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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Litmus from Validity

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ALitmus, from Validity, is an email marketing solution used to create error-free emails in less time. It is also used to build email campaigns, personalize and test them thoroughly, monitor deliverability, and analyze email performance.N/A

    MailUp

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMailUp is the eponymous email & SMS platform from the Italian company that was founded in 2002 that now has a modest but respectable presence across the western world with a diverse customer base (Yamaha, Amnesty International, Korean Air, etc.). Mailup's platform combines email marketing, with transactional email and SMS features, and offers SMTP relay and plugins for ecommerce, CRM and CMS systems. Their unusual pricing scheme is tiered just on subscribers but on volume of sends and that…N/A
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    Litmus from ValidityMailUp
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Litmus from ValidityMailUp
    Considered Both Products
    Validity
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    292 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    212 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    294 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    173 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Litmus from ValidityMailUp
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Litmus from Validity and MailUp
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    6.7
    376 Ratings
    19% below category average
    MailUp
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.158 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.559 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.0238 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Landing pages2.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing6.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.4351 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.5272 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Litmus from Validity and MailUp
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    7.1
    255 Ratings
    8% below category average
    MailUp
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    Dashboards7.229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.5252 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.6180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Litmus from Validity and MailUp
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    8.5
    356 Ratings
    4% above category average
    MailUp
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    URL Validation9.3268 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking9.2233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation7.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing9.5267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews9.6353 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Litmus from ValidityMailUp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (428 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.3
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    3.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.9
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    3.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Litmus from ValidityMailUp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    MailUp
    Great for marketing teams looking to quickly deploy emails without the need for HTML coding.
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    Pros
    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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    MailUp
    • Email marketing creation
    • Email design
    • HTML template creation
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    Cons
    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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    MailUp
    • Alt tag styling within the editor
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
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    MailUp
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    Usability
    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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    MailUp
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    MailUp
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    Performance
    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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    MailUp
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    Support Rating
    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
    Validity
    It was very informative one on one session for me. I was able to use Litmus without any issues.
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    Online Training
    Validity
    It has all the required information.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    MailUp
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    MailUp
    Mailup has hands down the best editor for creating responsive emails, I've tried almost everything out there and this is the best, I recommend this to colleagues all the time!
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    Scalability
    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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    MailUp
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    Return on Investment
    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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    MailUp
    • Faster email development
    • More team members able to contribute to the email development process
    • Better templates
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    ScreenShots

    Litmus from Validity Screenshots

    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.

    MailUp Screenshots

    Screenshot of Manage lists. With MailUp, you can manage mailing lists, groups and sending profiles, automatically eliminating duplicate addresses and handling users who cancel their subscription. The procedure is guided, quick and safe. The utmost simplicity, with no need to install additional software. Not bad, right?Screenshot of he winning variable, with mathematical certainty
With A/B testing, discover, prior to mailing, what your recipients prefer to read, by automatically testing several versions of the same text, measuring its effectiveness on a select group. Opening results improve by up to 30% and, for each version, you have more statistical information. Mailing after mailing, you can only do better!Screenshot of Creating emails for mobile devices is easy
Free your creativity and create emails and newsletters that have great visual impact, optimised for mobile devices. While you concentrate on the content of your campaign, MailUp takes care of the rest with the aid of an intelligent editor and plenty of cutting-edge functions. Not bad, right?Screenshot of Countless ways to create your messages.

There's not only BEE with which create messages. You can start with HTML documents, RSS/Atom, URL or choose from hundreds of graphic models. Starting with an empty email? The convenient WYSIWYG editor helps you put your messages together with just a few clicks. It's all up to you!Screenshot of .and you can do the same with unsubscribe lists.

Automatic management of unsubscribe lists allows you to activate the UNSUBSCRIBE button directly in the email client interface. The unsubscribers list also shows a list of users who performed this action, which may be edited and exported. This function also allows you to make up random groups of users, specifying the number of subscribers. This makes it easier to manage random sampling and A/B testing.Product screenshot