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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lob

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALob in San Francisco provides the building blocks for developers to automate offline correspondences. Enterprise companies use Lob’s suite of APIs to mail fully dynamic and personalized customer communications with print media. Lob also provides insight into deliverability with piece-by-piece tracing and a proprietary Print Delivery Network to streamline production across fully redundant nodes all over the country.

    $0

    per month (Up to 500 Mailings)

    Melissa Address Verification

    N/AN/AMelissa Address Verification validates, corrects, parses, and standardizes postal addresses for organizations that collect or maintain shipping, billing, and contact records. The service supports real-time address validation at data entry and batch processing for existing address lists.

    $40

    one-time fee per user

    Pricing
    LobMelissa Address Verification
    Editions & Modules
    Startup Plan
    $260
    per month 3 users & Up to 3,000 monthly mailings
    Growth Plan
    $550
    per month 5 users & Up to 6,000 monthly mailings
    Developer Plan
    Free
    1 user & Up to 500 monthly mailings
    Enterprise Plan
    Contact Sales
    Pay As You Go- Starting at 10,000 Credits
    $40
    one-time fee per user
    US Address Verification- Subscription: Starting at 1,000,000 Records
    $5,145
    per year per user
    Global Address Verification- Subscription: Starting at 1,000,000 Records
    $12,600
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LobMelissa Address Verification
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Purchase Credits: Monthly Top-Off - One time verification fee of $4.97. Start with 1,000 credits & get refilled every 1st. (Non-Profit Program available). * $40- 10,000 credits * $350- 100,000 credits (12.5% off) * $3,200- 1,000,000 credit (20% off)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    92%
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    User Ratings
    LobMelissa Address Verification
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    -
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    Likelihood to Renew
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
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    Usability
    6.6
    (18 ratings)
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    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
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    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    LobMelissa Address Verification
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lob
    It is great for low-cost, high-volume mail campaigns for our agents. The price is very reasonable, and they can send out a lot. Once the design is approved and they send a list, we handle it, then Lob. When we have agents who want to handwrite the addresses, we choose someone else (a local print shop) to print and send them to our agents.
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    Melissa
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Lob
    • Address Verification and NCOA Cleaning
    • Autocomplete for our forms that allow a user to SKIP typing
    • Printing and mailing documents automatically over API
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    Melissa
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    Cons
    Lob
    • An automatically scheduled data export would be nice.
    • Functions such as adding or editing bank accounts, updating check details, and querying data require knowledge of the specific code and API infrastructure. It would be nice to do these things without being an engineer trained in their specific interface language.
    • They reduced their retention period on their interface to like 3 months, which is not ideal.
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    Melissa
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lob
    will continue to use for specific mailing requirements
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    Melissa
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    Usability
    Lob
    Overall, Lob performs well for standard mailing needs and has helped streamline day-to-day processes. However, there are unique situations in the insurance industry that may require additional flexibility or capacity beyond their current model. Automation of certain state-required letters or follow-ups is something we wish we could perform.
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    Melissa
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lob
    i never witnessed a problem with lob
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    Performance
    Lob
    perfect except from a minor tracking options missed
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    Melissa
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    Support Rating
    Lob
    good support, not many examples I can think of
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    Melissa
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    Implementation Rating
    Lob
    didn't participate but as for my information it was smooth
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    Melissa
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lob
    Root keeps Lob because it is already deeply integrated into our systems, and replacing it would require significant engineering effort with limited expected cost savings. As well as the unknowns that come with other options, switching vendors would likely require a significant multi-quarter effort without clear cost savings or efficiency gains.
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    Melissa
    No answers on this topic
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Lob
    it can be better because the volume pricing method doesn't benefit the clients much but lob itself
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    Melissa
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    Scalability
    Lob
    it will scale very well if its for saas companies
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    Melissa
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    Professional Services
    Lob
    decent overall
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    Return on Investment
    Lob
    • The hard part is that the agents mostly see the returns over us, so I don't know the specific numbers.
    • Some agents have great responses; others not as much. Or they get 75% of their mailers returned, and we don't know why.
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    Melissa
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    ScreenShots

    Lob Screenshots

    Screenshot of Lob's available integrations, that include CRM, CDP or marketing automation tools.Screenshot of Lob Analytics. These demonstrate the value of every send and find winning strategies with advanced analytics.Screenshot of Lob Template Gallery. This includes professionally designed templates optimized by a team of experts.Screenshot of Lob analytics dashboard shows trackable events from direct mail campaigns.

    Melissa Address Verification Screenshots

    Screenshot of Capture Address: Autocompletes and/or verifies a postal address at point of entry so bad data never enters your system.Screenshot of Parse Address: Uses proprietary lexicons & rules to parse an address into its component parts.Screenshot of Standardized Address: Conforms an address to USPS address validation standards or local country format.Screenshot of Verify Address: Uses authoritative, in-country reference datasets to check the validity & deliverability of a physical address with our address validation service.Screenshot of Transliterate Address: Uses language-specific transliteration to convert addresses between native scripts and Latin characters.Screenshot of Validate Address: A clean, deliverable postal address checked & ready for mailing, order fulfilment, or analytics.