Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization vs. Braze

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Score 8.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Bloomreach is presented as an agentic platform for personalization. Powering autonomous search, conversational shopping, and autonomous marketing, Bloomreach personalizes the entire customer experience. From retail to financial services, hospitality to gaming, businesses can use Bloomreach to create experiences that drive growth and loyalty. Bloomreach states that they currently drive personalization for 1,400+…N/A
Braze
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Braze is a customer engagement platform that enables relevant and memorable experiences between consumers and the brands they love. With Braze, global brands can ingest and process customer data in real time, orchestrate and optimize contextually relevant, cross-channel marketing campaigns and continuously evolve their customer engagement strategies.N/A
Pricing
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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 FeeRequiredOptional
Additional DetailsBloomreach pricing is quote-based. Bloomreach pricing is customized to the number of customers served, product catalog size, and the number of events executed – such as how many emails or SMS messages are sent.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization is doing a lot of great work with GenAI and ML Model development which is something very special in a CDP offering. It also does marketing automation and A/b testing which lot of vendors have their own instead of having all …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
I've selected Bloomreach cause it has Omnichannel orchestration and CDP in one.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
The combination of af Marketing Automation tool and a Customer Data Platform in one was a great reason for choosing Bloomreach instead of splitting these into separate systems.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Stand out topics:
- Ease of use
- Multi-market support
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach is robust product that benefits from steady investment and some good experience. It lacks some of the latest automations and has a cost structure that is hard to manage and monitor. It is not user friendly but does accomplish most of the tasks we want to complete …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Having used Bloomreach Composable Personalization Cloud for the last 3 years, I can confidently say that it is the most sophisticated platform in my experience. The unifying of customer data in the platform has been an immeasurable strength in our Marketing arsenal. The support …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is a great tool if you're in the B2C business and has a lot of different functionality to target a bigger database.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
From a functionality perspective, Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is on par or better than both alternatives at a much better price level.
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Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
The ease of use of Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud and the scalability far exeeds that of Selligent. Selligent did have a number of things i did like such as a multilanguage dropdown which made it easy to switch between countries and lables. However teaching a new recruit …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
The editing options are less but this restriction makes sure u get the most reliable data sources for your campaigns. It is also faster to build flows and calculate audiences.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
The flexibility in Bloomreach can't be beaten by the other platforms. The customer service and the software
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach definitely has a lot more options and functionalities
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
At the time we changed the solution Bloomreach was much more far in the integration part and all other communication channels were added into the one scenerio builder using unique logic for filtering customers in order to segment them for particular campaigns.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach allows for a far more detailed analysis of customer data than the other platforms compared to. The other platforms do provide far more out-of-the-box than Bloomreach, but would not allow us to bring the analytics function of the business in-house as Bloomreach has.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is probably most unique in its lightweight yet robust architecture. Its scenarios, even ones relying on webhooks and complex logic, run really quickly as well as reliably. Compared to Salesforce Marketing cloud, it offers a more modular …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Airship is very new and limited in it's capabilites.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach is by far the most complex tool I have worked on, and offers a complete set in one place.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Compared to Adobe Campaign, Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is a much more modern tool more in line with the latest technologies. It does have a much narrower toolset though, but what limits it in one way allows it to concentrate and deliver very good results. Further to …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
It was not a decision by me, but more like from the management and team leads.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach is far superior than SFMC as that platform requires too much technical knowledge. Ometria is very good and I would say is quite similar to Bloomreach although I would say Ometria is a smaller company. DotDigital is also very powerful but not more so than Bloomreach. …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach is a really easy to use platform compared to other CRM systems and allow faster integration to the other data sources. It allowed deduping services and the ammonization feature for data protection is really easy to set up which fields contain personal information and …
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
In my opinion, Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is by far much better than other platform I've used before, the level of customisation you can do within the platform both from a marketing point of view but also from an analytics point of view is incredible.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Better in almost every aspect.
Only benchmark I'd consider are the calendar views and priority queue of Optimove.
Chose Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Studio
Braze
Chose Braze
Easier than the big ones and more robust and than the small ones. Braze seems to be a great fit for teams that need to move fast, cannot spend a lot of time in certifications and training and are able to adapt to innovation. As for pricing, Braze has different pricing depending …
Chose Braze
I think Braze is the strongest currently. I found Emarsys to be very difficult to navigate and clunky. Ometria I found to be a good platform, however, more difficult to scale. My role using Ometria was more integration focused so had more exposure to the challenges with …
Chose Braze
Braze is easy to use and offers excellent modern functionalities, making it ideal for contemporary marketing. The training support and implementation support provided by Braze are also good. In terms of mobile-friendly email creation and personalisation, Braze has stood out. …
Chose Braze
Userback does not have mobile SDKs and Instabug cannot do property level filtering for events. So both of these are limited in getting the right message to our users at the right time. In addition to this, Braze allows us to filter by audience properties, so we can reach out to …
Chose Braze
Braze was built with mobile at its core, offering strong support for push, in-app messaging, and mobile SDKs ideal for app-driven businesses. Iterable, while solid in email and web, is generally less mobile-native by comparison
Chose Braze
Unlike MailChimp, Braze goes beyond just email and SMS as communication channels. With communication channels like push notification, in-app message, and content card, Braze is clearly a superior platform for customer engagement. Also, Braze offers more options for dynamic …
Chose Braze
I think Braze is best for app-first companies. We selected Braze for its ease of use and robust feature suite.
