Customer.io vs. SAP Service Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Customer.io
Score 9.4 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Customer.io is a customer engagement platform that enables marketers to build sophisticated automated messaging campaigns. With access to real-time behavioral data, users can create personalized and relevant messages to engage and retain customers. This includes sending emails, push notifications, SMS, in-app messages, and more through a visual building experience. Built for scale, Customer.io boasts users among over 5,300 companies, sending over 17 billion messages per year.N/A
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SAP Service Cloud helps deliver customer value and protect the brand with intelligent customer service. It enables the user to engage with customers at their convenience, connect service with the value chain and deliver greater profitability.N/A
Pricing
Customer.ioSAP Service Cloud
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Pricing Offerings
Customer.ioSAP Service Cloud
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEssentials: For startups and small teams engaging customers on their mobile and web apps. - Up to 5,000 profiles*, Send Emails, Push, In-App, and SMS, Visual Workflow Builder, Segmentation, Two Workspaces, Email Support, Customer Community Premium: For high-growth companies looking for greater control over their messaging outcomes. - Everything in Essentials, Custom Data + Message Volume, Premium Product Features, Additional Workspaces, 90-day Onboarding Program, Premium Email & Chat Support, Managed Deliverability, Dedicated IPs, Parcel Pro Licenses, HIPAA Compliance Enterprise: For at-scale companies looking to create world-class customer experiences. - Everything in Premium, Managed Infrastructure*, Customer Success Manager, Quarterly Success Reviews, Technical Account Manager*, Audit Logging & Data Governance*, Parcel Business Licenses, Migration Support*, *Available by consultation.
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Community Pulse
Customer.ioSAP Service Cloud
Considered Both Products
Customer.io
Chose Customer.io
Customer.io has in my opinion more robust features for comms campaigns vs some of the other tools available on the market that have other focuses primarily and then have CRM tacked on. We've also found Customer.io to be more easy to integrate with the tech stack of our business …
Chose Customer.io
Customer.io is much more comprehensive and powerful. It takes some getting used to but once you understand how it works, you have a ton of control when it comes to email marketing.
Chose Customer.io
I found Customer.io much easier to navigate than any of the other email platforms out there, and the pricing is MUCH better as well.
Chose Customer.io
Customer is much more flexible and enables a greater amount of personalization.
Chose Customer.io
Customer.io is one of the tools we use or suggest based on the situation. Customer.io is in a place between basic email marketing and marketing automation (in my opinion). And suits well with clients who wants to advance or start with marketing automation.

