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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Tag Manager

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AFrom Google, the Google Tag Manager is a tag management application that facilitates creating, embedding, and updating tags across websites and mobile apps. It is a free option, vs. the company's enterprise-tier Google Tag Manager 360.

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    Iterable

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIterable is an AI-powered customer communication platform that activates customers across channels in real-time. With intelligent personalization, dynamic content, and a cross-channel suite, Iterable helps brands create seamless, data-driven experiences across email, SMS, push, and in-app notifications.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Iterable
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    103 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    Features
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Google Tag Manager and Iterable
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.958 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Google Tag Manager and Iterable
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    8.8
    68 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Tag library9.263 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping8.955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags7.367 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution8.162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring10.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page load times8.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging9.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions8.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Google Tag Manager and Iterable
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    7.6
    69 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Event tracking8.666 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking9.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data distribution management8.841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Universal data layer8.358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated error checking3.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Google Tag Manager and Iterable
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Iterable
    8.1
    119 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.9106 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.7113 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.5111 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.6115 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.9115 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings7.1115 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.1102 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Google Tag Manager and Iterable
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Iterable
    5.7
    116 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.2116 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings5.6114 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings5.4105 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Google Tag Manager and Iterable
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Iterable
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    9% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.9102 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings7.4103 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings4.75 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.120 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Small Businesses
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (73 ratings)
    8.6
    (120 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Tag ManagerIterable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I have found Google Tag Manager as the go to solution for managing all of your event and conversion tags for your website. Not only does it make it easy to manage all of your tags in the one place, it is fairly intuitive to use and there is plenty of videos and help documentation online to help set up what ever you need. No scenarios come to mind at the moment on where it is less appropriate to use.
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    Iterable
    - Scalability: as I mentioned, Stayforlong serves more than 3 Million travellers in 40 markets and 32 languages. We managed to build a robust CRM strategy with only 2 members on the CRM team, which helped us expand the channels with a really small, lean team. - Real-time relevance: for us, having the latest available offer is a must; we need to offer the rooms that are available in real time, because the inventory is live.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Selecting elements on a site [object, class, cookie, etc] (to later fire an event, send some data, etc) is very easy with triggers. Want to add an event when someone clicks on a button? Super easy. It was many many DOM selectors and you can even add custom functions if you need to do something more specific
    • In general, firing events in different circumstances is very easy mixing triggers and tags. You can track almost any element of the DOM and do whatever you want with it.
    • Testing is a great functionality. Only you can see what's on the site and you can debug it easily by seeing which events or tags were triggered and all the DOM elements involved (and why they matched the trigger).
    • Working in environments (staging, production) and versioning is easy to do, deploying changes in 2 clicks.
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    Iterable
    • Customer Journey creation - the platform easily creates a visual path for the marketing team to curate messaging based around timing, channel, behavior as well as add split testing logic and exit criteria so we target only the audiences we want.
    • Customer Success - one of the best teams I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I'm able to move so much quicker because they really create a helpful partnership.
    • Audience segmentation, the platform is easy to work with even if you're a first time user, they do a great job of visually showing the logic and the and/or/none type rules.
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    Cons
    Google
    • There are several good integrations, but there can always be more. Native tracking for call tracking solutions, analytics providers, non-Google advertisers would be top of my list.
    • Documentation is just dreadful. Luckily there are some awesome folks out there doing crowdsourced tutorials (shout out to Simo Ahava) but by and large the Google Tag Manager instructions are worth what you pay for them.
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    Iterable
    • In-app channel, although it works, has some shortcomings in UI functionality or system backend logic, which suggests it is built on an email send-out architecture.
    • Drag and drop editor has its own limitations - it isn't perfect. You can't create some basic designs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I haven't found another option for us to use especially one that is free. Down the road we may go a different route but for now GTM is a good option and does what we need it to do. It'd be nice to get more support or more integrations but with the free version there's only so much one can expect to get I suppose.
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    Iterable
    Its a robust platform that can serve complex business needs. Current and futures. It tries to adapt an newest trends and has good CS and CSM specialists.
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    Usability
    Google
    No difficult obstacle to overcome but Google Tag Manager can still be difficult for many users to deploy. Sure the basic HTML script can be deployed quite easily, but when you start to require triggers, variables, etc, it can be a little daunting.
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    Iterable
    Iterable very easy to learn and use. It's a great platform for both a new email marketer and a marketer that's been working in email for 20+ years.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Iterable is there like 99.9% of the time. However, when it goes down, it grinds us to a halt. Most of the time, outages are an hour or less, but if that's at a peak time, it can be a nightmare. That said, when the worst does happen, there are frequent updates and an easy situation tracker that give you an estimate of how much longer you'll have to wait for the issue to be resolved.
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    Performance
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    The API is super quick. The UI can be a little sluggish depending on what you're loading, but overall Iterable performs great. Iterable appears to do a good job of making processes async so that one action isn't blocking another.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    GTM does not provide support. This is one of GTM's biggest issues but it's due to the level of customization for each website. If your team thinks they would heavily rely on the need for a support staff it is probably better to invest in a paid service with a team that can support your needs.
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    Iterable
    I've never experienced any issues with Iterable. As I and my colleagues have learnt the system and it's features, response to questions and advice from our account manager is always quick. Kevin knows the product well, and with the few tricky questions has hasn't been able to answer he's been quick to get back to us.
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    Online Training
    Google
    I thought there was a little bit too much emphasis on AdWords stuff, not enough on the generic application of GTM.
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    Iterable
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Planning and communication will help greatly with an in-house implementation. If there are large teams, try to limit the number of people involved to 1-2 developers (back-end dev may be necessary depending on your platform), one analytics marketer and one project manager.
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    Iterable
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    We moved to GTM from a standard Google Analytics implementation. GTM is much more flexible and easier to make changes, especially as the changes relate to multiple sites and environments. While there is a learning curve when figuring out how to use GTM, I believe the change has been worth it because it helps us understand at a more fundamental level how our tracking works and gives us a lot more control over what we track and how.
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    Iterable
    My understanding is that Mailchimp has evolved a lot since we moved to Iterable 4 years ago, so any comparison is legacy. Keeping that in mind, Iterable is far more sophisticated, especially the journey builder, personalised STO by user and segmentation.
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    We've definitely tested scalability, and it's no line - it works. The process is pretty easy. Most of the times it goes off without a hitch. Any time we do encounter issues, our support team is quick to get on the job and very communicative as they work us through a successful launch.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • GTM is very useful to determine if a particular element on the site is useful (i.e. is it being watched, is it being clicked, does it help customers navigate through more pages). As an SEO person, I can use this information to decide what to optimize for but also to track progress and see improvements in engagement.
    • With the use of Google Tag Manager, I was able to easily inject an A/B testing tool which lead to several improvements in lead generation.
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    Iterable
    • I do not have hard numbers, as I am not in the department that deals with those kinds of quantifications of impact. However, I do believe the use of Iterable has been a positive thing for us in providing more comprehensive data that is useful when dealing with customer tickets.
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