Airship vs. Omnisend

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Airship
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
The Airship Experience Platform provides an end-to-end solution for unifying experiences across channels and capturing value across the entire customer lifecycle.N/A
Omnisend
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Omnisend is an email and SMS marketing platform with features made to help ecommerce stores grow their audience and sales. It features one-click integration with major ecommerce platforms, pre-made automation and email templates, and 24/7/365 live customer support.
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Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free plan
$0
Standard plan
$16
per month
Pro plan
$59
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsOmnisend offers three pricing plans: Free, Standard and Pro. The Free plan is used to explore all of Omnisend's features (emails, SMS, push notifications, popups, segmentation, analytics, etc), send up to 500 emails and push notifications, plus 60 SMS per month at no cost. The standard plan starts at $16 per month and includes everything in Free, unlimited web push notifications, a customer success manager and 24/7 support. From $59 per month, the Pro plan can be used to send unlimited emails and push notifications, get advanced reporting features, a dedicated Customer Success Manager, and priority 24/7 support. It also includes free SMS credits equal to the price of the Pro plan selected.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Airship
Chose Airship
They are the only Application/Push vendor we have used since I started w/ the company about 4 years ago. I believe we have sued them since 2016 or so.
Chose Airship
Airship allows for more uses for a better value and is more of a focused outreach for the parishioners, and much easier to use with mobile devises.
Chose Airship
We've tested a bunch of different CRM tools over the years and Airship has been a winner for its functionality, features, cost, and ability to integrate with other softwares that we use. It has been great for SMS and mobile in particular. It could certainly be a one stop shop …
Chose Airship
Airship have a very different set of features, we could not find an exact match of it.
Chose Airship
Easy user interface and seamless integration. Great Customer engagement
Chose Airship
Airship allows for more uses for a better value and is more of a focused outreach for the parishioners, and much easier to use with mobile devises.
Chose Airship
We use Sailthru for emails. We have not used them for pushes so I can't compare the two.
Chose Airship
The above mentioned products were evaluated for initial RFQ process however Airship was awarded for the robustness and ease of use, and its strategy aligns with Vodafone's App usage engagement
Chose Airship
Airship is superb in customer support against all others. Even though I feel CleverTap may be a better choice but probably will not be as easy as Airship when setting them up and operating it. As for MoEngage, the last experience I had was simply not good enough, but that was …
Chose Airship
I have also worked with Vibes, Salesforce, Pendo, and Swrve for mobile app marketing efforts, and I always come back to airship as delivering the best Push and In-App messaging capabilities. If you want a full service platform for Push and In-App messaging rather than …
Chose Airship
There was a time when we went off Urban Airship and went to Spreed. We were using Spreed's app, so there was much better integration on push notifications. The push notification took readers directly into the story. When we moved from Spreed to our own native app, we went back …
Omnisend
Chose Omnisend
I’ve used other platforms in the past, but once I started using Omnisend, I knew I didn’t want to switch. No doubts. It’s always evolving, always on track.
Chose Omnisend
Omnisend was easier to use than Mailchimp from a non techy user.
In my opinion, the change in ownership of Mailchimp has resulted in drastic, draconian and totally over the top reaction against loyal ethical customers without care or concern.
Chose Omnisend
For email campaigns we use Omnisend since the beginning. For product reviews, we used to have Yotpo app but we got rid off it as it got expensive with volume increase on our platform. Also, they did not consider our custom domain request. So, we switch to Omnisend for that as …
Chose Omnisend
We can create marketing campaigns that can span across multiple channels so that we can reach more customers regardless of the platform they are using. The system combines multiple channels into a single workflow for maximum engagement. Comes with various features that make it …
Chose Omnisend
I would say Omnisend is fairly similar in UX, usability, pre-built content templates, and customizable features. I chose Omnisend because it seemed simple to start and the price was within budget. The list segmentation and contact import features feel superior to the other …
Chose Omnisend
By far, Omnisend is my preferred mail software. The program has several customizations and options in the free plan that you do not receive on other mail software programs.
Chose Omnisend
At first I went through the standard choice, which is MailChimp. It's a nice-looking program and everything, but I wouldn't say they're user-friendly. It's quite techy and when you have an ecommerce store you really just want to get the results. It's a lot of work to create …
Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Airship
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Ratings
Omnisend
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
List management00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings4.70 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Airship
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Ratings
Omnisend
6.6
Ratings
15% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Airship
-
Ratings
Omnisend
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
Link Tracking00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
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User Ratings
AirshipOmnisend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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5.8
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
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5.0
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User Testimonials
AirshipOmnisend
Likelihood to Recommend
Well-Suited for: 1. Mobile App Notifications: Ideal for targeted push notifications in apps. 2. Customer Segmentation: Effective for personalized marketing campaigns based on user data. 3. Event-Triggered Automation: Great for automated messaging based on user actions. 4. A/B Testing: Useful for optimizing campaign messages and strategies. Less Appropriate for: 1. Non-Mobile Channels: Less effective if the primary focus is on non-mobile communications like email or direct mail. 2. Basic Email Marketing: Other platforms might be better suited for simple, broad email campaigns without complex segmentation or personalization needs.
