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https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/0o/ED/B44SZIS8EMTA.PNGAffordable Marketing Automation that gets the job done adequatelyAct-On was being used by marketing to support sales. It was purchased and implemented to facilitate email marketing, landing page design/development, and database organization--amongst other things. Marketing campaigns were to be run and reported on out of Act-On so that we could prove ROI for our marketing efforts. It was integrated with our CRM (Netsuite). 3-5 people at the most would be working inside of the platform, to run between 2-3 marketing campaigns per month.,Folder structure for list management and marketing assets/campaigns are easy to use. It was easy to keep things organized. Email testing was accurate and straightforward. Existing templates to build landing page and emails from were responsive out of the box.,Building email and landing page templates are difficult, the drag and drop builder is not straightforward, and requires coding knowledge The workflow tool is cumbersome and not as intuitive as I'd expect a best in class marketing software's to be Domain connections and domain management functionality made it difficult to manage multiple company domains and subdomains for pages,5,Act-On was minimal spend, so it was easier to understand not having all of the ease of use in features that we wanted. We have developers in house, so we were able to get everything done we needed to. We promoted our solutions to our contacts successfully. We were able to create visually appealing emails and landing pages that were on-brand and conversion-focused like we wanted to.,HubSpot, SharpSpring, Marketo and Pardot,25,000 to 100,000,B2B,HubSpot, SharpSpring, PardotAct-On is Time EfficiencyOur organization used Act-On for over two years as a whole. Act-On became our main source of emailing all of our constituents through our newsletter, gaining new donors through campaigns, providing information and so much more. We not only used the email campaign but we also used the landing page feature, the survey feature, the automated series feature and the form feature. Each of these functions were used at least on a bi-weekly basis. Being able to create aesthetically pleasing emails ourselves solved the issue of having to hire a company to outsource our emails. Being able to use the landing page feature solved the same issue and also allowed us to create pages on a quick turn around when we needed information out urgently. Having these landing pages was a saving grace on multiple occasions when the information was needed to be resolved or communicated more clearly. Having the forms options not only saved us from outsourcing but also let us collect data in a clean way through the same email campaign we emailed from. The automated series was one of my favorite aspects of Act-On as it allowed us to plan ahead with campaigns and set them up automatically.,Act-On's customer service is exceptional, they are quick and thorough when you are needing help. For example, we could not figure out how to automate a birthday date for our birthday campaign and the representative was able to walk through the process with myself and another team member. This is a strength of Act-On because many other companies do not have customer services that will speak with you, they direct you to blogs or informational sessions. The landing pages that Act-On has created for use on the web is exceptional. The formatting is very user-friendly and the templates are great to navigate. The landing pages allow you to make the page fit whatever campaign or reason you are in need of. This is a strength of Act-On because the landing pages resolve the issue of having to create actual web pages. The spam feature of Act-On's emails is a great add on. This feature allows you to test how the spam alerts are triggered in your email and how you can fix it. This has helped many emails be developed in a way so that they reach many more people than they would have without this feature. many other programs do not have this feature.,They can greatly improve how you are able to place photos in emails. The current way is very archaic and takes a long time to navigate to find your photo. Once your photo is in the email, you cannot crop or adjust the size. This should be upgraded. The A/B testing or dynamic emails needs to be worked on. You can not currently test emails before placing them in a series to go to contacts, the testing route is long and usually ends up in frustration. There needs to be a way to test dynamic emails so that you can ensure success before sending.,8,With the Automated Series, we were able to put in place campaigns that generated revenue that took no time to continue running once set up. This was a positive feature allowing employees to work on another project while the campaign ran on their own.,Pardot,25,000 to 100,000,B2C,Pardot, Asana, Skype, TogglAct-On Keeps Up with the Big Guys of Marketing AutomationAs an agency, we use Act-On to manage all our clients' marketing automation efforts. And that covers a lot of ground: web and social tracking, form submissions, content downloads, list management, lead scoring, landing pages reporting and, of course, email programs. The Act-On ecosystem is solid and each of the pieces complements each other well enough to create a marketing automation whole if that makes sense. So your emails "know" who visited what landing page and your forms "know" if this person has downloaded other content. This connected system allows you to build complex marketing campaigns, all within the Act-On system. That said, we use for all of the above. Mileage varies from client to client, but we certainly use every part of Act-On. We will build our client landing pages in Act-On, we house our email templates in Act-On, we upload marketing content to Act-On -- I'm in it all the time! In fact, I have it open in one of my browser tabs as I am writing this review. Overall, it is a solid marketing automation platform. Act-On manages lists, segments, email programs, and sync's with SalesForce very