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Melissa Address Verification vs. Smarty

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    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

    Smarty

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/ASmarty is a provider of location data intelligence. Smarty is able to process colossal amounts of location data and APIs verify, validate, enrich, standardize, geocode, and auto-complete addresses.

    $20

    per month 5000 lookups

    Pricing
    Melissa Address VerificationSmarty
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Professional - US Address Autocomplete
    $20
    per month 5k monthly lookups
    Professional - International Address Autocomplete
    $40
    per month 500 monthly lookups
    Professional - US Address Validation
    $54
    per month 5k Lookups per month
    US Reverse Geocoding
    $54
    per month 25k monthly lookups
    Professional - International Address Verification
    $65
    per month 1k monthly lookups
    US Rooftop Geocoding
    $106
    per month 5k monthly lookups
    Unlimited - US Address Verification
    $1,250
    per month Lookups / month Up to 300 / second
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Melissa Address VerificationSmarty
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPurchase 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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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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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
    Melissa Address VerificationSmarty
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
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    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Melissa Address VerificationSmarty
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Melissa
    No answers on this topic
    Smarty
    The only situation in which Smarty is not the way to go is if you are validating less than 300 addresses a day. The big disclaimer is that I work with data, so I have a pretty good pace for this kind of work. That being said, any more than that and you're looking at parking someone for hours every day for work that largely doesn't warrant the effort - just go with Smarty.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
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    Pros
    Melissa
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    Smarty
    • Accurate ownership data.
    • Multiple data points.
    • Fast response.
    Swapnil Bhagat
    SME
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    Cons
    Melissa
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    Smarty
    • The cost/hit for type-ahead lookups. We have people "try" a lot of addresses, which drives up the cost of obviously wrong data input.
    Richard Visokey
    COO (Chief Operations Officer)
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    Usability
    Melissa
    No answers on this topic
    Smarty
    The tool is very easy to use. Just typing in the first three characters of the first line of the address of the user will return an accurate list of address result options to choose from. Simply select the appropriate address and all the address fields will prepopulate without the need for additional manual address entry.
    Incentivized
    Damian Watkins
    Senior Director, Fundraising Technology
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    Alternatives Considered
    Melissa
    No answers on this topic
    Smarty
    I didn't try other specific products. I went straight to the source, USPS API tools, but their limitations, hard to follow instructions, and consistent downtime made me reconsider. I knew I needed a reliable service that would be implemented and work every day without my attention, and it provided exactly that.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
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    Return on Investment
    Melissa
    No answers on this topic
    Smarty
    • Vastly improved our address database deliverability. We now have over 95% of addresses in our customer database verified, thanks to Smarty.
    • Our bi-annual catalog cost went down. Already-verified address = lower cost for pre-mailing address correction and verification.
    Richard Visokey
    COO (Chief Operations Officer)
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    ScreenShots

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    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.

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