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    Litmus from Validity

    Score8.6 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

    Wondershare PDFelement

    Score5 out of 10
    N/APDFelement is a document management solution from Wondershare Software headquartered in China.

    $79.99

    per year per user

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    Litmus from ValidityWondershare PDFelement
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    PDFelement
    79.99USD
    per year per user
    PDFelement
    129.99USD
    one-time fee per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Litmus from ValidityWondershare PDFelement
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—For Individuals: Yearly Plan: $79.99/user; 2-Year Plan: $109.99/user Perpetual Plan(one-time): $129.99/user For Teams: Yearly plan starts at $109/year for 1 user For Education: Yearly Plan: $47.99/user; Perpetual Plan(one-time): $99.99/user
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    Validity
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    292 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    212 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    294 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    173 Answers
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Litmus from ValidityWondershare PDFelement
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Litmus from Validity and Wondershare PDFelement
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    6.8
    376 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Wondershare PDFelement
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor9.158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.659 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.1238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages2.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing6.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.4351 Ratings00 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 Wondershare PDFelement
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    7.1
    255 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Wondershare PDFelement
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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 Wondershare PDFelement
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    8.5
    356 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wondershare PDFelement
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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 ValidityWondershare PDFelement
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (428 ratings)
    9.1
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.2
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    3.9
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.9
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    3.6
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Litmus from ValidityWondershare PDFelement
    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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    Wondershare Technology
    It's a wonderful asset to have when you lose your original Word doc, etc. so you can still edit a document (and not have to start from ground zero). That feature alone is why I bought this product and why I will continue to recommend.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    • PDFelement provides the same powerful features as Adobe Acrobat, but the interface is easy to learn and use. The product is extremely intuitive, which saves our clients from becoming frustrated as they learn the product.
    • PDFelement Pro's ability to create fillable forms with the click of one button is one of our clients favorite features. I was impressed at how accurately PDFelement performed this task and the ease with which these fields can be edited, if needed.
    • Security is more important than ever these days and PDFelement provides the encryption and permissions to protect documents quickly and easily. I especially like the batch encrypt feature, this makes it easy to protect multiple files with the same password.
    • PDFelement makes it easy to extract the data from form fields. This is a huge plus for our clients.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    • I wish there was a lighter program for just reviewing a document and then to transition seamlessly to an editing mode. It takes a few seconds longer to load than Preview on my Mac, and based on that frustration, I use Preview to view documents.
    • A lower price for upgrades.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    Excellent, easy to use product
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    I am a novice and I am using it like a pro because it is so easy to work with
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    No issues. Works perfect
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    There is a lot of learning. Although some of the functions you can probably pick up relatively quickly, some of them, including compressing the size or using a different language, remains a myth to me.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    PDFelement is always in contact with me, by email and by giving constant tips and recommendations. But what makes me give you a 10, was the outstanding support service received on July 9th by one of your support professionals Amanda, who helped me with a tariff issue, and makes me [rate] your product.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Wondershare Technology
    Just pay, download, activate and start using it
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    I didn't try or buy other programs, but did a good bit of research on them. I went with PDFelement because of the lower pricing, and because of the rich features I learned it had. I also appreciated the great customer service I received from reps in the community forums, which showed me they have an aim in keeping their customers happy - which is always good to have when using fairly complex technical apps.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    Super easy Word style layout and format.
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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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    Wondershare Technology
    • For me, it's been very important to me that my business as a pet sitter and dog walker not leave a negative footprint on the environment. To that end, it's been very important that i'm able to do as much paperwork as possible without using paper. PDFelement is wonderful at helping me meet those goals.
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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.

    Wondershare PDFelement Screenshots

    Screenshot of AI-powered support for chatting with PDFs/summaring/proofreading/rewriting/explaining/translating the PDF file content.Screenshot of file conversion to and from PDF format in high quality.Screenshot of PDF generation, which can be done from images, Word documents, and various formats, including batch create.Screenshot of certificate-based legal signatures, and documents can be sent to bulk signers, and signatures collected and tracked from anywhere, on any device.Screenshot of text recognition, from scanned PDFs and images.Screenshot of the PDF text editor, with images, forms, and pages.