well, but in some areas like landing page design and reporting it falls short.,List Management. Act-On has some powerful segmentation tools that complement the automated programs very well. Act-On lets you really slice and dice your lists however you see fit. Connected to Salesforce, Act-On becomes super-charged. Automated Programs. You can then take your targeted segments and create robust automated programs that can be tailored into specific tracks for your targeted audience. Webinar Programs. If you use GotoWebinar or WebEx, managing the webinar is a breeze. Act-On will handle the invitations, registrations, reminders and post-event follow-up for you. It works really well.,Landing Page Design. The drag and drop builder is OK. But it feels very limited for someone who has a good knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc. Inevitably, there will be something that you simply can't do in Act-On that you could do in a standard web design environment. No Server Side Scripts. There isn't any way to retrieve data in your lists and add it to a landing page. Basically, you can't use any data stored in an Act-On list and add it to a landing page. It's limited. There is simply some data you can't pull from Act-On and into a 3rd Party Reporting app.,7,Act-On has helped us find new business. As an agency, we can help clients get started with marketing automation. With proper strategic planning, Act-On is a great tool for moving leads through your funnel. As a data-driven agency, we have had to look elsewhere for our reporting needs.,Marketo and HubSpot,25,000 to 100,000,B2B,Klipfolio, Terminus, WordPressWe like ACT but it is for smaller companiesOur sales and marketing departments use ACT as our main hub for contacts. It is a database that holds all our leads and clients with detailed information and the ability to tag for segmenting and note so other team members know what is going on. It is a simple way to look up and sort contacts.,Sort by select fields Edit templates to view clients info Ease to see other users notes,Slow Outdated Hard to sort with multiple topics,7,Help us track shows Help us find customers with certain features Ease to export contacts for marketing,HubSpot and Zoho CRM,10,000 to 25,000,B2B,Lead Forensics, HubSpot, Constant ContactAct-On is a powerful information delivery platformI use Act-On as both my email engagement platform and for website analytics. It allows me to both connect with potential clients through email campaigns, social shares, and landing pages and asses visitors interaction with my website at a granular level. I can get activity reports and alerts based on user behaviors and also confirm that clients received electronic deliverables.,Page View tracking - to see where website visitors are going. Email campaign stats - to track who is receiving, opening, and clicking through. Automated programs - to manage lists, send reports and analyze behavior.,I wish there was integration with more 3rd party CRMs. Pricing is significant.,8,My business is about making repeated multiple contacts over time in hopes of building a relationship so specific ROI is difficult to gauge. I am able to track and identify now potential leads whereas without Act-On I would be oblivious to this information and potential. For my business (a one-man shop) the investment is significant.,Infusionsoft by Keap,Less than 10,000,B2B,Daylite, QuickBooks for Mac, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe PhotoshopPowerful platform that has transformed workflows in our department.Act-On is used across two departments in my organization, Internally our Marketing department uses it to unmask anonymous website visitors, score leads and nurture prospects via automated programs. The second department helps onboard clients to the platform and do the same.,Lead scoring. Automated email programs. Landing pages. Form creation.,Reporting is not as robust/user-friendly as it could be. UX has been continually expanded, so there is a mix of old and new features that could use some polishing and regrouping.,10,Better prospecting and qualified lead generation on the company website. Automation has saved my team time and allowed them to increase productivity during work hours.,25,000 to 100,000,B2B,CoSchedule, GoToWebinar, Concur Travel and ExpenseAct-On Marketing Automation is great for small businessesI have used Act-On at both the agency level and currently at the individual business level. Act-On is used by our sales and marketing teams.,Account Based Management ABM. Marketing Automation. Email Marketing. Customer Service.,Text messaging capability.,10,Higher open rates of email. Greater clarity of lead activity to the sales team. Smoother running of internal projects.,Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Studio and IBM Campaign,100,000 to 250,000,B2B,Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Photoshop, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA Software, Marketo ABMPlays nicely with CRM and never lets data get dirty!We use Act-On as part of our lead nurturing process, and have our Contact and Lead databases synchronized with our CRM. We also have Prospecting and Media databases that exist in only Act-On, and are not in our CRM. We use Act-On for product introductions, newsletters, media outreach, and landing pages. The results of the campaigns are shared with the sales team and upper management. We also embed forms created in Act-On into our website and use automated emails to forward leads to our sales team. We have three marketing users, with our Digital Marketing Manager being the primary user. Act-On helps us stay in touch with people who want to hear from us and efficiently manage those who don't. It helps us keep our Lead database clean by allowing us to remove people from our CRM who do not productively interact with us. It also helps us consolidate a variety of outbound marketing activities in one platform.,Embedded website forms and automated emails when forms are filled. Reporting on results in high-level graphical formats with the option to drill down to individual records. To serve as a portal to store prospect