{"id":16063,"date":"2023-12-08T12:14:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/?p=16063"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:51:48","slug":"lifecycle-marketing-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/lifecycle-marketing-software\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Best Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software [Pricing, Features]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you feel when you acquire a new customer? Excited? Of course.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before sealing the deal with the lead, you went through many stages. Perhaps you called, texted, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">emailed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the customer. These are tough, considering that you need to repeat the process to acquire more customers. And you\u2019re not alone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer acquisition isn\u2019t easy for many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/trends-to-focus-on-in-your-2019-marketing-strategy\/\">marketers<\/a>. Why? Because it requires many touchpoints which come under a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-lifecycle-marketing-strategies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lifecycle marketing strategy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These strategies vary across every business, however, the goals remain the same &#8211; increase revenue, have more brand evangelists, and convert new leads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While turning a lead to a customer is good, something is better &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-retention-strategies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customer retention<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to KPMG:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer retention drives <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52% of a brand\u2019s total revenue<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compared to 45% from customer acquisition.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/customer-retention-data.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16068 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/customer-retention-data.png\" alt=\"customer retention data\" width=\"512\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/customer-retention-data.png 512w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/customer-retention-data-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Superoffice.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But despite the benefits of customer retention, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semrush.com\/blog\/customer-retention-stats\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statistics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show it\u2019s still a significant challenge for many businesses.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">61% of retail companies say their primary challenge is customer retention.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9% of businesses lose customers to the competition when they don\u2019t take customer retention seriously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer retention loss has risen by 37% due to poor customer service since 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The customer retention challenge is a 75 billion dollar problem for industries around the U.S.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are enormous challenges. But there\u2019s a solution, which is, engaging your customers through <\/span><b>lifecycle marketing software<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> continually. Do you need to try all the customer lifecycle marketing software? No. We\u2019ve reviewed the best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this blog post, you\u2019ll learn:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What lifecycle marketing software is<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefits of using a lifecycle marketing software<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to choose the right customer lifecycle marketing software<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The features, pros and cons, and pricing of the 12 best customer lifecycle marketing software<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready to dive in? Let\u2019s explore the basics quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/email-templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Final-Email-Blog-CTA-770x206-1.png\" alt=\"Banner promoting over 1,000 free HTML email templates from EngageBay. Customize and send beautiful, easy-to-use email templates for impactful marketing campaigns. Try for free.\" width=\"770\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Final-Email-Blog-CTA-770x206-1.png 770w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Final-Email-Blog-CTA-770x206-1-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Final-Email-Blog-CTA-770x206-1-768x205.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/lifecycle-marketing-software\/#What_is_Customer_Lifecycle_Marketing_Software\" >What is Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/lifecycle-marketing-software\/#What_are_the_Benefits_of_Customer_Lifecycle_Marketing_Software\" >What are the Benefits of Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/lifecycle-marketing-software\/#How_to_Choose_the_Right_Customer_Lifecycle_Marketing_Software\" >How to Choose the Right Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/lifecycle-marketing-software\/#Wrapping_Up\" >Wrapping Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Customer_Lifecycle_Marketing_Software\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>What is Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifecycle marketing software is a tool that allows you to understand how customers interact with your business at different <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/lifecycle-marketing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stages of the customer journey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This tool provides data-driven insights for reducing your churn rate and increasing your customer lifetime value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n            <script>\r\n                var EhAPI = EhAPI || {}; \r\n                EhAPI.after_load = function() {\r\n                    EhAPI.set_account('ktb76s1540fl2hnhbqnrtd2npb', 'our');\r\n                    EhAPI.execute('rules');\r\n                };\r\n                (function(d, s, f) {\r\n                    var sc = document.createElement(s);\r\n                    sc.type = 'text\/javascript';\r\n                    sc.async = true;\r\n                    sc.src = f;\r\n                    var m = document.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n                    m.parentNode.insertBefore(sc, m);   \r\n                })(document, 'script', '\/\/d2p078bqz5urf7.cloudfront.net\/jsapi\/ehform.js');\r\n            <\/script>\r\n            <script>\r\n                function waitForEhForms() {\r\n                    const interval = 100; \/\/ Check every 100ms\r\n                    const checkAndLoad = () => {\r\n                        const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);\r\n                        const elementorPreviewParam = params.get('elementor-preview');\r\n                        if (elementorPreviewParam && typeof EhForms !== 'undefined' && typeof EhForms.loadForms === 'function') {\r\n                            EhForms.loadForms();\r\n                            console.log('EhForms.loadForms() called successfully.');\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            setTimeout(checkAndLoad, interval);\r\n                        }\r\n                    };\r\n                    checkAndLoad();\r\n                }\r\n                \/\/ Call the function\r\n                waitForEhForms();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        <div class='engage-hub-form-embed' id='eh_form_5161654467690496' data-id='5161654467690496'><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_Benefits_of_Customer_Lifecycle_Marketing_Software\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">What are the Benefits of Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer lifecycle marketing software tracks buyers\u2019 habits, purchase history, post-purchase experience, and general engagement across multiple channels.