LeadSquared vs. Twilio SendGrid

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LeadSquared
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
LeadSquared is a marketing automation and CRM platform. It includes landing pages, email marketing, lead management, analytics, connectors, and WordPress Plugins.
$50
per month per user
Twilio SendGrid
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…
$15
per month
Pricing
LeadSquaredTwilio SendGrid
Editions & Modules
Sales Super
$50
per month per user
LeadSquared Sales Pro
$60
per month per user
Basic
$15
per month
Advanced
$60
per month
Free
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LeadSquaredTwilio SendGrid
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAdditional add-ons and modules available for expanded functionality.
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Community Pulse
LeadSquaredTwilio SendGrid
Features
LeadSquaredTwilio SendGrid
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
7.4
39 Ratings
8% below category average
Twilio SendGrid
7.0
50 Ratings
12% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.035 Ratings8.537 Ratings
Dynamic content7.027 Ratings6.840 Ratings
Landing pages5.832 Ratings8.024 Ratings
A/B testing8.110 Ratings8.530 Ratings
Mobile optimization6.033 Ratings8.238 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting5.039 Ratings6.250 Ratings
List management9.038 Ratings6.044 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences10.024 Ratings5.824 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings5.238 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
8.5
40 Ratings
11% above category average
Twilio SendGrid
-
Ratings
Lead nurturing automation10.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management5.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks10.036 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
4.1
25 Ratings
56% below category average
Twilio SendGrid
-
Ratings
Calendaring2.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
6.0
39 Ratings
23% below category average
Twilio SendGrid
6.8
50 Ratings
11% below category average
Dashboards6.039 Ratings6.048 Ratings
Standard reports8.039 Ratings6.548 Ratings
Custom reports4.033 Ratings7.931 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
9.0
35 Ratings
11% above category average
Twilio SendGrid
-
Ratings
API10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability10.035 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
-
Ratings
Twilio SendGrid
8.1
12 Ratings
2% above category average
URL Validation00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings8.49 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings8.812 Ratings
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User Ratings
LeadSquaredTwilio SendGrid
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(41 ratings)
6.0
(61 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(9 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(4 ratings)
6.2
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(4 ratings)
3.0
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
LeadSquaredTwilio SendGrid
Likelihood to Recommend
LeadSquared
1. Very suitable for an omnichannel business, as it can capture both online and offline lead sources and allows for follow ups. 2. Very suitable for call centers as lead and call tracking can be done very easily using LeadSquared. 3. Not very suitable for on field sales. Even though the mobile app does facilitate portability, the overall experience does not come close to the desktop version which is not feasible for an on field sales representative to use.
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Twilio
If you're prepared to build out your whole staff UX, audience creation, email production, and analytics on your own using API, this tool may have that flexibility. If you require a sturdy drag and drop production tool, this tool has it but at the expense of a lot of other critical functionality. Out of the box analytics/reporting, is extremely limited. Complex queries, even something like pulling those who haven't engaged in email within a certain time period, is clunky. If you require any support at all, this is not the tool for you. I'm a deliverability consultant and have used many of the top email marketing tools and SendGrid has been extremely difficult for my team. I do not recommend it. Shiny and bright during sales, pretty disappointing thereafter.
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Pros
LeadSquared
  • Call history is recorded like dialed calls, connected calls, total talktime in a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and on a custom basis.
  • The activity history of both customers, and employees are shown clearly, which help us a lot in understanding the interest of the customer, and their communication history with the organization.
  • Daily attendance history and man-days management can be done.
  • Sales performance and their values are mapped clearly.
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Twilio
  • Managing email lists / audiences is easy with features like groups and segments.
  • They provide pre-built email templates that are very easy to modify. It is also super easy to create new email templates with their drag-and-drop email builder.
  • Provides clear / easy-to-read analytics of email campaigns.
  • I can easily import large email contact lists all at once or add a user manually one-at-a-time, when needed.
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Cons
LeadSquared
  • LeadSquared is a little bit expensive compared to other slimmer products, so they need to think about it.
  • Sometimes LeadSquared gets stuck when I use it to run a large campaign, I would like them to improve this.
  • LeadSquared creates a problem in slow internet connections, so I guess this is also an improvement area for them.
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Twilio
  • Not necessarily their Email API but their email in general - they are currently in beta for automated email sequences but are still bare bones. Much more work is needed before it can be used mainstream and be able to convert everything to SendGrid.
  • Helping with warming up our dedicated IP for the best-sending score.
  • We seem to hit the promotions folder a decent amount (maybe the IP problem above) and even a lot of their emails hit my spam or promotions folder (whether they be transactional or marketing) which isn't a great sign when trusting an ESP.
  • Transactional email sequences would be a huge plus.
  • Now that Twilio owns SenGrid, having an integrated platform where you could see all our transactional emails together.
  • Better reporting and split reporting between transactional and marketing emails.
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Likelihood to Renew
LeadSquared
It is an excellent value for money solution and is fulfilling all our needs quite efficiently. They keep working on the product and each month sees an update allowing for a bug free experience and faster incorporation of newer tools. I see no reason why I would not like to renew the subscription for this fabulous product.
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Twilio
No answers on this topic
Usability
LeadSquared
Having talked about all other things in detail in my previous responses, this question I feel is redundant but then I will highlight the points again - Easy to Use - Flexible - Robust System - Ever-evolving - Support & Service - Integrations with third party tools & technologies - LMS - Data Management & Reports - Landing Page Options
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Twilio
It is usable but needs improvement in overall user experience and ease of use. A new joinee/anyone new to the tool would need more tarining currently before he can use the platform seamlessly. The set-up to value realization time for Twilio SendGrid customers is generally high because of this concern.
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Support Rating
LeadSquared
Great to work with and also Easy to work with Do not just listen to the problem but provide upfront solutions Always available and are ready to support on holidays Considerate of user's knowledge and always ready to explain the smallest / dumbest doubt a user can ask Always available to help with the internal tasks as well like creating automations, drip creations etc
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Twilio
Twilio SendGrid Email API is everything we want it to be, and we have no reason to look for any other solution. Features and pricing match exactly what we need. As developers for SaaS products, Twilio SendGrid Email API provides a great service. I hope that they stay this way and don't inflate the service with too many marketing oriented features, because there are other tools for that and Twilio SendGrid Email API is a API for sending email first and foremost.
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Alternatives Considered
LeadSquared
I looked closely at Infusionsoft. While the nurturing/decision tree tool of Infusionsoft was far more sophisticated, the many negative reviews of Infusionsoft lead me to look elsewhere. Leadsquared had very positive reviews and aggressive pricing. It has less features, but the features they have were the ones I wanted to focus on.
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Twilio
Sendgrid has a lot of features that other providers have and a few more - like the dynamic template builder, which AWS SES doesn't have. We choose the provider based on the scenario of use and the provider we're using. If we're going to be making regular changes to a template, then we'd go with Sendgrid, as the changes will be easier to make and don't necessarily require developer intervention.
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Return on Investment
LeadSquared
  • Leads Management has become very easy.
  • Automated Lead Nurturing helps reduce a lot of manual work.
  • A lot of our time goes into creating custom reports. Making the reporting feature more flexible and robust will help in saving a lot of time and energy.
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Twilio
  • As it was cheaper than the transactional service we previously used, it saved costs.
  • The API was relatively easy to work with so it helped us ship the service and test it quickly.
  • We still use the transactional email service, even though we recognize its limits as it meets our immediate needs.
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ScreenShots

LeadSquared Screenshots

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