data until it is qualified to move to our CRM.,The social distributions didn't render well, so we don't use Act-On for social media marketing. Instead, we distribute directly from each platform. The webinar integration with Webex did not work well, so we do webinars outside of Act-On, using Zoom. We have always had deliverability issues with Act-On, with people in our database who want to get our emails and those who do not.,8,Improves marketing productivity by consolidating and simplifying outbound communication tasks. Supports the sales team effort by keeping our products and name in front of interested parties. Builds our brand through the use of templated messaging.,SugarCRM, INBOX25 and Marketo,25,000 to 100,000,B2B,Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM), Cision PR Software, LiveChatAct-On: Your Next Step MAP for Small -> Medium Sized EntitiesI used Act-On internally to help nurture prospects through to SQL status for a marketing agency. It helped with to transition the leads with its robust insight generated and extraordinary comms.,More robust insights than other MAPs. Customer Service always on point. A better drip overall.,Price. Act-On is a FANTASTIC transition from MailChimp and the like, however, the price is a real jump. I did successfully transition a few freelance clients into users but the price didn't sit well at this early in the game. Maybe consider leveraging a super-entry-tier?,10,All positive. Again, that initial startup cost (from a FREE to cheap MAP....) is a tough one for some but it was always fought through.,Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Oracle Eloqua, Marketo, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, Pardot and Zoho Campaigns,10,000 to 25,000,Both,Slack, AirtableAct-On has great service!We have used Act-On with several clients to help their email marketing efforts. A recent client of ours needed an email marketing solution that would be robust enough to work across different divisions of their company while also giving the ability for people to access and manage different lists... Act-On has been a great solution for them!,Has easy to use email automation features. Great list management. Templated email options. Good customer service/support.,Could be a lot cheaper. Allow for more contacts at a better rate. More integrations with outside systems.,9,Helps with engaging our current customers on a more automated schedule. Helps with messaging and talking to new leads about product features. I am not sure if we are over-paying for this, compared to what other tools do, but it's working and profitable for us.,Mailchimp, HubSpot Sales and Constant Contact,10,000 to 25,000,Both,Cakemail, CheetahMail, HubSpot SalesAct-On will take your marketing to the next level!Act-On is being utilized by Progressive as our principal marketing software directed to our agents. It is used across our agency distribution marketing department. We use Act-On to create our marketing messages and direct them to our agents. It addresses the business problem of how we get our messages out to agents. Act-On is great because it allows us to quickly segment and get our messages to agents quickly if needed. The segmentation is good because we can import lists with demographic and business data allowing us to segment our messages to the right agents.,Act-On gives us flexibility to create high quality emails because we have the ability to import images and create links to websites or PDFs to increase agent engagement. Act-On has a great survey tool that allows me to create survey so that I can quickly gather information from our customer base for our business needs. The data is delivered in spreadsheet format so it can be easily analyzed. Act-On gives me the ability to create landing pages, which I can link our agents to more information with by an email. We have the same flexibility to create high-end landing pages. Act-On has great engagement reporting of our email sends. I look forward to reviewing the reports with my internal customers to show how the emails have performed from an open and click standpoint.,I think Act-On could have a better folder system for marketing lists. I think Act-On could offer a faster way to clean up lists and images. Right now you have to remove one at a time. Act-On could make it easier to pull in personalized data to an email from an extension list. It is a two-step process right now.,10,Act-On has a positive impact because our business is constantly changing so having the ability to create a survey and get feedback is critical for us to make the right business decisions. Act-On allows us to create positive agent engagement with our agents because we use Act-On to deliver our agent rewards program. Act-On is powerful because we can also use it for sending invites and registrations for our live video chats. Act-On interfaces with WebEx so this can be achieved automatically.,,100,000 to 250,000,B2B,SnagitIntegrated Marketing Platform at its bestThe integrated platform for marketing automation helps to automate how we used to handle the target customers and marketing campaigns along with website visitor tracking and social media marketing. It is very intuitive and useful to generate reports and analyze the data. Documentation for navigating through the software is very detailed. Support is great if you get stuck somewhere.,Integrated Marketing Platform, which includes social media management helps to automated programs, website tracker, generating reports, analyzing the data, and a lot more. It adds value to the business. Very useful to increase client base or run successful marketing campaigns. Training materials, documentation, and webinars are very useful to understand the power of the software.,It takes quite some time to understand how to use it, and without documentation, it becomes very difficult to navigate through the application. User support base needs to be more active. The system takes time to reflect the changes.,8,If targeted properly in what you want to achieve, it helps to meet the business objectives. Saves money and increases the efficiency by automating marketing workflows. The