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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (51.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Dotdigital
Star Rating
(1,118)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(497)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (51.1% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Dotdigital excels in email marketing features, particularly in "Building and Personalizing Emails" with a score of 8.9, while Twilio's strength lies in "Email Campaigns" with a score of 9.1, indicating a more robust overall email campaign management experience.
- Reviewers mention that Dotdigital's "Quality of Support" is rated at 8.8, which is higher than Twilio's 8.0, suggesting that users may find more reliable assistance and guidance when using Dotdigital.
- G2 users highlight that Dotdigital offers superior "Email Segmentation" capabilities with a score of 8.7, compared to Twilio's 8.8 in "Audience Segmentation," indicating that while both platforms are strong, Dotdigital may provide more nuanced options for targeting specific audiences.
- Users on G2 report that Twilio shines in "API Call Speed" with a score of 8.3, which is higher than Dotdigital's 7.8, suggesting that developers may prefer Twilio for faster integration and performance in API-related tasks.
- Reviewers mention that Dotdigital's "Automated Email Responses" feature scores 8.5, indicating a strong capability in automating customer interactions, while Twilio's "Two-Way Text Messaging" scores lower at 6.7, suggesting a potential area for improvement in SMS communication features.
- Users say that Dotdigital's "Dynamic Content" feature scores 8.3, which is slightly lower than Twilio's overall performance in "Personalization" at 8.5, indicating that Twilio may offer more advanced options for tailoring messages to individual users.
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
Twilio
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Dotdigital
Free Trial is available
Twilio
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
945
8.8
362
Ease of Use
8.7
956
8.2
367
Ease of Setup
8.1
501
7.8
206
Ease of Admin
8.4
375
7.9
194
Quality of Support
8.9
925
7.8
328
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
374
8.1
185
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
931
8.3
352
Features by Category
Email Marketing
8.6
119
Not enough data
8.3
122
Not enough data
9.1
117
Not enough data
8.7
123
Not enough data
9.1
119
Not enough data
8.5
117
Not enough data
8.2
102
Not enough data
9.0
46
Not enough data
8.2
43
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.2
99
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
115
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.0
27
Not enough data
6.9
25
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
8.4
81
Not enough data
7.7
71
Not enough data
7.5
67
Not enough data
7.6
46
Not enough data
7.0
44
Not enough data
7.4
43
Not enough data
Email Marketing
8.9
554
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
545
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
535
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
505
|
Verified
Not enough data
Online Marketing
8.0
449
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
486
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
478
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
496
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
403
Not enough data
Lead Management
8.1
380
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
411
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
491
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
350
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
361
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
386
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
352
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
371
|
Verified
Not enough data
Campaign Management
8.3
441
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
360
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
325
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
318
Not enough data
Social
7.0
303
Not enough data
7.4
322
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
315
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
305
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
294
|
Verified
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.5
506
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
413
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
383
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
363
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
330
Not enough data
Platform
8.0
358
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
316
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
369
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
279
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
305
|
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
365
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
351
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
312
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
149
Not enough data
7.8
138
Not enough data
7.8
144
Not enough data
8.8
142
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
137
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
307
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
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
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Targeting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Triggered Content
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Personalized Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
275
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
250
Not enough data
8.4
269
Not enough data
Edit
7.7
247
Not enough data
8.8
283
Not enough data
8.3
264
Not enough data
Logistics
8.4
287
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
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
59
Not enough data
8.0
57
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
7.3
52
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
8.2
55
Not enough data
SMS Platform
7.8
58
Not enough data
8.4
58
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
Not enough data
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.3
81
Not enough data
Intelligence
8.5
78
Not enough data
7.8
72
Not enough data
7.6
72
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
120
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
Functionality
8.0
192
8.0
107
|
Verified
7.9
170
8.3
104
|
Verified
7.9
175
8.3
104
|
Verified
Support
8.0
193
7.6
105
|
Verified
8.3
183
Feature Not Available
8.8
203
7.1
104
|
Verified
Page Customization
8.7
86
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.3
61
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
API Features
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.7
13
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
7.0
11
Security and Compliance
Not enough data
6.5
11
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.2
13
Not enough data
7.3
11
Basic Communication - Cloud PBX
Not enough data
4.7
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
5.3
5
Advanced Features - Cloud PBX
Not enough data
4.7
5
Not enough data
4.3
5
Not enough data
3.7
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
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
7.1
15
Not enough data
7.4
14
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
Messaging - RCS Business Messaging
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security / Verification - RCS Business Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics / Deliverability - RCS Business Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - RCS Business Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
100
Not enough data
8.0
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
Campaigns
8.3
85
Not enough data
7.7
80
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
82
Not enough data
7.7
78
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
106
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
99
|
Verified
Not enough data
Engagement
7.8
79
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.4
99
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
88
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
83
|
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 Twilio are categorized as Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) and WhatsApp Marketing
Unique Categories
Dotdigital is categorized as SMS Marketing, Marketing Automation, Customer Data Platform (CDP), Personalization, Email Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Email Deliverability, Email Template Builder, Transactional Email, Personalization Engines, Customer Journey Analytics, Push Notification, and Landing Page Builders
Twilio is categorized as Video Platform as a Service (VPaaS), Cloud PBX Platforms, and RCS Business Messaging
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Dotdigital
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Twilio
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
11.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.7%
Non-Profit Organization Management
7.6%
Financial Services
3.7%
Consumer Goods
3.2%
Other
66.1%
Computer Software
17.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.1%
Marketing and Advertising
6.9%
Internet
5.0%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
4.7%
Other
54.6%
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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
Is it possible to do automated skype message using twilio
2 Comments
PR
Right now Twilio doesn't support any integration with Skype as such. However you can use external services like integromat to integrate them.
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Is twilio reliable?
1 Comment
LR
Never had an issue in more than 3 years using it that impacted my business in a significative wayRead more
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