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Understanding <a href=\"https:\/\/surveyvista.com\/our-tools\/customer-experience-management-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">customer lifecycle analytics with SurveyVista<\/a> allows businesses to track customer behavior across different stages, identify retention opportunities, and tailor marketing strategies for sustained growth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actionable measurement and reporting of these metrics guide you in creating detailed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-profile\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customer profiles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These profiles help you segment and create targeted messaging for buyers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By analyzing the attributes of customer segments, your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-lifecycle-management-clm\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> software drives your brand to execute marketing messages that:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attract leads and convert them into loyal customers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assist leads in the decision stage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-journey-marketing-automation\/\">customer journey<\/a> with personalized recommendations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Convert leads to active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-engagement-strategies\/\">customers through highly relevant engagement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/live-chat-customer-support\/\">customers for repeat business through post-sale support<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retarget and win inactive customers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turn customers into brand advocates.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, CLM software integrates with other marketing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/8-business-tools\/\">tools<\/a> and grants access to multiple users of customer-facing teams. This allows team members to deliver a consistent message irrespective of the customer\u2019s communication channel (social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-service-tips\/\">customer service<\/a> hotlines, and more).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leveraging a <a href=\"https:\/\/multilogin.com\/mobile\/cloud-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">cloud phone<\/a> for social media management can further enhance this consistency by enabling teams to manage conversations, responses, and engagement across platforms in real time. This ensures faster communication and a more unified customer experience across all touchpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a table for a quick glance at some of the best customer lifecycle marketing software.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #787276;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Starting Price<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Free Plan<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Free Trial<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Best For<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>All-in-One<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>G2 Rating<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce Marketing Cloud<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$400<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B2B\/B2C, Enterprise<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.0\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$45\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium\/Enterprise<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.4\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$11.04\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMBs\/solopreneurs<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.6\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pega 7<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$90\/feature<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 days<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise CRM, BPM Developers<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.2\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom-priced<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small\/Medium Businesses (Subscription-based B2B)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.7\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ActiveCampaign<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$93\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium Businesses\/Enterprises<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.5\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$11\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMBs<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.4\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketo<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom-priced<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprises<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.1\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer.io<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$100\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individuals\/Marketers<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.4\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intercom<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$74\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMBs<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.5\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autopilot (Ortto)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$99\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketers\/SMBs<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.3\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omnisend<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$16\/month<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-commerce Businesses<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\ud800\udd02<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.6\/5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-lifecycle-marketing-strategies\/\">Read also: 7 Great Customer Lifecycle Marketing Strategies to Make More Money<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Choose_the_Right_Customer_Lifecycle_Marketing_Software\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">How to Choose the Right Customer Lifecycle Marketing Software<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best customer lifecycle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/business-management\/\">software is one that addresses your business needs<\/a>. When selecting a lifecycle marketing software, you need to consider:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nature and size of your business<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specific integration, automation, or analytics features you need<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ease of using the customer lifecycle software<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reputation of the software provider<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affordability of the marketing software<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robustness of customer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sales-process\/\">sales process<\/a> data you want to track<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration with SAP ERP systems, and so on.