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Iterable vs. Media Shield

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Iterable
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Iterable is an AI-powered customer communication platform that activates customers across channels in real-time. With intelligent personalization, dynamic content, and a cross-channel suite, Iterable helps brands create seamless, data-driven experiences across email, SMS, push, and in-app notifications.N/A
Media Shield
Score 0.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Media Shield is a digital marketing agency and SaaS platform designed to help small businesses streamline customer engagement, automate workflows, and drive growth. The platform's features include a CRM, marketing automation, reputation management, lead generation, and website solutions, Media Shield combined with the ultimate goal of helping businesses to optimize their online presence.
$147
per month per account
Pricing
IterableMedia Shield
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$147
per month per account
Pro
$297
per month per account
Premium
$497
per month per account
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IterableMedia Shield
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details—Up to a 15% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
IterableMedia Shield
Considered Both Products
Iterable
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable's geolocation paired with catalog items was something Braze and other platforms just couldn't do. Many tried to offer a workaround, but there just wasn't a legitimate solution anywhere else.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable was more competitive in pricing, the segmentation technology was extremely advanced and fast in comparison with the competitors we analysed, and deliverability and reliability of the system have been fantastic.
JD
Jacob Defren
Marketing Specialist
Chose Iterable
Iterable has plug-in capabilities with Movable Ink, in which Movable allows for dynamic content to plug into HTML, text, messages, and utilizes data within Iterable to send dynamic personalized content to customers, great tool in addition to Iterable!

Previously we've used …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
If you're still using SFMC do yourself a favor and explore some of the newer options available. Iterable is a strong competitor unless you need the B2B and account based marketing/support teams all in a single platform.
Klaviyo is great and best for small-medium size companies …
MB
Michelle Bechor
Member Experience Coordinator
Chose Iterable
I admittedly don't remember much of Klaviyo, as I have become so familiar with Iterable. I definitely prefer Iterable, however. There are so many more features in Iterable and it just feels like a more dynamic and comprehensive experience with more granular data than Klaviyo …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Intercom is not created for marketing purposes and it is quite transparent when you get around to building a campaign with it. It's clunky and often quite frustrating to work with. While Iterable is not perfect, it's a tremendous upgrade. Iterable allows you to have more …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable is way more user-friendly, eazy to learn and use, overall much better.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
We have been on Iterable for about 2 years and in that 2 years have evaluated other platforms, considering doing another migration.

The key reason we have stayed with Iterable is the ease of running (largely automated) omni channel comms with a complex data structure. We have …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable has more nuance and allows us to leverage more data.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable is leagues and bounds ahead of Mailchimp. While they definitely have room for improvement, I'm thoroughly pleased with the creative builder upgrade.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
I can't provide a direct comparison as I have not executed marketing communications with other CRM tools before. Of course, having used Pipedrive as a CRM tool for sales and lifecycle management, I would definitely choose Iterable for complexity and ease of use. The only …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable has an easier UI, with a great educational center to be up to date on the product. Iterable also helps manage different locales in one template and create different projects to manage different databases. Lately, with the integration with Snowflake, will allow an easy …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
my company was already using Iterable when i got here. but i will say that the system isn't nearly as complicated as marketo. I found where i didn't like using marketo because of how complicated it is for the user.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable has much more flexibility than other platforms I explored. Personalization in particular is something Iterable does better than the competition.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Moving from a company that used Mailchimp to one that leverages Iterable was a huge step up. Iterable provides a plethora of additional tools to customize and reach our users in a strategic way. We're also able to automate a lot more in Iterable which saves time and resources. …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Far and away, Iterable is easier to use and more cost-effective. While Iterable may not have the bells and whistles or integrations that some of their competitors offer, Iterable can still meet the large majority of business use cases and is easy to use for marketers. As I …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable is the best in terms of user interface, innovation and customer service.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Very similar capabilities but more expensive
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
Iterable is far superior. The UI, AB testing tool, drag and drop template editor, journey building, reporting. Almost every aspect is better
AS
Amit Sharma
CTO (Hubble Connected)
Chose Iterable
The rich functions , flexibility, iOS and Android SDK integration, Cost and return of investment we find better with Iterable.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Iterable
We thought Iterable provided the advanced features we needed but it did not.
Media Shield

