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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Intuit Mailchimp

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMailchimp is an email marketing and marketing automation platform. Beyond just tracking how campaigns perform, Mailchimp takes it a step further by analyzing data from over half a billion emails to show why campaigns perform, driving informed decisions.

    $0

    per month

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Intuit MailchimpTwilio SendGrid
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    starts at $13
    per month
    Standard
    starts at $20
    per month
    Premium
    starts at $350
    per month
    Basic
    $15
    per month
    Advanced
    $60
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Intuit MailchimpTwilio SendGrid
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Intuit MailchimpTwilio SendGrid
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    It's better for the average campaign requirements. Some projects require more advanced features and we use other tools for those. For example, making an system email that needs to be white-listed and then send system emails from it. For that we used Mailjet, sendgrid and other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    Mailchimp is arguably a stronger solution when it comes to simple, straightforward email marketing. If, however, you have a more peculiar use case or need to implement your solution with a more fully-fledged API and almost certainly pay less money per month, sendgrid is likely …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    sendgrid works well if you are [a] developer, want more data, and managing many lists. Mailchimp, on the other hand, works on simplicity and provides an easy way to set up landing pages and forms.
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    I have used a lot of email marketing tools over the years and Intuit Mailchimp is one that I keep going back to, it simple and easy to use, no messing around and it does what it says one tin.
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    In my opinion, there is no comparison between the Chat & Messenger verses Intuit Mailchimp. I think Intuit Mailchimp's features far out weigh all other software I have tried of its kind and its user friendly functionality makes it even more appealing. I would not recommend …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    Mailchimp is the better choice for small businesses, but it starts to lose its power and luster when you scale and want more power, features, and email-focused reliability. As a jack of all trades, it gets the job done—but it's now the email powerhouse on the block.
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    I think hubspot is a lot better for automated emails requiring business logic and more complex requirements, which is generally what i do. however if you are sending out more straightforward email marketing campaigns for a newsletter, product updates, or otherwise already …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    I have tried a lot of email marketing software and mailchimp has been the one that has given me the best ROI. The emails are easy to design and it's not difficult to gather information on my recipients either. Mailchimp has helped me grow my customer database through targeted …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    For small to medium users, Mailchimp to be the best option. Evaluating cost and ease of use, we found it to be a good choice. It did everything we needed while costing less than the alternatives we looked at for our use case. The ability to get up and running quickly was a key …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    We selected Mailchimp against other alternatives for its non-technical workflow and cheaper pricing suitable for small and medium businesses. Also, it offers a ready-made landing page, signup forms, and email templates suitable for any type of business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    Mailchimp stands up okay against MailerLite as they almost the same, however, MailerLite does offer a better UI and better support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    Mailchimp was the best out of what I have previously used. It has much better reporting, automation and better list management. It is a good product to use if you are able to spend a bit of time and money to develop some templates and make it look amazing. It has been a big …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    Mailchimp is more user-friendly and all the staff picked up on it very quickly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    During my research on email marketing tools I tried couple of other tools also but I found most of them unfit as per my requirements. Some of them were not providing trial versions whereas some of them were not having Drag and Drop feature and some of them were not good in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Intuit Mailchimp
    MailChimp is not the cheapest email campaign company however it has been the easiest to use for me since I stared using the service in college and then found it was what was used at the companies I worked for. It allows me to send email surveys that are released at a timeline …
    Incentivized
    Twilio
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    I have been using Sendgrid for a while now, and the main reason to select it in the first place was because of the data analytics it offered and data security. Its high deliverability and rates and the pricing offered for our requirement suited our budget; hence, we chose it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    Twilio SendGrid is a great all around email marketing solution. It does everything that Mailchimp can do but offers a whole host of other features a professional marketeer would require. Mailchimp does not support email campaigns that promote gambling products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    We considered using Mailchimp from the beginning but we weren't in a place where we needed everything Mailchimp had to offer and we needed a simpler solution that was easy to implement and use. SendGrid served us well as a bigger stage company with limited funds and needs but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    Before using SendGrid we used Mailchimp and were very limited with segmenting our users. Then we moved to ActiveCampaign and paid a ton of money for sending a few promotional emails per month. Then we got SendGrid - letting us rid both of ActiveCampaign and Mailgun and having …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    All of the aforementioned competing services don't have a transactional email component along with their email marketing campaign services. Also, SendGrid is the most economical value of the 4, while 2nd place goes to MailChimp with regard to pricing. I liked SendGrid out of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    SendGrid offers a ready-to-go solution to delivering e-mails to your users. They have integrated the most popular features/requirements for managing the Marketing aspect of your e-mail list with one of the best APIs for managing your lists, campaigns, creatives, and messages. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    We have been looking for an email marketing provider that would match the budget ("not too high" :), our database numbers (over 10K subscribers), and convenience. MailChimp is very convenient and easy to use, but it was expensive at 10K+ subscribers. Emma, which I haven't used, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    I've used MailChimp and Mandrill as well. Neither is as easy or effective as SendGrid.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    MailChimp is just not as flexible as we've found SendGrid to be. We used MailChimp for several clients in the past and it always did an ok job, but we were never blown away. With SendGrid, we have what we feel is a much more sophisticated platform and experience. Plus we can do …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    We also have Kartra, which is not in your list. Seriously, if I’m running the campaign, it’s SendGrid. I’m not a tech guy, but I can use it and can even design something and get the HTML code out if I need to.
    My biggest gripe is that it’s so hard to move data across platforms, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    Twilio is a better all-around system and comes at a much less expensive price.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    Some of the other platforms we have used in the past appeared to be cheaper up front, but in the long run... they were a lot more costly than Twilio SendGrid. Some of the other email marketing tools did not offer drag and drop features that make building an email campaign easy …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    For transactional email, SendGrid is hard to beat. When your use case includes transactional emails as well as marketing email sends, SendGrid is a one-stop shop.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    Cost is effictive measurement when we want to get started with any email provider. SendGrid provides cost-effective solution than other competitors. Also, their dashboard is more user friendly for marketors and developers. They provide in-detail analytics for each events …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    I started using this application only because of its accuracy in newsletters. Once I started using this application for my product promotions I got very positive results. After couple of successful promotional email campaigns I realized a significant increase in transactional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    Sendgrid was already in place when I start working here. It does a good job and I am glad were using it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    For engaging with existing (non-cold) email lists including transactional emails and just general daily/weekly newsletters, SendGrid has a good price and high deliverability rates. SendGrid is also very startup-community friendly and helped our developers get up to speed and …
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Intuit MailchimpTwilio SendGrid
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.8
    488 Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    7.1
    48 Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.2453 Ratings7.035 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.0436 Ratings6.838 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.3417 Ratings5.636 Ratings
    Landing pages7.8337 Ratings8.023 Ratings
    A/B testing7.5368 Ratings7.228 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.7447 Ratings7.036 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.3475 Ratings7.448 Ratings
    List management7.5475 Ratings7.642 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences7.8328 Ratings7.222 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation6.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management6.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.2
    60 Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring7.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.0
    56 Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns6.350 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.847 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.2
    473 Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    7.6
    48 Ratings
    Dashboards7.7136 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Standard reports7.8471 Ratings8.246 Ratings
    Custom reports6.361 Ratings7.230 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    6.5
    57 Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    -
    Ratings
    API7.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com6.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM5.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Intuit Mailchimp and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Intuit Mailchimp
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Intuit MailchimpTwilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (511 ratings)
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (51 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (380 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    3.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)