InboxAlly vs. Litmus from Validity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
InboxAlly
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Designed as an email deliverability tool, InboxAlly specifically aims to prevent marketing emails from being redirected into spam folders, to enhance the likelihood of them being opened and further engaged with by recipients, with the goal of augmenting both open and click-through rates. InboxAlly can also warm up domains and IPs to further increase open rates while preventing emails from getting lost in spam. The customer dashboard is where…
$149
per month
Litmus from Validity
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Litmus, from Validity, is an email marketing solution used to create error-free emails in less time. It is also used to build email campaigns, personalize and test them thoroughly, monitor deliverability, and analyze email performance.
$500
per month
Pricing
InboxAllyLitmus from Validity
Editions & Modules
Starter
$149
per month
Plus
$645
per month
Premium
$1,190
per month
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
InboxAllyLitmus from Validity
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCustom and Enterprise pricing available.Litmus offers different plan types to fit various needs, offering monthly and annual plans, as well as fully customizable Enterprise plans.
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Community Pulse
InboxAllyLitmus from Validity
Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
InboxAlly
-
Ratings
Litmus from Validity
5.3
356 Ratings
40% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.855 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings7.856 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.7231 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings2.63 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings1.84 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.2345 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.1252 Ratings
List management00 Ratings1.82 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
InboxAlly
-
Ratings
Litmus from Validity
6.7
234 Ratings
13% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings5.610 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.7233 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings6.6165 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
InboxAlly
-
Ratings
Litmus from Validity
8.9
346 Ratings
12% above category average
URL Validation00 Ratings8.7261 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings8.7229 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings8.9258 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings9.5344 Ratings
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User Ratings
InboxAllyLitmus from Validity
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(370 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(27 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.3
(21 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.7
(12 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
4.3
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
3.7
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
InboxAllyLitmus from Validity
Likelihood to Recommend
InboxAlly
Well Suited1- Noticeable increase in open rates
2- Easy setup process
3- Great customer supportLess Appropriate1- Some users may need time to fully understand all the features2- Improvements in deliverability aren’t always instant; consistency is key. 3- While the value is strong, startups on a tight budget might find it little bit expensive.
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Validity
Proofing your emails is necessary. This is a tool that allows you to see how your email not only renders on multiple devices but how it performs. Some email building platforms will tell you their drag and drop templates are ready to go, however they stop short of analyzing accessibility, checking links, load speed among other things. I've also experienced drag and drop template issues as new email clients are released. Litmus provides peace of mind that you did your due diligence on crafting your email. While Litmus does provide some reporting you will not see every typical analytic an email report offers. However, you can use your Litmus data to enhance your email reports which in turn creates a robust view of email performance.
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Pros
InboxAlly
  • Increased open rates
  • Detailed analytics
  • Deliverability issues are solved
  • Best warmup tool for our new email accounts
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Validity
  • We haven’t explored the personalization features in depth yet, aside from using the Add-to-Calendar option, but we're excited to dig in further. Tools like live polls offer an easy way to boost engagement in our product marketing emails, and we see a lot of potential in using these templates to enhance personalization moving forward.
  • Litmus’ continuing education resources have been really helpful. I recently read an article on email deliverability that offered practical insights my team can apply moving forward. I especially appreciate how Litmus uses real examples and stats from the brands they work with—it makes the content feel actionable and relevant.
  • Online Training.
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Cons
InboxAlly
  • Improve their back end UX a bit. It's very easy to understand and super useful, but there's always room for improvement.
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Validity
  • I've not seen many limitations but I have noticed that sometimes emails sent from our CRM take too long to land in Litmus, or sometimes don't land at all.
  • As a beginner it was quite difficult for me to make my way around the platform - I thought "Create new" CTA was actually creating something new, maybe "Import from CRM" would have been more understandable. There were a few others but I remember this one.
