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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGridBuddy Connect was a contact data tool that combined data from separate systems into an editable, spreadsheet-simple view. Acquired by Validity in 2019, it is now a legacy tool.N/A

    Mapp Digital

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ABuilt by marketers for marketers, Mapp is a family of software and customer-centric services including a sophisticated data management platform; tools that optimise email, mobile, app, social and web marketing; and campaign management and strategy consulting. Mapp Digital was created by the combination of BlueHornet and the digital-marketing related applications business purchased from Teradata Corporation in July 2016. Other components include Argyle Social, Epoxy (a mobile push app), and…N/A
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    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)Mapp Digital
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    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)Mapp Digital
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)Mapp Digital
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of GridBuddy Connect (legacy) and Mapp Digital
    Feature
    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Mapp Digital
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of GridBuddy Connect (legacy) and Mapp Digital
    Feature
    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Mapp Digital
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of GridBuddy Connect (legacy) and Mapp Digital
    Feature
    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Mapp Digital
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)Mapp Digital
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    1.9
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)Mapp Digital
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    1. Making broad changes to data, like moving ownership of records from one user to another for a new Sales Rep or a moved Sales Rep. 2. Making broad changes to data for product changes, product introductions and such (product naming changes, product description changes, etc.). I recently had to make a change to the name of a Product Option. Product Options are a sub-object related to Product. This name change was in 22 places. Okay, 18 [is] not a lot, but to make this change individually 22 times is still very tedious and takes too much of my time. Instead, I set up my Grid with the Object and sub-Object and made all 22 changes at once with a mass change. Piece of cake. And I don't have to go back to several of the records to see if the change was made successfully (something you have to do with Dataloader). I could see the effective change all at once on my Grid screen.
    Incentivized
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    Mapp Digital
    During our use of MAPP Digital, it is deserving to say that the product helped us to overcome the main challenges we faced in our business at the time. As a preliminary user I have struggled much with hosting manual campaigns on remarketing etc. But with the Mapp digital software hosting marketing campaigns became a complete automated process with supervision. This feature offered by Mapp made a huge decrease in my daily workload and I'm more than grateful for it.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Reshapes the user Interface into an intuitive, clean, easy and thoughtful way, meaning Salesforce can be practically used for applications that (in my Opinion) salesforce was never designed for.
    • Mass updates are a God send, Leaving quick and meaningful notes, setting up meetings with clients or upcoming calls to maintain contact, all from the same screen without information overload... a real achievement.
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    Mapp Digital
    • BlueHornet's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface for creating emails is easier to use than many platforms. Users appreciate this. BlueHornet makes it super simple to create a version specific for mobile devices.
    • I am a big fan of the custom data segmentation tools built into BlueHornet. They are powerful and easy to use. Many other ESPs, including a number of the top rated ones, do not have such powerful, easy to use segmentation tools. This matters. It helps a user send more relevant emails.
    • BlueHornet makes sharing to social networks simple. In this day and age, forwarding to a friend is dead. Sharing to social networks is essential. Having this be easy to do is very important.
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    Cons
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    • Does not allow users to create new Campaign Member records; we would like to be able to add multiple Campaign Member records to a Campaign in a Grid.
    • Does not allow users to create new Task records; we would like to be able to add multiple Tasks records related to the same user but multiple Opportunities and Contacts.
    Incentivized
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    Mapp Digital
    • It would be nice to see the API's functionality introduced into the web client.
    • The reporting tools for transactional messages is different than the rest of the system. This promotes difficulty with getting accurate reporting in the web client, outside of an API call.
    • The custom fields are different for transactional messages, which introduces times when human error may flub the fields because they aren't contiguous throughout the product.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    - Easy of use - Visual nature of using the product (as compared to Dataloader) - Quickness of making changes/updates/edits to long lists of records, live and real-time
    Incentivized
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    Mapp Digital
    Although BlueHornet offers helpful testing capabilities, the ESP is a bit outdated. There is a lot of room for aesthetics improvement as they are not appealing. The reporting tool is usually broken, and reporting either no, or wrong metrics. If this ESP were to update their design, as well as fix the reporting tool, I think this platform would be much better.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    - Ease of use - Real-time and visible nature of making mass changes - Ease of setting up a Grid - Ease of filtering the Grid to see the records that I need to change
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    Mapp Digital
    There were three tabs used to navigate throughout the system called, "publish," "engage," and, "measure." These three tabs made the site very user friendly and all features easy to find
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
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    Mapp Digital
    They rolled out new feature requests quite frequently and always kept our team up to speed on what they were changing/adding to the system
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    Mapp Digital
    Sometimes it was hard to get an initial response but after we started CCing more people, it became a lot better!
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
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    Mapp Digital
    They made sure to go through anything and everything that we wanted
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    GridBuddy was very easy to implement
    Incentivized
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    Mapp Digital
    I wasn't there when they first got it, but when I got there there were only a few people that knew a little bit about it. There was A LOT that we didn't know. Then BlueHornet came and had some workshops and we learned a lot that we didn't even know existed. They were doing a lot of things wrong before BlueHornet came and showed up more about the tool
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    This is the 1st inline editing product we have tested. The only reason we would ever go with another product is the price.
    Incentivized
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    Mapp Digital
    We were able to thoroughly evaluate the program for Mapp Digital thanks to the free trial's availability. Comparing the two products' graphical user interfaces, it's evident that Mapp Digital comes out on top. Mapp Digital's excellent customer service was another reason for our decision to work with the company.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Our sales executives save a lot of time reviewing all opportunities in a single editable view.
    • Gridbuddy improves the functionality of our CRM by allowing us to edit multiple opportunities in one place.
    • It is generally faster and easier to build a report in GridBuddy than it is in SAP C4C.
    Incentivized
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    Mapp Digital
    • BlueHornet has been a good entry-level platform. We have successfully launched scores of clients with limited email marketing experience onto this platform. Because it is easy to use, we have spent minimal effort needing to help these clients with problems.
    • It is easy to migrate clients on or off BlueHornet, depending upon their needs. This is helpful because it allows our clients to be on exactly the right platform. Some platforms make it difficult to migrate off, essentially trapping clients on a platform that no longer meets their needs or business objectives.
    • I wish BlueHornet were keeping pace with technology advancements in the industry. The gap between the biggest ESPs and competitors like BlueHornet seems to be growing.
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