Pendula vs. Smaply vs. UXPressia

We used Pendula as part of our re-engagement program. This was valuable, as we were able to connect with 40,000 or more names. Knowing that either a significant telesales team effort--too expensive and not enough people--would be implausible. We designed an interactive SMS journey that allowed us to begin the process of taking the 40.000 and discovering those who were willing to shop with us again automatically. We also found that promotions and blasts worked really well, were very easy to set up and run, and then the automation on the back to create the Salesforce opportunity. We have also engaged with custom objects and were able to trigger events on internal activities and sales status, such as shipping notifications.

The solution is suitable for complex journeys with many touchpoints.
The tool has the advantage of being easy to use.
On the other hand, I have not found any data import solutions avoiding re-entering all the data from Excel for example. It could save a lot of time. Indeed, for me, the tool is a tool for formalizing discoveries but other solutions can be used before

Incentivized

I only use UXPressia for my journey maps, personas, and empathy maps. I have been using this tool for years and I see no reason to go elsewhere.

Incentivized

• EOFY campaigns that drove limited time, limited release offers. We could segment our targets and engage those most likely to respond well.
• Limited release wine offers, again targeting the right buyers, and then designing a series of interactions with them. This enabled sales reps to speak to those most warm.
• Customer re-engagement. We have very many historical customers. We were able to reach 30,000 or so people and then lead them through several steps towards re-engagement.
• Targeting smaller customer segments was made easy due to the deep integration with Salesforce. We could create campaigns to account owners of contacts that met criteria--which provided a deeply personal experience.

• User journey map
• Personas templates
• Stakeholder maps
• Free online courses

Incentivized

• The finished product is visually pleasing
• It is simple to export and combine journey maps, personas, and empathy maps into PDFs
• There is a large number of stock photos to choose from when creating personas

Incentivized

• Navigating a variety of journeys can get tricky. They have been steadily improving the interface here.
• Managing launch times and turning campaigns on and off can be cumbersome.
• Naming, tagging, and cross-journey reporting would be great.

• Global look and feel
• Export format
• Text formating in sticky notes

Incentivized

• The only issue I sometimes face is that they are in a different time zone, so personalized replies sometimes take longer; however, they do have very helpful articles that usually answer my questions without having to direct me to someone

Incentivized

We found the user interface, the customer service, and the feature sets worked very well for us. Pricing was also affordable.

It’s [easier] to deal with user journey and persons thanks to Smaply. Templates and already created and there is a lot of functionalities to make a complete journey map. It’s very intuitive and we can send it easily to our team. Stakeholder map is a feature that [not many software] have and that is very useful so I’m happy to have it in Smaply

Incentivized

UXPressia delivers a very visually appealing product and I like that we can brand our work. Everything we have created looks professional, it's easy to read and understand, and we're proud to pass it around the office.

Incentivized

• We were able to activate a large number of old customers
• We generated significant revenues and fast sales
• We have been able to run multichannel campaigns to great effect

• Time saving
• Clarity for stakeholders
• Sharing best practices

Incentivized

• We have been able to make significant positive changes to the way we do business after creating and visualizing our customer personas

Incentivized