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    IBM MQ

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM MQ (formerly WebSphere MQ and MQSeries) is messaging middleware.N/A

    iZooto

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    iZooto is a user engagement and retention tool that is designed to leverage web push notifications to help business to drive repeat traffic, leads and sales. iZooto, Datability’s first product was rolled out publicly in Feb 2016. The vendor says the fundamental difference between how a mobile application and a website works with users is in the level of interaction and personalisation that a mobile application offers. Additionally, the vendor says with iZooto, they are empowering…N/A
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    IBM MQiZooto
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    IBM MQiZooto
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$99 number of subscribers
    Additional Details—User Engagement is at the heart of every business. It is the reason that drives business growth. Businesses focussing on creating contextual communication to engage users, will outpace everyone else. This is our mojo - to help you engage your users and create delightful moments. Yes, that really is our mission. We understand that whether you are small business or a large business or just a One-Person-Army, restricting number of websites per account where you wish to use iZooto is frustrating. For this precise reason, we have consciously stepped away from the number of websites per plan model. So when you create an account on iZooto, you can add any number of websites and any number of users to manage those web properties for yourself.
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    IBM MQiZooto
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Apache Kafka
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Apache Kafka
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM MQiZooto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (48 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
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    Availability
    9.5
    (29 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM MQiZooto
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    In the context of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, IBM MQ plays a pivotal role in managing the substantial data streams emanating from interconnected devices. Its primary function is to guarantee the dependable transmission and processing of data, catering to a diverse range of IoT use cases, including but not limited to smart city initiatives, healthcare monitoring systems, and industrial automation solutions. In the telecommunications sector, IBM MQ is employed for message routing, call detail record (CDR) processing, and network management to ensure real-time data exchange and fault tolerance. When managing the supply chain and logistics, IBM MQ is used to ensure timely and accurate communication between different entities, including suppliers, warehouses, and transportation providers. IBM MQ can be cost-prohibitive for smaller organizations due to licensing and maintenance costs. In such cases, open-source or lightweight messaging solutions may be more appropriate. For scenarios requiring extremely low-latency, real-time data exchange, and high throughput, other messaging technologies, like Apache Kafka, may be more suitable due to their specialized design for such use cases.
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
    iZooto is well suited to any web property that needs to nurture its relationship with users and needs another channel besides email, social media, and paid retargeting. Because of its integration with WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify, it's perfect for ECOM sites and other consumer-facing sites. But I can see it work well for a B2B / saas company too. In short, it makes repeat visits much more likely.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • The documentation is very clear,It is understandable and the support helps to configure it in the best way.
    • Server guidelines make it possible to get the most out of work management. It's broad, we can work with different operating systems, I really recommend using linux.
    • It is highly compatible with systems, brockers, applications, and data accumulation programs, it is possible to configure everything so that after the installation of programs, they can communicate with each other and then throw data to an external program that accumulates it and represents in clear details of steps to follow and make business decisions.
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
    • iZooto allows us to keep up to date with various browser developments & push notification standards that keep evolving.
    • iZooto allows us to re-target users who viewed a particular product, or products in a certain price range or users from a certain location or all all of these together.
    • iZooto allows us to monetise our push notifications without any extra effort.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • There is limitation on number of svrconn connections you can have to MQ on the mainframe which has been an major issue for us. This has been an issue for us for over 4 years and still no fix although I am aware IBM have been working on a solution over the last year.
    • When upgrading to MQ V9.3 on our MQ appliances there is no fall-back option. This was the same for MQ V9.2 upgrade from MQ V9.0. For production upgrades this I believe is not acceptable.
    • AMS is not supplied as part of the standard mainframe MQ licence. You need an extra licence. IBM tell customers how important security and protecting data is yet they still want to charge for this software. The cost of MQ on the mainframe is not cheap so I would expect AMS to be part of the base product.
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
    • Their WordPress plugin works but is a bit glitchy when you try to override a post's default settings in the notification
    • More opportunities to brand the opt in prompt would be great -- with, say, our logo, though I am not sure it's supported by browsers
    • There is no clear way to UNSUBSCRIBE from prompts, unlike with OneSignal.
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    Usability
    IBM
    I give it a nine because it has significantly improved my team's data reliability and operational efficiency. Its great security features give us peace of mind, knowing our sensitive data is well protected. While the setup might initially be complex, I believe the long-term benefits far outweigh this hurdle.
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    The messages are delivered instantly with this software and it integrates with our technology stack, in terms of availability we only had one failure when we were doing some testing and integration with third parties, the features of this software make it always available and its deployment is easy for the company, it does not generate expenses due to failures
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    There are very specific things that must be elevated to more specialized areas of support, but the common support is very agile when receiving questions or when we leave concerns in real time. I recommend the support of the program in this regard.
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
    They were on top of things right away when I reported an issue with their WordPress plugin, or when I needed to switch from Shopify to WordPress. Very hands-on and responsive. They have built-in live chat support in their app, though it would be nice if they incorporated it into their WordPress plugin too, so I didn't have to leave WordPress to report issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    We found IBM MQ very easy to get started and quick to learn by the new users with a short learning curve and seamlessly integrates with IBM products, and quick to perform self-service analytics and make informed business decisions. IBM MQ is also very straightforward in creating simple and best reports, which are very profitable and productive.
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
    We use a few more tools regularly, but specifically for browser push we found iZooto to be the most focused player and the pricing to be reasonable. The monetization layer that they provide for publishers like us is a big value add. We continue to use different tools for analytics, funnels and other marketing automations.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Positive- Message Reliability and Reduced downtime, increases the ROI many times.
    • Positive- Increased stability and enhanced customer experience
    • Negative- cost is very high - Both licensing and integration cost
    • Negative- Learning and training cost of IBM MQ is high as its complex to use and integrate
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    Datability Solutions Pvt Ltd
    • iZooto gives us a good % of our overall traffic by bringing a lot of returning users.
    • iZooto contributes a healthy chunk of our ad revenues.
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