integrated platform helps to maintain everything under one roof.,100,000 to 250,000,B2C,Google Cloud AI, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft BIAct-On tries its best, you get your money's worth, but it's not truly the best out there.My company used Act-On to collect customer/prospect/partner data, view trends based on industries and titles, send marketing email campaigns to different levels of our engagement "funnel", design and send both internal and external newsletter emails, set up resource pages for our website and special events, and use forms to gate resources or facilitate sign-ups for events.,I liked their functionality for creating landing pages and forms. They looked nice, had plenty of options, and were easy to embed in websites. Creating email campaigns was easy and effective through Act-On. With A/B testing, automated campaigns, and sleek design, it felt very professional. It connected well with Salesforce, provided we had matching contact criteria. It was fast and easy to sync up. The automation function within webinars was always efficient and convenient. They synced with GoToWebinar as well as Salesforce to make for a smooth invitation / follow-up / attendee tracking process every time.,The designer tools, especially for emails, were often difficult to use. The formatting of the text would be all over the place and change / refuse to change at random. Moving boxes around was shifty and sometimes nearly impossible. It just wasn't customizeable enough. No "undo" functionality either. The only way to collect information expansively over time (there's a term Act-On uses for it, I can't recall) where it adds questions to the form each time a user fills it out, is if the person were to fill out the same form multiple times. I know this does happen for some websites/resources, but as a company that wanted to collect new information each time someone filled out any form, regardless of the resource or the URL, that was simply not an option, and that doesn't really make a lot of sense. I know it's not really possible to track someone but if they filled out the first part of the form and then it added new questions to answer, and then they submitted and got through the gating, that would actually be helpful. There was no "trash can" of sorts in case you deleted something by mistake. This could be so stress-inducing if it was a major project. My coworker did this once, contacted Act-On, they couldn't even recover it.,6,Positive- quick setup for webinars between 3 different tools, made it easy to do in high volume Negative- lots of processes with the designer tools that made email/landing page design take longer than it should have, costing man hours Positive- email automation with different types of campaigns we could have flowing at once or could span across multiple audience segments made it so we could consistently create touch points and increase our engagement, thus our ROI over time,HubSpot,25,000 to 100,000,B2BEasy Automation at a Great Price!We use Act-On for all of our email efforts. Currently, just the email department is using Act-On. We needed a platform to send one-off emails and automation tracks. Currently, we have over 8 automated nurture tracks. For example, if someone is added to our lead database they will instantly receive a welcome email followed by a demo email. We needed an easy to use solution to set up these automated tracks and chose Act-On based on the intuitive level of service it offers.,Act-On excels with its SalesForce integration. We haven't had any issues and it's always in sync. Easy automation. It's really easy to set up workflows and the smart logic just makes sense. One of my favorite features is the ability to change links and images after an email has been sent. For example, if you have the wrong link after the email has been sent it's easy to go into Act-On, change the link, and Act-On will automatically create a redirect.,The database is a mess. Currently, there is no way to search the database for an individuals profile. You have to go into the list you think the individual resides in and do a search. This causes a lot of wasted time if you are using multiple lists. RSS feed is lacking. Certain design limitations make the RSS to email feature pointless. It looks like it was designed in the early 2000s. My biggest complaint is that the software is buggy. Sometimes the email won't be sent out in time.,7,It has saved us a lot of time and money by automating a lot of our email efforts. No more sending manual welcome emails. Email is one of the cheapest platforms for ROI and Act-On is priced very competitively. We use it for website forms so it has saved us money by not having to have another form software.,Pardot,1 to 5 million,B2B,Marketo, MailChimp, Zendesk, Litmus, Google Hangouts, Salesforce Analytics Cloud, Zoho CRM, HubSpot, KlaviyoAct-On is User-Friendly for MarketersWe use the Act-On Software to create a number of things to support the content we create, such as eBooks, case studies, infographics, etc. We primarily use Act-On to support email nurture campaign creation processes, create forms and landing pages.,User-friendly interface. A reliable and good place to house ample assets. Lets salespeople and marketers connect to generate a better lead gen process.,Social media connections are lacking. The form submission process can be hokey. Customer service support to fix issues that need to be resolved ASAP are not always available.,8,Streamlined marketing objectives. Everything is in one place. Flexible environment to create and store my assets.,ClickDimensions,10,000 to 25,000,B2B,ClickDimensions, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM), Salesforce Service CloudAll in one marketing automation tool.We use Act-On to set up marketing campaigns, marketing automation, and consumer analytics. We use it in specific regions as of now and we are in talks to expand it throughout our organization. Lead scoring is one area where Act-on has really helped us a lot. Also, it has helped us a lot with dashboards and reporting.,Powerful SEM and email marketing tools are its biggest advantage. Automated