't encountered with any other company we have done business online in the last decade.
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Support Rating
Excellent general support. However, in case of an escalation, their turnaround time over email (follow through) can go higher
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Their support is always quick and we have recurring meetings with our advisor. they were great when we first started at walking us through the platform and helping us understand how to do the overall setup. They also have a wide variety of articles that cover must issues in a very clear manner that will get you out of a predicament really fast.
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Implementation Rating
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Don't cut corners, do it right the first time, if you take your time to build everything the way you want it then it will run itself. The platform will help you increase revenue as long as you use the tools it provides. Don't be scared to ask questions, the support team will help you get to the next level
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Alternatives Considered
Over the years we have worked with quite a few email platforms. We feel that GetResponse is a solid competitor. The CRM side is not as strong as a product like Keep but we don't expect it to be. If we are really being fair and comparing apples to apples, then GetResponse is as good as any of these other products. Especially in the area of the visual builder, I honestly think it is just about as good as Keep. And it is better than some of these other products. Again, keeping in mind the cost and the niche GetResponse fills, it stacks up very well against the other products we have used.
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Klaviyo is the known industry standard. It easily integrates with Shopify and Google Analytics. This helps us to track conversions more easily and with greater accuracy. Although other products can integrate and offer pretty much the same service, we decided to move forward with Klaviyo because of the tools and offerings they provide.
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Return on Investment
  • Our marketing emails have been much more professional, scheduled, beautiful, and manageable since switching AWAY from GetResponse, so in that sense the platform did not provide the kind of ROI we'd prefer.
  • For delivering our regular daily newsletter, GetResponse has served us well and has delivered at an above-average rate to our mailing list.
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  • Klaviyo brought our email channel to the top performing channel over Paid Ads several times (according to G Analytics), before Klaviyo Paid Ads were always top and the email channel struggled to even stay in 2nd place.
  • Klaviyo did cost quite a bit more than our old email platform but the ROI was much higher so it paid for itself.
  • Klaviyo implemented tools that allowed us to have a higher customer satisfaction with things like letting customers choose to receive less emails instead of unsubscribing.
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