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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

    Sitecore Send

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASitecore 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.

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    MessageGearsSitecore Send
    Editions & Modules
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    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
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    MessageGearsSitecore Send
    Considered Both Products
    MessageGears
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    Sitecore
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    MessageGearsSitecore Send
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of MessageGears and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    MessageGears
    3.3
    3 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Sitecore Send
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    14% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor1.52 Ratings8.810 Ratings
    Dynamic content3.83 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content2.23 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    A/B testing2.73 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting3.83 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    List management2.13 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences2.23 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of MessageGears and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    MessageGears
    1.1
    3 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Sitecore Send
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Dashboards1.13 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Standard reports1.13 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Custom reports1.03 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of MessageGears and Sitecore Send
    Feature
    MessageGears
    3.7
    3 Ratings
    75% below category average
    Sitecore Send
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    URL Validation1.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Link Tracking2.83 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Image Validation7.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Inbox Display7.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check6.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Spam Testing1.02 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Email Previews1.02 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MessageGearsSitecore Send
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 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.
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    UI presented by this application is not only unique but also important to implement for further creation. Hence a proven and tested application for tracing the developments at all places to check the capability of the developmental process. It’s a powerful email marketing tool and helps to maintain the client’s relationship with full support.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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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
    Pretty straight forward but it takes sometime to get used to. Not exactly like WordPress or other open source cms but it gets the job done
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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.
    Incentivized
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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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