Adobe Journey Optimizer vs. SimpleTexting

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Journey Optimizer
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
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
SimpleTexting
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
SimpleTexting is an SMS marketing and text messaging service from the company of the same name headquartered in Miami Beach.
$29
per month
Pricing
Adobe Journey OptimizerSimpleTexting
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
500 credits
$29
per month
1,000 credits
$49
per month
2,000 credits
$79
per month
3,000 credits
$109
per month
7,500 credits
$229
per month
15,000 credits
$399
per month
25,000 credits
$549
per month
50,000 credits
$899
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Journey OptimizerSimpleTexting
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Adobe Journey OptimizerSimpleTexting
Considered Both Products
Adobe Journey Optimizer
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Adobe Campaign
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
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
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
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.
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Adobe Journey Optimizer is a good tool to use when you can use it alongside other Adobe products.
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Customer Journey Analytics and Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Adobe Experience Platform and Adobe Acrobat Reader
Chose Adobe Journey Optimizer
Each of these products represents a legacy solution that has been replaced by AJO.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.
SimpleTexting
Chose SimpleTexting
We did use SimpleTexting and have it still but we have gone over to NICE almost exclusively in order to serve larger customer base and have more trackable metrics for our agents. Not only that but NICE has more tools like calling that we were looking for as we grew.
Chose SimpleTexting
I like Google Voice but it doesn't automatically send texts or let you know if numbers are invalid and such. There is no limit with characters or credits required for Google Voice, though which is a big plus.
Chose SimpleTexting
SimpleTexting is just simple. From the pricing to the interface, it stacks up against the competition by just being as powerful and simple as possible. No extra distractions or confusion. For our company, we wanted texting software that we could easily upsell and integrate into …
Chose SimpleTexting
We used a rival company called Textedly. The experience top to bottom was better with SimpleTexting, from pricing to simplicity of features to custom service to ease of accessing data to overall functionality. Would recommend SimpleTexting over many competitors in a heartbeat …
Chose SimpleTexting
I don't remember the other products we've reviewed. I do have to say that we will be moving to Salesforce and hope that SimpleTexting integrates with it. As a nonprofit, we definitely would have reviewed free or next to free products. We appreciate that SimpleTexting provides a …
Chose SimpleTexting
TextMarks offered all the features/functions we were looking for, especially their "Text for Info" function. We were looking for a solution that would simply allow people to receive information without actually subscribing into a list. However, the cost was too high.

Flocknotes …
Chose SimpleTexting
Other sites, as mentioned before, don't retain the data and actually stopped working for us whereas we have not had a problem with SimpleTexting. We've only had questions that are then answered!
Chose SimpleTexting
We have only ever used SimpleTexting for SMS marketing.
Chose SimpleTexting
I have not used any other tools similar to SimpleTexting before. I can say that I was very satisfied by the product and service I received by SImpleText. I feel encouraged to continue using them in the future for any in-person event activities or marketing events.
Chose SimpleTexting
We chose SimpleTexting based on their starting messaging options as well as the no limitations on the number of keywords we can use. EZ Texting required a much more costly monthly commitment with fewer features that applied to our organization. We felt that SimpleTexting would …
Best Alternatives
Adobe Journey OptimizerSimpleTexting
Small Businesses
Simplify360
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
OneSignal
OneSignal
Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Dialpad Support
Dialpad Support
Score 9.0 out of 10
Flurry Analytics
Flurry Analytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Verint Community
Verint Community
Score 9.9 out of 10
Flurry Analytics
Flurry Analytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Adobe Journey OptimizerSimpleTexting
Likelihood to Recommend
6.7
(0 ratings)
7.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Journey OptimizerSimpleTexting
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.
Read full review
SimpleTexting has been wonderful for the purposes for which we signed up. We wanted an easy-to-use platform that allowed 2-way texting, assigned a phone number, had the ability to collect phone numbers/contact easily (whether through an import or a user sign-up, spoiler SimpleTexting has both), etc. It has provided all of that and more easily, without a contract. And the platform is so easy to use for our team. One of the only issues we're having is wanting to expand our use of SimpleTexting, and using multiple options for texting (i.e., shortcode, toll-free, landline/business enabling) has been difficult on one account.
Read full review
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
Read full review
  • SimpleTexting is easy to use. Multiple users can access the dashboard and send texts and manage contacts
  • We have had great success running multiple promotions at once by using different keywords to trigger various offers. For example, one keyword will trigger a free service, and another keyword will trigger a discount off product or service.
  • Simpletexting lets us segment our list which is extremely helpful in sending out market specific offers
Read full review
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
Read full review
  • A lot of glitches and bugs, with promised fixes that keep dragging on for some time.
  • Mobile notifications are very buggy. You have to keep force-closing the app and re-opening it multiple times to get the notifications to refresh.
  • Constant toggling of 'Unread' and 'All' on mobile or desktop to get the notifications to clear and show up as opened, otherwise it will imply it's not read.
  • Also, sometimes new notifications don't show up.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
No answers on this topic
With SimpleTexting updating little things here and there almost daily. We reach out to their support team constantly. They have one of the best response rates I have ever experienced! Normally it takes less than a minute to speak to a real person, but even if they are busy they have an answer bot send you articles to see if you can solve the issue yourself first! One of the best support teams ever
Read full review
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
Read full review
We chose SimpleTexting based on their starting messaging options as well as the no limitations on the number of keywords we can use. EZ Texting required a much more costly monthly commitment with fewer features that applied to our organization. We felt that SimpleTexting would allow us to utilize a better communication strategy by having multiple keywords for no extra charge
Read full review
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
Read full review
  • Because we are able to reach more people through subscribing, our number of donations has increased and the number of volunteers has increased. We have gone from an average of 5 volunteers an even to 25-30. Our donations increased by 25%.
Read full review
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

SimpleTexting Screenshots

Screenshot of Send messages to groupsScreenshot of Have 1-on-1 conversationsScreenshot of Text-to-join keywordsScreenshot of Useful, built-in apps