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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Klaviyo

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AKlaviyo is a marketing automation platform that helps businesses to centralize and use every piece of their customer data. With Klaviyo, businesses can combine customer data with more than 350 native integrations to automate personalized email and SMS communications that make customers feel seen. From mom-and-pop shops to established companies, Klaviyo states businesses like Dermalogica, Living Proof, Solo Stove, Citizen Watches, and more than 143,000 other paying users leverage their platform…

    $20

    per month

    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARadian6 was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011 and - along with Buddy Media - became Salesforce Social Studio. The product was retired in November of 2024.

    $1,000

    Per Org Per Month

    Pricing
    KlaviyoSalesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $1,000.00
    Per Org Per Month
    Pro
    $4,000.00
    Per Org Per Month
    Corporate
    $12,000.00
    Per Org Per Month
    Enterprise
    $40,000.00
    Per Org Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KlaviyoSalesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPaid plans start at $20/month and include: 251 - 500 contacts 5,000 monthly email sends 150 SMS/MMS sending credits Applicable SMS carrier fees Mobile push notifications (free beta) Email and chat support Additional contacts, email and text sending credits, and service plans available to meet the needs of any size business. View all of our pricing and estimate your total cost of ownership at klaviyo.com/pricing—
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    Community Pulse
    KlaviyoSalesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Klaviyo
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    115 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    107 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    105 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    KlaviyoSalesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    8.4
    134 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.4120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.2126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.6118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing8.3120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.6129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.7132 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.6132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.8118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    7.6
    103 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.298 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading7.150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management7.860 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.253 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    8.2
    47 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Calendaring8.247 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    7.8
    129 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Dashboards8.1129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.7125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.585 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    8.1
    107 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    API8.4100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.255 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.374 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com8.320 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations8.150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    8.8
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    8.0
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    8.3
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Klaviyo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Klaviyo
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KlaviyoSalesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (134 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (38 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KlaviyoSalesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo is a leader in the space, but I might recommend it to a colleague for its price point. There are other options that are more affordable and provide most of the tools Klaviyo offers. I also think it can be complicated to use for a new user.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    If you're tasked with publishing content to social on behalf of your organization then this tool is certainly worth considering. You have quick and easy capability to schedule across multiple platforms with drag-and-drop simplicity. It ties into Salesforce's real strength of its CRM platform so you can quickly tie social activity and leads to those already in your database. And it does a good job at monitoring and analyzing brand and competitor content across multiple media types. Having said that, if you're into deep-dive and full functionality SaaS tools then this might not be for you as it covers three areas adequately, but not in enough detail or strength to make it a star performer
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    Pros
    Klaviyo
    • Klaviyo's template builder is very intuitive yet straightforward enough that an inexperienced user can catch on quickly.
    • Their flow builder is also quite intuitive and allows us to build intricate, highly targeted flows.
    • I appreciate their built-in compliance warnings & checks as they apply to opt-out methods, SMS compliance, and overall deliverability.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The amount of the information that radian6 can pull from multiple social platforms is absolutely phenomenal. Its just not only the pull but the way the information can be presented in dashboards was way good. It helped us understand in various aspects of our social presence.
    • Multiple profiles helped us to break down the Big/Huge social buzz cloud to smaller and more manageable pieces. This helped us concentrate on the lows and helped us to plan better on turning them to highs.
    • Radian6 allowed us to follow thru the crowd trends with the latest information presented in a single view. This also helped us to collect the social opinion on the product releases.
    • The ease of use, one need not be an expert to start using this platform. The interface is easily understandable by anyone.
    • A keyword can be edited quickly to tailor the needs and the results were quick.
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    Cons
    Klaviyo
    • Needs more visible critical notifications as we once exceeded our monthly email limit right during the Black Friday campaign. The notification was not visible enough for us to catch it on time, as a result, some emails scheduled to be sent over the weekend were never sent
    • Better library of dynamic values available for use inside emails
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    Discontinued Products
    • Instagram Social Listening - it currently does not offer much social listening in terms of Instagram.
