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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LocaliQ

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ALocaliQ is a marketing platform that helps businesses attract and retain ideal customers with a suite of AI lead management and digital agents, marketing automation, omnichannel campaign management, advanced reporting, and expert-led services.N/A

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

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    Pricing
    LocaliQTwilio SendGrid
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $15
    per month
    Advanced
    $60
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LocaliQTwilio SendGrid
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLocaliQ offers both self-serve and premium solutions. LocaliQ’s free, self-serve experience provides access to Free Website Grader, Free Inbound Call Recorder, Chatbot (free and $9.99/month options available), Scheduling Technology (free and $9.99/month options available), and Listings solutions ($9.99/month and $14.99/month options available). For LocaliQ's premium solutions, users are partnered with a LocaliQ expert to create the best marketing plan for their businesses that utilizes a full suite of marketing products.—
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    Community Pulse
    LocaliQTwilio SendGrid
    Considered Both Products
    Gannett
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    Twilio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    72%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    38 Answers
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    65%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    LocaliQTwilio SendGrid
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.7
    50 Ratings
    18% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor7.34 Ratings9.437 Ratings
    Dynamic content6.69 Ratings6.540 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.02 Ratings4.238 Ratings
    Landing pages6.78 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    A/B testing8.06 Ratings9.430 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.311 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.06 Ratings4.750 Ratings
    List management7.17 Ratings4.444 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.63 Ratings4.324 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    7.1
    42 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation7.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading6.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management7.238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    7.1
    46 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    5.9
    50 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Dashboards7.044 Ratings4.348 Ratings
    Standard reports7.245 Ratings4.848 Ratings
    Custom reports7.135 Ratings8.631 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    53% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Customizability9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of LocaliQ and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    LocaliQ
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings9.112 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings9.212 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Validity Engage
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LocaliQTwilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (51 ratings)
    4.4
    (61 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (38 ratings)
    4.6
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (9 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.7
    (37 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LocaliQTwilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gannett
    LocaliQ is well-suited, in our experience, for B2B marketing and, specifically, hyper-targeted and personalized marketing efforts. The geofencing capability is excellent at helping us deliver messages literally to the doorsteps of our target prospects. The proprietary software they use for this targeting is worth the money, and their reps, specifically Nikki Rowell and Sarah Pena, are fantastic and delightful people to work with. The only scenario that was slightly underwhelming was LinkedIn. Their tools don't deliver any additional value to LinkedIn ad campaigns, so it's not worth paying LocaliQ to run these campaigns; we can run them ourselves, which doesn't require much effort. That is just a small downside. We are extremely pleased with LocaliQ and their whole team.
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    Twilio
    If you're prepared to build out your whole staff UX, audience creation, email production, and analytics on your own using API, this tool may have that flexibility. If you require a sturdy drag and drop production tool, this tool has it but at the expense of a lot of other critical functionality. Out of the box analytics/reporting, is extremely limited. Complex queries, even something like pulling those who haven't engaged in email within a certain time period, is clunky. If you require any support at all, this is not the tool for you. I'm a deliverability consultant and have used many of the top email marketing tools and SendGrid has been extremely difficult for my team. I do not recommend it. Shiny and bright during sales, pretty disappointing thereafter.
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    Pros
    Gannett
    • ThriveHive is a smaller marketing team dedicated to helping small to medium sized businesses perfect their marketing messages. ThriveHive is particularity good at understanding how Google, and other search engines work, and have been instrumental in helping my company to grow and evolve.
    • With ThriveHive, you get a dedicated coach who is matched to your type of business. This experience with similar businesses gives your coach a better understanding of your business and the challenges your company faces.
    • My coach is very good at responding to my needs within 1 to 2 business days. Email contacts are fluent and as often as I need, to discuss ideas or questions. I can only speak of my relationship with my coach, and I am very pleased.
    • I feel that ThriveHive makes every effort to take excellent care of their clients, and makes you feel like you are their most important customer. I definitely believe that this is one of ThriveHives' greatest assets.