Chose Braze
Mailchimp is fine for bulk email and some light automation, but it still centers on email; push or in-app support feels tacked on, and new segments update only after hours. Braze gives us email, push, SMS, in-app, and web all native, with data streaming in real time, so …
Chose Braze
pricing structure is better for a growing company - features are similar (to cio at least)
Chose Braze
I don't remember the names, but we used at least two others before we switched to Braze, and they were all inferior.
Chose Braze
Braze is superior top Iterable, full stop. Their partner integrations gives us more freedom to choose the vendor that fits our company the best, not forcing us to choose the one vendor that's compatible or resigning to having siloed data. Also, the Braze team goes the extra …
Chose Braze
Active Campaign is not in the list, but in general, it is significantly less powerful and requires a subscription and add-on pricing structure, which is not good for a start-up in a scale-up phase. Braze is well-suited for long-term growth and scaling from a small to a large …
Chose Braze
I wasn't part of the decision-making process for selecting Braze, since I joined the company after Braze was already "integrated" with our company. I'd still say that Braze would me my 1st choice compared to other tools that I used in the past.
Chose Braze
Braze is by far the most user friendly tool. The frequency and usability of the super regular product releases they roll out really sets them apart in a stale marketplace historically dominated by Salesforce, Adobe and other big players. They think App first - critical in the …
Chose Braze
It was more complicated on Salesforce to create personalized and customized campaigns. Braze is a platform that has it all.
Chose Braze
Feels less clunky, easier to navigate, equally stacked on features that matter. May have some ways of working that are different from peer solutions, but trades speed and reliance over inefficiently designed or risky solutions.
Chose Braze
Acoustic was becoming too expensive and we had email and SMS with separate providers so we were looking for a way to cut costs and merge into one provider.
Both Acoustic and Attentive were becoming very expensive as well and Braze provided all the functionalities that we were …
Chose Braze
Braze has many features that these tools don't, like a heatmap, a catalogue, the ability to create tons of attributes, and easy-to-use template features.
Chose Braze
salesforce is better suited for the sales funnnel or for B2B rather than B2C so in this case Braze already stacks up great as a wonderful B2C all-rounder product. Mailchimp, firebase and others ive used are gragmented as they all offer different features and are not a ONE …
Chose Braze
I don't have a lot of other experience using software other than Braze. However the product has not given me much need to look elsewhere for another vendor and I am generally very happy with it for my use.
Chose Braze
Braze is much more real-time, has an updated interface, and offers in-app communication, unlike SFMC. The only downside is that Liquid isn't quite as powerful as AMPscript.
Chose Braze
Braze feature for ecommerce retail brands is better and the readyto use usecases are a big support
Chose Braze
Braze seems to work better at scale. And is more reliable. Has some more functionality. But as always, is not perfect.
Features
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Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.9
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4% above category average
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WYSIWYG email editor8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
List management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
8.3
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6% above category average
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Lead nurturing automation8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
8.0
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8% above category average
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Calendaring8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
8.0
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6% above category average
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Social sharing and campaigns7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Social profile integration8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.4
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1% above category average
Braze
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Dashboards7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
8.1
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8% above category average
Braze
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API7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Third-party software integrations8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.8
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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9.1
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Usability
8.6
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Availability
8.1
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Performance
7.4
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9.1
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4.5
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In-Person Training
8.4
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Online Training
9.1
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Implementation Rating
7.2
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Configurability
8.6
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Ease of integration
8.8
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Product Scalability
8.2
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Perfect for onboarding, retention, win-back, and VIP nurture campaigns where customer behavior and timing matter. Excellent when you need to react instantly to customer actions across channels.


Example: A shopper abandons their cart and immediately receives a push notification followed by an email with the exact items they left behind.
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Its really well suited to brands with a mobile app. And from what I can glean from the features my org isn't able to take advantage of, its best suited for: - B2C brands that use social media - ecommerce (i.e. CPG) Otherwise, I am not convinced it is the tool I would recommend for users that do not have a mobile app. You're not getting most of the value from it.
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Pros
  • All in one. We have experience working with other CDP/Marketing suites and it is really difficult to connect their different modules. Bloomreach Engagement has been built to be a single product which makes everything easy to use
  • Fast and real-time. Other platforms struggle with getting real-time volumes or segmenting based on real-time events, that is not the case with Bloomreach Engagement
  • GCP partnership. Being deployed over GCP and having BigQuery as raw data export makes really easy to expand and connect with existing stacks
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  • Well looked after - Braze itself are always on hand to answer any questions and help us make our work better.
