Intercom vs. Maropost Marketing Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Intercom
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Intercom creates modern Customer Service software that aims to redefine how businesses support their customers. The platform connects businesses directly to customers using powerful messaging and automation. According to the vendor, Intercom enables teams to scale support without investing more resources - leading to happier customers and more efficient support teams.
$39
per month per seat
Maropost Marketing Cloud
Score 4.3 out of 10
N/A
Maropost, headquartered in Toronto with offices in New York, London, and Delhi, offers an enterprise level email marketing and automation platform for email-centric campaigns and total customer lifecycle management via an automated workflow. It features social networking "listening" to keep track of all mentions across familiar spaces like Facebook and Twitter, dashboard reports and analytics to help make sense of data from emails and web activity, a survey / form builder, and custom landing…
$251
per month
Pricing
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Editions & Modules
Essential
$39
per month per seat
Advanced
$99
per month per seat
Expert
$139
per month per seat
The Early Stage program
From $65 for 5 support seats
per month
Proactive Support Plus add-on
from $99
per month
Essential
$251
per month 225,000 emails monthly
Professional
$764
per month 225,000 emails monthly
Enterprise
$1,529
per month 225,000 emails monthly
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAI customer service features included in every plan. Intercom integrates Help desk, AI Chat bot, and Proactive support.10% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Intercom
8.1
113 Ratings
3% above category average
Maropost Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.4103 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.069 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.768 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.276 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.3106 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response7.9111 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Intercom
7.3
117 Ratings
6% below category average
Maropost Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
External knowledge base7.4116 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base7.2101 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Intercom
8.2
114 Ratings
7% above category average
Maropost Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.591 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR7.737 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration7.570 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support8.8108 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.582 Ratings00 Ratings
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Intercom
-
Ratings
Maropost Marketing Cloud
7.9
8 Ratings
3% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings6.65 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.98 Ratings
List management00 Ratings6.55 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Intercom
-
Ratings
Maropost Marketing Cloud
8.1
7 Ratings
4% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.64 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Intercom
-
Ratings
Maropost Marketing Cloud
9.9
2 Ratings
16% above category average
URL Validation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Best Alternatives
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Small Businesses
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
ReachMail
ReachMail
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
VerticalResponse
VerticalResponse
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
Emma by Marigold
Emma by Marigold
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(263 ratings)
4.3
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(171 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(10 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IntercomMaropost Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Intercom
Well suited for real time customer support needs - that's where it really shines. Well suited for proactive outreach and the ability to gather feedback from customers + surveys. Less appropriate for a non techie company to set it up, basically any sort of changes in integration have to be done by an engineer.
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Maropost
Maropost is a little more expensive than its competitors. I'd say Maropost is well suited for medium and larger businesses, not small businesses unless they're really good at utilizing e-mail and monetizing it.
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Pros
Intercom
  • Intercom's ability to centralize customer communication is a game-changer.
  • Intercom's automation features have saved us time and streamlined workflows.
  • Help desk for users.
  • Intercom seamlessly integrates with a variety of other tools and platforms, enhancing its functionality and making it a central part of our tech stack.
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Maropost
  • Maropost is particularly strong in the customization aspect. As a sales person, I love using MSC because I can customize everything from A-Z.
  • The features are endless, a personal fav is the Journey's feature with Marketing Cloud.
  • Client support is quick to respond.
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Cons
Intercom
  • The AI tools should have a make shorter option
  • The research is difficult compared to other platforms such as Zendesk where it is easier to find stuff (accounts, emails, messages...)
  • I know that you could integrate better AI tools! The chatbot is amazing, so I'm just missing more AI tools to increase productivity
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Maropost
  • The Sales Department shouldn't promise the customer what support can't deliver on.
  • They should also brush up on some ethics courses. It's appalling to me how they conduct business. Buyer beware.
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Likelihood to Renew
Intercom
We have been and will be continuing our journey with Intercom and nothing too concerning has happened that I have experienced or heard of that has us on the edge yet. If it ever happens it will be something along the lines of "Outgrowing" the use of need of the platform.
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Maropost
No answers on this topic
Usability
Intercom
Everything is very straightforward and easy to see, explore, and use. Intercom provides walkthroughs and helps guides in case something is not apparent to the user and has their agents available to help. I always feel confident when exploring new features or making changes that I can have it accomplished due to the service they provide.
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Maropost
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Intercom
always there
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Maropost
No answers on this topic
Performance
Intercom
works perfect
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Maropost
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Intercom
Intercom is the premier customer support/engagement model and it definitely has one of the top tier customer support teams as well. I don't think I have ever waited more than 5 minutes to get the information I need or get help with an issue. They are incredible and I aim to model our customer service department after them.
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Maropost
Though relatively responsive, the responses were always utterly unhelpful and sometime not even relevant to the questions we asked. It quickly became apparent that it was outsourced copy/paste support.
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Online Training
Intercom
Easy to know the learning path
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Maropost
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Intercom
The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom.
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Maropost
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Intercom
We've used both Drift and Salesforce chat at Owl Labs in the past, and I didn't find them to meet our needs or customer needs the way Intercom has been able to. Intercom ranks higher for us regarding Integrations offered, customization, AI functionality, and user-friendliness. In the past, if chat visitors would click around our website, they'd have to start their chat over again from the start and lose their communication history with us. We also found that Salesforce chat did not have enough customization that we needed. One small example is that in Intercom, you can see when another teammate is looking at a chat and tag them in notes to collaborate. We didn't have access to anything like that when using Salesforce chat. Intercom has made it easy to work alongside one another to be more efficient.
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Maropost
Maropost had everything we needed and more. We loved that fact that one price covered everything. As we move forward we don't have to go back and purchase modules that we are now ready for. No one wants to go back to management and ask for more money
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Return on Investment
Intercom
  • I like how easy it is to spot the user data needed to assist our members.
  • Love how easy it is to link articles on the chat that will help both us and the customers.
  • I like that the sales force or the tickets is already connected on the chat
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Maropost
  • Lack of data and information about our users that we can use to get smarter in our segmentation hurts us in that we lose branded deals or partnerships.
  • Takes too much time to export reports and gain attrition reporting information, manually preparing reports is not a good use of time for anyone on our team.
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ScreenShots

Intercom Screenshots

Screenshot of AI Agent - The agent resolves 50% of support volume.Screenshot of AI Copilot - A personal AI assistant for every support agent.Screenshot of Omnichannel inbox - AI-enhanced to increase productivity.Screenshot of Tickets - Intercom tickets are designed for collaboration so complex issues are resolved faster.Screenshot of Help Center -  The help center powers AI and self-serve support.Screenshot of Workflows - Automations are built using the Intercom no code visual builder.

Maropost Marketing Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Main Maropost DashboardScreenshot of 360° View - Customer DashboardScreenshot of A/B Campaign ReportScreenshot of Built In Image LibraryScreenshot of Campaign Report