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So, when everything goes smoothly, all companies seem great. But the real test comes when things go wrong — that’s when you see a company’s true face and values.
Not so long ago, we, as a company, ran into some serious issues: domain reputation problems, bugs in our email programs, and more. And of course, all of this happened right in the middle of a newsletter campaign — perfect timing, right?
But here’s the thing: the Omnisend team and their local partners are absolute professionals. I’m not super technical, and a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff is beyond me, but the support team guided me step by step with patience, clarity, and real-life examples throughout the whole investigation process.
I’m genuinely happy I chose this platform. No matter what the issue was or what caused it, they treated it like their own and committed to helping me solve it.
Polite. Fast. Warm. Professional.
That’s the standard Omnisend sets — and it's a tough one for competitors to match.
I also want to give a personal thank you to Baarath — we exchanged quite a few emails, and he really stood out. While support shifts change, he became my support superhero.
All the best to the Omnisend team — keep doing what you do!
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Pros
  • Setting up the target audience within Airship using attributes is one of my favorites.
  • Airship has a very user-friendly interface with detailed documentation for self-help. I also enjoy the training sessions, articles and reports Airship organized as those are very insightful and useful.
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  • Newsletter campaigns - the content editor is the usual one you see on email marketing apps, but it works so smoothly and well. Of course, there's Product Picker that allows you to just pick a product from your store and it goes straight into your newsletter--no need to add images or descriptions. Really easy.
  • Popups are great because they look amazing right out of the box. It's all pre-filled so if you don't like looking at a blank screen, you can just adapt the wording and it's there. voila!
  • Automation really is nice and it's the bulk of what we're doing now. It's like second level ecommerce marketing I guess, because you really see after some time how having automated steps can really save you time and make you a lot more money. Omnisend's automations are really good and intuitive and was really easy to learn and implement.
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Cons
  • The automated A/B testing winner selection and application should be added
  • The flexibility of message shape, specifically incorporating transparency so messages do not need to be a rectangular shape
  • Faster and more reliable servers around the globe
  • Making more detailed use cases and tutorials to be followed can simplify things for users
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  • Initial setup wasn't firing right, support issue was handled pretty quickly and easily.
  • It does not go back and put previous orders/customers into the automation. It will only work with go-forward customers from the time you install the product. (At least that's what the outcome of our support inquiry told us...).
  • Would like to see more sample templates and campaigns.
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Usability
The interface takes a bit getting used to in order to know how to take advantage of everything. Some of the analytics that are available are particularly hard to find, so it's important to pay attention when customer support reviews everything, but everything I'd want and need in terms of Push and In-App messaging is all there.
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Im so so happy how everything goes so smooth! Its so good for small businesses. I hope I will grow my audience and I will go on paid version bcs they really deserve my money.
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Support Rating
I have not had to interact much with customer support as I have been able to find the vast majority of the answers I'm looking for within their documentation, which I very much appreciate because it saves me a lot of time. Customer support has been responsive and helpful for the most part during the couple of interactions I've had.
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Support is weird. They ask you to keep everything in one thread, but they can't see your replies if they forward it to tech, and things easily get lost. Also tech support is HORRIBLE, they just seem snobby, and give horrible advice liek to test things on a live version vs staging
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Alternatives Considered
I have also worked with Vibes, Salesforce, Pendo, and Swrve for mobile app marketing efforts, and I always come back to airship as delivering the best Push and In-App messaging capabilities. If you want a full service platform for Push and In-App messaging rather than configuring these channels through something that is no cost such as Firebase, then i would recommend Airship.
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At first I went through the standard choice, which is MailChimp. It's a nice-looking program and everything, but I wouldn't say they're user-friendly. It's quite techy and when you have an ecommerce store you really just want to get the results. It's a lot of work to create one simple newsletter and their customer support is pretty much non-existent. As for Klaviyo, they're pretty expensive. We just couldn't justify paying that much for results that were pretty much similar to MailChimp--in that it wasn't really impressive. Omnisend really was a breath of fresh air and their support must not sleep at all cause they answer all my smart and stupid questions within like 15 minutes. Every single time
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Return on Investment
  • The ROI has increased more than approx. 50% (exact details to be confirmed) based on cross-channel orchestration
  • Using push notifications alone, we have seen a huge increase in app engagement which was a challenge before to nudge users to get back to the App after initial download
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  • I am able to see if ordered were placed based on who opened the email and clicked on links.
  • It’s had a positive impact on my business by being able to see what emails have produced direct sales.
  • It has helped to increase website traffic
  • It has allowed my to expand how I can communicate with potential customers.
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