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Email Marketing Solution Reviews We review the top email marketing programs and software available for sending email newsletters.
CheetahMail by Experian- Serves huge brands like Adidas, Audi, Bacardi and Starbucks Avg. Price: Expensive - Contact them for custom quotes and a demo Learn More: Learn More at Cheetamail.com 
Editor's Pick
Constant Contact- 60-Day free trial with no strings attached Avg. Price: $15 per month up to 500 subscribers - $30 for more Learn More: Free Two Month Trial of Constant Contact
Lyris Email Software- Serves large brands like McAfee, American Apparel, and the Smithsonian Avg. Price: Expensive - Contact for a custom quote and demo Learn More: Learn more at Lyris.com
VerticalResponse Program- First 25 emails free Avg. Price: Starts at $.15 cents per email address per email Learn More: Learn mroe at Verticalrespons.com
iContact Email Software- Over 98% email deliverability rates Avg. Price: Starts at $9.95 per month, but gets higher with more subscribers Learn More: Start Your Free Trial - No Credit Card Required
MyNewsletterBuilder- Free 30-day trial Avg. Price: $10 month for 250 addresses. $18 month for 1,500. Up from there. Learn More: Learn more at MyNewsLetterBuilder.com
Bronto Email Marketing- 99% deliverability rates Avg. Price: Sign up for trial or call for quote Learn More: Learn more at bronto.com
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What research says Lyris and Cheetah are the two enterprise-level solutions. These are email marketing products that should be used by corporations and other large businesses. They are expensive. Lyris offers a free trial, but Cheetah Mail only offers a demo, which is basically a high-pressure pitch from a salesperson.
Constant Contact, Vertical Response, iContact, Bronto, and My Newsletter Builder by the JBA Network all offer free-trials and are good for the small to medium sized business. Most of them have very similar features (exportable lists, email templates, email wizards, multiple opt-in options, etc.) but they offer completely different pricing options. Constant Contact got the Editor's pick on this one because it had pretty much the same options as our second pick, Bronto and our third pick iContact, but CC happens to have the best free trial in the business. We've actually had accounts open with them for about a year that we haven't paid a dime for yet because the list hasn't reached the threshold. They say it's 60-days, but your rep will work with you if you don't have at least 100 subscribers. In the end, here is our advice: If you're a small or medium sized business go with Constant Contact or Bronto. If you're a large business with a decent email marketing budget, go with CheetahMail.
Tony Snyder said:I used Bronto for awhile and didn't like it. I never could get used to it, and thought the customer service sucked. And I don't believe that 99% deliverability B.S. for a minute. We ended up switching to Constant Contact and I couldn't be happier. But if I ever need to try another email marketing solution, I'll be sure to check out iContact. Bill Khoeler said:We use Cheeta now and I've used Lyris in the past. Both times have been for fortune 500 companies and both solutions were satisfactory. However, the decision wasn't based on features or pricing, but rather which ones had made deals with our ecommerce and analytics providers. That's politics, I guess. If I had a business that did less than 5-million in sales per year, I'd definitely check out iContact or Constant Contact as an email newsletter provider, but once you send out so many emails to lists of hundreds of thousands of subscribers, it ends up being just as cheap to go with a company like Lyris. Bill Johnson said:I just switched from iContact. Simply terrible. The support people were rude and the product wasn't very reliable. Should have known. You get what you pay for. Maria Rogoda said:I work at a small web design agency and been using Bronto for about a year. They're good. The support people know email marketing and are genuinely helpful. I like Constant Contact too. We use them for our smaller customers that need a very simple solution to send out an email newsletter every once in a while. Samantha Newman said:Used to use iContact ... garbage. Stay away. Constant Contact better and about same price. Worked well when i was helping some friends' nonprofits. For my day job i tried emma and bronto ... both very good. PJK said:This was really helpful to have a quick comparison of features, costs and a rating. Three of the services I am considering were in your review. Thanks Samantha Barr said:Constant Contact was the first one I used, which was decent. I tried Distant Measures recently and was surprised, lot's of features and really good cost. disco said:whatever... MNB is the best one on here hands down. problem is i think sometimes it's too robust and scares people away. audio/video teplates, subscriber mgmt and targeted list segmenting based on reports, wysiwyg editor, the works. AND they generally cost less than these other services. James@econnectemail.com said:You should also consider our email marketing application, eConnect Email (www.econnectemail.com). We have recently starting offering a free forever account (store an unlimited number of contacts and send up to 150 emails monthly). Mike Miller said:Instead of the product you are recommending I would recomment Omnistar Mailer http://www.omnistarmailer.com Scott Long said:I think Omnistar Mailer is a great tool for helping with email marketing Mike Austin said:Both Interspire's Email Marketer and Omnistar Mail softwares aren't shown. I'm testing Interspire and their support's slow although the software *seems* O.K. I'll be talking to Omnistar about theirs. Jessica Miller said:I like the auto responder function of Omnistar Mailer Other Resources and Reviews |
