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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mail250

    Score1 out of 10
    N/AMail250 is an e-mail marketing delivery platform.

    $20

    per month

    MessageGears

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMessageGears is a hybrid email marketing service built around deliverability, actionable customer data, and audience segmentation and targeting.N/A
    Pricing
    Mail250MessageGears
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $20
    month
    Plus
    $30
    month
    Plus Pro
    $50
    month
    Dedicated
    $150
    month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Mail250MessageGears
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Mail250MessageGears
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Mail250 and MessageGears
    Feature
    Mail250
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    MessageGears
    3.3
    3 Ratings
    84% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor5.01 Ratings1.52 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.01 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    List management6.01 Ratings2.13 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings2.23 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings2.73 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings2.23 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Mail250 and MessageGears
    Feature
    Mail250
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    MessageGears
    1.1
    3 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Dashboards6.01 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Standard reports6.01 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Mail250 and MessageGears
    Feature
    Mail250
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    MessageGears
    3.7
    3 Ratings
    75% below category average
    Link Tracking5.01 Ratings2.83 Ratings
    Email Previews8.01 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    URL Validation00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Mail250MessageGears
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Mail250MessageGears
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mail250
    I don't think it's well-suited for anyone. In my opinion, the low cost is not worth the extremely poor deliverability.
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    MessageGears
    MessageGears can be a solid, inexpensive email solution and you can be able to send millions of emails per year. In 2020, we delivered over 235 million emails at a fraction of what that would cost with any other email service provider. We worked with MessageGears on a custom solution with our database.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Mail250
    • Affordable
    • Relatively easy to use
    • Support was fine
    • Has some attractive features like email verification
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    MessageGears
    • The MessageGears Support team is very helpful.
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    Cons
    Mail250
    • In my experience, deliverability is terrible
    • UI feels old and limited
    • Did not follow up to refund request
    • Due to my poor overall experience, I'm very doubtful in the reliability of their features like email verification
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    MessageGears
    • Multivariate testing
    • WYSIWYG email builder
    • SQL audience error report
    • Native reporting
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Mail250
    No answers on this topic
    MessageGears
    Our situation is unique so I believe we are working on a semi-outdated UI which needs a tune up / version upgrade. Similarly, our custom connection means that we do not have access to the full feature set so I've never experienced MessageGears' best functionality
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Mail250
    No answers on this topic
    MessageGears
    MessageGears support is always quick to respond when we have an issue, which is rare. Gail has been our main rep and she has been great. We don't have many issues so luckily, we don't need to lean on their customer support team much. That said, it would be beneficial to hear from upper management more.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mail250
    I picked Mail250 because they seem designed for sending 1-time bulk mail for an affordable price.
    Open rates for MailerLite, GetResponse,
    ConvertKit, and SendPulse were all over 50%. Sender.net was extremely low at under 10%. Mail250 was around 10%, but also had an extremely high bounce rate of 10%.
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    MessageGears
    MessageGears doesn't come close to Salesforce Marketing Cloud. We chose MessageGears based on how data was accessed. We never really got a good preview of how the system works or what was available, so we didn't know everything that it was lacking until we started using it.
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    Return on Investment
    Mail250
    • Unable to use it due to poor deliverability
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    MessageGears
    • Sending more email!
    • Onboarding handoff was a little rough
    • Great control on who we are sending to
    • Dynamic content is very easy!
    Incentivized
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