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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    kvCORE

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AThe kvCORE platform is described by the vendor, Inside Real Estate in Draper, as a next-gen solution for modern brokerages and enterprises to run their entire business on one platform.N/A

    Sender

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASender.net is email marketing software tailored for e-commerce and small business marketing. It is highly focused on user-friendly experience and interface, with features for automating processes and boosting email marketing response, which aim to save users 2x time to send beautiful newsletters. Sender.net includes: drag&drop design builder.

    $11

    Up to 5 000 subscribers and up to 60 000 emails/month.

    Pricing
    kvCORESender
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Up to 5 000 subscriber plan
    $11
    Up to 5 000 subscribers and up to 60 000 emails/month.
    Up to 10 000 subscriber plan
    $22
    Up to 10 000 subscribers and up to 120 000 emails/month.
    Up to 25 000 subscriber plan
    $58
    Up to 25 000 subscribers and up to 300 000 emails/month.
    Up to 50 000 subscriber plan
    $117
    Up to 50 000 subscribers and up to 600 000 emails/month.
    Up to 100 000 subscriber plan
    $235
    Up to 100 000 subscribers and up to 1 200 000 emails/month.
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    kvCORESender
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—You can choose from Monthly Plans or Prepaid Credits (Pay-as-you-go).
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    kvCORESender
    Considered Both Products
    Inside Real Estate
    No answer on this topic
    Sender.net
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    56%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    68%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    54%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    kvCORESender
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of kvCORE and Sender
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Sender
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    8% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of kvCORE and Sender
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Sender
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of kvCORE and Sender
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Sender
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Link Tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    kvCORESender
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.9
    (25 ratings)
    3.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    kvCORESender
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Inside Real Estate
    I think if you have a very large brokerage and can afford to pay for a fully customized set up then it may be worthwhile. I would make sure you have a dedicated support team, not an account manager. In my opinion, the account managers are worthless and will not respond most of the time. We are on our second account manager in 9 months of using the system and cannot get in touch with him. In my experience, the account managers have no knowledge of how the system works or how anyone in real estate would want it to work. Obviously, I can only say this for the two managers we have had so far. I would steer clear of this system unless you want to spend a few thousand a month for a system that, I feel, will impede your business rather than improve it.
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    Sender.net
    It is very well suited for sending newsletters. With Sender.net, an organization can build its brand. Its transactional email features also help organizations to increase revenue.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Inside Real Estate
    • Not one thing!
    • It sends unwanted canned responses to potential clients that you haven't approved. You must figure out how to use it to make them stop. This was day 1.
    • If you like to learn using many many different videos to learn a product, then this maybe for you.
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    Sender.net
    • UI seemed fine/standard
    • Price/free plan is generous
    • Basic features were good/standard
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    Cons
    Inside Real Estate
    • Their support is good, but wait times can be long. They want you to use their chat, but then when you ask your question, it can be a several hour wait time between responses. The people are nice and resolve your issue. But I think chat is for quick back and forth communication, not something with a long delay. Also, you can only really do it effectively on your computer, not on your phone.
    • It's proving very tough to track leads from campaigns we are running ourselves. If your website converts a lead, it really just gives you the website source, and even that only some of the time. It would be great to create custom sources and have kvCORE track that traffic and lead via some sort of UTM tag or URL parameter.
    • Some of the load times aren't great. When I load up my database, it takes a while to actually display. Also, when a lead is claimed in a pond, you have to refresh to be able to contact them. Then once you add a campaign, you have to refresh again to see the tasks that fire. This is a bit clunky.
    • The app is great, but there is still some limited functionality. It would be great to access and claim leads from a pond on the mobile app. Also if you could get push notifications when new leads are added. Our time to lead sucks, and that's because kvCORE doesn't alert you super quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Sender.net
    • Better graphics it looks like its from 1995 sometimes
    • Better templates to be used
    • They talk a lot about newsletters and we weren't really impressed with it
    • Better customer support
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Inside Real Estate
    It doesn't deserve a zero because you can access contacts and get reminders to contact them. In my experience, you can not use the system for proper communication with both prospects and their spouses.
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    Sender.net
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Inside Real Estate
    I love kvCORE's support. Having the little chat feature in the bottom right of my screen the whole time I'm working takes away any stress or worry about using it. When I first started using it, I learned its features by clicking and trying things, and more than once I had to go into the chat support and ask how to undo or fix what I had done. I don't think I've ever waited more than 5 minutes to get a reply back and it being almost instant and right there on my screen allowed me to continue working and know immediately when my question had been answered.
    Incentivized
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    Sender.net
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Inside Real Estate
    Konversion and BoomTown are the only two I have used. Both have their things to recommend. Since I used Konversion, using kvCORE was simpler and I was able to upload my contacts seamlessly. This made adopting a new system easier and less likely to have a gap in contacting customers.
    Incentivized
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    Sender.net
    Its deliverability makes it more effective than other email marketing tools. It gives more than satisfactory results. And that shows in my organization's sales revenue.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Inside Real Estate
    • Because I am an EXP agent, I receive kvCore for $50/month so I have a $1550/month positive over any non-EXP agent.
    • Great new lead follow up with automatic and realistic contact for a higher conversion rate that I couldn't do by myself.
    Incentivized
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    Sender.net
    • Unable to use it due to poor deliverability
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    kvCORE Screenshots

    Screenshot of IDX websites for all agents - with behavioral intelligence & chat.Screenshot of Smart CRM bubbles up top priorities each day in 1 dashboard.Screenshot of Agents wake up to warm leads right on their phone.Screenshot of Mass Email + Text, Video Messaging, Power Dialer, Pond Accounts + MoreScreenshot of Drive listing exposure with seamless social media sharing.Screenshot of Tight transaction and business analytics integration.

    Sender Screenshots

    Screenshot of Pick a pre-made free template from library.Screenshot of Easy to use interface.Screenshot of Email campaigns management.Screenshot of Subscribers management and segmentation.Screenshot of Easy to use drag&drop design builder.Screenshot of Detailed reporting.