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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mailtrack

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AMailtrack is an email-tracking extension for Gmail and part of Mailsuite. It adds delivery and read-status indicators to sent messages, showing when recipients open an email or click a tracked link without requiring users to leave Gmail. Key Capabilities Gmail read receipts: Mailtrack adds one or two checkmarks to sent messages. Grey checkmarks indicate delivery; green checkmarks indicate that the message was opened. Open and…

    $2.99

    per month per user

    Meltwater

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMeltwater Media Intelligence platform is a set of public relations software tools for media monitoring, social media monitoring, and collecting brand insights. The four areas of functionality are Monitor, Analyze, Distribute, and Engage. (Note that this product combines features from the vendor Meltwater's former Buzz, Press, and News products.)N/A
    Pricing
    MailtrackMeltwater
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Mailtrack
    2,99
    per month per user
    Mailsuite
    9,99
    per month per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    MailtrackMeltwater
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MailtrackMeltwater
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    MailtrackMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (50 ratings)
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (40 ratings)
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
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    Support Rating
    7.1
    (42 ratings)
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
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    Online Training
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    MailtrackMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mailtrack
    Mailtrack is great for tracking emails if you do not want to pay for larger more complicated tools that do the same thing. If you already love your system but just want to add some convenient read tracking, that's exactly what this is for. If you have a system that doesn't work well, I would take the time to evaluate alternatives that also include read tracking (Salesforce for example). This also applies if you're trying to use this for large outbound sales emails - there are a lot of applications that have email tracking built in (Outreach.io is a great example) so it may just be worth switching your whole system.
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    Meltwater
    Meltwater is well-suited for agencies that have an engagement team who is looking to service a variety of client needs such as social media reporting, public relations outreach, and community management. If you're looking to have a platform serve just one need, you can still use Meltwater but will get more bang for your buck if you are needing a variety of tools.
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    Pros
    Mailtrack
    • Immediately you will be notified once any user accesses the email. There is no delay. We have crossed checked and it works awesome.
    • The Mailtrack extension is easy to use. Setting up an account and getting started is smooth and fast.
    • Free version includes unlimited email tracking, this is fab.
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    Meltwater
    • Media research - you can search for relevant publications and journalists to add to your media list.
    • Earned media coverage - you can search for coverage of your brand and find news stories that also include data that may be useful (how many people did the story reach for example).
    • Building media lists - if you have no current existing list, you can build and export one in Excel for example.
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    Cons
    Mailtrack
    • Some of the settings can be confusing at first.
    • Some alerts are on by default and can be annoying at times.
    • Good to know if the email was deleted.
    • It would be great to know how much time recipients spent on each email.
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    Meltwater
    • The dashboards are not user-friendly, customizable (color, font size, etc.), or worthy of presenting to a client. All of the insights from a dashboard get pulled from the platform and placed into a more client-friendly presentation.
    • Paywalls for certain publications connected to who-knows-what. DowJones racket limits media monitoring capabilities and results in manual searches for a growing number of publications.
    • TVeyes, the broadcast monitoring arm of the media monitoring capabilities, just needs TLC and to become more client-facing. Currently, the links produced to share clips look sketchy, and they have a relatively short shelf life.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Mailtrack
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Meltwater works well for our organization and has allowed us to meet our internal goals. We are always open to new products and services that may be able to provide similar or better features; however, our experience has been that many of Meltwater's competitors are not up to the task.
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    Usability
    Mailtrack
    I would rate Mailtrack's overall usability as a ten out of ten. The reasons for this are actually quite simple. For now, only I have been using Mailtrack. However, looking at the rather easy to use characteristics Mailtrack has to offer, I would not hesitate to recommend it to the rest of my colleagues.
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    Meltwater
    Once you get some basic training it's pretty easy to use. I would like to see training manuals, or instructional videos to help me explore features I'm not currently using.
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    Support Rating
    Mailtrack
    I didn't really need to use the customer support but the fact that they proactively make the installation process so easy by providing step by step instructions with videos and everything is kind of pro-active customer support that is needed. Good for them because at the end of the day, it's everyone's dream to use a product that they don't need support for.
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    Meltwater
    Our account rep at Meltwater went dark for a long time. Then, a couple of weeks ago, our new account manager reached out to set up a meeting. Apparently, they had a big shakeup in the company, and there were some personnel changes. Our new account rep was great in discussing the platform's capabilities that were available to us and even offered to schedule a follow-up meeting with his technical team to introduce our new social media team members to the platform and how it could help them with their jobs.
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    In-Person Training
    Mailtrack
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    Online Training
    Mailtrack
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Mailtrack
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    Meltwater
    You are only allowed 15 users, so make sure you've identified who will have access to use the tool.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mailtrack
    There's a free tier. Obviously, there are other things to love, like notifications about your email being read, the fact that if an email hasn't been responded to in some time it gets bumped up. The fact that if other people have Mailtrack you will actually get notified who read your email. But the fact that there is a free tier is HUGE.
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    Meltwater
    I was looking for a full-service option. I did some research. What really sold me was the presentation. They offered products that were helpful, and I wasn’t even aware of them. It is more expensive than the other products that are out there, but you get more. The other companies are good, but Meltwater Media Intelligence is more full service.
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    Return on Investment
    Mailtrack
    • I'm currently using the free version so my investment was time spent downloading the browser extension. I would say it's worth the investment because I can make more value through each email by finding the right time to send replies or know when is the exact time I should follow up.
    • Knowing when an email is read multiple times helps me know the importance of the content in my email.
    • The paid version allows Mailtrack to tell you which recipient read the email if there was more than 1.
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    Meltwater
    • As a PR firm, we rely on the media databases that [Meltwater Media Intelligence Platform] supplies to deliver the media exposure that they expect from us.
    • We utilize their tracking of media hits for our overall reporting to our clients.
    • Both of these are advantageous in helping us to not only keep our existing clients happy but also to gain new clients (and, in turn - revenue), as well.
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    ScreenShots

    Mailtrack Screenshots

    Screenshot of Double check marks appear right in the  Gmail Sent folder — one for delivered, two for read. Nothing new to learn, no separate dashboard to open.Screenshot of Alerts, sent the moment a recipient opens your message, so you can follow up or pick up the phone while the email is still on their screen.Screenshot of where to set a reminder rules once and Mailtrack watches sent mail, flagging the messages that went unopened or unanswered so none of them go cold.Screenshot of A complete activity log per email — who opened it, how many times and when, including each recipient separately when sent to a group.Screenshot of a display of exactly which links a recipient clicked and when — a pricing page, a proposal, a calendar link.