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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Iterable

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIterable is an AI-powered customer communication platform that activates customers across channels in real-time. With intelligent personalization, dynamic content, and a cross-channel suite, Iterable helps brands create seamless, data-driven experiences across email, SMS, push, and in-app notifications.N/A

    OutboundEngine

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOutboundEngine provides a hands-off way for small business owners to market and grow their business. The product aims to provide small businesses with what big companies have achieved with marketing automation. The service aims to help users keep in touch with clients and prospects with professionally designed, branded campaigns. Benefits include: driving engagement, surfacing warm leads from current contacts, generating referrals and repeat business from their existing contacts, social…

    $199

    per user

    Pricing
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $199
    per user
    Value
    $299
    per user
    Premium
    $499
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$99 per user
    Additional DetailsMore information is available on the vendor's website.
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    Community Pulse
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Considered Both Products
    Iterable
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    103 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    Features
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Iterable and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    Iterable
    8.1
    119 Ratings
    4% above category average
    OutboundEngine
    5.9
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.9106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.7113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.5111 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing8.5115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.9110 Ratings8.643 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting6.9115 Ratings3.050 Ratings
    List management7.1115 Ratings6.044 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Iterable and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    Iterable
    5.7
    116 Ratings
    27% below category average
    OutboundEngine
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.2116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports5.6114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports5.4105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Iterable and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    Iterable
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    9% below category average
    OutboundEngine
    -
    Ratings
    API7.9102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.5103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM4.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Iterable and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    OutboundEngine
    5.3
    38 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings5.338 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Iterable and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    OutboundEngine
    10.0
    48 Ratings
    36% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Small Businesses
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    HighLevel
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    LocaliQ
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (120 ratings)
    10.0
    (61 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    7.9
    (24 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IterableOutboundEngine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Iterable
    - Scalability: as I mentioned, Stayforlong serves more than 3 Million travellers in 40 markets and 32 languages. We managed to build a robust CRM strategy with only 2 members on the CRM team, which helped us expand the channels with a really small, lean team. - Real-time relevance: for us, having the latest available offer is a must; we need to offer the rooms that are available in real time, because the inventory is live.
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    Elm Street Technology
    OutboundEngine does a referral campaign and I've been able to close a couple of deals based on getting in touch with people who engage with this campaign and state they could use my services in the next 6 months. This is a great follow up tool for those you may or may not know are going to be needing your services.
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    Pros
    Iterable
    • Customer Journey creation - the platform easily creates a visual path for the marketing team to curate messaging based around timing, channel, behavior as well as add split testing logic and exit criteria so we target only the audiences we want.
    • Customer Success - one of the best teams I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I'm able to move so much quicker because they really create a helpful partnership.
    • Audience segmentation, the platform is easy to work with even if you're a first time user, they do a great job of visually showing the logic and the and/or/none type rules.
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    Elm Street Technology
    • The content that they generate to send to our clients is relevant and the clients want to engage with us. It makes us appear more professional and consistent, even though we are a smaller company.
    • It helps us stay in touch with clients and helps us stay top of mind. We are able to generate more new business leads if we are in consistent contact with current, former, and potential clients.
    • Their customer service and support is outstanding. All my questions were answered and I went into the program feeling confident and knowledgeable.
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    Cons
    Iterable
    • In-app channel, although it works, has some shortcomings in UI functionality or system backend logic, which suggests it is built on an email send-out architecture.
    • Drag and drop editor has its own limitations - it isn't perfect. You can't create some basic designs.
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    Elm Street Technology
    • I do not like the use of drawings to attract new customers, and they have ignored my requests to eliminate that for my personal emails.
    • I do not like it when a competitor in my immediate market has the same posts. It cheapens the service or makes it appear that I am simply sharing another's post.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Iterable
    Its a robust platform that can serve complex business needs. Current and futures. It tries to adapt an newest trends and has good CS and CSM specialists.
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    Elm Street Technology
    The biggest issue is poor ROI. The second biggest issue is rigid customer service process, lack of a sense of urgency, and inability to reach out to upper management with issues.
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    Usability
    Iterable
    Iterable very easy to learn and use. It's a great platform for both a new email marketer and a marketer that's been working in email for 20+ years.
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    Elm Street Technology
    Overall, OutboundEngine is very user friendly. It is simple to set up and explore, and if there are any issues or questions, the customer service team and account managers are always available to help. They are very knowledgeable and were able to explain everything in detail to me. The program is easy to navigate and helps me stay organized, and an uncomplicated and straightforward solution was exactly what I was looking for
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    Reliability and Availability
    Iterable
    Iterable is there like 99.9% of the time. However, when it goes down, it grinds us to a halt. Most of the time, outages are an hour or less, but if that's at a peak time, it can be a nightmare. That said, when the worst does happen, there are frequent updates and an easy situation tracker that give you an estimate of how much longer you'll have to wait for the issue to be resolved.
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    Elm Street Technology
    I haven't had to contact Outbound Engine because I haven't had any application errors or unplanned outages. I basically have had such a trouble free experience with them that I haven't had to call. Everything is automated and I get a notice to review every isse. I suppose if I personalized the newsletter a bit more and added some of my own articles, I would need to contact them, (which I should really start to do) but so far things have been so on point, I haven't felt the need.
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    Performance
    Iterable
    The API is super quick. The UI can be a little sluggish depending on what you're loading, but overall Iterable performs great. Iterable appears to do a good job of making processes async so that one action isn't blocking another.
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    Elm Street Technology
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Iterable
    I've never experienced any issues with Iterable. As I and my colleagues have learnt the system and it's features, response to questions and advice from our account manager is always quick. Kevin knows the product well, and with the few tricky questions has hasn't been able to answer he's been quick to get back to us.
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    Elm Street Technology
    The customer service was excellent! Everyone I spoke to was kind and knowledgeable. My account manager was easily reachable. Setup of the OutboundEngine program was explained really thoroughly, and we knew how we could best use the product to meet the needs of our clients and get our online and social media presence off the ground.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Iterable
    My understanding is that Mailchimp has evolved a lot since we moved to Iterable 4 years ago, so any comparison is legacy. Keeping that in mind, Iterable is far more sophisticated, especially the journey builder, personalised STO by user and segmentation.
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    Elm Street Technology
    I selected it for the ability to have an automated system do 3 things all at once, social media posts, emails and the instant communication with the chat box. I have never seen a chat come through that lead to a helpful client touchpoint. I have never used another product but have since begun to weigh some of the less expensive options.
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    Scalability
    Iterable
    We've definitely tested scalability, and it's no line - it works. The process is pretty easy. Most of the times it goes off without a hitch. Any time we do encounter issues, our support team is quick to get on the job and very communicative as they work us through a successful launch.
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    Elm Street Technology
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Iterable
    • I do not have hard numbers, as I am not in the department that deals with those kinds of quantifications of impact. However, I do believe the use of Iterable has been a positive thing for us in providing more comprehensive data that is useful when dealing with customer tickets.
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    Elm Street Technology
    • One client identified how one article I sent that he read saved him from having to replace his entire AC system.
    • One client actually thought I was sending this to him personally because I valued him
    • One of the above transacted with me twice for over $3M in sales
    Incentivized
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    OutboundEngine Screenshots

    Screenshot of Automated Social Media MarketingScreenshot of A personalized snapshot of your account activity and warmest leads.Screenshot of Personally designed, tested, and automated emails