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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mapp Digital

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ABuilt by marketers for marketers, Mapp is a family of software and customer-centric services including a sophisticated data management platform; tools that optimise email, mobile, app, social and web marketing; and campaign management and strategy consulting. Mapp Digital was created by the combination of BlueHornet and the digital-marketing related applications business purchased from Teradata Corporation in July 2016. Other components include Argyle Social, Epoxy (a mobile push app), and…N/A

    Percolate, now part of Seismic

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    Mapp DigitalPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Mapp DigitalPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Features
    Mapp DigitalPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Mapp Digital and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Mapp Digital
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Mapp Digital and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Mapp Digital
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Mapp Digital and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Mapp Digital
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Mapp Digital and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Mapp Digital
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Ideation00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Mapp Digital and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Mapp Digital
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Mapp Digital and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Mapp Digital
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.3
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Mapp DigitalPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    1.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Mapp DigitalPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mapp Digital
    During our use of MAPP Digital, it is deserving to say that the product helped us to overcome the main challenges we faced in our business at the time. As a preliminary user I have struggled much with hosting manual campaigns on remarketing etc. But with the Mapp digital software hosting marketing campaigns became a complete automated process with supervision. This feature offered by Mapp made a huge decrease in my daily workload and I'm more than grateful for it.
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    Discontinued Products
    Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
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    Pros
    Mapp Digital
    • BlueHornet's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface for creating emails is easier to use than many platforms. Users appreciate this. BlueHornet makes it super simple to create a version specific for mobile devices.
    • I am a big fan of the custom data segmentation tools built into BlueHornet. They are powerful and easy to use. Many other ESPs, including a number of the top rated ones, do not have such powerful, easy to use segmentation tools. This matters. It helps a user send more relevant emails.
    • BlueHornet makes sharing to social networks simple. In this day and age, forwarding to a friend is dead. Sharing to social networks is essential. Having this be easy to do is very important.
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    • Create social content from briefing all the way through to the approval process.
    • Social planner for managing topics and content streams across multiple channels.
    • Robust API and integrations.
    • Image library (with cost-free access/rights to stock photo libraries).
    • Frequent updates to the platform.
    • Built-in community management.
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    Cons
    Mapp Digital
    • It would be nice to see the API's functionality introduced into the web client.
    • The reporting tools for transactional messages is different than the rest of the system. This promotes difficulty with getting accurate reporting in the web client, outside of an API call.
    • The custom fields are different for transactional messages, which introduces times when human error may flub the fields because they aren't contiguous throughout the product.
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    Discontinued Products
    • A lot of the features in Percolate are very well built, but only provide the bare minimum as features go. Its editorial calendar for example lacks export/import features and its multimedia repository only supports images. In many ways, Percolate is trying very hard to be too much at the same time.
    • At the moment, Percolate lacks user level management. We can add users who need to be moderated before posting, but it is for example not possible to add users just for one specific function (like the multimedia database).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Mapp Digital
    Although BlueHornet offers helpful testing capabilities, the ESP is a bit outdated. There is a lot of room for aesthetics improvement as they are not appealing. The reporting tool is usually broken, and reporting either no, or wrong metrics. If this ESP were to update their design, as well as fix the reporting tool, I think this platform would be much better.
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    Discontinued Products
    Percolate is a great tool for us, because we need the approval process workflows. The training was great when we first signed on, and the interface is very user friendly. We have trained our interns to use it as well with no issues. It makes keeping up with our content calendar a breeze and we can easily see what posts have been approved and which ones are still pending at a quick glance
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    Usability
    Mapp Digital
    There were three tabs used to navigate throughout the system called, "publish," "engage," and, "measure." These three tabs made the site very user friendly and all features easy to find
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    Easy to set up approval flows, but not always necessary to follow all the requires steps
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    Performance
    Mapp Digital
    They rolled out new feature requests quite frequently and always kept our team up to speed on what they were changing/adding to the system
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    Mapp Digital
    Sometimes it was hard to get an initial response but after we started CCing more people, it became a lot better!
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Mapp Digital
    They made sure to go through anything and everything that we wanted
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Mapp Digital
    I wasn't there when they first got it, but when I got there there were only a few people that knew a little bit about it. There was A LOT that we didn't know. Then BlueHornet came and had some workshops and we learned a lot that we didn't even know existed. They were doing a lot of things wrong before BlueHornet came and showed up more about the tool
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    Discontinued Products
    Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mapp Digital
    We were able to thoroughly evaluate the program for Mapp Digital thanks to the free trial's availability. Comparing the two products' graphical user interfaces, it's evident that Mapp Digital comes out on top. Mapp Digital's excellent customer service was another reason for our decision to work with the company.
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    Discontinued Products
    Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and community management. Percolate offers additional features such as an Asset Management Library and a section for creative briefs and collaboration with internal teams.
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    Return on Investment
    Mapp Digital
    • BlueHornet has been a good entry-level platform. We have successfully launched scores of clients with limited email marketing experience onto this platform. Because it is easy to use, we have spent minimal effort needing to help these clients with problems.
    • It is easy to migrate clients on or off BlueHornet, depending upon their needs. This is helpful because it allows our clients to be on exactly the right platform. Some platforms make it difficult to migrate off, essentially trapping clients on a platform that no longer meets their needs or business objectives.
    • I wish BlueHornet were keeping pace with technology advancements in the industry. The gap between the biggest ESPs and competitors like BlueHornet seems to be growing.
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    • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
    • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
    • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
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