Cordial Reviews & Product Details

Cordial's Sculpt drag and drop editor makes it fast and simple to create an email template. I don't have to touch a line of code to deploy a campaign.

Working with the Cordial account team is great. The team is super responsive, provides lots of training and guidance and domain expertise about running an email program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SOmetimes UX is not clear - tough to find reports and understand how to use certain features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial is a simple but flexible platform that can be adapted very well to any type of business and with which you can manage marketing projects through multiple channels, offers very sophisticated tools that allow you to create attractive content for future customers, record information through reports and analysis and finally target market activation messages all these functions are integrated into a simple and customized interface for any type of user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The disadvantages of cordial are its few support and training options, it does not offer any kind of mobile application, few tools to create customer surveys, it does not have enough storage to support a large amount of information about customers, the integrations of this software are almost non-existent and this is a very worrying point Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial is a recognized platform that allows users to employ a large number of tools to improve the workflow and increase the audience of customers by creating dynamic content with the aim of increasing sales, among the most powerful features of Cordial we must highlight, its data platform where the user can collect all the information you need in real time and use it to capture potential customers and also segment the audience, contact management is one of its best features so you can create personalized content and activate emails and messages based on data from potential customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most negative points of this software are its deployment does not have mobile applications for IOS and Android, the tools for analysis and reporting are not very effective, the email editor does not have many creative features, the software interface is not very modern and requires an update, they must integrate better tools for creating surveys and developing forms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Completely customizable - if you can dream it, you can build it. There seems to be no limit to what contact level data you can put in the platform then leverage for triggers, personalization or segmentation in emails or other messages.

Documentation is very good, and all the tools to customize and build on it are at your disposal. If you like to be self-sufficient, this is the perfect tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Significant learning curve, and you need to have a developer-type on your team in order to leverage the tool to any extent. Much of the functionality is implemented using "Smarty" code. This gives it its power, but it's not for the faint-of-heart. If you're used to an email tool with a canned WYSIWYG editor, your transition will be difficult. Once you set up your templates and building-blocks, however, non-technical users can use the tool pretty easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Onboarding was very fast. Only took us a few weeks and we have a large list (over 1 million)

- Strong support so far. They have helped us customize our implementation and build out some cool features.

- Once you get sculpt set up, building and scheduling messages is a lot easier. There is definitely some upfront work that needs to be done, but once completed, it makes life a lot easier. Scheduling and unscheduling sends is also easy. We had to go through a four-step process to schedule a message in our last ESP. With Cordial, once a message is built, you plug in the time and press a button.

- Their journey tool is pretty straightforward compared to other tools I have used. It may not be the most complex but you also don't need to be a developer to use it.

- It builds audience segments extremely quickly and in real-time. Also the tagging capability can be very powerful for segmentation. You can also see how different segments performed within an email without having to split the message into multiple segments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Interface is still a bit of a work in progress. There are some features that are more fleshed out in more established ESPs that Cordial is still working on. However, they are very willing to take input and suggestions.

- You do need their expertise to help fully build out your implementation unless you have some hard-core developers on your team, but this is the case with any enterprise tool

- Would like to have some foldering capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial’s team of experts makes email marketing a breeze. Melanie & Evan are available at a moment’s notice to help our brand strategize a flash sale or automation campaign, with the kind of white glove treatment you don’t expect from tech vendors nowadays. Their exposure to all industries and proven success at this is clear in their high return recommendations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’d like to see Cordial develop the capability of multimedia messages (we’re currently limited to sms marketing). Given our account team’s hands on support, I’m confident we’d do even more with our creative and brand voice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system is very user-friendly! Cordial has an amazing support team that keeps in constant communication with us.

They also have their own deliverability team that keeps us in the know of our deliverability health. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not so easy to pull reports when testing multiple audience segmentations.

Putting together automations could be a nightmare since you have to go down a rabbit hole

to figure out what is currently active & what the audience rules are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. The cordial team is extremely efficient and helped us integrate their product.

2. Orchestrated message automation. Ability to tie these automated messages to custom events is very powerful.

3. We can send push notifications to user(s) based on custom attributes (email id / members of certain group etc).

4. Really good developer documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since we are part of the beta testing group there were some bugs which had a small impact on our timeline. However the Cordial team was quick to address these (the point of beta program was to identify these bugs anyway). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial has a very intuitive UI and was quick to pick up how to use it. Bailey and the team have been extremely supportive in helping us get automation and personalizations off the ground. In the first year we had Cordial we didn't use their support as much and that was a huge mistake. Since we've started working closely with their team we've really elevated our program. We are now sending 12% automation and plan to keep growing that side of the program.

