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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GetResponse

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AGetResponse 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.

    $19

    per month

    Smartlead.ai

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AA solution to scale cold email outreach featuring unlimited mailboxes, unlimited warmups, deliverability-focused infrastructure, and a unibox to handle the revenue cycle.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    GetResponseSmartlead.ai
    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
    $69
    per month Up to 1,000 contacts
    MAX and MAX²
    Custom (contact sales)
    per year
    Basic
    $39
    per month 2000 active Leads & 6000 Emails per month
    Pro
    $94
    per month 30000 active Leads & 150000 Emails per month
    Custom
    starting at $174
    per month upto 12M Active Lead Credits
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GetResponseSmartlead.ai
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount of up to 17% available for annual billing.
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    Features
    GetResponseSmartlead.ai
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    8.9
    22 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Smartlead.ai
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.021 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.016 Ratings6.53 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.715 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Landing pages9.016 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    A/B testing9.019 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.022 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting10.022 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    List management9.021 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.217 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Smartlead.ai
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Smartlead.ai
    -
    Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Smartlead.ai
    -
    Ratings
    Social profile integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    9.7
    22 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Smartlead.ai
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards10.022 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Standard reports10.021 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Custom reports9.016 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Smartlead.ai
    -
    Ratings
    API10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of GetResponse and Smartlead.ai
    Feature
    GetResponse
    -
    Ratings
    Smartlead.ai
    7.2
    4 Ratings
    12% below category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings6.53 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings5.62 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
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    GetResponseSmartlead.ai
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    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GetResponseSmartlead.ai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GetResponseSmartlead.ai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GetResponse
    GetResponse is perfect for small to medium businesses. For a large business, it certainly could be used in some areas. One example would be for clients that are looking to get started with email marketing. I would not expect it to run a business as Salesforce or Keep. However, GetResponse is robust enough and has a solid suite of tools that would serve a medium or small business quite well. And of course, if a company is just looking for an email marketing solution GetResponse would be ideal. And to go even further, depending on the level of service you use, GetResponse has the potential to do things you might have been using separate tools for. Building funnels, the ability to host webinars, building landing pages. It's all there and it is priced very well.
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    Smartlead.ai
    Smartlead is well suited in many aspects. Thats why we are working on it from past 3-years or so. Running email campaigns can be a challenge because other bulk email providers do support sending email but the accuracy of landing in the inbox no one guarantee. I have used it and based on the experience I am using Smartlead. I have used mailshake, apollo, instantly, salesloft etc. none has given such results compared to Smartlead. When it comes to less appropriate: Smartlead is for sending bulk email, one cannot maintain records on the same. I have to delete the campaigns because it will pile up in the home screen once completed. Also Auto-tagging feature should be there based on the response received from prospect. If we use it as CRM, there are chances it can fail. Since it provides unanimous master inbox- I can not respond to my prospect from the dashboard because other colleagues might see my response. This is a security concern.
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    Pros
    GetResponse
    • Email creation—A simple interface and a variety of tools make it easy to create very attractive emails quickly.
    • List building—GetResponse is ideal for setting-up and using any number of segmented lists/
    • Forms and landing pages—These tools are also fairly strong, however, GetResponse (ironically) does not provide responsive forms for mobile, which I would think would be an urgent problem. They have so far not addressed it.
    • Customer support—Customer support via chat and email is strong. It's disappointing the company has pulled the plug on live phone-in support.
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    Smartlead.ai
    • Slick API integration with both our waterfall and CRM
    • Quick email verification tool
    • Handles high volume sending with ease
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    Cons
    GetResponse
    • The email editor is kind of a nightmare. Elements don't move or behave how you'd expect, the font choices are limited and pretty lame, adding new elements is difficult or often impossible... the whole thing feels 5+ years outdated. Buggy, slow, and extremely limited in functionality.
    • The entire UI feels similarly outdated and slow--just seems like GetResponse hasn't kept up with the curve of the market in terms of performance or aesthetics.
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    Smartlead.ai
    • Context based output.
    • Layout and image generation.
    • Multiple language support.
    • Multiple format support.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    GetResponse
    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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    Smartlead.ai
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    Usability
    GetResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Smartlead.ai
    It's a good tool and you can figure out your way around it, but overall visibility from a bird's eye view could be better. Oftentimes you have to open up multiple tabs to see different client views
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    Support Rating
    GetResponse
    Excellent general support. However, in case of an escalation, their turnaround time over email (follow through) can go higher
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    Smartlead.ai
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Smartlead.ai
    I have used all above platform in my career. Instantly is the nearest one which can compete. relying on Apollo was my biggest mistake over the years in my previous org. Apollo does not give clear picture whether the email is bounced what the health score of my domain. I kept on using the same mailbox and my emails kept on landing in spam. I couldn't understand the reason behind my poor performance until I used Smartlead. All other tools gives fake health score, no AI suggestion on setting up campaigns. Here Smartlead outstand with other tools.
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    Return on Investment
    GetResponse
    • Only negative. They cleaned our entire contact list.
    • We had to start over with Get Response. Now that they have forcefully freed us, we'll be redownloading our actual customer and prospect list from our CRM.
    • They will not refund us. We paid for a year and they gave us 5 months. So we are also out $5,000.
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    Smartlead.ai
    • Negligible return
    • Open rates and response rates run below 10%
    • Best for single channel buziness development
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