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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Retainful

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ARetainful is an eCommerce marketing automation platform designed to allow emails to flow on their own while the user simply waits and watches the conversions unfold.N/A

    Sendblaster

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASendBlaster is the eponymous lean, list management / newsletter-centric email marketing software from the Italian company founded in 2006, basically for creating newsletters in a WYSIWYG editor and sending them out to the multitudes, with tools facilitating this: programmable tags, personalization, link checking, embedded image support, file importing, templates, and help from partner Mailstyler (free) for newsletter optimization and styling. Bulk mailing is managed for free with Sendblaster…N/A
    Pricing
    RetainfulSendblaster
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RetainfulSendblaster
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    RetainfulSendblaster
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Retainful and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Retainful
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Sendblaster
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor10.01 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Dynamic content10.01 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Landing pages10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    A/B testing10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization10.01 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting10.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    List management10.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Retainful and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Retainful
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Sendblaster
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Retainful and Sendblaster
    Feature
    Retainful
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sendblaster
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Emma by Marigold
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    User Ratings
    RetainfulSendblaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    RetainfulSendblaster
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Retainful
    If you are looking for a WP plugin to manage your abandoned cart, Retainful is the best you can find. The UX is really nice, the platform is user-friendly and you don't need any skill to start using it from day one. You can create email automation in a few steps and offer coupon codes to grab the attention of your customers. Last but not least, Retainful has the best support team! They reply super fast, they assist you to set everything properly and they really help you to have the best service possible. Honestly, you can't ask more!
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    Sendblaster
    Sendblaster is a great tool for any environment. It's particularly good in organizations that do not have a full featured CRM that manages bulk email marketing and communication. Even if an organization has a great CRM, Sendblaster is still great for those marketing or communication campaigns that go out to recipients who are not already in the CRM, custom groups, bulk sending that you want to keep separate from your other CRM(s), etc.
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    Pros
    Retainful
    • email automation
    • generate and send coupon code
    • data analysis
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    Sendblaster
    • Rendering HTML source code
    • Managing mailing lists
    • You can control the speed of email broadcasts
    • Ease of importing lists
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    Cons
    Retainful
    • I'd like to have more templates for emails
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    Sendblaster
    • The user interface could be more polished. It's very easy to use, but the appearance of the user interface looks a little old fashioned for a desktop software. Of course recipients don't see that interface, so that is not very consequential.
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    Support Rating
    Retainful
    Best team Support ever! Fast, kind, and always helpful
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    Sendblaster
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    Alternatives Considered
    Retainful
    We use Mailchimp for email marketing but as integration with WordPress we found Retainful easier to use (automation workflow) and you can start for free! Moreover, we can generate and send coupon codes directly from the plugin, and works great with Woocommerce! It is more than one year that we use Retainful and we are completely satisfied
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    Sendblaster
    Doesn't apply.
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    Return on Investment
    Retainful
    • Positive ROAS for abandoned cart
    • Positive ROAS for coupon code
    • Data analysis of customer behavior
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    Sendblaster
    • Customer service was greatly improved because of Sendblaster. We were able to design our communication exactly the way we wanted to improve communication effectiveness.
    • Sendblaster helped our brand because email recipients have been very impressed by the polished visual appearance of our outgoing messages, consistent branding and use of logo, wordmark, and other identifiers, etc.
    • We saved a lot of money with Sendblaster. Our organization can send unlimited messages, and the Sendblaster software we paid for places no limit on messages sent. So, since there are no ongoing subscription fees or volume fees after paying for the the software, we saved a lot. Other "software as a service" options would have cost a minimum of $50 per month, and potentially a lot more than that for high-volume email communication.
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