Adobe Journey Optimizer vs. Iterable

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Journey Optimizer
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Adobe Journey Optimizer is a customer engagement solution, enabling brands to orchestrate and deliver personalized customer engagement across all channels — including email, web, app, mobile, and more — in the moments that matter to customers.N/A
Iterable
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Iterable is an AI-powered customer communication platform that activates customers across channels in real-time. With intelligent personalization, dynamic content, and a cross-channel suite, Iterable helps brands create seamless, data-driven experiences across email, SMS, push, and in-app notifications.N/A
Pricing
Adobe Journey OptimizerIterable
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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Community Pulse
Adobe Journey OptimizerIterable
Considered Both Products
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Adobe Campaign
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Salesforce Marketing Cloud
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They both have their pros and cons, I feel it depends on the users that the products are targetting, SFMC is has more specialized customizations, Adobe does offer similar but require a higher technical knowledge which is not something that is provided bt the other product
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Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
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The AJO UI is more intuitive. Oracle Cloud has a lot more functionality and robust capabilities. Marketing Cloud is mature. AJO does not offer a lot of OOTB capabilities.
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Adobe Journey Optimizer is a good tool to use when you can use it alongside other Adobe products.
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Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Customer Journey Analytics and Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Adobe Experience Platform and Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Each of these products represents a legacy solution that has been replaced by AJO. AJO allows for all of these marketing functions to live within a single platfrom. While AJO has a learning curve that is steeper than working with individual vendors, it does allow for a …
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
We can do all the things in Adobe Journey Optimizer instead of multiple systems.
Iterable
Chose Iterable
Iterable's geolocation paired with catalog items was something Braze and other platforms just couldn't do. Many tried to offer a workaround, but there just wasn't a legitimate solution anywhere else.
Chose Iterable
Iterable was more competitive in pricing, the segmentation technology was extremely advanced and fast in comparison with the competitors we analysed, and deliverability and reliability of the system have been fantastic.
Chose Iterable
Iterable has plug-in capabilities with Movable Ink, in which Movable allows for dynamic content to plug into HTML, text, messages, and utilizes data within Iterable to send dynamic personalized content to customers, great tool in addition to Iterable!

Previously we've used …
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If you're still using SFMC do yourself a favor and explore some of the newer options available. Iterable is a strong competitor unless you need the B2B and account based marketing/support teams all in a single platform.
Klaviyo is great and best for small-medium size companies …
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I admittedly don't remember much of Klaviyo, as I have become so familiar with Iterable. I definitely prefer Iterable, however. There are so many more features in Iterable and it just feels like a more dynamic and comprehensive experience with more granular data than Klaviyo …
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Intercom is not created for marketing purposes and it is quite transparent when you get around to building a campaign with it. It's clunky and often quite frustrating to work with. While Iterable is not perfect, it's a tremendous upgrade. Iterable allows you to have more …
Chose Iterable
Iterable is way more user-friendly, eazy to learn and use, overall much better.
Chose Iterable
We have been on Iterable for about 2 years and in that 2 years have evaluated other platforms, considering doing another migration.

