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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

    $15

    per month

    UpLead

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AUpLead is a B2B data provider and technology company based in Southern California providing access to verified B2B contacts with direct email addresses. Search by industry, location, sales volume, number of employees, public vs private, contact title, job function, management level, technologies used and more to find customers. API and CRM integrations available.

    $99

    per month

    Pricing
    Twilio SendGridUpLead
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $15
    per month
    Advanced
    $60
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Basic
    $99.00
    per month
    Plus
    $199.00
    per month
    Professional
    $399.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Twilio SendGridUpLead
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Twilio SendGridUpLead
    Considered Both Products
    Twilio
    No answer on this topic
    UpLead
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    72%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    65%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    28 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    Twilio SendGridUpLead
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.8
    50 Ratings
    17% below category average
    UpLead
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor9.337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content6.740 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content4.438 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing9.330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting5.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management4.744 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences4.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.1
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    UpLead
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards4.648 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports5.148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.631 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    UpLead
    -
    Ratings
    URL Validation7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Tracking7.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Image Validation8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbox Display8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Spam Testing8.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Previews9.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    9.4
    42 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings9.842 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.641 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings9.642 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings9.942 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings9.342 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    9.6
    41 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings9.441 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings9.641 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings9.741 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    8.7
    40 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings8.537 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings7.834 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.130 Ratings
    Company/business profiles00 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh00 Ratings8.736 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings9.236 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings9.639 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Twilio SendGrid and UpLead
    Feature
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    7.9
    30 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings7.729 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Twilio SendGridUpLead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.7
    (61 ratings)
    9.7
    (42 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    4.9
    (8 ratings)
    9.7
    (16 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Twilio SendGridUpLead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Twilio
    If you're prepared to build out your whole staff UX, audience creation, email production, and analytics on your own using API, this tool may have that flexibility. If you require a sturdy drag and drop production tool, this tool has it but at the expense of a lot of other critical functionality. Out of the box analytics/reporting, is extremely limited. Complex queries, even something like pulling those who haven't engaged in email within a certain time period, is clunky. If you require any support at all, this is not the tool for you. I'm a deliverability consultant and have used many of the top email marketing tools and SendGrid has been extremely difficult for my team. I do not recommend it. Shiny and bright during sales, pretty disappointing thereafter.
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    UpLead
    UpLead is well suited for environments where there is a lot of accurate contact information to research mainly generating sales for a business. On the other hand, businesses that don't require searching up a huge amount of contact data and that doesn't add up to the sales of a business do not need to use this software.
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    Pros
    Twilio
    • Managing email lists / audiences is easy with features like groups and segments.
    • They provide pre-built email templates that are very easy to modify. It is also super easy to create new email templates with their drag-and-drop email builder.
    • Provides clear / easy-to-read analytics of email campaigns.
    • I can easily import large email contact lists all at once or add a user manually one-at-a-time, when needed.
    Incentivized
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    UpLead
    • UpLead is one of the best B2B platforms available in the market which deals in offering the highest quality contacts and different companies’ data.
    • It has the best and updated real-time email verification, having contacts worldwide, technology tracking, account-based marketing, and robust API.
    • The integration of UpLead with other platforms is up to the mark. It allows users to integrate UpLead with other renowned software to have the best possible workspace to work on.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Twilio
    • Not necessarily their Email API but their email in general - they are currently in beta for automated email sequences but are still bare bones. Much more work is needed before it can be used mainstream and be able to convert everything to SendGrid.
    • Helping with warming up our dedicated IP for the best-sending score.
    • We seem to hit the promotions folder a decent amount (maybe the IP problem above) and even a lot of their emails hit my spam or promotions folder (whether they be transactional or marketing) which isn't a great sign when trusting an ESP.
    • Transactional email sequences would be a huge plus.
    • Now that Twilio owns SenGrid, having an integrated platform where you could see all our transactional emails together.
    • Better reporting and split reporting between transactional and marketing emails.
    Incentivized
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    UpLead
    • More data on small and start-up companies, but this situation is understandable.
    • Collecting a long list of contacts, especially of overseas companies, can sometimes take a while as UpLead is verifying the data. But the wait is typically understandable and worth it.
    • Sometimes I struggle with translating job functions in a foreign language, but this is easy to overcome.
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    Usability
    Twilio
    It is usable but needs improvement in overall user experience and ease of use. A new joinee/anyone new to the tool would need more tarining currently before he can use the platform seamlessly. The set-up to value realization time for Twilio SendGrid customers is generally high because of this concern.
    Incentivized
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    UpLead
    The tool is robust, it's powerful, it's accurate, and it's extremely helpful and pivotal in my current banking sales role. I could not succeed without UpLead's accurate data and contact information. I'm thankful that such an incredible service exists at such a fair and reasonable price, thank you for the value that you provide your customers and thank you for making me a very successful salesman and wealthier man
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    Support Rating
    Twilio
    Twilio SendGrid Email API is everything we want it to be, and we have no reason to look for any other solution. Features and pricing match exactly what we need. As developers for SaaS products, Twilio SendGrid Email API provides a great service. I hope that they stay this way and don't inflate the service with too many marketing oriented features, because there are other tools for that and Twilio SendGrid Email API is a API for sending email first and foremost.
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    UpLead
    i like their support bot.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Twilio
    Sendgrid has a lot of features that other providers have and a few more - like the dynamic template builder, which AWS SES doesn't have. We choose the provider based on the scenario of use and the provider we're using. If we're going to be making regular changes to a template, then we'd go with Sendgrid, as the changes will be easier to make and don't necessarily require developer intervention.
    Incentivized
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    UpLead
    UpLead costs a bit more, but I found the data on UpLead to be well worth it in comparison and it was easier to transfer to our CRM (HubSpot). I like how they also provide useful API integration into UpLead and I hope they begin to offer more automation in the future.
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    Return on Investment
    Twilio
    • As it was cheaper than the transactional service we previously used, it saved costs.
    • The API was relatively easy to work with so it helped us ship the service and test it quickly.
    • We still use the transactional email service, even though we recognize its limits as it meets our immediate needs.
    Incentivized
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    UpLead
    • I haven't been using UpLead long but I have generated interest in our company with several large accounts. Each one of them can add several million in revenue to our company.
    • A huge time saver is to be able to send out email blasts to potential clients I've downloaded from UpLead.
    • Securing any one of the prospects I'm working on through UpLead can easily pay for the investment 10 times over.
    • Most of the salespeople in our company are asking me where I'm getting my leads from.
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