  • In the Emails section, whenever I hover over an email, I want to be able to copy the subject line instead of getting the different CTAs appear intrusively (Summary, Builder, Previews & QA, Proof, Analytics, Monitor) - maybe these could appear on the bottom of the textbox, instead of them being imposed on top?
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Likelihood to Renew
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
It's one the best tools that we've found for this type of tool but we would like some additional features like spell check so if there's a platform that features that with everything else Litmus has, then we'd potentially look to move over to that platform instead. However, we are overall pretty help with the platform
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Usability
InboxAlly
Because of InboxAlly, we are out of "Spam Jail" in just two weeks. This helped us to scale our campaigns and improve our open rate from ~30% to 70%+. Highly recommend to anyone running their own outbound email campaigns or lead generation agencies. InboxAlly teaches inbox providers (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.) to understand that the emails you send from your domain are important and valued by your recipients.
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Validity
Litmus has integrations that make the software an integrated part of my work every day. Being able to test right within my email builder is just brilliant. Daily I also use the web interface to review analytics and spam testing. Overall it is one of the pieces of software I use daily without any complaints or issues.
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Reliability and Availability
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
We have never had a problem with Litmus being unavailable so I would say their availability is fantastic. There might have been one time years ago that the site was down briefly but it also might have been a server issue on my end. Either way, Litmus was back up and running in a very short time
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Performance
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
As with all technology, there are inevitably use-cases where you are unable to get to your original goal without some good old-fashioned experimenting. Some situations will (and are) more urgent which complicates an effective integration of a new process or a new team using an existing process but the "issues" are regularly resolved by re-starting the process specific to when Litmus is introduced to a project. If it doesn't come out the way you're anticipating, run it again and verify there is an issue before declaring all is lost
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Support Rating
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
I am always so so impressed with the litmus support team. They are not only prompt but attentive and offer very personalised responses and support
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In-Person Training
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
I had internal training for how to use, not lead by litmus. Unsure if there was any external training which took place before my time
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Online Training
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
It has all the required information.
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Implementation Rating
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
I didn’t really personally participate much in the implementation of Litmus, but from what I observed during the process, it was a smooth process with minimal disruptions. The team was able to get up and running quickly, and the platform’s user-friendly interface made onboarding fairly easy for everyone involved from the start.
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Alternatives Considered
InboxAlly
Inboxally is more specialised in solving the very problem that we had, while others do a lesser job on tackling the problem of deliverability.
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Validity
This is not applicable to my role as I have used Litmus to test emails since I have started. Because of the ease of use, timeliness, consistent quality, and affordability that Litmus offers, I haven't found the need to look at similar products or organizations. If all of these features continue to stay strong, I don't plan on changing providers
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Scalability
InboxAlly
No answers on this topic
Validity
With our enterprise account, scalability is not an issue. I have not yet seen or heard of significant issues with user access, API connections for integrations etc. This includes down time for "Scheduled Maintenance" as some providers call them, Litmus has the technology backing to support a global team with a 24-hour workday across regions
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Return on Investment
InboxAlly
  • Our open rates increased by 50%
  • With detailed analytics report, we can check the room for improvement.
  • Improved deliverability
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Validity
  • Litmus saves our team so much time by making the QA and email review process so much easier, streamlined, and efficient.
  • We often send out campaigns out to thousands of members, and Litmus gives us the assurance and peace of mind that everything is working as it should before it gets sent out.
  • Decreases the number of email review cycles we go through.
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ScreenShots

InboxAlly Screenshots

Screenshot of InboxAlly platformScreenshot of InboxAlly reporting

Litmus from Validity Screenshots

Screenshot of Litmus Personalize Essentials, with live polls to give subscribers a voice and drive email engagement.Screenshot of Litmus Email Guardian, featuring 24/7 link monitoring to safeguard emails.Screenshot of Litmus' integrated insights reports, that can automatically combine metrics from Salesforce Marketing Cloud with subscriber engagement insights from Litmus.Screenshot of campaign preview, available in 100+ popular email clientsScreenshot of Litmus' inbox previewing and feedback tools, that help users to spot and fix issues early.