program templates are easy to use. The consumer analytics feature is really good and the dashboard is super cool and intuitive. Drag and drop blocks are super easy which also allows you to add images and edit texts. Open API feature adds a lot of value to Act-on. Adaptive scoring is intelligent enough in scoring the leads.,They can work on the pricing, a bit expensive compared to other tools. Small learning curve, which will be fine over a period of time.,9,marketing campaign has become more traceable leads scoring has helped us to get more positive leads and which in turn would turn into business.,,Less than 10,000,B2CGood tool for someone ready to take the next step with email marketingAct-On has been used by our marketing team to help us manage our email marketing, automation, and lead scoring efforts to improve the efficiency of our marketing campaigns. The software allows us to set up campaigns to segment our prospective customers, current customers, and closed-lost deals to help us build, retain, and try to reengage our database.,Easy to use. The UX is simple and you can easily navigate the program. Marketing automation. Customer service/help has been amazing with all of our questions.,Our server went out several times when we were in the renewal period. Lead scoring constantly broke. It's not as robust as other competitors.,7,When lead scoring was working, it was great for measuring our MQLs and getting those to our SDRs. Helps nurture leads throughout the sales process.,Marketo, Mailchimp and HubSpot,1 to 5 million,B2BA great marketing toolAct-On is used by several departments. We use it for outbound and inbound marketing purposes. We also use it to score leads coming in for sales development. Act-Oon is also used to keep track of leads visiting our site. We can easily assign leads to the respective individual based on the lead activity we see. It's a great marketing tool that adds value to our daily business activities.,Score leads Showing lead activity Sending emails,It's not too visually appealing to use. I wish it had more sales functionality.,6,It's been a positive lead scoring tool Easy to send emails to leads Integrates well with various platforms.,,Not available,Both,Outreach, Zoom Video Webinar, ZoomInfoHappy Long-Time User (with some thoughts on room for improvement)We use Act-On in our marketing department. We primarily use it for email marketing, customer retention, and webinars.,Good integration with Webex for webinars. We're able to schedule webinar events, schedule invitation emails + reminder emails, and launch and conduct webinars all through the program. It's very easy to set up, manage, and use. Users can set up solid email marketing campaigns with workflows, identify hot/warm leads, and push to Salesforce with the integration. Customer support is responsive and easy to work with, and their Act-On Academy is a comprehensive resource for learning about the platform.,The automated email programs could be more intuitive to set up and manage. I find their landing page templates lackluster. We've opted not to use them because we couldn't get them to look the way we wanted them to. We had some trouble with list cleanliness and getting stuck in spam folders, with our opens decreasing and bounce rates increasing. Even after hiring Act-On to consult and help us clean up our lists, the same problems persisted.,7,It's been a good tool for our nurture email campaigns. Good email templates, easy to set up, schedule, and report on. We have not seen success with inbound campaigns through Act-On. Their landing page templates are not great.,25,000 to 100,000,B2BAct-On, perfect for any size business!We use Act-On across the membership portion of our association & across all of our trade shows. We recently integrated Act-On with our new CRM, Sugar. This allows us to integrate even more data sets into our everyday marketing analysis.,Very intuitive, easy to use. You don't need a strong coding background to be able to set emails up. The ability to set-up long or short forms and add them to a landing page. Extremely helpful and timely support staff available 24/7.,You can't mass delete images. Their reporting as a whole is lacking. You can't edit the code/font behind the calendar widget.,8,Positive ROI. Helps efficiency. Able to see data all in one spot.,,250,000 to 1 million,Both,Kentico, Kapost, Barracuda Email Security Service, Litmus, Canva, MozGreat for special use-cases!We use Act-On as a marketing automation tool at our company. It helps us automate our marketing campaigns by allowing us to track our campaign target audience, and fulfill our benchmarks for digital campaigns. It also allows us to integrate other digital campaigning tools like Google Adwords, email, websites (like Squarespace).,Digital marketing campaign integrations, like Google Adwords, email tracking, other tools that track audiences, and website integrations like WordPress or Square Space. The customer support, from what I've heard, is very good. Integrations with other CRM systems make this really easy to add to a company's workflow.,It is one of the most expensive tools on the market, the price, compared to other similar tools, is very high. It's a little difficult to get accustomed to this software, it looks like it's designed for people that already have experience in the marketing and campaigns space. There are some necessary features, like contacts and sales users limitations, that are only available at higher pricing tiers, despite being already expensive for some of the lower tiers.,7,Consistently positive ROI: very specific ROI tracking and successful campaign tracking across various mediums: email, website, etc... Negative: Difficult on-boarding, sometimes seems like UI is outdated, so training first time was quite difficult. Negative: Quite expensive compared to other similar solutions,HubSpot,Less than 10,000,Both,HubSpot CRM, Trello, Marketo Real-Time PersonalizationMarketing Automation For Advanced Users and NeedsOur organization uses Act-On to deploy email marketing campaigns to generate leads for advertising agencies and marketing services companies. It provides us