VerticalResponse

		Pricing
Free Trial		30 days, 100 emails
500 Contacts		$10.00
2000 Contacts		$28.00
4000 Contacts		$46.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				4
Email Deliverability				5
Analyzing Reports				5
Customer Support				5
Overall Score				23/25

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Pros

• 25MB of image hosting space
• Remove the Vertical Response brand from your outbound emails at no cost
• Import multiple contacts from CSV files and email accounts (i.e. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo)
• Export reports into a spreadsheet or text file & receive reports summary in an email
• A/B testing
• Google Analytics integration
• Great customer support
• Spam checker
• 100% deliverability, according to our test

Cons

• No auto-responders
• Can't simply cut/paste multiple contacts from a document into the interface

Conclusion
Thanks to a few key changes, VerticalResponse now offers a quality email marketing service at an affordable price. VerticalResponse consistently performed well in all five of the main email marketing categories in our survey; Creating an Email, Loading/Managing Contacts, Analyzing Reports, Customer Support and Email Deliverability. In addition, VerticalResponse offers a few exceptional features, such as 25MB of image hosting space, A/B testing, Google Analytics integration, and a spam checker, which are not available with other services.

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Constant Contact

		Pricing
Free Trial		60 days, 100 contacts
500 Contacts		$15.00
2500 Contacts		$30.00
5000 Contacts		$50.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				4
Email Deliverability				4
Analyzing Reports				3
Customer Support				5
Overall Score				20/25

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Pros

• WYSIWIG/point-and-click editor
• Free removal of the Constant Contact logo from your emails
• Import contacts from ACT! By Sage, Quickbooks, Outlook/Outlook Express, Excel, CSV, TXT, copy & paste
• Compare average opens, click-throughs, & bounce rates to other Constant Contact email campaigns/industry benchmarks
• Great customer support
• Spam checker
• 100% deliverability according to our test

Cons

• Only 5 hosted images (25 MB upgrade costs $5/month)
• Can't export reports
• No A/B testing

Conclusion
Constant Contact is a well-known email marketing brand name that is "best practices"-oriented. Constant Contact scores high on email creation, contact management, deliverability and customer support. Although they are the only provider to have industry benchmarks against which you can measure the performance of your campaign, the reporting interface lacks some features that many of the other services offer.we found the reports to be lacking several features compared with those of other email marketing services.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		15 days, 250 emails
250 Contacts		$9.95
500 Contacts		$14.00
2000 Contacts		$19.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				4
Email Deliverability				4
Analyzing Reports				4
Customer Support				4
Overall Score				20/25

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Pros

• Survey email templates included at no additional cost
• WYSIWIG/point-and-click editor
• Multiple options for importing contacts, including QuickImport tool for Microsoft Outlook
• Active monitoring by iContact team of your outgoing email content for spam triggers
• Thorough tutorials
• 100% deliverability according to our test

Cons

• 500 kb of image hosting space (approximately 8 images)
• Fee to remove iContact logo from outbound emails (10% monthly premium)
• No A/B testing
• Exported reports contain limited data

Conclusion
iContact has a very straightforward email editor that makes creating a simple mass email relatively easy. They also include survey email templates, which allow you to poll customers, for free. However, limited image hosting and the expense associated with removing the iContact brand from your emails detract from your ability to create a fully customized email. They also do not offer A/B testing, which some consumers find useful when preparing an email campaign for a large contact list.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		30 days, 250 emails
500 Contacts		$10.00
1000 Contacts		$15.00
1500 Contacts		$20.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				4
Email Deliverability				4
Analyzing Reports				3
Customer Support				4
Overall Score				19/25

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Pros

• 700+ email templates, including survey templates at no additional charge
• Email preview button
• Scheduled Auto-Responder
• Downloadable CSV template that simplifies importing contacts
• 99% deliverability guarantee
• 100% deliverability according to our test

Cons

• No free image hosting
• Difficult list segmentation
• Limited statistical reporting

Conclusion
MyNewsletterBuilder offers unique, easy-to-use email creation and contact management tools, as well as an above-average number of email templates. However, their overall lack of reporting functionality (for example, only being able see statistics on those who opened your emails) in your exported reports keeps them from being a top tier email marketing software provider.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		30 days, 200 emails
2,000 Emails		$19.90
10,000 Emails		$39.90
20,000 Emails		$59.90
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				3
Email Deliverability				5
Analyzing Reports				3
Customer Support				4
Overall Score				19/25

