Litmus from Validity vs. Mailjet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Litmus from Validity
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Litmus, from Validity, is an email marketing solution used to create error-free emails in less time. It is also used to build email campaigns, personalize and test them thoroughly, monitor deliverability, and analyze email performance.
$500
per month
Mailjet
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Mailjet is an email solution designed for both marketers and developers. Mailjet allows them to create, send, and track marketing and transactional emails via a user interface or APIs. EMAIL MARKETING Mailjet’s user interface is available in 5 languages (English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian) and enables marketing teams to create, test, and send emails. Its drag & drop email builder helps users create responsive emails. The user management…
$17
per month
Pricing
Litmus from ValidityMailjet
Editions & Modules
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Essential
$17
per month
Premium
$27
per month
Free
Free
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Litmus from ValidityMailjet
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsLitmus offers different plan types to fit various needs, offering monthly and annual plans, as well as fully customizable Enterprise plans.The Essentials plan contains Mailjet’s core feature. Premium includes advanced features to leverage email strategy. A discount is available for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Litmus from Validity
Chose Litmus from Validity
Email on Acid was our previous email previewer. We actually still have an account with them since the price point is much lower than Litmus. Each platform comes with its benefits and drawbacks, but the ultimate tool that has supercharged our workflows and enhanced collaboration …
Chose Litmus from Validity
If you’re looking for a drag-and-drop email editor, Litmus probably isn’t the right fit for you. If you’re looking for a quality code editor with templates & snippeting, plus testing & analytics, Litmus is an excellent option.
Mailjet

No answer on this topic

Features
Litmus from ValidityMailjet
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Litmus from Validity
5.3
326 Ratings
40% below category average
Mailjet
8.3
15 Ratings
4% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.037 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Dynamic content7.833 Ratings6.010 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.9209 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages2.63 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing1.84 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Mobile optimization9.0317 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting8.6230 Ratings10.015 Ratings
List management1.82 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Litmus from Validity
7.2
212 Ratings
6% below category average
Mailjet
10.0
14 Ratings
26% above category average
Dashboards5.610 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Standard reports8.7211 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Custom reports7.5148 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Litmus from Validity
8.9
315 Ratings
11% above category average
Mailjet
-
Ratings
URL Validation8.7236 Ratings00 Ratings
Link Tracking8.5206 Ratings00 Ratings
Spam Testing8.9236 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Previews9.5313 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Litmus from ValidityMailjet
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(338 ratings)
9.0
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.5
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.4
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Litmus from ValidityMailjet
Likelihood to Recommend
Validity
I’ve been really impressed with Litmus, especially the personalization features. Being able to easily plug in tools like sentiment trackers right into our emails has helped us gather valuable third-party data without a lot of extra work. I also really appreciate the ongoing learning resources—they offer tons of free webinars and articles that are actually useful. I recently read one on email deliverability that broke down specific data and gave me clear, actionable steps to improve how our emails are hitting inboxes. It’s more than just a testing tool—it’s become a go-to resource in our email marketing toolkit.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
I raised a ticket. It’s been four days and they won’t reply. So I raised another ticket asking why they are not replying. The issue was quite urgent. Then in a very short time, I saw the ticket was closed. So they have time to close my ticket, but they don’t have time or they don’t want to reply to a ticket. Very interesting.

Their attitude of doing nothing is the worst and the rudest I’ve ever seen in my years of working with several email service companies. And I see that they blame this on the pandemic. But many other good companies, they are not doing this. Your problem is your problem, don’t try to blame someone else.

