Retainful vs. Sendblaster

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Retainful
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Retainful 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
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
SendBlaster 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
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
RetainfulSendblaster
Features
RetainfulSendblaster
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
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 Product A and Product B
Retainful
10.0
1 Ratings
26% above category average
Sendblaster
8.0
1 Ratings
4% 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 Product A and Product B
Retainful
10.0
1 Ratings
21% 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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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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