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Pros

• Step-by-step email creation walkthrough
• WYSIWYG editor
• Autoresponder
• Unlimited image hosting
• Google Analytics integration

Cons

• Only 14 templates
• No A/B testing
• No Live Chat support

Conclusion
StreamSend is a great option for consumers who are new to email marketing. StreamSend's step-by-step process for creating an email makes it simple and easy to create a marketing campaign with little to no previous experience. Although creating an email campaign with StreamSend is easy, they do lack some of our market standard features seen in other email marketing companies such as A/B testing and a simple process for removing bounced email addresses.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		30 days, 100 contacts and 500 emails
500 Contacts		$10.00
1000 Contacts		$25.00
5000 Contacts		$40.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				2
Email Deliverability				4
Analyzing Reports				3
Customer Support				4
Overall Score				17/25

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Pros

• 450 templates in 20 categories
• 1 MB image hosting space
• Import contacts from CSV or TXT file
• 100% deliverability according to our test

Cons

• Cannot cut & paste multiple contacts and difficult to add manually
• Reports exported as zip file
• No A/B testing
• No FAQ
• Cost to remove the Campaigner logo from your outgoing emails

Conclusion
Campaigner offers a market standard number of templates and hosting space for email campaign creation. However, it performs poorly in contact management and report analysis. Campaigner offers a great value if you're looking for an email marketing service that offers a variety of email templates and a moderate amount of hosting space. Offering over 400 email templates and 1MB of image hosting space, Campaigner gives you choices and flexibility in email creation. Unfortunately, Campaigner has shortfalls in reporting and uploading contacts, which make these processes somewhat time-consuming.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		indefinitely, 100 contacts
500 Contacts		$10.00
2500 Contacts		$30.00
5000 Contacts		$50.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				3
Contact Management				5
Email Deliverability				5
Analyzing Reports				2
Customer Support				2
Overall Score				17/25

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Pros

• Highly customizable email templates
• WYSIWYG/point-and-click editor
• Free, unlimited image hosting
• Free removal of the MailChimp logo from your outgoing emails
• Import contacts from Excel, CSV, TXT, Salesforce, Highrise
• Export reports as Excel, CSV, TXT files
• Compare your campaign statistics to other MailChimp email campaigns/industry benchmarks
• A/B testing
• Google Analytics integration
• 100% deliverability according to our test

Cons

• Only 4 basic email templates (These are more like layouts that must be customized from scratch.) Inaccurate tracking and reporting
• Limited email support availability (M-F 9a-5p EST)
• No phone support

Conclusion
MailChimp is a stylish and relatively new email marketing service, which offers some great advantages, but which also contains significant flaws. Although MailChimp offers unparalleled email creation flexibility, a superior contact management system and reliable email deliverability, they have inaccurate reporting and poor customer support.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		No, but
500 Contacts		$19.00
2500 Contacts		$29.00
5000 Contacts		$49.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				3
Contact Management				3
Email Deliverability				4
Analyzing Reports				3
Customer Support				4
Overall Score				17/25

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Pros

• WYSIWYG editor
• Free removal of the AWeber logo from your emails
• Scheduled Auto-Responder
• Integrate your contact lists with 26 Shopping Carts (including Google Checkout, Paypal, and Yahoo), Membership Sites & Podcasting Tools, and Lead Services
• In-depth reports
• Cut & paste contacts into your email list
• A/B testing
• 100% deliverability according to our test

Cons

• No free image hosting
• Can't export reports
• Limited options for importing contacts
• No free trial

Conclusion

AWeber's greatest strengths are its email deliverability and contact management features. They also offer in-depth reports and weekend customer support. Their email creation and email campaign reports, however, have a few limitations. But overall, AWeber offers a reliable and unique email marketing service.

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		Pricing
Free Trial		30 days, 100 emails
500 Emails		$10.00
1000 Emails		$15.00
2500 Emails		$29.00
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		Ratings
Email Creation				4
Contact Management				3
Email Deliverability				2
Analyzing Reports				5
Customer Support				1
Overall Score				15/25

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Pros

• WYSIWYG/point-and-click editor
• Preview your email in different email account inboxes (like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo)
• Free, unlimited image hosting
• In-depth email campaign report statistics
• A/B testing
• Google Analytics integration

Cons

• Less than 50% deliverability rate according to our test
• No phone or live chat support
• Limited options for importing contacts
• Cannot create a website signup form

Conclusion
Although Big Response's email creation tools are straightforward and easy-to-use, their lack of reliable deliverability as well as their non-existent customer support make them an undesirable choice as an email marketing service provider.

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