MessageGears vs. Sitecore Send

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MessageGears
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
MessageGears is a hybrid email marketing service built around deliverability, actionable customer data, and audience segmentation and targeting.N/A
Sitecore Send
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Sitecore Send, formerly Moosend, is an email marketing platform featuring drag and drop editor and templates for newsletters, automated workflow, mailing list management with custom fields and advanced segmentation, and personalized content.
$10
Per Subscriber
Pricing
MessageGearsSitecore Send
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starting Price
$10.00
Per Subscriber
Maximum Price
$760.00
Per Subscriber
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MessageGearsSitecore Send
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
MessageGearsSitecore Send
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
MessageGears
3.3
3 Ratings
84% below category average
Sitecore Send
8.1
9 Ratings
0% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor1.62 Ratings8.69 Ratings
Dynamic content3.83 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content2.33 Ratings7.58 Ratings
A/B testing2.73 Ratings8.76 Ratings
Mobile optimization8.01 Ratings8.48 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting3.83 Ratings8.99 Ratings
List management2.13 Ratings9.19 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences2.23 Ratings5.26 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
MessageGears
1.1
3 Ratings
150% below category average
Sitecore Send
9.0
8 Ratings
15% above category average
Dashboards1.23 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Standard reports1.23 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Custom reports1.03 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
MessageGears
3.7
3 Ratings
79% below category average
Sitecore Send
8.0
6 Ratings
6% below category average
URL Validation1.01 Ratings8.96 Ratings
Link Tracking2.93 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Image Validation7.01 Ratings8.96 Ratings
Inbox Display7.01 Ratings9.15 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check6.01 Ratings1.15 Ratings
Spam Testing1.02 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Email Previews1.12 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
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User Ratings
MessageGearsSitecore Send
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(3 ratings)
8.3
(9 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MessageGearsSitecore Send
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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Sitecore
In my opinion, for content sites such as blogs and magazines, Moosend is highly recommended. For ecommerce sites, not recommended as SMS marketing feature not added with Moosend.
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Pros
MessageGears
  • The MessageGears Support team is very helpful.
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Sitecore
  • Moosend is the best application to trace the business development and to create ideas through email marketing
  • This tool is helpful in the atomization of developments on a certain level
  • It promotes business opportunities in the market with innovation and ideas
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Cons
MessageGears
  • Multivariate testing
  • WYSIWYG email builder
  • SQL audience error report
  • Native reporting
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Sitecore
  • If you have more than 1000 subscribers you will be required to upgrade to the Pro plan.
  • Free plan users have limited customer support.
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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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Sitecore
No answers on this topic
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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Sitecore
No answers on this topic
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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Sitecore
Moosend is known as more of an industry standard than BuzzStream (which is a more budget tool), and it shows. BuzzStream has clearly cut corners in areas of usability and general UI, where Moosend, on the other hand, seems to have done it right from the beginning. Moosend is so much less clunky than the other tools we evaluated.
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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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Sitecore
  • Moosend is quite affordable (500,000 emails for $500), so it's easy to see an ROI. It only takes a few recipients converting to make a campaign worth the spend.
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