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    Twilio
    • Managing email lists / audiences is easy with features like groups and segments.
    • They provide pre-built email templates that are very easy to modify. It is also super easy to create new email templates with their drag-and-drop email builder.
    • Provides clear / easy-to-read analytics of email campaigns.
    • I can easily import large email contact lists all at once or add a user manually one-at-a-time, when needed.
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    Cons
    Gannett
    • LocaliQ could improve how it tracks and reports on customer journeys across those channels to provide a clearer view of ROI.
    • The pricing structure is not fully transparent, making it hard to understand the true costs associated with campaigns. Breaking down the fees associated with LocaliQ would make budgeting easier.
    • LocaliQ is able to provide basic ad creative, but there tends to be a disconnect between our brand voice and what is expected with creative. It would be nice to be able to get all design work within LocaliQ rather than have to use and outside designer all the time.
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    Twilio
    • Not necessarily their Email API but their email in general - they are currently in beta for automated email sequences but are still bare bones. Much more work is needed before it can be used mainstream and be able to convert everything to SendGrid.
    • Helping with warming up our dedicated IP for the best-sending score.
    • We seem to hit the promotions folder a decent amount (maybe the IP problem above) and even a lot of their emails hit my spam or promotions folder (whether they be transactional or marketing) which isn't a great sign when trusting an ESP.
    • Transactional email sequences would be a huge plus.
    • Now that Twilio owns SenGrid, having an integrated platform where you could see all our transactional emails together.
    • Better reporting and split reporting between transactional and marketing emails.
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    Usability
    Gannett
    Overall usability pretty good. If we would have gotten better return on our advertising dollar I would have continued with them - their dashboard was very easy to use and the recaps they provided were helpful. They try to put data in bite-sized pieces for the client that are understandable (unlike google's reporting page itself which can be a bit difficult to understand at times). Their team was friendly, semi-responsive, and provided explanations when requested
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    Twilio
    It is usable but needs improvement in overall user experience and ease of use. A new joinee/anyone new to the tool would need more tarining currently before he can use the platform seamlessly. The set-up to value realization time for Twilio SendGrid customers is generally high because of this concern.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Gannett
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    Twilio SendGrid Email API is everything we want it to be, and we have no reason to look for any other solution. Features and pricing match exactly what we need. As developers for SaaS products, Twilio SendGrid Email API provides a great service. I hope that they stay this way and don't inflate the service with too many marketing oriented features, because there are other tools for that and Twilio SendGrid Email API is a API for sending email first and foremost.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gannett
    LocaliQ is more economical that marketing agencies we've used in the past. Our dollar goes farther. We've also used services from phonebook providers that were getting into the online advertising field. At the time, it was just being introduced so the reps knowledge on the topic was quiet limited.
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    Twilio
    Sendgrid has a lot of features that other providers have and a few more - like the dynamic template builder, which AWS SES doesn't have. We choose the provider based on the scenario of use and the provider we're using. If we're going to be making regular changes to a template, then we'd go with Sendgrid, as the changes will be easier to make and don't necessarily require developer intervention.
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    Scalability
    Gannett
    As mentioned prior, their ability to utilize and maximize our resources so that we receive the best results on all avenues of marketing and advertising. We see better lead generation, brand recognition and top of mind awareness due to LocaliQ efforts
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Gannett
    • It's hard to quantify but I know I've had at least 5 to 10 new clients in the last 6 months come from efforts related to my website
    • Not having to work on my website myself also helped free up my time, I don't need to worry!
    • Customer service is good, the team doesn't wait till there is a problem, they schedule check ins regularly
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    Twilio
    • As it was cheaper than the transactional service we previously used, it saved costs.
    • The API was relatively easy to work with so it helped us ship the service and test it quickly.
    • We still use the transactional email service, even though we recognize its limits as it meets our immediate needs.
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    ScreenShots

    LocaliQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Dash lead management dashboard and engagement centerScreenshot of the Marketing Dashboard, which provides access to reports 24/7, or can be used to listen to phone calls and recordings, and manage a lead inbox. LocaliQ customers receive access to the Marketing Dashboard with the purchase of any other products at no additional cost. Upgrades available for automated lead nurture solutions.Screenshot of LocaliQ’s search ad technology includes expertise from account setup and keyword creation to data analysis and reporting across multiple search engines.Screenshot of Social ads, based on a business's unique goals and budget.Screenshot of LocaliQ listings solutions to get a business accurately listed, with lower cost or premium options.Screenshot of the AI-powered Dash SMS Agent that qualifies leads and convert customers. AI responses are generated using website content to provide a customer experience as good or better than a human interaction.