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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Iterable

    Score8.1 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

    Validity Engage

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AValidity Engage is an email marketing platform for high-volume enterprise marketing teams. It covers competitor intelligence, contact validation, design and testing, deliverability, and live email monitoring.N/A
    Pricing
    IterableValidity Engage
    Editions & Modules
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    IterableValidity Engage
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    IterableValidity Engage
    Considered Both Products
    Iterable
    Chose Iterable
    Iterable was more competitive in pricing, the segmentation technology was extremely advanced and fast in comparison with the competitors we analysed, and deliverability and reliability of the system have been fantastic.
    Incentivized
    Chose Iterable
    The visualization tools in iterable for creating journeys are so much easier to use and adjust than in Marketo, Mailgun, or Mailjet. We have better performance metrics tracking in particular than in Mailjet or Marketo. It is also easier to see where we have made mistakes in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Iterable
    Based on the way that we send emails, we decided to go with Iterable. We loved the different features that they had. The main decision for us was the option of the catalog. We saw great potential for this feature and it has definitely helped us tremendously with our email …
    Incentivized
    Validity
    Chose Validity Engage
    I have only done a demo with return path. They did have great software for deliverability and overall ESP health. Litmus's rendering functions is more robust that Iterable's, which is why our team decided to keep using it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Validity Engage
    Litmus is the original email testing platform, and nothing compares to the preview options it provides.
    Incentivized
    Chose Validity Engage
    Litmus is the first email platform I've used and I wouldn't change it!
    Incentivized
    Chose Validity Engage
    We did not evaluate other options, other than using the out of the box solutions within our ESP. Litmus is best in class and industry standard.
    Incentivized
    Chose Validity Engage
    We have viewed both, and Litmus was a better choice for our design team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Validity Engage
    I've considered Email on Acid, but have never tested the product against Litmus. I already had experience using Litmus in the past, so I'm more comfortable using Litmus over any other tool.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    103 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    295 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    215 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    296 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    175 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    176 Answers
    Features
    IterableValidity Engage
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Iterable and Validity Engage
    Feature
    Iterable
    8.1
    119 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Validity Engage
    6.8
    378 Ratings
    16% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.9106 Ratings9.260 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.8113 Ratings8.760 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.6111 Ratings8.1240 Ratings
    A/B testing8.6115 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.0110 Ratings9.4353 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting7.1115 Ratings8.6274 Ratings
    List management7.0115 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.1102 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings2.64 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Iterable and Validity Engage
    Feature
    Iterable
    5.7
    116 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Validity Engage
    7.1
    257 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Dashboards6.1116 Ratings7.229 Ratings
    Standard reports5.5114 Ratings7.5254 Ratings
    Custom reports5.3105 Ratings6.5182 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Iterable and Validity Engage
    Feature
    Iterable
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Validity Engage
    -
    Ratings
    API7.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.4103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM4.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Iterable and Validity Engage
    Feature
    Iterable
    -
    Ratings
    Validity Engage
    8.5
    358 Ratings
    4% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings9.3270 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings9.2235 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings7.65 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings9.5269 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings9.6355 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IterableValidity Engage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (120 ratings)
    9.2
    (430 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.9
    (22 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.9
    (7 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    4.0
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IterableValidity Engage
    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.
    Incentivized
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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
    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.
    Incentivized
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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
    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.
    Incentivized
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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
    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.
    Incentivized
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    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
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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
    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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    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
    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.
    Incentivized
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    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
    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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    Validity
    Absolutely fantastic support. It runs circles around the competition. They regularly reach out and chat, even if it's just to see if there's any issues we need to discuss. They clearly want the business and don't forget you once you sign the contract which is an issue with other similar services.
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    In-Person Training
    Iterable
    No answers on this topic
    Validity
    It was very informative one on one session for me. I was able to use Litmus without any issues.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Iterable
    No answers on this topic
    Validity
    It has all the required information.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Iterable
    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
    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.
    Incentivized
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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
    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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    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
    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.
    Incentivized
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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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    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.