No answer on this topic

Features
IterableMedia Shield
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Iterable
7.2
Ratings
6% below category average
Media Shield
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting5.20 Ratings00 Ratings
List management7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Iterable
6.2
Ratings
16% below category average
Media Shield
-
Ratings
Dashboards6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Iterable
8.2
Ratings
9% above category average
Media Shield
-
Ratings
API7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
IterableMedia Shield
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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Usability
9.1
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Availability
8.6
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Performance
8.5
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Support Rating
9.1
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Online Training
6.4
(0 ratings)
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Product Scalability
9.1
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User Testimonials
IterableMedia Shield
Likelihood to Recommend
Iterable is great for any marketing team looking to ramp up the capabilities on lifecycle marketing specifically if you're a company with a lot of data and/or SKU's the product makes handling a lot of complexities much simpler and enables my team to move much faster even as a small team
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • It is easy to onboard new users with building communications. The drag and drop editor is very intuitive to use.
  • Allows for complex data structures on user profiles and in events. This is a key reason we onboarded to Iterable and have stayed with it.
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Anonymous
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Cons
  • Locale management: being able to copy and past a template section/row/content from a locale to another. Also, be able to duplicate any locale to any locale. So far we can just duplicate the default locale into the rest of the locales
  • Outages - I feel in the last 1 and half, more outages are happening, impacting their clients
  • Image library
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Anonymous
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Likelihood to Renew
Extremely easy to use, deeply integrated into our infrastructure
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Anonymous
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Usability
Iterable is super easy to use. I have experience with competing platforms, but Iterable is by far the most intuitive platform to use. I also really appreciate the way the product team is willing to accept product requests
Verified User
Anonymous
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Reliability and Availability
Iterable is there like 99.9% of the time. However, when it goes down, it grinds us to a halt. Most of the time, outages are an hour or less, but if that's at a peak time, it can be a nightmare. That said, when the worst does happen, there are frequent updates and an easy situation tracker that give you an estimate of how much longer you'll have to wait for the issue to be resolved.
Jennifer Gibbs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jennifer Gibbs
Editorial Director
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Performance
The API is super quick. The UI can be a little sluggish depending on what you're loading, but overall Iterable performs great. Iterable appears to do a good job of making processes async so that one action isn't blocking another.
Jason Paddock | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jason Paddock
Director, Marketing Data and Technology
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Support Rating
I've never experienced any issues with Iterable. As I and my colleagues have learnt the system and it's features, response to questions and advice from our account manager is always quick. Kevin knows the product well, and with the few tricky questions has hasn't been able to answer he's been quick to get back to us.
Michael Finger | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Finger
Marketing Campaigns Manager
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Alternatives Considered
As mentioned previously, I was hired to do a migration from ActiveCampaign, and I stayed for 2 years as a power user of Itearble. Since leaving OneVision Resources, I have continued to volunteer my time in a regional user group, which I would not do if the platform, product, and company were not so strong and so marketer-forward.
Karen W. Euler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Karen W. Euler
Marketing Manager
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Scalability
We've definitely tested scalability, and it's no line - it works. The process is pretty easy. Most of the times it goes off without a hitch. Any time we do encounter issues, our support team is quick to get on the job and very communicative as they work us through a successful launch.
Jennifer Gibbs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jennifer Gibbs
Editorial Director
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Return on Investment
  • I do not have hard numbers, as I am not in the department that deals with those kinds of quantifications of impact. However, I do believe the use of Iterable has been a positive thing for us in providing more comprehensive data that is useful when dealing with customer tickets.
MB
Michelle Bechor
Member Experience Coordinator
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ScreenShots

Iterable Screenshots

Screenshot of how Iterable unifies customer, product, business, and martech ecosystem data to create integrated marketing.Screenshot of Iterable’s AI Suite, that helps to build personalized campaigns quickly, predicts what customers need next, and fine-tunes every message for maximum impact.Screenshot of some of the tools and support available through Iterable that support scale and tomorrow’s growth.Screenshot of how Iterable unifies all engagement channels into one platform for consistent, personalized communication, connecting with customers wherever they are: SMS, email, in-app, push, embedded messaging, and beyond.Screenshot of how to create highly-personalized communications that listen to, react to, and anticipate customer needs.Screenshot of an example of how AI can be used to influence the most important metrics and achieve key business goals.

Media Shield Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboard, displaying key metrics and analytics.Screenshot of where to manage customer interactions across multiple channels (email, SMS, social media, and chat) from a single inbox.Screenshot of where to automate scheduling with built-in calendars, appointment booking, and reminders to streamline client meetings.Screenshot of the CRM, used to store, manage, and segment customer data.Screenshot of the customizable sales pipeline, used to track sales progress, manage deals, and visualize the customer journey.Screenshot of the interface to view transactions with invoicing, contracts, subscriptions, product sales, and secure payment processing.