Omnisend vs. Waterfall

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Omnisend
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Omnisend is an email and SMS marketing platform with features made to help ecommerce stores grow their audience and sales. It features one-click integration with major ecommerce platforms, pre-made automation and email templates, and 24/7/365 live customer support.
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Waterfall
Score 4.1 out of 10
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Text messaging software to connect and engage your audience using targeted, personalized mobile communications.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Free plan
$0
Standard plan
$16
per month
Pro plan
$59
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOmnisend offers three pricing plans: Free, Standard and Pro. The Free plan is used to explore all of Omnisend's features (emails, SMS, push notifications, popups, segmentation, analytics, etc), send up to 500 emails and push notifications, plus 60 SMS per month at no cost. The standard plan starts at $16 per month and includes everything in Free, unlimited web push notifications, a customer success manager and 24/7 support. From $59 per month, the Pro plan can be used to send unlimited emails and push notifications, get advanced reporting features, a dedicated Customer Success Manager, and priority 24/7 support. It also includes free SMS credits equal to the price of the Pro plan selected.
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Community Pulse
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Omnisend
Chose Omnisend
I’ve used other platforms in the past, but once I started using Omnisend, I knew I didn’t want to switch. No doubts. It’s always evolving, always on track.
Chose Omnisend
Omnisend was easier to use than Mailchimp from a non techy user.
In my opinion, the change in ownership of Mailchimp has resulted in drastic, draconian and totally over the top reaction against loyal ethical customers without care or concern.
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For email campaigns we use Omnisend since the beginning. For product reviews, we used to have Yotpo app but we got rid off it as it got expensive with volume increase on our platform. Also, they did not consider our custom domain request. So, we switch to Omnisend for that as …
Chose Omnisend
We can create marketing campaigns that can span across multiple channels so that we can reach more customers regardless of the platform they are using. The system combines multiple channels into a single workflow for maximum engagement. Comes with various features that make it …
Chose Omnisend
I would say Omnisend is fairly similar in UX, usability, pre-built content templates, and customizable features. I chose Omnisend because it seemed simple to start and the price was within budget. The list segmentation and contact import features feel superior to the other …
Chose Omnisend
By far, Omnisend is my preferred mail software. The program has several customizations and options in the free plan that you do not receive on other mail software programs.
Chose Omnisend
At first I went through the standard choice, which is MailChimp. It's a nice-looking program and everything, but I wouldn't say they're user-friendly. It's quite techy and when you have an ecommerce store you really just want to get the results. It's a lot of work to create …
Waterfall
Chose Waterfall
Revere SMS. Another enterprise level SMS provider in the non-profit space, but their inability to schedule welcome series and other deficiencies make them a lesser product.
Chose Waterfall
We had EZTexting before. They don't have relative scheduling message so we had to switch to another vendor. We checked into SMS Magic, but they were not very responsive to our sales inquiry and then we received some phone call from India from someone who's very hard to …
Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Omnisend
7.2
Ratings
11% below category average
Waterfall
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WYSIWYG email editor8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content5.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
List management6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Omnisend
6.7
Ratings
14% below category average
Waterfall
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Dashboards6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports5.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Omnisend
8.7
Ratings
7% above category average
Waterfall
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Link Tracking8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Image Validation8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Inbox Display8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Previews9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
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9.0
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Usability
8.7
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Support Rating
5.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
So, when everything goes smoothly, all companies seem great. But the real test comes when things go wrong — that’s when you see a company’s true face and values.
Not so long ago, we, as a company, ran into some serious issues: domain reputation problems, bugs in our email programs, and more. And of course, all of this happened right in the middle of a newsletter campaign — perfect timing, right?
But here’s the thing: the Omnisend team and their local partners are absolute professionals. I’m not super technical, and a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff is beyond me, but the support team guided me step by step with patience, clarity, and real-life examples throughout the whole investigation process.
I’m genuinely happy I chose this platform. No matter what the issue was or what caused it, they treated it like their own and committed to helping me solve it.
Polite. Fast. Warm. Professional.
That’s the standard Omnisend sets — and it's a tough one for competitors to match.
I also want to give a personal thank you to Baarath — we exchanged quite a few emails, and he really stood out. While support shifts change, he became my support superhero.
All the best to the Omnisend team — keep doing what you do!
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From our experience, it seems to be a very effective tool reaching out to the younger population for educational purposes. However, it seems to get a better reply rate with the older population.
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Pros
  • Newsletter campaigns - the content editor is the usual one you see on email marketing apps, but it works so smoothly and well. Of course, there's Product Picker that allows you to just pick a product from your store and it goes straight into your newsletter--no need to add images or descriptions. Really easy.
  • Popups are great because they look amazing right out of the box. It's all pre-filled so if you don't like looking at a blank screen, you can just adapt the wording and it's there. voila!
  • Automation really is nice and it's the bulk of what we're doing now. It's like second level ecommerce marketing I guess, because you really see after some time how having automated steps can really save you time and make you a lot more money. Omnisend's automations are really good and intuitive and was really easy to learn and implement.
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  • Customer service. You have your own point of contact. They are very supportive and helpful. They always respond quickly.
  • Their deep non-profit discount.
  • Their message schedules. Very flexible and it can be a relative schedule to say a pregnant woman's due date and someone's goal date for quit smoking, etc.
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Cons
  • Initial setup wasn't firing right, support issue was handled pretty quickly and easily.
  • It does not go back and put previous orders/customers into the automation. It will only work with go-forward customers from the time you install the product. (At least that's what the outcome of our support inquiry told us...).
  • Would like to see more sample templates and campaigns.
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  • Some features require additional cost. The nature of growth means the product becomes more expensive and that is a problem for some buyers.
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Usability
Im so so happy how everything goes so smooth! Its so good for small businesses. I hope I will grow my audience and I will go on paid version bcs they really deserve my money.
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Support Rating
Support is weird. They ask you to keep everything in one thread, but they can't see your replies if they forward it to tech, and things easily get lost. Also tech support is HORRIBLE, they just seem snobby, and give horrible advice liek to test things on a live version vs staging
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Alternatives Considered
At first I went through the standard choice, which is MailChimp. It's a nice-looking program and everything, but I wouldn't say they're user-friendly. It's quite techy and when you have an ecommerce store you really just want to get the results. It's a lot of work to create one simple newsletter and their customer support is pretty much non-existent. As for Klaviyo, they're pretty expensive. We just couldn't justify paying that much for results that were pretty much similar to MailChimp--in that it wasn't really impressive. Omnisend really was a breath of fresh air and their support must not sleep at all cause they answer all my smart and stupid questions within like 15 minutes. Every single time
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Revere SMS. Another enterprise level SMS provider in the non-profit space, but their inability to schedule welcome series and other deficiencies make them a lesser product.
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Return on Investment
  • I am able to see if ordered were placed based on who opened the email and clicked on links.
  • It’s had a positive impact on my business by being able to see what emails have produced direct sales.
  • It has helped to increase website traffic
  • It has allowed my to expand how I can communicate with potential customers.
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  • We have worked with several clients to help them launch and grow their SMS program and the platform helps us doing cutting edge work in this space.
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ScreenShots

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