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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SendPulse

    Score3.5 out of 10
    N/ASendPulse is an integrated messaging platform providing user communication that includes emails, SMS, web push, SMTP, and user management.. This solution includes 15,000 free emails with up to 2,500 subscribers per month.N/A

    Twilio Segment

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASegment is a customer data platform that helps engineering teams at companies like Tradesy, TIME, Inc., Gap, Lending Tree, PayPal, and Fender, etc., achieve time and cost savings on their data infrastructure, which was acquired by Twilio November 2020. The vendor says they also enable Product, BI, and Marketing teams to access 200+ tools (Mixpanel, Salesforce, Marketo, Redshift, etc.) to better understand and optimize customer preferences for growth— all integrations are pre-built and…

    $120

    per month

    Pricing
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0.00
    Includes 1,000 visitors/mo
    Team
    $120.00
    Includes 10,000 visitors/mo
    Business
    Contact Sales
    Custom Volume
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing starts from $9 a month and depends on the number of messages sent.—
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    Community Pulse
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Considered Both Products
    SendPulse
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    Twilio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of SendPulse and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    SendPulse
    4.0
    12 Ratings
    67% below category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor2.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content1.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content4.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing3.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization2.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SendPulse and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    SendPulse
    4.7
    12 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Twilio Segment
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards5.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports2.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of SendPulse and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    SendPulse
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio Segment
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tag library00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Page load times00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of SendPulse and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    SendPulse
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio Segment
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Website personalization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customer Data Management
    Comparison of Customer Data Management features of SendPulse and Twilio Segment
    Feature
    SendPulse
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio Segment
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Account Scoring00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Customer Data Governance00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Connectors00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Enhancement00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data Ingestion00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Storage00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Data Visibility00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Event Data00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Identity Resolution00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Small Businesses
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.7
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SendPulseTwilio Segment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SendPulse
    SendPulse is great if you want to connect with your list on a more personal basis, and making sure that your email reaches your subscriber when it is best for him/her. You can also use the SMS function (though I haven't used it yet). Let's say you have clients and want to send a message to them automatically on their birthday, SendPulse allows you to do that. It allows you to add in specific fields that are relevant to you, in order to customise your messaging as much as you want and need.
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    Twilio
    Best suited: - Merging emails coming from: Facebook leads forms, Unbounce or landing pages forms, Google forms, any other kind of lead generation tool and bundling all that information together for a single user "profile". - Passing events generated in multiple applications by the same user (product selected in web, product discarded in cart, etc) and delivering those events into other applications (like a CRM) Less appropriate: - Reading/updating data directly from segment from a frontend application
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    Pros
    SendPulse
    • One of the best features of this software is its user interface. I found it very intuitive.
    • It has sms feature also which is a great add-on to this software.
    • It has live chat support feature. And I find it very helpful when i find any technical problem.
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    Twilio
    • Multi-platform. Segment has easy integrations in many different web, backend, and app platforms/frameworks. We use the Segment SDK in Android and iOS as well as our node.js backend.
    • Segment is fairly affordable for early-stage companies that are trying out different analytics software. The "developer" plan is free and is suitable for most companies with products that have a small user base.
    • The UI is great! It is extremely intuitive and easy-to-learn, and this made it take very little time to integrate this software into our analytics and marketing workflows.
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    Cons
    SendPulse
    • I like its Drag and Drop function to design e-mailers but it lacks in some functionalities. Foe example when I write two different contents in a same box I need a line to show separation between my contents in the same box but this feature is unavailable in SendPulse.
    • They should include more fonts. Every product or service needs different kind of fonts to make a right impact on customers. With limited option of fonts it restricts user's creativity.
    • It is good to have templates to give users some idea for designing campaigns but here SendPluse has nothing much to offer. They have very limited number of templates.
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    Twilio
    • More and richer sources. For example, MailChimp is a source but the data you get from MailChimp is quite limited. I ended up writing my own scripts to take better advantage of MailChimp's API because Segment's integration was lacking.
    • Better examples on how to set up event tracking. Pageview tracking is easy enough, but it would be nice if they had a sample app and corresponding code for it and showed you, via Git commits, how to add various kinds of events.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SendPulse
    Because I love how easy and intuitive SendPulse is.
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    SendPulse
    I find that overall SendPulse is very intuitive to use and the support is there to help you out in case you don't find how to do what you wish to do. The drag and drop functionalities make it easy to create the newsletters you want. Every field is explained and small tutorials are included to show you how to create a new template, newsletter, etc. which makes it very easy to use.
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SendPulse
    Every time I contacted the support team with a question or a problem, they were very fast in replying and helping me out solve it. Usually latest within 10 minutes I would receive a first answer, and the problem would get solved on the same day.
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    Twilio
    Over the period it took us to set up, we kept going back to their enablement team to help us with the setup, and they were always ready and were very helpful in the entire process. Even with their documentation, they took the time out to help us work through the process. We've never had a message/email unanswered for more than an hour on working days.
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    Implementation Rating
    SendPulse
    When implementing SendPulse, it is a good idea to have a transition phase where you still use both systems, in case anything goes wrong.
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    SendPulse
    For SendPulse's price point, I consider their competition to be the likes of Mailchimp, ConstantContact, etc. While SendPulse rates roughly average across the board in all areas, for businesses looking for the cheapest option (which comes with a lack of features/quality), ConstantContact beats them. For quality/features/value, I'd say Mailchimp is the best option for small businesses.
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    Twilio
    We chose Twilio Segment for the good API integration and node resources, I would use Ontraport again, particularly if I didn't have the requirements for API and development/platform integration. Certainly the set up and management is easy and seamless with both the API and the user interface to use depending on circumstances and requirements.
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    Return on Investment
    SendPulse
    • Tapping NRI clients with this software helps me in generating good revenue in last financial year.
    • I grow my NRI database by 60 in last year. And this software played a major role in doing so.
    • It made brand building very easy among my clients.
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    • Segment has enabled us to get a full view of our front end activity, join it to our back-end activity, and get full visibility into our funnels and user activity.
    • Segment lets us send events to ad tools with a full audit trail so all the numbers line up.
    • Segment also brings data from other sources into our data warehouse, saving our data engineering time from building commodity connectors.
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