with the capability to set up automated email programs and send thousands of emails to our clients' prospects.,Manage multiple clients and segment the client accounts Activate multi-step automated email campaigns Track recipient engagement such as opens, clicks, and website visits,Set-up requirements and steps are complicated Customer service could have been better,6,Through email campaigns deployed through Act-On, our customers have successfully held meetings with senior-level decision-makers at Fortune 100 companies.,SharpSpring and MailChimp,25,000 to 100,000,B2B,MailChimpAct-On has endless features and one of the easiest interfaces!Act-On is mainly used by the marketing department, but our sales team occasionally uses it with our help. We mostly use the platform for email marketing, automation, and to create landing pages for our marketing content. We’ve also started using Act-On to collect web data for lead generation.,My favorite Act-On feature is the web prospector. It allows you to gate your marketing content so that anyone viewing the content on your website provides information about their location, contact info, title, etc. It really helps us to generate leads for the sales team and has helped us get in contact with prospects who are highly interested in our products. The feature that we use the most is the outbound content section for creating emails. The templates and different sections you can add to emails enables us to create very organized, versatile emails while sticking to our own branding and color guidelines. After an email is sent in Act-On, the platform begins counting which links in an email were clicked the most. This really helped us to test how engaging certain emails were over others. It also helped us understand how to present certain content in a more engaging way. Something as simple as changing the color of a button can make our subscribers click on it, and we wouldn't have that insight without Act-On.,The most obvious con when using Act-On is that it’s not very intuitive. The menu options don’t always seem to correlate with what’s on that page so, I get lost on the platform often - even after using it for a year. I wish there was an easier way to organize content added to Act-On by other users within my organization. I often have to sort through emails and drafts that were created by other people on my team to be able to find my own drafts.,7,Our investment in Act-On has paid off through lead generation. By gaining insight on our web visitors and their activity, we were able to turn those visitors into customers with content published through Act-On. Act-On has also saved us a lot of time and funds by enabling us to build out emails with limited knowledge of HTML. The platform turns images and plain text into HTML automatically.,Marketo and Constant Contact,10,000 to 25,000,Both,Marketo, Buzzsumo, WordPress, SurveyMonkeyMarketing tool with some sales bolt-onsAct-on is currently used between the Marketing and Sales department as a way to track visitors to the website. Some of the sales team also uses Act-on to track email opens from customers and prospects. Marketing uses Act-on to track the effectiveness of drip campaigns and to host marketing content that the sales team uses in their messaging to prospects.,Tracking known sales prospects and their behavior on the website Tracking anonymous visitors to the website and reporting the location and potential company based on their ISP Hosting marketing content,Not user-friendly for tracking email opens for a specific user, it takes too much time to locate them within Act-on Primarily built for marketing, the sales tools feel like an afterthought Browser add-on needs to be removed and re-added regularly to ensure functionality,5,I don't believe we've seen a measurable impact on sales as a result of using Act-on I don't know what results our marketing department has seen, but they seem to use the product much more than sales.,ToutApp and Yesware,Less than 10,000,B2B,ToutApp, Yesware, Microsoft Dynamics CRMAct-On: Marketing Automation softwareWe recently rolled out Act-On as our new marketing automation platform with our marketing department as the primary users. Our organization uses Act-On for sending out marketing content; to capture and manage lead scores and organize marketing campaigns.,Act-On is very strong in behavior based messaging, drip and nurture campaigns. Easy to use email design through WYSIWYG designer. Act-On handles volume of data quite well,Act-On's system navigation and overall UI could be improved as this is not intuitive at all. Often times, even after having used the system for some time it can be hard to find certain features or abilities of the platform. This turns out to be time intensive and could be better. Act-On is not at all set up to handle multiple teams working in 1 instance of the platform. Initially during the roll out of our platform we didn't know about this and we have 6 different teams working in the same instance which causes a lot of data management issues since the system's search capabilities are limited. Act-On's out-of-the-box connections to CRM system's is not ideal and could better. Our organization is using MS Dynamics 365 and there have been some issues in the set up, maintenance and continuous use of the Act-On connector Because of the way Act-On seems to be designed for a centralized structure rather than decentralized marketing teams, the reporting through their data studio creates a big gap. Act-On reports well per initiative, however aggregating data can only be through a 3rd party BI tool s.a. Tableau, MS Power BI, Qlik, etc.,7,Act-On allows us to track the behavior or our leads. This will give us insight into what drives the individual and allows us to have a detailed follow up conversation. The lead scoring of act-on is a great tool to manage and prioritize our lead records, and only have our sales team engage when the individual demonstrates behavior that indicates they are ready to be contacted.,ClickDimensions and Marketo,100,000 to 250,000,B2C,Skype for Business
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May 08, 2019