So, please DO NOT buy it, consider others.
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Pros
Validity
  • Alerts: users are notified whenever comments or approvals are made on emails, with regular reminders being sent in case some were missed
  • Centralised: all members can collaborate and give their feedback on emails, providing a better flow and efficiency for the hierarchy of approvals.
  • Integration: very smooth integration, with little to no errors, with our CRM tool.
  • Validation: alt text, scaling and image ratios are validated
  • Dark mode: a very important accessibility tool used by many email users, this compatibility theme is often overlooked on other platforms. Litmus, however, makes it clear how important it is to review and track emails in this format.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
  • Mailjet is good at "links", it's really easy to link your content and photos to outside links.
  • Mailjet is good at getting emails out in a timely fashion.
  • Mailjet is really cost-effective compared to their competitors for what all you get.
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Cons
Validity
  • Sometime, I feel like its slow to use. Speed is something which can be helpful.
  • AI feature. It will be beneficial for us if there is an AI feature for content updates. It can improve the subject line and content based on the performance of our past emails.
  • If it can provide more ideas on CRM based on industry standards, like I work in hospitality, and if it can share data and any new initiative for hospitality CRM, it might be useful for us to consider.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
  • Customer service is not excellent.
  • My email list's integrity was in question. They repeatedly turned off our service questioning my results.
  • Multiple times I went to use the service in need of sending out an email and our service was not working.
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Likelihood to Renew
Validity
It's one the best tools that we've found for this type of tool but we would like some additional features like spell check so if there's a platform that features that with everything else Litmus has, then we'd potentially look to move over to that platform instead. However, we are overall pretty help with the platform
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Usability
Validity
Litmus has integrations that make the software an integrated part of my work every day. Being able to test right within my email builder is just brilliant. Daily I also use the web interface to review analytics and spam testing. Overall it is one of the pieces of software I use daily without any complaints or issues.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Validity
We have never had a problem with Litmus being unavailable so I would say their availability is fantastic. There might have been one time years ago that the site was down briefly but it also might have been a server issue on my end. Either way, Litmus was back up and running in a very short time
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Performance
Validity
As with all technology, there are inevitably use-cases where you are unable to get to your original goal without some good old-fashioned experimenting. Some situations will (and are) more urgent which complicates an effective integration of a new process or a new team using an existing process but the "issues" are regularly resolved by re-starting the process specific to when Litmus is introduced to a project. If it doesn't come out the way you're anticipating, run it again and verify there is an issue before declaring all is lost
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Validity
I am always so so impressed with the litmus support team. They are not only prompt but attentive and offer very personalised responses and support
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Validity
I had internal training for how to use, not lead by litmus. Unsure if there was any external training which took place before my time
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Validity
It has all the required information.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Validity
I didn’t really personally participate much in the implementation of Litmus, but from what I observed during the process, it was a smooth process with minimal disruptions. The team was able to get up and running quickly, and the platform’s user-friendly interface made onboarding fairly easy for everyone involved from the start.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Validity
This is not applicable to my role as I have used Litmus to test emails since I have started. Because of the ease of use, timeliness, consistent quality, and affordability that Litmus offers, I haven't found the need to look at similar products or organizations. If all of these features continue to stay strong, I don't plan on changing providers
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
Mailjet was much easier to set up, and much more affordable for us than other solutions we evaluated, such as SendGrid. SendGrid may be better suited for organizations with larger volumes or more technical staff, but for us, Mailjet was a superior solution at this time. We also looked at other competitors, but Mailjet impressed us the most with their ease of use and excellent customer support.
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Scalability
Validity
With our enterprise account, scalability is not an issue. I have not yet seen or heard of significant issues with user access, API connections for integrations etc. This includes down time for "Scheduled Maintenance" as some providers call them, Litmus has the technology backing to support a global team with a 24-hour workday across regions
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Validity
  • Litmus saves our team so much time by making the QA and email review process so much easier, streamlined, and efficient.
  • We often send out campaigns out to thousands of members, and Litmus gives us the assurance and peace of mind that everything is working as it should before it gets sent out.
  • Decreases the number of email review cycles we go through.
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Sinch (formerly CLX Communications)
  • Changing from active campaign to Mailjet decreased our mail spend by more than 50% in savings.
  • Been able to send so many emails for different campaigns increases our retention with active users who became engaged users. In our case, it is important to be in constant communication with customers.
  • Mailjet needs to be complemented with other tools, such as Zapier, in order to create better implementations. It might cost you for additional software but it is still cheaper than solutions that charge you by the number of users.
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ScreenShots

Litmus from Validity Screenshots

Screenshot of Litmus Personalize Essentials, with live polls to give subscribers a voice and drive email engagement.Screenshot of Litmus Email Guardian, featuring 24/7 link monitoring to safeguard emails.Screenshot of Litmus' integrated insights reports, that can automatically combine metrics from Salesforce Marketing Cloud with subscriber engagement insights from Litmus.Screenshot of campaign preview, available in 100+ popular email clientsScreenshot of Litmus' inbox previewing and feedback tools, that help users to spot and fix issues early.

Mailjet Screenshots

Screenshot of Passport, which is Mailjet’s email editor used to create responsive emails and collaborate in real-time with other users inside the builder.Screenshot of the real-time collaboration tool.Screenshot of the statistics dashboard used to track campaign performance.Screenshot of an example of emails sent via SMTP relay or Send API.Screenshot of the drag-and-drop email automations builder