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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Streamsend (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AStreamsend was an email marketing software solution acquired by J2 Global in late 2017, and since discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    SendblasterStreamsend (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SendblasterStreamsend (discontinued)
    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
    SendblasterStreamsend (discontinued)
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Sendblaster and Streamsend (discontinued)
    Feature
    Sendblaster
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Streamsend (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sendblaster and Streamsend (discontinued)
    Feature
    Sendblaster
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Streamsend (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Standard reports8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    SendblasterStreamsend (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    SendblasterStreamsend (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SendblasterStreamsend (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The best scenarios would be email marketing campaigns such as eBlasts, Evites and newsletter/notifications. I believe Streamsend would be less appropriate for overall branding campaign and strategy.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Sendblaster
    • Rendering HTML source code
    • Managing mailing lists
    • You can control the speed of email broadcasts
    • Ease of importing lists
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Streamsend reports allows us to see who is opening our email blasts and it even pinpoints how many viewers then go onto look at our social media sites and website.
    • Streamsend allows you to go back and review past email blasts. This prevents me from creating marketing material similar to what I have done in the past.
    • The site shows you who's email address was undeliverable. This helps me to weed out any old e-mails or individuals who requested to block the blasts.
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Easier ability to delete old subscriber lists.
    • Notification when emails for the month are running low.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sendblaster
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The renewal process is easy and doesn't require much thought. Our accounting team already has Streamsend as an approved vendor. We are happy with Streamsend and how it works. Switching email systems would require training and a learning curve that will be difficult to schedule in a busy department. The quality and reliability of Streamsend is something our team and attorneys trust.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sendblaster
    Doesn't apply.
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    I do not like the Constant Contact interface at all, and find Streamsend to be a modern and suitable alternative to the popular MailChimp.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • I saw an impact on our ROI when using Streamsend for our weekly newsletters, since we used them as a redirect back to our website for new business
    • The only negative impact I can think of would be the loss of some our registrants through our email database. Some thought that we sent out Eblasts and newsletters to frequently.
    • It did help with faster lead conversion as we saw higher traffic and visitors to our website through direct click-through from our email campaigns
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