Benchmark Email vs. GetResponse

Benchmark Email

GetResponse

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Benchmark Email	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Benchmark is an email marketing platform on a global mission to help businesses everywhere ignite relationships with their customers, from the company of the same name in St.Louis, Missouri.	$13 per month
GetResponse	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	GetResponse is an online marketing platform optimized for use by small businesses. It provides tools which support email marketing, autofunnel, landing pages, marketing automation, webinars, autoresponders, and enterprise marketing needs.	$0 per month Up to 500 contacts

Pricing

Benchmark Email

GetResponse

Editions & Modules

Pro: Starting at $13
per month
Enterprise: Custom

FREE: $0
per month Up to 500 contacts
Email Marketing: $19
per month Up to 1,000 contacts
Marketing Automation: $59
per month Up to 1,000 contacts
Ecommerce Marketing: $119
per month Up to 1,000 contacts
MAX and MAX²: Custom (contact sales)
per year

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Benchmark Email	GetResponse
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Benchmark Email	GetResponse
Considered Both Products	Benchmark Email Christopher Kasanda Sales Consultant Chose Benchmark Email In the past, I have used Getresponse. I found it very handy for Affiliate Marketing but not good enough for Corporate Marketing. I then incorporated Benchmark Email into my arsenal because it is good enough for both Affiliate Marketing and Corporate Marketing. With the upgrade … Incentivized Helpful? Blake Baron Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager Chose Benchmark Email We used the free trial of many competitors, such as Mailchimp, Constant Contact, etc. Basically, Benchmark Email provided the best value for the money. The fact that we could get some economy of scale on the extended contract as well as the introduction of split a/b testing … Incentivized Helpful? JC Jeya Chelliah CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose Benchmark Email Mail Chimp. Vertical response Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Benchmark Email I stated this plenty of times in my previous responses but we moved to Benchmark from Mad Mimi. Mad Mimi's feature set is extremely basic and only suited for start-ups or very small businesses. Benchmark provides enough customization to take the next step in your email … Incentivized Helpful? Tim Colson Founder Chose Benchmark Email At the time of the decision, we anticipated a larger audience and a high potential cost of MailChimp. We also believed that Benchmark Email would be less complex and therefore quicker to implement and learn. Given the current needs and pricing, I believe MailChimp may be … Incentivized Helpful? Abigail Nwaocha PR & Social Media Specialist Chose Benchmark Email Of the free email marketing services I tried, Benchmark could only stack up against Zoho Campaigns and Moosend. as unfortunately, Mailchimp has better signup form customization options, SendinBlue's free plan offers advanced automation and MailerLite offers advanced … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Benchmark Email Benchmark is very good for sending business email for products and services and especially for sending white papers compared to the others. But it also depends on your requirements. Incentivized Helpful?	GetResponse Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse We selected GetResponse basis a feature-to-feature comparison and also an overall recommendation from a leading digital marketer Incentivized Helpful? BH Bryana Hammes Senior Associate Chose GetResponse Our company stands out for having very initial contact with our customers, and this is thanks to the templates that GetResponse has. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Smith Owner Principal Chose GetResponse Over the years we have worked with quite a few email platforms. We feel that GetResponse is a solid competitor. The CRM side is not as strong as a product like Keep but we don't expect it to be. If we are really being fair and comparing apples to apples, then GetResponse is as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse GetResponse was the perfect tool for the size of our company. We checked out other tools and GetResponse had the best integration and capabilities in comparison to other competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse ActiveCampaign seems to check more of the boxes for our marketing agency needs. The ease of on-boarding multiple clients is wonderful. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse Everything else at least sends the emails to my lists. Incentivized Helpful? Nikunj Gupta Founder Chose GetResponse Better pricing and similar high delivery rates. Much active support and great number of customization available. Incentivized Helpful? Robert Foreman Designated Broker Chose GetResponse MailChimp and Constant Contact Incentivized Helpful? Mohammed Anzil Founder and Chief Editor Chose GetResponse Mailchimp is the best alternative to GetResponse but GetResponse's innovative design makes them better compared to. What I like more on GetResponse is it helps us to work from any device from anywhere and carry out a campaign from one device to another device. Mailchimp offers … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Blinzler Marketing Automation Manager Chose GetResponse GetResponse is much stronger in lead management and versatility than an ESP like MailChimp or SFMC. It isn't as versatile as HubSpot or Marketo and leaves a lot lacking in landing pages and scalability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse CRM functionality. Much cheaper Landing page is much better Incentivized Helpful? Rares Man Head Of Marketing Chose GetResponse My team has switched to GetResponse from MailChimp as it: - has more features that can be used - the ability to create flows and automations is a valuable feature Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Walker Physical Therapist, President Chose GetResponse Mailchimp is more basic but is free. Infusionsoft is more expensive but more complex - I have seen it dubbed "confusionsoft", but I have not tried it to confirm as it is out of our price range. GetResponse seems to have been a happy medium for us as it provides the services we … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse We are evaluating new vendors and leaning towards MailChimp. Incentivized Helpful? David Faustina Managing Partner Chose GetResponse Not the top of the heap and certainly far from the bottom. GR is arguably one of the best solutions for Home based or small shops. It is out of the box whereas some of the others are not as complete or more difficult to unpack. It lacks some features but over-delivers on others. Incentivized Helpful? Ron Edmonds Principal Chose GetResponse Automational was discontinued. Customer service was much better with GetResponse than with Agile. Agile's customer service was very bad - made me feel inadequate, They treated me like a new customer even though I had been doing email marketing for over ten years. They severely … Incentivized Helpful? Nicholas De Salvo Founder, Creative Director Chose GetResponse GetResponse shares a lot of the same capabilities as ActiveCampaign and Infusionsoft. It's much cheaper than Infusionsoft and has a much easier interface than ActiveCampaign. It also offers a significant upgrade in feature set to MailChimp and Constant Contact who really … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Braun Curriculum Manager Chose GetResponse GetResponse has a lot of the same functionality as InfusionSoft - but is more user-friendly and less expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse GetResponse worked great for the company's direct email needs with list segmenting, A/B testing, and reporting. I personally did not get to select the email tools used for the company, but it was effective and educational to newcomers with the tool. Incentivized Helpful? Vitaliy Vinogradov Co Owner Chose GetResponse I would say GetResponse is the perfect product for somebody who is new and looking for quality. Most alternatives are specialized for different types of mailing. So if one ESP doesn't work, another one will. SendInBlue for example is better suited for higher volume mailing but … Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Fishman Project Manager Chose GetResponse Mail Chimp and Icontact. GetResponse is easy to use and less complicated than the other platforms. I prefer Get Response to any other platform I have used because it gives me all the tools to get my clients and customers to pay attention. Other Platforms don't compare to … Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GetResponse Prior to this we used iContact which was horrible and emails were not getting delivered and going into Spam. It was recommended by a co-worker who mentioned we used it before so we decided to adopt it again. Helpful?

