GetResponse vs. Handysends

GetResponse

Handysends

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting 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
Handysends	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Transactional email services ease email services between the sender and the recipients. They usually bear the recipient's information, based on their actions and requirements. HandySends transactional email service provides a personalization component with v3 API in the creation of accounts, enables email activity feed, supports API & SMTP Integration to support all email requirements for low leverage, and sends emails with real-time email activity to measure work.	N/A

Pricing

GetResponse

Handysends

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
GetResponse	Handysends
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	GetResponse	Handysends
Considered Both Products	GetResponse Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse We selected GetResponse basis a feature-to-feature comparison and also an overall recommendation from a leading digital marketer Incentivized Helpful? BH Bryana Hammes Senior Associate Chose GetResponse Our company stands out for having very initial contact with our customers, and this is thanks to the templates that GetResponse has. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Smith Owner Principal 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse ActiveCampaign seems to check more of the boxes for our marketing agency needs. The ease of on-boarding multiple clients is wonderful. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse Everything else at least sends the emails to my lists. Incentivized Helpful? Nikunj Gupta Founder Chose GetResponse Better pricing and similar high delivery rates. Much active support and great number of customization available. Incentivized Helpful? Robert Foreman Designated Broker Chose GetResponse MailChimp and Constant Contact Incentivized Helpful? Mohammed Anzil Founder and Chief Editor 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Blinzler Marketing Automation Manager 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse CRM functionality. Much cheaper Landing page is much better Incentivized Helpful? Rares Man Head Of Marketing 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 Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Walker Physical Therapist, President 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse We are evaluating new vendors and leaning towards MailChimp. Incentivized Helpful? David Faustina Managing Partner 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. Incentivized Helpful? Ron Edmonds Principal 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Nicholas De Salvo Founder, Creative Director 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Braun Curriculum Manager Chose GetResponse GetResponse has a lot of the same functionality as InfusionSoft - but is more user-friendly and less expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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. Incentivized Helpful? Vitaliy Vinogradov Co Owner 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Fishman Project Manager 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 … Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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. Helpful?	Handysends No answer on this topic

Features

GetResponse

Handysends

Email & Online Marketing

Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	GetResponse 8.9 Ratings 15% above category average	Handysends - Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Dynamic content	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content	8.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Landing pages	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
A/B testing	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile optimization	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
List management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences	8.20 Ratings	00 Ratings

Lead Management

Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
	GetResponse 9.0 Ratings 14% above category average	Handysends - Ratings
Lead nurturing automation	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data quality management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Campaign Management

Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
	GetResponse 9.0 Ratings 20% above category average	Handysends - Ratings
Event/webinar marketing	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Social Media Marketing

Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	GetResponse 9.0 Ratings 20% above category average	Handysends - Ratings
Social profile integration	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	GetResponse 9.7 Ratings 28% above category average	Handysends - Ratings
Dashboards	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Standard reports	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Custom reports	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	GetResponse 8.3 Ratings 11% above category average	Handysends - Ratings
API	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customizability	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Third-party software integrations	6.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	GetResponse	Handysends
Small Businesses	Vbout Score 9.9 out of 10	Mad Mimi Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	PFL Direct Mail Platform Score 9.0 out of 10	VerticalResponse Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises	PFL Direct Mail Platform Score 9.0 out of 10	Emma by Marigold Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
	GetResponse	Handysends
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	GetResponse	Handysends
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. Incentivized Barry Feldman Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Adam Blinzler Marketing Automation Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
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 Elizabeth Fishman Project Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Excellent general support. However, in case of an escalation, their turnaround time over email (follow through) can go higher Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Jeff Smith Owner Principal Read full review	No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Brock Ross Marketing Project Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
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