The key reason we have stayed with Iterable is the ease of running (largely automated) omni channel comms with a complex data structure. We have …
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Iterable has more nuance and allows us to leverage more data.
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Iterable is leagues and bounds ahead of Mailchimp. While they definitely have room for improvement, I'm thoroughly pleased with the creative builder upgrade.
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I can't provide a direct comparison as I have not executed marketing communications with other CRM tools before. Of course, having used Pipedrive as a CRM tool for sales and lifecycle management, I would definitely choose Iterable for complexity and ease of use. The only …
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Iterable has an easier UI, with a great educational center to be up to date on the product. Iterable also helps manage different locales in one template and create different projects to manage different databases. Lately, with the integration with Snowflake, will allow an easy …
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my company was already using Iterable when i got here. but i will say that the system isn't nearly as complicated as marketo. I found where i didn't like using marketo because of how complicated it is for the user.
Chose Iterable
Iterable has much more flexibility than other platforms I explored. Personalization in particular is something Iterable does better than the competition.
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Moving from a company that used Mailchimp to one that leverages Iterable was a huge step up. Iterable provides a plethora of additional tools to customize and reach our users in a strategic way. We're also able to automate a lot more in Iterable which saves time and resources. …
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Far and away, Iterable is easier to use and more cost-effective. While Iterable may not have the bells and whistles or integrations that some of their competitors offer, Iterable can still meet the large majority of business use cases and is easy to use for marketers. As I …
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Iterable is the best in terms of user interface, innovation and customer service.
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Very similar capabilities but more expensive
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Iterable is far superior. The UI, AB testing tool, drag and drop template editor, journey building, reporting. Almost every aspect is better
Chose Iterable
The rich functions , flexibility, iOS and Android SDK integration, Cost and return of investment we find better with Iterable.
Chose Iterable
We thought Iterable provided the advanced features we needed but it did not.
Features
Adobe Journey OptimizerIterable
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Ratings
Iterable
7.2
Ratings
5% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
List management00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Iterable
6.2
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16% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Journey Optimizer
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Iterable
8.2
Ratings
9% above category average
API00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Journey OptimizerIterable
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
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8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.1
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Usability
5.7
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9.1
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Availability
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8.6
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Performance
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8.5
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Support Rating
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9.1
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Online Training
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6.4
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Product Scalability
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Adobe Journey OptimizerIterable
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need enterprise-level flexibility to organize, design, orchestrate, and execute email communications, then Adobe Journey Optimizer is potentially a very well-suited tool. Sending a high volume of emails is easily accomplished, and targeting either a broad or very targeted audience is also relatively easy. Regardless of your specific circumstances, this "best-in-class" option is worth a look.
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Iterable is great for any marketing team looking to ramp up the capabilities on lifecycle marketing specifically if you're a company with a lot of data and/or SKU's the product makes handling a lot of complexities much simpler and enables my team to move much faster even as a small team
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Pros
  • pre built use case playbooks provide a basis for various trips
  • provides customized messaging
  • custom actions let different systems and databases be easily integrated
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  • It is easy to onboard new users with building communications. The drag and drop editor is very intuitive to use.
  • Allows for complex data structures on user profiles and in events. This is a key reason we onboarded to Iterable and have stayed with it.
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Cons
  • It doesn´t keep the last search you sis in the journeys and you have to enter the search parameter every time
  • there is a window of time during the day that the audiences give out errors and you can´t see the estimates
  • I should be able to select STO in campaigns, not only in journeys
  • I should be able to select the email parameters when using campaigns
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  • Locale management: being able to copy and past a template section/row/content from a locale to another. Also, be able to duplicate any locale to any locale. So far we can just duplicate the default locale into the rest of the locales
  • Outages - I feel in the last 1 and half, more outages are happening, impacting their clients
  • Image library
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Likelihood to Renew
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Extremely easy to use, deeply integrated into our infrastructure
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Usability
Like I said before some things are very friendly user, But the majority of capabilities are very difficult to access and really understand. That´s why there is a need of big groups in order to work with Adobe Journey Optimizer because a few people not would be able to own and know all the Items.
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Iterable is super easy to use. I have experience with competing platforms, but Iterable is by far the most intuitive platform to use. I also really appreciate the way the product team is willing to accept product requests
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Reliability and Availability
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Iterable is there like 99.9% of the time. However, when it goes down, it grinds us to a halt. Most of the time, outages are an hour or less, but if that's at a peak time, it can be a nightmare. That said, when the worst does happen, there are frequent updates and an easy situation tracker that give you an estimate of how much longer you'll have to wait for the issue to be resolved.
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Performance
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The API is super quick. The UI can be a little sluggish depending on what you're loading, but overall Iterable performs great. Iterable appears to do a good job of making processes async so that one action isn't blocking another.
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Support Rating
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I've never experienced any issues with Iterable. As I and my colleagues have learnt the system and it's features, response to questions and advice from our account manager is always quick. Kevin knows the product well, and with the few tricky questions has hasn't been able to answer he's been quick to get back to us.
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Alternatives Considered
Each of these products represents a legacy solution that has been replaced by AJO. AJO allows for all of these marketing functions to live within a single platfrom. While AJO has a learning curve that is steeper than working with individual vendors, it does allow for a consolidation of knowledge and the underlying data stack, so eventual efficiencies may be realized over time
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As mentioned previously, I was hired to do a migration from ActiveCampaign, and I stayed for 2 years as a power user of Itearble. Since leaving OneVision Resources, I have continued to volunteer my time in a regional user group, which I would not do if the platform, product, and company were not so strong and so marketer-forward.
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Scalability
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We've definitely tested scalability, and it's no line - it works. The process is pretty easy. Most of the times it goes off without a hitch. Any time we do encounter issues, our support team is quick to get on the job and very communicative as they work us through a successful launch.
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Return on Investment
  • Multichannel onboarding journey improving the engagement of freshmen in the business, resulting in a decrease in the dropout rate.
  • Separate business of anticipation of receivables from suppliers that used to be manual and now I have connected this entire operation via the S3 connector, less manual work and significant gains in conversions and payments
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  • I do not have hard numbers, as I am not in the department that deals with those kinds of quantifications of impact. However, I do believe the use of Iterable has been a positive thing for us in providing more comprehensive data that is useful when dealing with customer tickets.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Journey Optimizer Screenshots

Screenshot of Channel Setup in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of Content Accelerator in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of In App Message Designer in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of Screenshot of Profiles Dashboard in Adobe Journey OptimizerScreenshot of SMS Journey in Adobe Journey Optimizer

Iterable Screenshots

Screenshot of how Iterable unifies customer, product, business, and martech ecosystem data to create integrated marketing.Screenshot of Iterable’s AI Suite, that helps to build personalized campaigns quickly, predicts what customers need next, and fine-tunes every message for maximum impact.Screenshot of some of the tools and support available through Iterable that support scale and tomorrow’s growth.Screenshot of how Iterable unifies all engagement channels into one platform for consistent, personalized communication, connecting with customers wherever they are: SMS, email, in-app, push, embedded messaging, and beyond.Screenshot of how to create highly-personalized communications that listen to, react to, and anticipate customer needs.Screenshot of an example of how AI can be used to influence the most important metrics and achieve key business goals.