Features

Benchmark Email

GetResponse

Email & Online Marketing

Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email 9.5 Ratings 18% above category average	GetResponse 8.9 Ratings 16% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor	7.80 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Dynamic content	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content	9.30 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Landing pages	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
A/B testing	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
List management	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences	8.20 Ratings	8.20 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email 8.3 Ratings 8% above category average	GetResponse 9.7 Ratings 28% above category average
Dashboards	7.60 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Standard reports	10.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Custom reports	7.20 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Pre-Send Testing

Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email 10.0 Ratings 22% above category average	GetResponse - Ratings
Inbox Display	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email Previews	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Lead Management

Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email - Ratings	GetResponse 9.0 Ratings 14% above category average
Lead nurturing automation	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Data quality management	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Campaign Management

Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email - Ratings	GetResponse 9.0 Ratings 20% above category average
Event/webinar marketing	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Social Media Marketing

Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email - Ratings	GetResponse 9.0 Ratings 18% above category average
Social profile integration	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	Benchmark Email - Ratings	GetResponse 8.3 Ratings 11% above category average
API	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Customizability	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Third-party software integrations	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Benchmark Email	GetResponse
Small Businesses	Mad Mimi Score 10.0 out of 10	Vbout Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	VerticalResponse Score 10.0 out of 10	PFL Direct Mail Platform Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Emma by Marigold Score 9.4 out of 10	PFL Direct Mail Platform Score 9.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Benchmark Email	GetResponse
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Benchmark Email	GetResponse
Likelihood to Recommend	Their free option has no time limit and accepts an email list of 2,000 contacts. That's generous considering that some similar software have free trials limited to a month or less and will allow only about 1,000 contact lists, if not less. With that 2,000 contact space available for free on Benchmark email, I can gather 2,000 leads or buyers into my email program without paying. Thus, Benchmark Email is suited for profitability, especially for a start-up business. Christopher Kasanda Sales Consultant Read full review	GetResponse is good for marketing automation newbies that want a powerful platform without a steep learning curve. It appears to have a strong set of tools for creating automated sequences, but it's not your solution for large enterprise usage. Also, seeing as how competitive the market's become, while it's not expensive per se, it is a bit on the pricey side relative to some. Incentivized Barry Feldman Owner Read full review
Pros	They have the option to incorporate email automation. HTML is available if you want to use your own templates. They give you the ability to edit some HTML on their drag and drop version. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	If you understand coding the ability to use dynamic content based on smart searches was very useful. The drop and drag workflows were very easy to create and use Allowed for simple automation and nurture campaigns to occur off of events Incentivized Adam Blinzler Marketing Automation Manager Read full review
Cons	Glitchy editor - powerful drag and drop features, but precise formatting can have issues. Stagnant platform - few notable features or fixes over the past two years. Delivery Success - anecdotal customer reports suggest high percent of emails are diverted by spam filters. Incentivized Tim Colson Founder Read full review	Lists are rejected on baseless grounds. They recommend a service to clean lists and even after being cleaned, emails and lists are rejected. They purged 80% of our email list because they were not interacting regularly enough with our emails. Their drag and drop editor is set up poorly, if you have similar look and feel emails there is no way to know which you are in. Often email templates do not save and you have to start over. Sometimes scheduled emails don't even send. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	As I mentioned before. I believe that the platform is easy to use. Simple and easy process from start to finish. Email efficient and get to the client quickly. Catch errors that would prevent getting to where i need it to go. Overall great experience and would renew without question Elizabeth Fishman Project Manager Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Excellent general support. However, in case of an escalation, their turnaround time over email (follow through) can go higher Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	At the time of the decision, we anticipated a larger audience and a high potential cost of MailChimp. We also believed that Benchmark Email would be less complex and therefore quicker to implement and learn. Given the current needs and pricing, I believe MailChimp may be competitive and provide a more refined UI Incentivized Tim Colson Founder Read full review	Over the years we have worked with quite a few email platforms. We feel that GetResponse is a solid competitor. The CRM side is not as strong as a product like Keep but we don't expect it to be. If we are really being fair and comparing apples to apples, then GetResponse is as good as any of these other products. Especially in the area of the visual builder, I honestly think it is just about as good as Keep. And it is better than some of these other products. Again, keeping in mind the cost and the niche GetResponse fills, it stacks up very well against the other products we have used. Incentivized Jeff Smith Owner Principal Read full review
Return on Investment	We were able to reduce recurring costs by 20% per year by buying an extended contract plan. Benchmark is more robust than our previous software, and we've been able to increase newsletter sales by about 10% per year. We were able to introduce split a/b testing into our newsletter mix, as it's a native feature of Benchmark. Incentivized Blake Baron Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager Read full review	Our marketing emails have been much more professional, scheduled, beautiful, and manageable since switching AWAY from GetResponse, so in that sense the platform did not provide the kind of ROI we'd prefer. For delivering our regular daily newsletter, GetResponse has served us well and has delivered at an above-average rate to our mailing list. Incentivized Brock Ross Marketing Project Manager Read full review
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