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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Intuit Mailchimp

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMailchimp is an email marketing and marketing automation platform. Beyond just tracking how campaigns perform, Mailchimp takes it a step further by analyzing data from over half a billion emails to show why campaigns perform, driving informed decisions.

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    Zendesk Talk

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
    Pricing
    Intuit MailchimpZendesk Talk
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    starts at $13
    per month
    Standard
    starts at $20
    per month
    Premium
    starts at $350
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Intuit MailchimpZendesk Talk
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Intuit MailchimpZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    Mailchimp is the primary marketing email platform we use. I have not reviewed a competitor of them.
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    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    251 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    244 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    215 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    247 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    Intuit MailchimpZendesk Talk
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.1
    585 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.1537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.1519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.2499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages8.3404 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing7.7434 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.9535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.8568 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.1564 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.7385 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.9
    75 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation7.465 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management8.372 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.9
    126 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
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    Calendaring7.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing8.4112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.2
    124 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns8.3116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration8.1107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.3
    565 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.6229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.6560 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.9130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.9
    132 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
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    API7.9107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.470 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com8.554 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM8.647 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.9109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Intuit Mailchimp and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Intuit MailchimpZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (608 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (55 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (477 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (20 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Intuit MailchimpZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Intuit
    Mailchimp is fairly easy to onboard, even for those who would consider themselves less technologically inclined. It can be as simple as plug-and-play for simpler campaigns or scale up as needed. It also makes it easy to build, send out for internal review and feedback, and track all the needed changes.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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    Pros
    Intuit
    • Mailchimp allows you to manage your mailing list really well. You can subscribe people, unsubscribe people manage the mailing list directly into segments, and what not.
    • Mailchimp has features where you can create campaigns based on your mailing lists and send out newsletters to your subscribers based on a multitude of parameters that you can setup. Such as send email daily, weekly, monthly and they also have event based mails that you can send out.
    • Mailchimp also has a feature where you can design your emails. The look and aesthetics are very important when sending emails to your subscribers and all those needs are addressed here.
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    Zendesk
    • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
    • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
    • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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    Cons
    Intuit
    • The pricing tiers do scale quickly so if you have a free newsletter it may get expensive
    • The pricing is based on total emails so if you have users who you only email rarely it might not make sense to use Intuit Mailchimp
    • Customer support can be a bit lacking at times and their docs aren't always the best
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    Zendesk
    • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
    • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Intuit
    We've had Mailchimp for about ten years, I want to say. I started with the company about four years ago, and I don't see us ever diverting to another source. It's easy for us to use, and we have all our clients already built into the database. I imagine we'll use them for as long as we have the company.
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    Zendesk
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    Usability
    Intuit
    It is easy, but some things you need to learn from their resources. Mailchimp is one of the most popular email marketing platforms because it combines email marketing, automation, audience management, and analytics into a single tool that's easy to use and scale. Simple solutions and drag-and-drop edits make it easy.
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    Zendesk
    Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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    Reliability and Availability
    Intuit
    I have, in the 4+ years that I've used Mailchimp, never seen an issue that restricted the use of their software/tools. I don't know of a single time when they're system crashed or went down. I could be wrong, but I honestly haven't experienced any issues with outages, errors or unplanned downtime
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    Zendesk
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    Performance
    Intuit
    I haven't noticed any slow speeds from Mailchimp or their tools. I think the landing pages load quickly and look nice. The email reports and editing operates smoothly and doesn't take time to load. Additionally, when I use Mailchimp in conjunction with Zapier + Hubspot I don't notice any drag between any of these tools
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    Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    Intuit
    Website tools were easy to use and understand so a novice can easily meet or exceed their client's expectations! Loved that we were able to totally customize so that the e-mail we created conveyed our client's overall messaging consistent with their branding! Client love that we can provide turnkey services to support their sales and marketing teams!
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    Zendesk
    In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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    Implementation Rating
    Intuit
    It's pretty easy to get up and running! There's a slight learning curve on a few things, but once you find where everything is located, you can import your list and send your first email. It really makes our clients feel great to see how quickly they can get that first email out.
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    Zendesk
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    Alternatives Considered
    Intuit
    I used Intuit Mailchimp, and I would say other software I used is equally good and competes with Intuit Mailchimp. Well, Intuit Mailchimp's reporting is better, and ActiveCampaign has more affordable pricing, so in the end, it all comes to what you need. What we needed was available in cheaper price in other software as well. But I would definitely say Intuit Mailchimp has its own advantages too.
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    Zendesk
    Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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    Scalability
    Intuit
    Mailchimp over the years I've used it has grown in leaps and bounds. They have added so many additional features than were previously available. They are truly an all-in-one marketing platform now. If you're a small operation and just want to add email to your marketing efforts, they're there for you. If you're a larger operation and want to start sending postcard advertisements, they can do that. If you'd good with that and want to kick up your marketing by going social, you can do that on their platform. They are truly able to be as small as you need, but also get quite large in whatever it is you'd like to do through their system.
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    Zendesk
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    Return on Investment
    Intuit
    • One of my retail web store clients was sending out email specials and notices about once a month. After clicking the send button, we would watch Google Analytics and the current site users would light up immediately. Often, the current site visitors would pop up to 20, 30 or more after the email was sent. On a normal day, seeing 1 or 2 online users would be OK.
    • Pretty much in all cases, we could see an uptick in positive activity after sending out a Intuit Mailchimp email to a list.
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    Zendesk
    • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
    • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
    • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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    ScreenShots

    Intuit Mailchimp Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mailchimp's advanced analytics and reporting tools. These are used to monitor trends, track performance, and get actionable insights that help users to create better campaigns and drive customer engagement.Screenshot of Mailchimp's precise audience segmentation. Its AI simplifies the workflow by generating complex customer segments for highly personalized campaigns.Screenshot of omnichannel marketing. Campaigns can be built across multiple channels, and then managed from one convenient place.Screenshot of marketing automations with the Customer Journey Builder. This is used to reach the right people with the right message at exactly the right time, which helps to drive more repeat business, increase customer retention, and see more orders.Screenshot of Mailchimp's SMS marketing. SMS can be integrated into email, automations, and social campaigns.Screenshot of Mailchimp's AI, used to deliver relevant content faster. It can generate professionally written, on-brand marketing emails with the press of a button. The user only needs to review, edit, and send.