  • Great tool - We use a fair bit of Braze but there
  • are so many exciting features we're slowly incorporating, Braze is always building on what they have and this keeps us top of our game.
  • Fantastic learning - I have advanced quickly in my work in Braze due to their support and learning programs. This has been key for me.
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Cons
  • While Importing the offline data, sometimes the auto detection is failed to detect the csv file
  • While we import with wrong mapping, even after pressing escape before the import starts, its not cancelling the import. it start running. It would be great if it stops the import
  • it would be great if we receive email for successfully finished imports too
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  • Enabling GIF/videos to be directly uploaded on to Braze's platform
  • Easier way of creating canvases; right now it is too complex for someone new who is starting off in the company to understand what things do and where things are
  • Ability to track duplicate user profiles within the entire audience segment
  • Automated deduplicating email addresses/phone numbers in each targeting segment; right now it's done manually after extracting csv files
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Likelihood to Renew
So far, Hippo is our ideal tool given its use of open standards which helps us to have a clear overview of what's coming next in the future Hippo releases. We are very confident in the future-readiness of the product
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We are on a mission for an omnichannel experience for our customers and are already making good progress with Braze able to fully support and optimise this
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Usability
In my time working with Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud, I always liked to work with it. It is crucial that you get support from experts from the beginning to show you how to work with the vast amount of options and activities to choose from. The learning curve is also well-rounded because of its user-friendly interface and highly skilled customer support.
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It is an easy-to-understand platform, thanks to its design and accessibility. You can, for example, easily find any users and their data, check exact volumes of segments, follow the history of messages sent, and create reports. We can connect Braze with other platforms for analysis or email design (Snowflake, Hightouch, Stripo...).
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Reliability and Availability
It has always been available with great response times. Honestly in almost 5 years there was like one outage and I have to admit that it was solved so quick that I don't even know if it's fair to even call it that. Bloomreach is extremely reliable, can't fault it.
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Performance
ten out of ten, Bloomreach has revolutionised our marketing capabilities. It has allowed us to get real time data insights from our customers, and then put these into action. Previously it would be a very time consuming and slow process for us to get any sort of campaign out but not anymore, this has lead to increased conversions and revenue
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Support Rating
I have given this rating as i feel the team is very responsive and helpful whenever issues arise. Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization provides clear guidance and practical solutions which make it easier to get campaigns live quickly. They also share the best practices and recommendations that help us make the most of the platform.
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Very responsive and helpful on simple questions, but not great other than that. They do not have a way for the customer/user to escalate a ticket. You have to contact your rep and in some cases, they don't respond within 24 hours so you have no idea if they have escalated it. There is no phone number for an urgent issue - you have to rely on email
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In-Person Training
The Training was awesome
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Online Training
very informative and patient
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Implementation Rating
All the deployments were done on time
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Alternatives Considered
Having used Bloomreach Composable Personalization Cloud for the last 3 years, I can confidently say that it is the most sophisticated platform in my experience. The unifying of customer data in the platform has been an immeasurable strength in our Marketing arsenal. The support received from the Bloomreach Composable Personalization Cloud support team is also superior to that of any platform I have used previously, often receiving replies and advice within one hour of messaging.
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Braze has its own strengths and weaknesses compared to Bloomreach and Hubspot. Personally I prefer Bloomreach for lifecycle journey and orchestration however I've felt integration and scaling to be more straightforward with Braze. Other platforms have been reviewed but for value for money at scale and quality of platform, Braze came out as the chosen one.
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Scalability
there is an option of multiple projects per organisation, customers and assets can be copied across. Multiple sites can be managed in one project, different activities organized under initiatives. Splitting work into sensible units is therefore well possible. The billing is based on number of tracked and number of stored events, no package-based deals. It should therefore be well scalable from a small e-store to a large corporation.
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Return on Investment
  • Emails, banners, and weblayers brought us an increase in conversion and additional profit.
  • From a marketers perspective, it allows us to reach far and wide and see how well a campaign is doing in real-time.
  • Knowing the customer allows improved communication and personalize our recommendations.
  • Bloomreach Engagement has created revenue uplift with acquisition and conversion.
  • The most effective tool out there when ROI is in question.
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  • We saved a couple of million by switching from Salesforce to Braze.
  • We increased our engagement for a limited-time promo by 33% by simply running a 4-variant subject line test.
  • We managed to reduce our unsubscribe volume by 18% by excluding dormant users.
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ScreenShots

Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization Screenshots

Screenshot of funnels that simplify targeting.Screenshot of retention-based insights about impact of changes in a product and the impact of major marketing campaigns.Screenshot of web layers with A/B testingScreenshot of the drag and drop campaign editorScreenshot of the WYSIWYG Email editor & Fully customisable Email templatesScreenshot of the CRM with 360° customer behaviour history