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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kartra

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AKartra is an all-in-one business platform to monetize knowledge and services online. The platform includes a suite of tools that help market and sell digital products–like pages, email marketing, membership sites, checkouts, and analytics.

    $99

    per month

    Sendblaster

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASendBlaster is the eponymous lean, list management / newsletter-centric email marketing software from the Italian company founded in 2006, basically for creating newsletters in a WYSIWYG editor and sending them out to the multitudes, with tools facilitating this: programmable tags, personalization, link checking, embedded image support, file importing, templates, and help from partner Mailstyler (free) for newsletter optimization and styling. Bulk mailing is managed for free with Sendblaster…N/A
    Pricing
    KartraSendblaster
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $99
    per month
    Growth
    $189
    per month
    Professional
    $429
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KartraSendblaster
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSave $240 a year on an annual Starter subscription. Save $480 a year on an annual Growth subscription. Save $1440 a year on an annual Professional subscription.—
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    Features
    KartraSendblaster
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Kartra and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Kartra
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sendblaster
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.01 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Dynamic content9.01 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Landing pages10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.01 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    List management9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Kartra and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Kartra
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Sendblaster
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Kartra and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Kartra
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sendblaster
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Kartra and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Kartra
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sendblaster
    -
    Ratings
    Social profile integration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Kartra and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Kartra
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Sendblaster
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Kartra and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Kartra
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    61% above category average
    Sendblaster
    -
    Ratings
    Customizability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KartraSendblaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KartraSendblaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Genesis Digital
    Kartra is a great platform for a service-based business that needs a moderate cost solution and one-stop shop for their business needs. Kartra has a marketplace of professionals that can train and or get your services set up in the system. The access to Kartra experts is valuable since the platform does have a bit of a learning curve and is not user-friendly when just starting out.
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    Sendblaster
    Sendblaster is a great tool for any environment. It's particularly good in organizations that do not have a full featured CRM that manages bulk email marketing and communication. Even if an organization has a great CRM, Sendblaster is still great for those marketing or communication campaigns that go out to recipients who are not already in the CRM, custom groups, bulk sending that you want to keep separate from your other CRM(s), etc.
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    Pros
    Genesis Digital
    • Email Marketing
    • Sales Pages
    • CRM
    • Payment processor
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    Sendblaster
    • Rendering HTML source code
    • Managing mailing lists
    • You can control the speed of email broadcasts
    • Ease of importing lists
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    Cons
    Genesis Digital
    • Training and onboarding
    • Customer Service
    • Initial set up
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    Sendblaster
    • The user interface could be more polished. It's very easy to use, but the appearance of the user interface looks a little old fashioned for a desktop software. Of course recipients don't see that interface, so that is not very consequential.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Genesis Digital
    I switched from Teachable to Karta. Teachable was at a lower price point but I found it harder to use and didn't provide all of the features the Kartra offers. I also experienced holding on to funds for a long period of time after a transaction has been completed. I'm happy that I switched.
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    Sendblaster
    Doesn't apply.
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    Return on Investment
    Genesis Digital
    • Great return on investment because you are able to get rid of many of the other programs you may be using.
    • Access to Kartra experts to get you up to speed on how to use the platform is a great value added within the Kartra marketplace. You can also add your services to the marketplace.
    • The CRM within Karta is top-notch. Allowing you to segment and tag your clients based on your own criteria.
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    Sendblaster
    • Customer service was greatly improved because of Sendblaster. We were able to design our communication exactly the way we wanted to improve communication effectiveness.
    • Sendblaster helped our brand because email recipients have been very impressed by the polished visual appearance of our outgoing messages, consistent branding and use of logo, wordmark, and other identifiers, etc.
    • We saved a lot of money with Sendblaster. Our organization can send unlimited messages, and the Sendblaster software we paid for places no limit on messages sent. So, since there are no ongoing subscription fees or volume fees after paying for the the software, we saved a lot. Other "software as a service" options would have cost a minimum of $50 per month, and potentially a lot more than that for high-volume email communication.
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