At my previous company, we used one of the leading ESPs in the industry and after working with the Cordial team there is no way I'd go back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only real thing on my wish list is that it was easier to view previously sent transactional emails. This platform is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have gotten full support from the Cordial team during our migration to the platform. They've been responsive, available, and patient in helping us understand the platform and getting it set up. The platform makes it easy to ingest the data I need and use it in campaigns, making personalization easy. We're able to link any of our platforms to Cordial, pulling data from multiple sources. There has been no lag in sends, and any issues that have been discovered have been solved promptly by the Cordial team.

The team is also always open to feedback and recommendations for product enhancements. They're open about their roadmap and willing to prioritize items that are detrimental to brands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, we haven't had any issues with Cordial. The few bugs that have been found have been taken care of promptly by the Cordial team. I do wish that the reporting was more robust and customizable, but this is something that's on their roadmap for 2020. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Marketing friendly functionality. Traditional enterprise level ESPs are super powerful but require a massive team and engineering support to unlock the functionality. That leads to high costs and slow development. In contrast, Cordial allows for quick configuration of triggered emails by non-technical employees. And, with some tech support you can still have the data driven complex options. For example with an enterprise level solution it took 6 months to configure a basic Abandon Cart and Abandon Browse series, with Cordial it took 1 week.

2. Support. The Cordial team knows their tool well, are incredibly responsive and a joy to work with. With previous enterprise level tools we got passed from team to team with each group having no knowledge of our objectives, our configuration, or their own toolset. And response time was terrible. It often took weeks to resolve high priority incidents, with Cordial we solve issues in hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

None at this time. There is some functionality we eventually want that isn't ready yet like price drop messaging, but it is on their near term roadmap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The team. In a sea of marketing tools, it nice to have a team who can align their success with our business objectives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While I enjoy the flexibility of our platform, it can feel a bit overwhelming at times. Thank goodness for Mel and Evan. They are quick to respond and offer guidance with prompt turnarounds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Cordial team helped customize solutions for our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing we disliked about the onboarding experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of building emails with sculpt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The difficulty of building podium orchestrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If there is anything you're uncertain about, they make is easy to find the solution. Their knowledge base is full of solutions you can use to find the answers you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I feel there is a lot of programming/coding needed to operate the software, which has made for a bit of a learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great platform for people who have technical chops and can unlock many of the advanced capabilities. Knowledge base with examples generally solid. A/B testing subject lines and content is easy.

Very responsive team, amazed by how fast Slack replies typically are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is best for people who have at least basic programming skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial has a robust tool set, is easy to use, and the customer service/relationship management is responsive and helpful. They are helpful and proactive in recommending solutions and giving us ideas for strategy and implementation. The platform includes great tracking and targeting features, and works very well with our other marketing channels. We are also able to effectively customize it to allow for importing our own data and event triggers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A/B testing doesn't currently have a way to optimize toward the winning execution the way that Google Optimize does, for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial ability to do anything. Not just an out of the box email service. The ability to integrate almost anything, rewards programs, autoship program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

wish some of the reporting was better but since connecting Cordial to GSC are insight has been much better.

Would like better insight to audience build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that the platform is data driven Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's a steep learning curve and a lot of up-front customization that needs to happen before you really get going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robust integrations with segmentation tools, sophisticated automations, ease of use, very responsive dedicated customer success team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing much at the moment since we transitioned to Cordial in Jan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our team likes the ability to create audiences without needed help from other teams. We have extensive customer data at our finger tips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few small user experience things that could be tweaked to make them more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is very flexible. Allows for a lot of data to be linked and drive messages. We've been able to consistently add layers and layers of data while automated our messages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At times the flexibility can be too much. There are many ways to achieve a desired goal and without guidance it is difficult to know which route is best for your data structure. One thing they definitely need to work on and have recognized is providing more "hand holding" with programs or customer solutions. Another thing missing at times are some basic analysis functions. There should be simpler and easier ways to access data and analyze messages, programs and series. They are working on this too, but have yet to release very many updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cordial is a robust platform that really delivers when it comes to flexibility and performance. With its many audience targeting rules and segmentation features, machine learning technology (for content optimization experiments), contact list management, custom reporting & analytics, inbox placement tests, personalization features, and image hosting, you have all the tools you need to create a successful B2C email program. (I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting!) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of a WYSIWYG editor initially created a steep learning curve for our lean marketing department. HTML/CSS proficiency is required as well as having a basic understanding of javascript/JSON. Over time, we learned and adapted, and it was no longer a problem. Fortunately, Cordial his releasing a sculpt editor this year! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.