iContact Customer Reviews 2024

iContact

8.8 /10

What is iContact?

iContact's email marketing platform helps businesses of all sizes get results. Whether you are a small business just getting started, a non-profit looking to spread your message, a professional marketer looking for maximum campaign strategy, or a high-volume sender with millions of subscribers, iContact offers a plan to meet every email and marketing automation need.

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iContact Ratings

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95 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

95 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love iContact?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 94

Segmentation

Dynamic Content

Auto-Responders

Mobile Optimized

Campaign Management

Content Authoring

Email Delivery

Basic Reporting and Analytics

A/B Testing

SPAM Compliance

Contact Database

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 93

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

iContact Reviews

Sheril R.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Feb 2023

Automating email creation improves email marketing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates iContact from other similar products?

Forms on iContact's website make it simple to incorporate the service into an existing site. Although the page loads slowly due to the coding, it performs as expected. In addition, unlike with many other WordPress options, I didn't need to install any other components (known as "plugins").

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

iContact's activity notifications are a nice feature, and keeping in touch with your clientele is crucial. You'll receive numerous emails with helpful tips for enhancing your marketing. The most important factor in iContact's expected success is its exposure to those in search of new professional prospects. Knowing that actual people are being sent to my website is not in any way problematic.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A number of brief site outages occurred, and that was little frustrating. While I was first frustrated by the site's outage, iContact's excellent status updates and prompt fixes allayed my concerns.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In just a few easy steps, I can create and send out a weekly email. My favorite part is having full say over every aspect, from planning to execution, of the content being sent out. Excellent choice for individuals who need or prefer minimal effort in creating and maintaining their campaigns. This easy-to-use tool allows you to begin working right away.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Unique Features
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Stella Y.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jan 2023

Modern and professional multichannel designs

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates iContact from other similar products?

iContact has the entire basic set, including a built-in constructor for email templates and subscription forms, and 100+ free templates to explore. It features a convenient block editor, clear even for first-timers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Thoughtful design and little details that make life easier like a button that quickly creates a list or re-sends a campaign to subscribers who haven’t read it the first time.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I find the trigger mailings analytics insufficient and a bit superficial. They lack detailed work with periods that would be available by default and in-depth analytics for separate emails in a chain.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

iContact is great for marketers who want to quickly send emails without overpaying for unnecessary bells and whistles and quickly start mailing from scratch.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Libby H.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

High-quality, simple to use platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates iContact from other similar products?

Along with the usual features, such as segmentation and A/B testing, iContact offers sales funnels and even the ability to sell e-products directly from our newsletter. It also provides some of the most advanced automation options around

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It offers some of the most attractive email templates we can find. These templates can easily be customized using the drag-and-drop editor, which uses a more intuitive interface than many of iContact’s competitors

What do you dislike most about this product?

Third-party integrations are growing, but still lack behind peers and it requires some technical skill to fully take advantage of the features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a significant budget to accommodate growth and your main concern is ease of use, iContact is the best email marketing platform for your company

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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95 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

95 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love iContact?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Segmentation The ability to segregate mailing list based on criteria. Example, demographics, location, target market, existing or new customers.

Dynamic Content The ability to create dynamic content changes automatically within emails that are based on the end user parameters and the goals of the marketing initiative.

Auto-Responders The ability to send an automated email to new contacts, interact when subscribers engage with previous emails, and auto-respond when they join a new list.

Mobile Optimized The ability to create email content that is easy to read on multiple platforms including mobile devices.

Campaign Management Email campaign management is a sequence of marketing efforts that contacts multiple recipients and are designed to reach out to subscribers at the best time.

Content Authoring The ability to create emails including body copy, ability to include graphics and test the content view.

Email Delivery The ability to send email to large number of recipients at-scale.

Basic Reporting and Analytics The ability to measure metrics related to CRM/emails/campaigns.

A/B Testing A/B or Split Testing allows marketing managers to compare and contrast two or more versions of the same piece of content to maximizing open, click and rates.

SPAM Compliance The ability to actively manage compliance with spam-related legislation, for example, providing opt-out capabilities.

Contact Database The ability for basic CRM capabilities - information about email subscribers, leads, and customers in a centralized location.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

iContact Reviews

Sheril R.

Automating email creation improves email marketing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Stella Y.

Modern and professional multichannel designs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Libby H.

High-quality, simple to use platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Segmentation

Dynamic Content

Auto-Responders

Mobile Optimized

Campaign Management

Content Authoring

Email Delivery

Basic Reporting and Analytics

A/B Testing

SPAM Compliance

Contact Database

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training