    • Instagram Owned - It currently stops pulling once an update is "old" by their standards, even if it receives recent comments. They can force pull, but you have to work with their tech team to do so.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo is simply a great solution for e-com email marketing & customer relationship management:
    1. User journey visibility: We can see our clients' customers on their individual user journeys (open email, site visits) to better understand and accommodate your customers.
    2. Flow automation: Creating automated emails that follow up with new leads, those who abandoned carts, purchased.
    3. Email design: So easy to use, and more friendly than some other visual builders that we've used.
    4. Metrics visibility: We can see our clients' metrics very easily and adjust efforts accordingly.
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    I spent a lot of time researching the right platform for me and our organisation (thanks to the other reviews on TrustRadius also). Having used other platforms when I found frustrations getting my everyday work done, I knew exactly what I wanted and this is why I chose Social Studio. While there have been a few hiccups, the quarterly update releases and the outstanding tech support have kept me more than happy.
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    Usability
    Klaviyo
    The only reason why I did not give it a 10/10 is that it cannot distinguish purchases that came through subscription recharges instead of purchases that were driven directly by email sends. Other than that, the automation qualities, design features, and segmentation options make this an incredible email platform, and I am very happy with it
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    • Would rate this a 6. The User Interface is pretty intuitive, but the platform was still considered pretty intimidating by our non-technical staff when they first saw it. It took a while to get used to it and feel comfortable. There was quite a lot of setup work in the beginning (for example, we had to build our own reports using a canned report as a template, and this was not simple). Although it took a while to get it setup correctly, it’s quite intuitive once that work has been done.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The platform is rarely down
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    Performance
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No issues with performance.
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    Support Rating
    Klaviyo
    Their support is always quick and we have recurring meetings with our advisor. they were great when we first started at walking us through the platform and helping us understand how to do the overall setup. They also have a wide variety of articles that cover must issues in a very clear manner that will get you out of a predicament really fast.
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    As mentioned previously, it can be hard to get through to people who can help you. On occasion when I have spoken to customer service/tech support, they all seem nice and try to be helpful, however instead of admitting the system cannot do certain things, they will persist it saying that it can, which results in many wasted hours overall.
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    Online Training
    Klaviyo
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    • We initially received dedicated online training for our team which was delivered by our account rep. This was pretty effective since it happened after our data had been loaded into the system and it had been configured for specific needs our organization. The training was perhaps a bit shallow though, as it was only an hour long. Online videos are available to be taken individually, and these have been useful.
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    Implementation Rating
    Klaviyo
    Don't cut corners, do it right the first time, if you take your time to build everything the way you want it then it will run itself. The platform will help you increase revenue as long as you use the tools it provides. Don't be scared to ask questions, the support team will help you get to the next level
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    Implementation was pretty simple. Just a matter of giving the account rep a list of our search terms and having him set the system up to pull the data we wanted to see. Once this had been done, we tweaked it with his help. Process was pretty smooth, although there was some back and forth until it worked the way we wanted.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Klaviyo
    Klaviyo's ability to really tackle the entire marketing contact ecosystem on one platform is what really won us over. The price for everything was competitive, not necessarily the cheapest but competitive, and the ability to see that data flow from every interaction was what was crucial to us. Additionally, Klaviyo is the core of our B2C business. We were not focused on anything other than how we interact with customers directly, and Klaviyo was a direct win for us. The one negative is Klaviyo's ability to work with our B2B side of our business, because it doesn't integrate with platforms like HubSpot. That is a massive downside, but the upside justified the investment.
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    Discontinued Products
    Compared to Radian6, I found Meltwater Buzz, Simply Measured, and Sprout Social to be much more user friendly. Meltwater Buzz and Radian6 are very similar products with many of the same functionalities but Buzz presents your analytics in a way that is much easier to understand. I did a two week trial with Sprout Social and absolutely loved the product but our company needed the capability to connect to Salesforce, which is available on R6 and Buzz. Simply Measured is my all time favorite but I have only used the free version so I am not completely sure how it stacks up to Radian6
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    Return on Investment
    Klaviyo
    • Klaviyo brought our email channel to the top performing channel over Paid Ads several times (according to G Analytics), before Klaviyo Paid Ads were always top and the email channel struggled to even stay in 2nd place.
    • Klaviyo did cost quite a bit more than our old email platform but the ROI was much higher so it paid for itself.
    • Klaviyo implemented tools that allowed us to have a higher customer satisfaction with things like letting customers choose to receive less emails instead of unsubscribing.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Monitoring social brand awareness is not something you can consider to have a meaninful impact in your business ROI short term, however it's a must for taking care of long term relationships and customer intimacy.
    • Radian6 connects with other analytical tools like webtrends, Google Analytics, etc..however it's not directly linked to a revenue driven platform, you can´t see the immediate ROI generated in the tool.
    • If you bet for social relationships you should consider this tool, no question on that. Social Commerce might be of course impacted postively by the proper use of this tool.
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