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$0.90
per month (billed annually) per user
WiseStamp
Score 8.9 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
WiseStamp is an email signature solution for both small and large companies. It was acquired by vCita in August 2019, and is now a vCita solution.
$228
per year 10 seats (minimum)
Pricing
Exclaimer
WiseStamp
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0.90
per month (billed annually) per user
Standard
$1.45
per month (billed annually) per user
Pro
$1.75
per month (billed annually) per user
Basic
$1.9
per month (billed annually) per seat
Plus
$2.3
per month (billed annually) per seat
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Pricing Offerings
Exclaimer
WiseStamp
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
Licensing is based on the number of active mailboxes Exclaimer adds email signatures to. Subscriptions are on a monthly or annual basis. Volume and charitable discounts are available. Minimum number of users is 10 per month.
WiseStamp has 3 pricing editions. A free trial of WiseStamp is also available.
WiseStamp was difficult to configure and data took time to sync after implementation and any changes that were made. Exclaimer's management console much easier to navigate, troubleshoot, and implement
Exclaimer offered the ability to have individual users customize certain aspects of their signature (pronouns, upcoming PTO, etc) the other options we evaluated didn't have easy ways to do that. That was the main selling point.
WiseStamp is different because it's a more user-friendly platform, which was especially useful because marketing has control of the signatures. A portal designed for them wouldn't have been helpful and would have required lots of extra training. This wasn't needed with WiseStamp.
We needed to move away from self-designed signatures (or rather, signatures that staff were provided when they joined the company) and move to a more uniform solution that would allow us to make important changes forcibly appear on all emails - these were namely terms and conditions, especially during times of difficulty such as covid. Whilst this was a requirement, each branch had specific information such as a number and postcode, and some even had their own specific branding. It was vital that we be able to make a signature but still be able to control what does and doesn't apply.
Again, WiseStamp solved all of the problems I've had with other email signature creators in the past. The links work, the images display correctly, the design and layout remain intact, and everything I want and need for my signature is great with WiseStamp. I highly recommend WiseStamp to anyone looking for a well-crafted email signature and anyone who counts on their email signature to display as intended.
Professional Email Signatures - the designs a person can create with WiseStamp are definitelt sleek and modern. They have a variety of templates with a fair amount of customisation and a possibility to design your own template for an extra fee.
Centralized Signature Management - WiseStamp provides a platform for organizations to manage email signatures for all employees from a single dashboard. There is customisability on how much the company hires their employees to be a part of email signature editing, which is very useful to keep the whole feel of the organization on brand as tailored as possible.
Social Media Integration - allows the inclusion of clickable social media icons in signatures, encouraging engagement on platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook. That is one of the main aspects why we chose WiseStamp as well - since these custom clickable links are very hard to create in any other way.
Dynamic Content - whether it is changing photos or different banners, that can be updated without modifying the signature design. This is super useful Useful for marketing campaigns, special offers, or events.
Exclaimer's campaign rotation feature is not under campaigns and could be more intuitively placed within the platform.
It would be helpful if they had an infographic to guide not IT but everyday users through initial set up and use. They do have great videos, but the impatient people need an infographic.
Exclaimer's language in the platform can be a little clunky. It might be good to have it reviewed by Americans and Brits and try and find a happy medium that is relatively intuitive for both.
We are very happy with exclaimer it runs 99.9% of the time without any issues. It also very easy to use and maintain and the design team are happy to use it as its so user friendly. When compared to how much time we used to spend updating banners exclaimer saves us hours. This more than justifies the cost and when it comes to renew we wont be thinking twice about doing so
In the order that I recall the setup process: Signature templates need to be set up (attribute mapping to AD) Office 365 connector needs to be set up (global admin needed and exclaimer engineer for guidance) Signature policies need to be set up (who gets which signatures) Office membership groups need to be setup (who in the org will use exclaimer) Members need to be added to those groups (user membership) Agents need to be deployed on the end-user hosts (local agent)
My recommendation for anyone starting with WiseStamp for the first time is to go super simple. Spend no more than 15 minutes, if even that long, throwing something together. Use that for a couple of weeks and then if you'd like to add some more tricked-out features, go for it but it really isn't necessary. While WiseStamp can do a lot, great design is in the simplicity. So, think of who is going to see the info and craft it with them in mind as more isn't always better. Remember, it's just the gist of who you are and not your resumé.
I've only had one issue in 7 years where I needed to reach out to Exclaimer for support, but it was handled quickly and resolved my issue. No messing around to provide additional information. Just a quick solution to what I was facing which resolved the issue on the first go around.
Our implementation was relatively easy as we weren't cutting over from anything. We just got the software installed, set up the file share and got active directory set up. We got exsync on a scheduled task and it just worked. We built our templates and policies and it has always been relatively smooth.
In my opinion, Exclaimer offers far superior ease of use while also offering much more functionality which is greatly appreciated for us. I've also found that Exclaimer is less prone to issues with users, which helps lighten the load on the IT team.
CodeTwo is much more customizable and offers a wider range of integrated scenarios, so I guess it fits larger companies better. However, managing it was way too complex for us (non-IT guys). Our choice was mainly technical because they range in a similar price.
We used the Design Template service; this was a very pleasant experience and the design team we in constant communication with us to ensure the templates were designed exactly to our remit.
I have increased my calendar bookings from outreach emails by more than 200%
It makes it easier for people to schedule time with me when multiple people are involved as they can see my availability by clicking the link.
I have had customers that have not used me for a period of time book time out of the blue by going back to one of my old emails and seeing the scheduling link there
I use the banner tool whenever there is a promotion or to promote some of my sponsor brands to my clients without them even realising they are getting "adverts"
