Lob vs. Postal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lob
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Lob in San Francisco provides the building blocks for developers to automate offline correspondences. Enterprise companies use Lob’s suite of APIs to mail fully dynamic and personalized customer communications with print media. Lob also provides insight into deliverability with piece-by-piece tracing and a proprietary Print Delivery Network to streamline production across fully redundant nodes all over the country.
$0
per month
Postal
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Founded in 2020 in San Luis Obispo, California, Postal is a Global Offline Engagement Platform that serves over 600 B2B customers like Yelp, Cisco Meraki, Seismic, and Fivetran. Postal helps customers to create meaningful and impactful human connections with prospects, partners, customers, and employees.N/A
Pricing
LobPostal
Editions & Modules
Small Business Plan
$260
per month 3 users & Up to 3,000 monthly mailings
Growth Plan
$550
per month 5 users & Up to 6,000 monthly mailings
Developer Plan
Free
1 user & Up to 500 monthly mailings
Enterprise Plan
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LobPostal
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
LobPostal
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.8
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LobPostal
Likelihood to Recommend
Lob
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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Postal
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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Pros
Lob
  • 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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Postal
  • 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
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Cons
Lob
  • None at the moment.
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Postal
  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
Lob
No answers on this topic
Postal
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.
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Alternatives Considered
Lob
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Postal
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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Return on Investment
Lob
  • 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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Postal
  • 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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ScreenShots

Lob Screenshots

Screenshot of the interface to set up and execute direct mail campaigns. Users can schedule ahead, send last-minute, or trigger campaigns based on customer behaviors or events.Screenshot of merge variables, which, similar to digital marketing channels, allow for hyper-personalization (copy, images, offers, etc.).Screenshot of the integrated, enterprise analytics, used to measure and manage direct mail campaigns. QR codes and PURLs can be used to track conversions, and integrations with Salesforce and other CRM tools help to measure attribution.Screenshot of Customizable and reuseable templates for letters, postcards, and self-mailers.Screenshot of Lob's Checks API automates the printing and delivery of accurate, secure, and branded checks.