It's easy, the price …
Chose Customer.io
We used Autopilot in the past. It worked well but the integration wasn't very good, considering they only used cookies. We have a very complex system right now to be able to track every customer, and it was expensive but worth it. Autopilot worked very well when we were …
Chose Customer.io
I think Customer.io is a unique product. Most of the other email marketing products you'll find are more B2B focused and don't provide a good solution for high volume emails at a low price. If you're a B2C company, I can't think of any email product I'd rather use than …
Chose Customer.io
We do still use Hubspot, but their email automation is very native and fixed within Hubspot. We needed something that was going to collect our events and integrate 2-ways with Segment in order to effectively send the campaigns we desired. There are so many events in our app …
Chose Customer.io
Customer.io was really the first pure, full-featured drip email program on the market and as far as I know, it's still the simplest and best overall for that specific function. SendGrid has also added drip campaign features, but I would seriously evaluate Customer.io against …
Chose Customer.io
because the functonalities and how it is integrated with our Redshift database
Chose Customer.io
Customer.io had the best suite of features and - most importantly for us - was willing to sign a BAA with us so we could maintain HIPAA compliance. Mailchimp was fine but we felt Customer.io had a cleaner interface and was easier for general marketers who aren't dedicated email …
SAP Service Cloud
Chose SAP Service Cloud
It had better backed integration with SAP S/4HANA and had less overall cost of ownership and standard and less cost invite involved for integration
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Zoho Desk is the ultimate software for clear communication, but when we compared these two according to our needs, we found out that SAP Service Cloud is the best option for us. Since it provides everything in one location, Zoho Desk is somewhat lacking in this area. That was …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
SAP C4C was selected to reduce the cost that they had with Salesforce.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Chose SAP Service Cloud
customizations for zendesk are complicated and its expensive as compared to the features they are providing.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
After analyzing several business intelligence solutions, we conclude that SAP Service Cloud is the winner. Our analysts can predict potential defaults with unprecedented accuracy, so there is a proactive approach to financial risk management.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
the user interface is much better, but most importantly the ability to integrate the tool with sap 4 hana easily
Chose SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud came out cheaper and tied in a lot better with out other SAP products. It was well established and the logic within the product made it a consistent and well structured solution compared to Salesforce.
Salesforce did offer easy flexibility in customisation and …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Service cloud is faster than Salesforce. Smooth configuration.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Since we already had SAP sales cloud V1, it was logical for us to enable service capabilities in the same tenant. (no additional effort for the integration and change management for the users).
Chose SAP Service Cloud
During evaluation , we found sap service cloud is better in all aspects especially ease to use.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Freshdesk is a lightweight service system that allows a small team to start handling service interactions quickly, in a professional manner. However, our observation was that it does not scale to Enterprise-level and does not have the same level of integration, customisability, …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Platform and interface looks so cool in SAP Service Cloud also the license part when compared to the other players in the market, DDA was impressive, pricing is reasonable when compared to other vendors and the timeline for the implementation is less when compared, flexibility …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud's system works better because in case we have any issues we are easily able to connect with the SPOC and get our issues resolved. Whereas with the other system it takes us time to connect and get a resolution. Also our agents are more comfortable using SAP …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
We select this service because we already have deploy Sap Business One. The other services works great, but lack in compliance and security that we need it at the time. In term of pricing is more expensive but far more robust. We attent thousand of people and uptime should be …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
We evaluated 4-5 software and also thought of building one in-house but after a thorough evaluation, we decided to go ahead with SAP Service Cloud. SAP Service Cloud met our integration requirements better than the other products we evaluated. While the pricing could be a bit …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Compared to Salesforce Service Cloud and Zendesk Support, SAP Service Cloud offered deeper customization tailored to our specific needs, especially for banking. While Salesforce had broad features and Zendesk boasted user-friendliness, SAP provided a balance of both, aligned …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
AI features are behind what Microsoft offers in its Dynamics 365 Customer Service, but as we already had other SAP products, the integration was easier with SAP Service Cloud. Implementation time was a key aspect of our project.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Zoho Analytics, F5 on IBM Cloud and Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Salesforce has many integrations available, but configuring and setting them up can be difficult and necessitate development experience. While SAP Service Cloud integrates well with ease and without any difficulties.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud provides entry level licence pricing that small and medium businesses can afford, while Salesforce license pricing tends to be really high even in small start scenarios.
SAP Service Cloud also provides enough basic features as a standalone solution, whereas …
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User Ratings
Customer.ioSAP Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
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8.2
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Usability
9.0
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Support Rating
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5.5
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Ease of integration
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8.2
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User Testimonials
Customer.ioSAP Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
