Marigold Engage vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Marigold Engage
Score 5.6 out of 10
N/A
Marigold Engage (replacing the former Selligent Marketing Cloud) is an omnichannel marketing cloud platform. The technology provides actionable insights that help companies to deliver more personalized and valuable consumer engagements, resulting in compelling experiences across all channels. Marigold Engage combines universal data integration, AI-driven automation, and omnichannel execution, so marketing teams can run extensive campaigns with ease.N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing is an integrated marketing management solution for marketing operation, planning, execution, and analytics across all channels—digital, social, and traditional. Capabilities include marketing resource management, multichannel campaign management, lead management, sales collaboration, social marketing, and marketing analytics. Microsoft acquired MarketingPilot, an SMB-focused marketing automation product, in 2012. MarketingPilot IMM (integrated marketing…
$1,200
per month
Pricing
Marigold EngageMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Marigold EngageMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Marigold EngageMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(2 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
5.9
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Marigold EngageMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
Likelihood to Recommend
Marigold
Message Studio/Selligent is great for reliably sending high volumes of both manual and automated email. The intuitive user interface promotes fast turnaround times. Aside from some data integration issues, it's the best email service provider I've used for sending large volumes of email.
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Microsoft
Appropriate if an organization is already using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement products like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service etc. Not appropriate for a big enterprise where has a separate marketing department, and the lead / contact for marketing information / marketing list can come through different applications in the organization, not just Microsoft Dynamics 365 Apps if they have one.
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Pros
Marigold
  • StrongMail does open and click tracking very well. The detailed level of data they provide is exceptional.
  • StrongMail does failure data and bounce codes extremely well. The granularity of the information is invaluable to our business and used by us every day.
  • StrongMail's Message Studio EAS is a widely user friendly platform for technical and non-technical users alike.
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Microsoft
  • Customer data management
  • Lead management
  • Campaign strategy design
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Cons
Marigold
  • Better data integration
  • Friendlier user interface
  • Easier guides and instructions
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Microsoft
  • Microsoft does not provide HTML for forms. They provide a div that needs to authenticated and is a real pain in the [butt].
  • They provide no canned unsubscribe button. Copying the code from a template doesn't work either, even though your code will pass testing when you build out an email.
  • Overall the work marketing automation tool on the market. It's like they did no research into what users might want or what the competitors are offering.
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Likelihood to Renew
Marigold
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Microsoft
I wouldn't even think of renewing our use of Marketing 365. It's worthless
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Usability
Marigold
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Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing is extremely usable in order to manage all of my organization's customer information across the organization. Further we use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing to manage all of our marketing campaigns from beginning to end. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing makes my organization more able to run a professional marketing strategy.
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Support Rating
Marigold
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Microsoft
Very reliable
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Alternatives Considered
Marigold
We did not evaluate other products exactly. We upgraded from an inferior production to StrongMail based on demos and other people's reviews.
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Microsoft
While the cost was significantly more than other vendors we looked at, the tools are similar to our previous tool so conversion would be (somewhat) easy. We chose it because it directly integrates with Microsoft Dynamics CRM - which we integrated at the same time.
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Return on Investment
Marigold
  • Increased employee efficiency due to content blocking
  • Lower rate of errors/apology emails due to technical errors
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Microsoft
  • It has improved ROI for the organization replacing the old marketing tools being used earlier.
  • Made the organization cloud ready earlier the organization was using on-Prem based solution.
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