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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MessageGears

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMessageGears is a hybrid email marketing service built around deliverability, actionable customer data, and audience segmentation and targeting.N/A

    Olark

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOlark is a website live chat tool for engaging website visitors while they browse. It can be used to to track leads, drive sales, provide support.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    MessageGearsOlark
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Self Service
    $19.00
    Per Agent Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MessageGearsOlark
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    MessageGearsOlark
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of MessageGears and Olark
    Feature
    MessageGears
    3.3
    3 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Olark
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor1.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content3.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content2.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing2.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting3.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences2.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of MessageGears and Olark
    Feature
    MessageGears
    1.1
    3 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Olark
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards1.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports1.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of MessageGears and Olark
    Feature
    MessageGears
    3.7
    3 Ratings
    75% below category average
    Olark
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking2.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of MessageGears and Olark
    Feature
    MessageGears
    -
    Ratings
    Olark
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Chat reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MessageGearsOlark
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MessageGearsOlark
    Likelihood to Recommend
    MessageGears
    MessageGears can be a solid, inexpensive email solution and you can be able to send millions of emails per year. In 2020, we delivered over 235 million emails at a fraction of what that would cost with any other email service provider. We worked with MessageGears on a custom solution with our database.
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    Olark
    Olark chat is easy to set up and use. You can have more than one user logged in to monitor the chat on different computers. This makes a fast response time more likely. Although you have to be sure to keep your volume up on the computer so you hear the sound letting you know there's a chat waiting. I like that you can see the customers path through the website and you can put clickable links while you are in a chat to guide the customer to a product or a help page. Plus you can see if they actually went there. This makes it easier to upsell
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    Pros
    MessageGears
    • The MessageGears Support team is very helpful.
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    Olark
    • Olark is user friendly for both sides of the CHAT conversation. If you are initiating the chat, or the one receiving the chat, it is extremely easy to follow and use. There are many different levels of computer use comprehension and Olark is for every level.
    • Olark has reporting features to allow you to check the quality of your employees chat abilities as well as their productivity. It provides feedback for the employee themselves to also see how they are doing and take any suggestions the customer may leave for them regarding their chat experience.
    • Olark is very affordable and offers you the option, at a low cost, to look bigger and more professional that you even are. We were a smaller company and has the chat option with Olark and now have grown tremendously and STILL have the Olark chat option. Olark allowed us to grow and provide professionalism to our customers .
    • The Olark program allows you to set up quick responses to keep your customer from waiting, and to allow your employees to not have to retype the same response over and over. It is a great program that the employees really enjoy as well. It reminds you if you forgot to log out when you left your desk and provides your customer a quick note giving them the option to send the chat as an email inquiry instead, so you don't miss a thing.
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    Cons
    MessageGears
    • Multivariate testing
    • WYSIWYG email builder
    • SQL audience error report
    • Native reporting
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    Olark
    • Not really an area of improvement for Olark specifically, but I will offer that it is incredibly important to keep in mind your company's "shopping hours" or peak traffic times (there is a Reports feature on the software that allows you to analyze peak traffic times).
    • Transcript history can be a little tricky - if you're searching for a specific past conversation, sometimes you may get multiple search results and have to sift through them until you find exactly what you're looking for.
    • I'd also offer that you will occasionally come across folks that are on your site to cyberbully or say nonsensical things. While there isn't an absolute fullproof way to deal with this, Olark does offer a nice "block" feature to disregard any unwanted conversations.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    MessageGears
    No answers on this topic
    Olark
    To be honest, renewal decisions are not currently within my power. Hypothetically speaking, I'm very comfortable with the platform, have used it daily for nearly a year, and would see no reason to switch to anything else. The small criticisms I had are not significant enough to deter me from using Olark. It's a user friendly, effective tool for our department.
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    Usability
    MessageGears
    Our situation is unique so I believe we are working on a semi-outdated UI which needs a tune up / version upgrade. Similarly, our custom connection means that we do not have access to the full feature set so I've never experienced MessageGears' best functionality
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    Olark
    It is simply easy and customizable to be exactly what you need it to be
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    Support Rating
    MessageGears
    MessageGears support is always quick to respond when we have an issue, which is rare. Gail has been our main rep and she has been great. We don't have many issues so luckily, we don't need to lean on their customer support team much. That said, it would be beneficial to hear from upper management more.
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    Olark
    Our organization does not have any complaints about Olark's Support. Anytime we reached out to them for assistance, we received a prompt, helpful reply! As mentioned previously, we used Olark fairly basically so we didn't have too much need to work with their support team other than a few general questions here and there. They were always pleasant to work with.
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    Alternatives Considered
    MessageGears
    MessageGears doesn't come close to Salesforce Marketing Cloud. We chose MessageGears based on how data was accessed. We never really got a good preview of how the system works or what was available, so we didn't know everything that it was lacking until we started using it.
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    Olark
    Olark has an easier implementation process and has better functionality such as the ability to send commands through the platform to either create a ticket in your CRM or push an opportunity to salesforce; you're even able to 'push' the end user to a web page. Implementing their SDK is a snap as well.
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    Return on Investment
    MessageGears
    • Sending more email!
    • Onboarding handoff was a little rough
    • Great control on who we are sending to
    • Dynamic content is very easy!
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    Olark
    • Olark allows my customer support team to respond to inquiries much faster than before.
    • We have seen an uptick in sales as we are able to address more questions from website visitors.
    • We have changed the design of our website based on chat feedback and questions obtained through Olark.
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