Affordable Marketing Automation that gets the job done adequately

Kyle Moloo
Score 5 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Act-On was minimal spend, so it was easier to understand not having all of the ease of use in features that we wanted.
  • We have developers in house, so we were able to get everything done we needed to. We promoted our solutions to our contacts successfully.
  • We were able to create visually appealing emails and landing pages that were on-brand and conversion-focused like we wanted to.
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May 08, 2019

Act-On is Time Efficiency

Danielle Armour
Score 8 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • With the Automated Series, we were able to put in place campaigns that generated revenue that took no time to continue running once set up. This was a positive feature allowing employees to work on another project while the campaign ran on their own.
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May 08, 2019

Act-On Keeps Up with the Big Guys of Marketing Automation

Dave Moll
Score 7 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Act-On has helped us find new business. As an agency, we can help clients get started with marketing automation.
  • With proper strategic planning, Act-On is a great tool for moving leads through your funnel.
  • As a data-driven agency, we have had to look elsewhere for our reporting needs.
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May 16, 2019

Act-On is a powerful information delivery platform

Dana Hursey
Score 8 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • My business is about making repeated multiple contacts over time in hopes of building a relationship so specific ROI is difficult to gauge.
  • I am able to track and identify now potential leads whereas without Act-On I would be oblivious to this information and potential.
  • For my business (a one-man shop) the investment is significant.
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May 08, 2019

Act-On has great service!

Chris Lesner
Score 9 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Helps with engaging our current customers on a more automated schedule.
  • Helps with messaging and talking to new leads about product features.
  • I am not sure if we are over-paying for this, compared to what other tools do, but it's working and profitable for us.
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May 08, 2019

Act-On will take your marketing to the next level!

Rick Juby
Score 10 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Act-On has a positive impact because our business is constantly changing so having the ability to create a survey and get feedback is critical for us to make the right business decisions.
  • Act-On allows us to create positive agent engagement with our agents because we use Act-On to deliver our agent rewards program.
  • Act-On is powerful because we can also use it for sending invites and registrations for our live video chats. Act-On interfaces with WebEx so this can be achieved automatically.
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May 14, 2019

Act-On tries its best, you get your money's worth, but it's not truly the best out there.

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Score 6 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Positive- quick setup for webinars between 3 different tools, made it easy to do in high volume
  • Negative- lots of processes with the designer tools that made email/landing page design take longer than it should have, costing man hours
  • Positive- email automation with different types of campaigns we could have flowing at once or could span across multiple audience segments made it so we could consistently create touch points and increase our engagement, thus our ROI over time
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July 03, 2019

Easy Automation at a Great Price!

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Score 7 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • It has saved us a lot of time and money by automating a lot of our email efforts. No more sending manual welcome emails.
  • Email is one of the cheapest platforms for ROI and Act-On is priced very competitively.
  • We use it for website forms so it has saved us money by not having to have another form software.
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December 22, 2018

Great for special use-cases!

Fedor Paretsky
Score 7 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Consistently positive ROI: very specific ROI tracking and successful campaign tracking across various mediums: email, website, etc...
  • Negative: Difficult on-boarding, sometimes seems like UI is outdated, so training first time was quite difficult.
  • Negative: Quite expensive compared to other similar solutions
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December 20, 2018

Act-On has endless features and one of the easiest interfaces!