This tool is well-suited for companies looking to run email marketing campaigns or send out newsletters regularly to their users/customers. The workflow setup is especially useful for companies who want to send specific emails based on user behavior - i.e. they've not logged in recently, have bought a specific product, haven't opened any emails, etc. This could also be useful for freelancers like me since you can create different workspaces within Customer.io. I have configured it this way to handle email marketing for a few of my clients, and the software keeps everything organized and separate. This might not be the best tool for small businesses, considering the price. It may be better to start out with a cheaper email marketing tool, and then if/when necessary, scale-up with a tool like Customer.io.
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SAP Service Cloud is well suited with its omni-channel capabilities giving the possibility to collect service requests from different channels like phone, e-mail or CTI telephony. It also has nice User Interface (when it comes to desktop version). On the other hand SAP Service Cloud needs to be definitiely improved in terms of mobile app, which is horrible and it has limited development possibilities.
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Pros
  • Ease of use, a good tool for non programmers, or not so tech savvy people.
  • Great support, willing to help a lot, by chat, calls, or screen sharing.
  • Fast updates, it's a newer tool, but they are coming with fixes and updates fast.
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  • First is It is highly effective when we consider Customer Relation Engagement.
  • Good User Interface by which anyone can get used to it quickly.
  • It is providing infinite opportunity of integration with other SAP solutions.
  • Affordable Solutions with effective features.
  • It has prebuilt charts which helps us to define customer journey with ease of efforts.
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Cons
  • I may be missing it in the UI, but a place to see the list of emails who qualify for a certain email.
  • One easy to view chart of all our automated/lifecycle emails to see what a given user would see over their customer journey. (This is really just a feature request/idea - the product itself is really awesome.)
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  • Integrating SAP Service Cloud with non-SAP systems can be challenging, i faced some hurdles when my IT team took 3 months to integrate the billing data from some other vendor and the system would run slow if you try to pull billing data
  • Slow loading of the pages as compared to other consumer tech softwares we use
  • Implementation costs and complexity of implementation makes it an option only for large enterprises with huge IT teams (and it can take a few months to implement)
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Likelihood to Renew
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Now all our critical processes are streamlined & would like to explore the new feature to have user friendly experiences
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Usability
It is really difficult to leverage all the neat features without a developer. I actually think the base software could be really great for a small business if the price is right, but there are so many things you *can* do but have to know how to do them or have access to your website and the ability to code.
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Support Rating
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I have found that sometimes issues reported to the SAP takes more time also they lack system support with respect to the priority . Also we don't see RCA for the issues raised. Also turn around time for the issues is not fixed as the support is global sometimes the issues float here and there.
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Alternatives Considered
We used Autopilot in the past. It worked well but the integration wasn't very good, considering they only used cookies. We have a very complex system right now to be able to track every customer, and it was expensive but worth it. Autopilot worked very well when we were starting, but then it didn't track purchases, it wasn't easy to change a customer attribute, and so on (this was a few years ago, probably they have improved a lot). It was more visual and better to create huge workflows. . Mailchimp was the first program we used. It's very basic but good at what it does: sending a newsletter to your small database. It has integrated very well with other services and we haven't used in a lot of time, but certainly was grown a lot so it must be doing things fine. I also tried Active Campaign but it was almost the same as Autopilot.
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Zoho Desk is the ultimate software for clear communication, but when we compared these two according to our needs, we found out that SAP Service Cloud is the best option for us. Since it provides everything in one location, Zoho Desk is somewhat lacking in this area. That was the reason for choosing SAP Service Cloud.
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Return on Investment
  • Helped increase our new user engagement with our cloud-based software
  • Helped our sales team identify clients who had dropped off and stopped interacting with our software
  • Helped our sales and customer service team track which clients were completing their full registration process
  • Helped our marketing, sales, and customer service team identify key features and messaging with A/B testing for different campaigns
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  • After implementing SAP Service Cloud, we've noticed a noticeable drop in the average time it takes to resolve customer queries. Centralized communication and an efficient ticketing system enable our team to respond faster and more effectively.
  • Our customer feedback scores have improved since using the platform. The integrated knowledge base has particularly empowered our team to provide immediate solutions to common queries, elevating the overall customer experience.
  • The platform has streamlined our operations and reduced manual interventions, leading to decreased operational costs related to customer service. Automation features and AI integrations minimize repetitive tasks, allowing our team to tackle more complex customer concerns.
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ScreenShots

Customer.io Screenshots

Screenshot of data-driven or manual segments that can be created in the no-code builder for recipient lists, campaign triggers, filters, and conversion goals.Screenshot of the code editor for email, that helps navigate code and iterate.Screenshot of account performance, visible at a glance from the Dashboard view.Screenshot of drag and drop messages, time delays, and branches where desired, to build cross-channel campaigns.Screenshot of triggered campaigns based on forms submissions, customer attributes, customer actions, and dates.Screenshot of localization for global audiences. One message can be delivered in multiple languages.

SAP Service Cloud Screenshots

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