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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SALESmanago

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    SALESmanago is a Customer Engagement Platform for eCommerce marketing teams, including AI-driven solutions that boast users among 2000+ mid-size businesses in 50 countries, as well as global brands such as Vodafone, Lacoste, New Balance and Victoria’s Secret. SALESmanago aims to improve eCommerce KPIs by leveraging three principles: (1) Customer Intimacy to create authentic customer relationships based on Zero and First Party Data; (2) Precision Execution to provide superior…

    $499

    per month

    Pricing
    Litmus from ValiditySALESmanago
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $499
    per month
    Professional
    $1,999
    per month
    Enterprise
    $4,000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Litmus from ValiditySALESmanago
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Litmus from ValiditySALESmanago
    Considered Both Products
    Validity
    No answer on this topic
    SALESmanago
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    292 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    212 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    294 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    173 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    Litmus from ValiditySALESmanago
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    6.8
    376 Ratings
    17% below category average
    SALESmanago
    8.2
    35 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.158 Ratings9.835 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.659 Ratings8.932 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.1238 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Landing pages2.64 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    A/B testing6.511 Ratings7.131 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.4351 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.5272 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    List management7.08 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences1.02 Ratings9.927 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    7.1
    255 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SALESmanago
    7.3
    35 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Dashboards7.229 Ratings7.935 Ratings
    Standard reports7.5252 Ratings7.934 Ratings
    Custom reports6.6180 Ratings6.128 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    8.5
    356 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SALESmanago
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    Ratings
    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
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.830 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    4.3
    25 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings6.223 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings2.521 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    2.5
    18 Ratings
    100% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings2.517 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings2.617 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Litmus from Validity and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Litmus from Validity
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    7% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.830 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings2.414 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Litmus from ValiditySALESmanago
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (428 ratings)
    8.9
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    7.8
    (4 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
    2.2
    (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 ValiditySALESmanago
    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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    SALESmanago
    I find SalesManago to be a good tool for email marketing and automation processes. They live chat service allows fast and direct communication with customers. Website personalisation (tools like pop-ups and browser notification) work fine but I'd like to have a bit more personalisation options to be avalaible to users.
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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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    SALESmanago
    • Segmentation - you can segment people in many ways (e.g using tags, rfm matrices, sales funnels, dynamic segments).
    • Automation flows - using workflows, automation rules, and website automations you can automatically do marketing actions after a trigger and in specific conditions. You have a lot of events, conditions and actions
    • Product Recommendations - this tool allow you to recommend products on your website. Maybe it's not quick to prepare it but the results at the end are awesome
    • RFM Segmentation - this is a great tool to segment and reach people according to their RFM profile
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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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    • Their expansion into the US has not been very successful, and if you are a West Coast customer want training, be prepared to get up at 4 a.m.
    • While their functionality is comparable to competing products there is nothing particularly unique to what they offer
    • Their instructional literature was obviously not produced by people for who English is a first language and they are not particularly English proficient.
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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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    SALESmanago
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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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    SALESmanago
    SALESmanago is a pretty big tool (with lots of features), but if you know the principles - everything is easy to find, and easy to understand. Of course there are some settings or funcionalities which needs to be updated but still using SALESmanago is totaly different experience than 5-6 years ago (in a good way)
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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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    SALESmanago
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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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    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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    SALESmanago
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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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    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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    SALESmanago
    I use many marketing automation tools, and I choose the right tool for the right job. I like to use SALESmanago because of its great support and very good price for the product.
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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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    SALESmanago
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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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    SALESmanago
    • The automated system has improved advertising campaigns.
    • We noticed an increase in customer activity.
    • We received valuable data about your users.
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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.

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