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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acoustic Campaign

    Score2.1 out of 10
    N/AAcoustic Campaign (formerly IBM Watson Campaign Automation) is a scalable, SaaS-based, cross-channel, digital marketing platform providing digital marketers the ability to implement and manage email, mobile, social, and lead management campaign processes.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Acoustic Campaign
    Considered Both Products
    Acoustic
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    We evaluated alternate providers less than a year into our IBM Watson Campaign contract because the system was so clunky to use (and we wanted a system that would include or better integrate with our SMS provider). Bluecore and Klaviyo were the front runners at the time, and we …
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    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    IBM Watson Campaign Automation is more of an enterprise product for large organizations where you're plugging into all kinds of systems and workflows tend to be slower.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Reviewed HubSpot, Marketo, Pardot and ActiveCampaign. Chose IBM Watson Campaign Automation due to their workflow capabilities. They can automate a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by a several different users. Administrators can write …
    Incentivized
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    It’s not the best tool to implement, it’s really difficult. Doesn’t have the best reporting tools, but integrates B2C and B2B and has a few good features and nice price.
    Incentivized
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    I've used Campaign Monitor, which also seems to be fairly clunky. While not a direct competitor, Infusionsoft was likely the most user-friendly experience I've had, however it lacked the control and uses that Silverpop has.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    I have used many ESPs. What makes IBM Watson different is the ease to work on it and great UI.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    I've used IBM Campaign and Apteco PeopleStage and find WCA significantly easier to get to grips with. Simplicity comes from the presentation of the data to the tool and an intuitive UI. IBM Campaign has significantly greater ease of access to and manipulation of ad hoc data …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    I was not someone who got to choose the ESP our company was going to use; however I do find a lot of value in this product. It has enhanced my skills in email marketing x 100. I have learned how automation programs work, how to manipulate queries, learned how to build nice …
    Incentivized
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    I really liked the ability to create multiple queries on lists imported. The integration with SFDC worked well for our organization. The reporting was okay, though I really liked the dashboard features. It made presenting high level information to management simple.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    We had evaluated Marketo at the time, but had chosen Silverpop instead. Some people compare Hubspot, but we consider that a different flavor of marketing automation--not apples to apples.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Silverpop is a far more sophisticated and complex solution that can incorporate out of the box a great number of features. Since Silverpop was acquired by IBM the product features are added really fast and other solutions are incorporated to the product. Also, IBM can locally …
    Incentivized
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    SilverPop is for the serious business/organization. MailChimp is fine for beginners.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    I've used ExactTarget and Right Now Technologies for email marketing in the past but it's been so long since I've used either service I don't know how they would compare anymore. I can say that I am happy enough with the service that Silverpop provides that I do not plan on …
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Two words: value and scalability. Compared to its competitors, Silverpop offers soup to nuts functionality, complete customer support and account management that is delivered at an unmatched value in the industry. The tool is also incredibly scalable in terms of automation, its …
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Eloqua and Marketo are both superior in pretty much every way. Constant Contact does not have near the feature set of any of these, but is very good at the small number things it does.
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    Eloqua
    Marketo
    Bronto
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Constant Contact, Icontact and mailchimp and honestly there is no comparison. Silverpop is way a head of the game!
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    We selected Siverpop over Marketo based on price and the demonstration of SalesForce integration. Marketo were unable to demonstrate the degree of integration we were looking for, although I'm sure it does have the capability.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    As an Email Service Provider, it blows Constant Contact and Thindata out of the water. But as a reporting tool, it's difficult to navigate and lacks metrics.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    MailChimp is a little more intuitive and easier to navigate (not as many steps), but lacks the database management, scoring and landing pages of Silverpop. Silverpop is a more robust system for data capture.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    I wasn't involved in the tool selection process but inherited the system. I think that Pardot and Marketo are the leaders in the marketplace, followed closely by Eloqua. Hubspot is a nice option with good usability but I was concerned it would not scale for the global campaign …
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Silverpop allows us to send complex emails to multiple databases and sync up with our system of record, Salesforce.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    Exact Target is a great product, we made the switch because of Silverpops ability to allow us much more flexibility with design and graphics.
    Chose Acoustic Campaign
    I have used EmailLabs and evaluated ExactTarget during our selection process for SIlverpop. At the time, EmailLabs and Bronto didn't reliably offer the API integration that we were looking for (which probably could have changed in the last 4 years). ExactTarget and Silverpop …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Acoustic Campaign
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Acoustic Campaign
    Feature
    Acoustic Campaign
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor4.010 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.07 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.58 Ratings
    Landing pages5.18 Ratings
    A/B testing7.010 Ratings
    Mobile optimization6.97 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.010 Ratings
    List management8.09 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.08 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Acoustic Campaign
    Feature
    Acoustic Campaign
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation6.18 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading7.97 Ratings
    Data quality management8.07 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.54 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Acoustic Campaign
    Feature
    Acoustic Campaign
    7.0
    8 Ratings
    Calendaring6.58 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.44 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Acoustic Campaign
    Feature
    Acoustic Campaign
    6.3
    5 Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns6.54 Ratings
    Social profile integration6.25 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acoustic Campaign
    Feature
    Acoustic Campaign
    4.5
    10 Ratings
    Dashboards4.210 Ratings
    Standard reports4.210 Ratings
    Custom reports5.18 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Campaign
    Feature
    Acoustic Campaign
    5.7
    10 Ratings
    API5.29 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals6.04 Ratings
    Customizability5.95 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com4.38 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM5.03 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM8.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Acoustic Campaign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.1
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.5
    (30 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (4 ratings)