Lob vs. PFL Direct Mail Platform vs. Postal

Lob is working well for batched or scheduled jobs where timing isn't as critical. For items that need to be sent quickly, it's still faster to manually produce.

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The reason it's not a seven or above is purely because of the timing of a solution we had requested originally back in August 2023. It's now February 2024, and we're waiting for a wow-factor pitch deck. Previously, we only received a demo recording and an order form quote. These truthfully aren't helpful enough to convince and sway our senior leaders into spending the $35k+ investment into the PMC.

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If you are a small or growing team that understands experiential, ABM, and gift marketing strategies and how to leverage them, Postal.io gives you everything you need with moderate CSM coverage, without the white glove price tags of similar solutions like Sendoso.

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• Address Verification and NCOA Cleaning
• Autocomplete for our forms that allow a user to SKIP typing
• Printing and mailing documents automatically over API

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• Personalization: It allows us to create highly personalized direct mail pieces tailored to individual recipients. For instance, we can include the recipient's name, relevant product recommendations, or even custom images that resonate with their preferences.
• Multi-Channel Integration: The platform seamlessly integrates with our existing digital marketing tools and CRM systems. It enables us to orchestrate cohesive campaigns that combine email, social media, and direct mail to reach our target audience through multiple touchpoints.
• Automated Workflows: PFL offers robust automation capabilities, streamlining the entire direct mail process. We can set triggers, such as website visits or email engagement, to automatically trigger the sending of personalized direct mail pieces, ensuring timely and relevant outreach.
• Variable Data Printing: The platform simplifies variable data printing, enabling us to print custom content for each recipient efficiently. This is particularly useful for A/B testing different messaging or designs within a single campaign.

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• Integrates with sales engagement, marketing automation, and CRM platforms
• Provides tracking and reporting on spending and channel effectiveness
• Offers an extensive marketplace of various items for any budget
• Comes with unlimited seats and sends

• I'm not sure why it defaults to the test environment once we're logged in.
• Make it easier to navigate back to the search results without starting a new search.

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• There is no built-in functionality to automate direct mail; this has to be created through triggers in Salesforce.
• The sales cloud integration didn't give us the syncing or reporting we thought would be available.
• We would like to see more support from team members in the post-onboarding process.

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• Navigation -Took time to find custom hyper links.
• Finding items - Can be hard to find where items are on platform.
• Layout could be better.

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will continue to use for specific mailing requirements

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I will continue to use the platform as long as my employer provides access, but I do not have purchasing power myself.

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We get so much value out of the platform that I can't find any legitimate or logical reason why we wouldn't renew. Their team has been a pleasure to work with.

It is very useable and and words cannot express the amount of time saved from having to mail 1000s of checks on a weekly basis.

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The UI is friendly, clear, and accessible, and I access it directly through the interface (Salesforce) that I perform my function in every day. It is intuitive to navigate, and I am able to find most functionalities I need without the need to consult an admin and/or support teams.

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I love the tool, and my team relies on it heavily. We just completed our quarterly review and were able to track every single dollar spent

i never witnessed a problem with lob

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perfect except from a minor tracking options missed

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good support, not many examples I can think of

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Only thing holding me back from a perfect 10 would be the timelines for involving the technical team on occasion. There have been a few times where the PFL technical support team has been booked up for days or more than a week out which can delay our project timelines. This doesn't happen often, let me be clear. But when it does, it's usually at the worst time for our campaigns.

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didn't participate but as for my information it was smooth

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lob has a more overall greater pricing and apis and their costumer service is very easy to deal with

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JourneyMail is one I have evaluated. It did not seem as full featured as PFL Direct Mail Platform, nor did it integrate with the rest of the Salesforce products like PFL Direct Mail Platform (journeymail ONLY integrates to marketing cloud). My customers tend to be cross-cloud and own multiple products and want solutions that can integrate across their stack easily.

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Postal.io was a more budget-friendly option than the alternatives I considered. We knew our gifting budget wouldn't be huge so we were willing to go with something less established in order to make sure we had as much budget left over as possible. We also like the flexibility with Postal.io that we could add almost anything to their marketplace if we could find it available online.

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it can be better because the volume pricing method doesn't benefit the clients much but lob itself

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it will scale very well if its for saas companies

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It does take a while to launch or re-launch a campaign, which can make it difficult to pivot quickly. However, if you're integrated with Marketo, then PFL is as scalable as your database and marketing strategy! The sky is the limit in terms of creativity. Post launch, the program is hands-off apart from report monitoring and potential optimization tweaks.

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decent overall

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• Extremely positive reducing cost of managing the mail production process and spending on paper, printers, and printer supplies.
• More secure than sending spreadsheet to a mailing house.

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• We've sometimes struggled to maintain a positive ROI due to some issues with packages not arriving, arriving broken, or including the wrong items.

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• Increased Productivity: It has taken a huge headache out of keeping and maintaining what swag is on hand has saved a LOT of company time
• easier to reach out to potential clients

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