Brittney Collier
Score 7 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Our investment in Act-On has paid off through lead generation. By gaining insight on our web visitors and their activity, we were able to turn those visitors into customers with content published through Act-On.
  • Act-On has also saved us a lot of time and funds by enabling us to build out emails with limited knowledge of HTML. The platform turns images and plain text into HTML automatically.
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June 18, 2018

Act-On: Marketing Automation software

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Score 7 out of 10
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Return on Investment

  • Act-On allows us to track the behavior or our leads. This will give us insight into what drives the individual and allows us to have a detailed follow up conversation.
  • The lead scoring of act-on is a great tool to manage and prioritize our lead records, and only have our sales team engage when the individual demonstrates behavior that indicates they are ready to be contacted.
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Act-On Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (364)
7.4
Likelihood to Renew (112)
8.9
Usability (31)
7.2
Availability (14)
9.1
Performance (13)
8.2
Support (38)
8.8
In-Person Training (4)
8.7
Online Training (16)
9.3
Implementation (22)
8.6
Product Scalability (1)
9.1

Feature Scorecard Summary

WYSIWYG email editor (107)
7.3
Dynamic content (87)
6.9
Ability to test dynamic content (87)
6.9
Landing pages (103)
7.4
A/B testing (90)
7.2
Mobile optimization (99)
7.9
Email deliverability (107)
7.9
List management (106)
8.2
Triggered drip sequences (84)
8.4
Lead nurturing (100)
8.1
Lead scoring and grading (100)
8.0
Data quality management (98)
7.0
Automated sales alerts and tasks (90)
7.7
Calendaring (8)
6.8
Event/webinar marketing (72)
8.2
Social sharing and campaigns (66)
6.7
Social profile integration (60)
6.3
Dashboards (104)
6.8
Standard reports (107)
7.1
Custom reports (80)
6.2
API (63)
7.1
Role-based workflow & approvals (67)
7.6
Customizability (85)
7.0
Integration with Salesforce.com (62)
8.3
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM (32)
8.0
Integration with SugarCRM (26)
8.6

About Act-On

Act-On is an adaptive marketing platform that drives personal and purposeful multi-channel marketing. We spark better inbound and outbound marketing, enable a tighter alignment with sales, and turn your data into substance you can act-on.

Our customers range from start-ups and fast-growing young companies to well-established enterprise institutions; from marketing teams in small and medium-sized businesses, to independent teams in large enterprise corporations. They use Act-On in many different ways to realize their marketing objectives. What’s the one common denominator? The success they achieve with Act-On.

Categories:  Marketing Automation

Act-On Features

Email & Online Marketing Features
Has featureWYSIWYG email editor
Has featureDynamic content
Has featureAbility to test dynamic content
Has featureLanding pages
Has featureA/B testing
Has featureMobile optimization
Has featureEmail deliverability
Has featureList management
Has featureTriggered drip sequences
Lead Management Features
Has featureLead nurturing
Has featureLead scoring and grading
Has featureData quality management
Has featureAutomated sales alerts and tasks
Campaign Management Features
Does not have featureCalendaring
Has featureEvent/webinar marketing
Social Media Marketing Features
Has featureSocial sharing and campaigns
Has featureSocial profile integration
Reporting & Analytics Features
Has featureDashboards
Has featureStandard reports
Has featureCustom reports
Platform & Infrastructure Features
Has featureAPI
Has featureRole-based workflow & approvals
Has featureCustomizability
Has featureIntegration with Salesforce.com
Has featureIntegration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Has featureIntegration with SugarCRM
Additional Features
Has featureEmail Marketing
Has featureLead Scoring
Has featureWebsite Visitor Tracking
Has featureAutomated Programs (Trigger & Drip Campaigns)
Has featureSocial Publishing
Has featureReporting & Analytics
Has featureSEO
Has featureForms
Has featureEvents & Webinars

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Pricing

Does not have featureFree Trial Available?No
Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
Entry-level set up fee?Required
EditionPricing DetailsTerms
Professional$900per month (starts at 2,500 active contacts)
Enterprise$2,000per month ( starts at 2,500 active contacts)

The Professional package starts at 2,500 active contacts, 3 marketing users, 50 sales users and 30,000 API calls per day. The Enterprise package starts at 2,500 active contacts, 6 marketing users, 100 sales users and 30,000 API calls per day. Annual contract required.

Act-On Customer Size Distribution

Consumers
0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
29%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)
67%
Enterprises (> 500 employees)
4%

Act-On Support Options

 Paid Version
Phone
Live Chat
Email
Forum/Community
FAQ/Knowledgebase
Social Media
Video Tutorials / Webinar

Act-On Technical Details

Deployment Types:SaaS
Operating Systems: Unspecified
Mobile Application:Apple iOS, Android
Supported Countries:Available Internationally
Supported Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew