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Mid-Market (46.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (48.0% of reviews)
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Dotdigital
Star Rating
(1,179)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.2% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(410)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.0% of reviews)
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- G2 reviewers report that Dotdigital excels in user-friendliness, with many users appreciating its modular construction for emails and segments, making it easy for teams to get trained quickly. In contrast, while Optimizely Web Experimentation is also noted for its user-friendly interface, some users feel it may require more technical knowledge for optimal use.
- Users say that Dotdigital offers a simplified interface that enhances the campaign creation process, allowing for efficient management with pre-built templates. Meanwhile, Optimizely Web Experimentation is praised for its flexibility in testing new ideas quickly, but some users mention that it may not be as straightforward for those unfamiliar with coding.
- Reviewers mention that Dotdigital provides robust support for marketing through diverse channels, which is a significant advantage for teams looking to automate their marketing efforts. On the other hand, while Optimizely Web Experimentation offers strong A/B testing capabilities, it may not match the comprehensive marketing automation features that Dotdigital provides.
- According to verified reviews, Dotdigital has a higher overall satisfaction rating, reflecting its strong performance in areas like customer support and product direction. Users appreciate the quality of support they receive, which is rated higher than that of Optimizely Web Experimentation, where some users have expressed a desire for more responsive assistance.
- Users highlight that Optimizely Web Experimentation allows for quick implementation of experiments directly in code, which is particularly beneficial for developers. However, this technical aspect may pose a challenge for non-technical users, unlike Dotdigital, which is designed to be accessible for all team members.
- G2 reviewers note that while both platforms serve the mid-market segment well, Dotdigital has a more extensive user base and recent activity, indicating a more active community and ongoing improvements. This can be a deciding factor for businesses looking for a platform with a strong market presence and continuous updates.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Dotdigital
Email & SMS
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For marketing teams with a need for basic multi-channel marketing automation.
- Single customer view (30 days)
- Email & SMS marketing
- Transactional email & SMS
Optimizely Web Experimentation
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Dotdigital
Free Trial is available
Optimizely Web Experimentation
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.5
985
8.4
296
Ease of Use
8.7
997
8.1
309
Ease of Setup
8.1
530
8.0
155
Ease of Admin
8.4
389
8.2
124
Quality of Support
8.9
965
8.0
252
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
388
7.9
119
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
972
7.8
271
Features by Category
Email Marketing
8.6
133
Not enough data
8.4
138
Not enough data
9.1
125
Not enough data
8.8
144
Not enough data
9.1
129
Not enough data
8.6
124
Not enough data
8.3
109
Not enough data
9.1
52
Not enough data
8.4
49
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.3
107
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
130
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
28
Not enough data
7.0
26
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Email Marketing
6.7
25
Not enough data
6.9
25
Not enough data
6.9
25
Not enough data
7.2
24
Not enough data
7.1
24
Not enough data
Integration
8.5
88
Not enough data
7.7
74
Not enough data
7.5
69
Not enough data
7.7
49
Not enough data
7.0
45
Not enough data
7.5
45
Not enough data
Email Marketing
8.9
571
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
551
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
537
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
515
|
Verified
Not enough data
Online Marketing
8.0
451
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
493
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
480
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
498
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
403
Not enough data
Lead Management
8.0
380
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
411
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
506
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
349
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
362
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
385
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
351
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
373
|
Verified
Not enough data
Campaign Management
8.3
440
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
359
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
325
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
317
Not enough data
Social
7.0
302
Not enough data
7.4
321
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
314
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
304
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
293
|
Verified
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.4
513
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
412
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
382
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
362
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
329
Not enough data
Platform
8.0
359
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
317
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
371
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
280
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
306
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
354
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
284
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Automation
7.7
26
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
7.5
24
Not enough data
7.7
25
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.4
27
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
366
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
353
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
313
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
151
Not enough data
7.8
138
Not enough data
7.8
144
Not enough data
8.8
145
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
128
Not enough data
Integrations
7.4
110
Not enough data
7.4
111
Not enough data
7.6
116
Not enough data
7.7
120
Not enough data
Platform
8.0
123
Not enough data
8.0
123
Not enough data
7.6
114
Not enough data
8.0
122
Not enough data
8.2
134
Not enough data
8.4
138
Not enough data
7.8
114
Not enough data
8.7
137
Not enough data
Diagnosis
7.8
251
Not enough data
7.9
259
Not enough data
8.3
284
Not enough data
8.2
258
Not enough data
Tracking
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
308
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Reporting
8.7
304
Not enough data
8.5
284
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Email Deliverability
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.2
13
Not enough data
7.3
13
Not enough data
7.2
13
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
Visitor Behavior
Not enough data
7.8
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
22
|
Verified
Templates
Not enough data
7.8
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
24
|
Verified
Personalization
Not enough data
7.6
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
21
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
20
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.0
19
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
22
|
Verified
Multichannel
Not enough data
8.5
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.9
20
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
25
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
8.0
22
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
22
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
22
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
23
|
Verified
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Campaigns
9.3
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Push Notification
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Segmentation
9.3
5
8.8
21
9.0
5
8.1
14
Targeting
Not enough data
7.6
21
Not enough data
7.8
20
Triggered Content
Feature Not Available
7.8
16
9.4
6
Feature Not Available
9.0
5
7.4
13
Personalized Content
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
8.7
18
Agentic AI - Personalization Engines
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Templates
8.1
276
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
250
Not enough data
8.4
270
Not enough data
Edit
7.7
248
Not enough data
8.8
285
Not enough data
8.3
266
Not enough data
Logistics
8.4
290
Not enough data
7.8
250
Not enough data
8.0
258
Not enough data
8.2
254
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
196
Not enough data
7.1
190
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Email Template Builder
7.2
20
Not enough data
7.1
19
Not enough data
Text Messaging
8.8
60
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
60
Not enough data
8.0
57
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
7.4
53
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
SMS Platform
7.9
59
Not enough data
8.4
59
Not enough data
7.4
48
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
49
Not enough data
8.5
51
Not enough data
Agentic AI - SMS Marketing
6.3
8
Not enough data
6.5
8
Not enough data
6.9
8
Not enough data
6.5
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.5
8
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
8.1
79
9.3
5
8.2
79
8.0
5
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.3
81
7.2
6
Intelligence
8.5
78
Not enough data
7.8
72
Not enough data
7.6
74
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
121
Not enough data
8.6
116
Not enough data
Platform Data
8.3
124
Not enough data
8.0
111
Not enough data
8.2
126
Not enough data
8.1
114
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.3
78
Not enough data
8.1
116
Not enough data
7.9
107
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Customer Journey Analytics
6.9
13
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
7.2
13
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.0
23
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
7.6
26
Functionality
8.0
192
Not enough data
7.9
170
Not enough data
7.9
175
Not enough data
Support
8.0
193
Not enough data
8.3
183
Not enough data
8.8
203
Not enough data
Page Customization
8.7
86
Not enough data
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
Page Optimization
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
77
Not enough data
8.1
70
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
Integrations
7.7
65
Not enough data
8.3
72
Not enough data
8.0
69
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
58
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders
7.7
8
Not enough data
Computing
Not enough data
7.9
67
Not enough data
6.4
61
Not enough data
6.9
72
Experimental Design
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.7
69
Not enough data
8.7
69
Analytics
Not enough data
8.2
68
Not enough data
5.8
62
Agentic AI - A/B Testing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
WhatsApp Messaging - WhatsApp Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
WhatsApp Business Platform - WhatsApp Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Personalization
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.6
15
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
7.3
16
Not enough data
7.4
14
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
85
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
99
Not enough data
8.0
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
85
|
Verified
Not enough data
Campaigns
8.3
84
Not enough data
7.7
79
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
82
Not enough data
7.7
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
106
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
98
|
Verified
Not enough data
Engagement
7.7
79
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.4
98
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
87
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Dotdigital and Optimizely Web Experimentation are categorized as Customer Data Platform (CDP), Personalization, and Personalization Engines
Unique Categories
Dotdigital is categorized as SMS Marketing, Marketing Automation, Email Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS), Email Deliverability, Email Template Builder, Transactional Email, WhatsApp Marketing, Customer Journey Analytics, Push Notification, and Landing Page Builders
Optimizely Web Experimentation is categorized as Feature Management, E-Commerce Personalization, A/B Testing, and Configuration Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Dotdigital
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Optimizely Web Experimentation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Retail
11.4%
Non-Profit Organization Management
8.0%
Marketing and Advertising
7.8%
Financial Services
3.7%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
3.1%
Other
66.1%
Computer Software
11.1%
Information Technology and Services
9.3%
Financial Services
9.1%
Marketing and Advertising
8.1%
Retail
8.1%
Other
54.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
Can dotMailer track attachments?
2 Comments
CL
Yes, if they're added as link or button in email Read more
Can I have a loyalist dot digital trooper t shirt
1 Comment
MJ
Hi Tony, of course and thanks for the great video review. Please send me a message directly at marketing@dotdigital.comRead more
What's the next big showstopping element or functionality element?
1 Comment
MJ
Hi Christophe,
You can view our public facing roadmap here https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/35E-386/the-engagement-cloud-roadmap
Thanks,
MarkRead more
How does A/B Testing work?
1 Comment
TS
A/B testing is when you have a least two variations of something you want to test. Typically you have a control (which may be the current variant) and then...Read more
What are some ways that I can use A/B testing?
1 Comment
TS
Testing is ongoing and endless. We test new features such as additional form fields in a lead form. We test multiple CTAs to decide which produces the best...Read more
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