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But regardless of your business type, your preferred customer lifecycle software should provide these basic functionalities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email automation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sms-marketing\/\">SMS marketing<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy of data gathering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/what-is-audience-segmentation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer segmentation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer retention and reactivation tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In-depth analytics and split testing capabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick and efficient customer support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you know how to select a customer lifecycle marketing software. So, let\u2019s examine the best CLM software.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#1. Salesforce Marketing Cloud<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce Marketing Cloud offers you a suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/marketing-automation-small-businesses\/\">marketing automation<\/a>, analytics, customer lifecycle, and segmentation tools. These tools help you create personalized buyer interactions across various channels \u2014 chat, socials, email, SMS, and ads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing Cloud also allows businesses to integrate with several CRMs. This enables sales reps to see where their messages went in their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/crm\/sales-pipeline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sales pipeline<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> quickly. Additionally, you can use this customer lifecycle software to upload offline data, automate Facebook ads, and manage content creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud<\/span><\/strong><b><\/b><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Customer 360<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>The core <a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/engagebay-is-a-top-20-crm-of-2020-crozdesk\/\">CRM<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"> platform \u2014 Customer 360 \u2014 integrates with Slack. It allows one-on-one engagement with a customer across multiple touchpoints of the business. This helps marketing, sales, and service teams to view and effectively <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-management-strategies\/\">manage customer<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"> journeys throughout the customer lifecycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Customer profiling<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Salesforce <a href=\"https:\/\/hightouch.com\/blog\/what-is-a-customer-data-platform-cdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Customer Data Platform (CDP)<\/a> takes the guesswork out of personalization. It gives you access to the customer data you need to segment clients into common groups. This helps you engage better, nurture, and convert prospects at different stages of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buyer journey<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Automated CRM and optimization<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use Journey Builder on the Marketing Cloud to automate personalized event-triggered customer engagement, like exit-intent pop-ups. This customer lifecycle software also has an email and ad studio with many easy-to-personalize emails and ad templates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Analytics and reporting<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce Marketing Cloud monitors business channels like social media. You get actionable reports on your campaign results, brand health, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/successful-customer-experience-strategy\/\">customer experience<\/a> through AI and machine learning analytics. It also tracks your KPIs, investments, and decisions on the same platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Supports multiple deployment methods<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can deploy Marketing Cloud as a cloud-based SaaS solution or desktop software. This means you can access the Marketing Cloud from multiple platforms like smartphones, Linux, Windows, and macOS systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Salesforce Marketing Cloud Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing Cloud pricing is pretty high. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/products\/marketing-cloud\/pricing\/email-mobile-web-marketing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pricing starts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at $400 for B2B lifecycle marketing-related plans.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/salesforce-salesforce-marketing-cloud\/reviews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.0\/5.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (4,113 Reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of Salesforce Marketing Cloud<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Pros<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Cons<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A suite of products to manage your entire customers\u2019 lifecycle.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has tricky UX issues and sometimes duplicates data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports an extensive client database<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too pricey for a small business.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy onboarding, use, and training.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not the best customer support, according to Trustpilot reviews<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is Salesforce Marketing Cloud Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce Marketing Cloud is suitable for a wide range of B2B and B2C product and services companies, as well as nonprofits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/salesforce-competitors\/\">Read also: Top 9 Salesforce Competitors And Alternatives [Tables]<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#2. HubSpot<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/pipedrive-vs-hubspot-vs-engagebay\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a complete marketing automation and lifecycle marketing software like Salesforce Marketing Cloud. It is a cloud-based CRM platform with sales, service, marketing, and content management software tools \u2014 called hubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39805 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chrome-capture-2023-3-21-2.png\" alt=\"HubSpot lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"931\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chrome-capture-2023-3-21-2.png 1130w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chrome-capture-2023-3-21-2-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chrome-capture-2023-3-21-2-1024x479.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chrome-capture-2023-3-21-2-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chrome-capture-2023-3-21-2-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although HubSpot focuses on inbound marketing, it qualifies as a lifecycle marketing software. Why? Because it collects, stores, and analyzes large amounts of client data on its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/digital-com-ranks-engagebay-among-best-crm-software-2020\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRM software<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This customer lifecycle software also tracks and reports many performance metrics for marketing, sales, and customer relationship interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of HubSpot<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Integrations<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/zoho-vs-hubspot-vs-engagebay\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has lots of popularity because it can seamlessly integrate with several third-party tools on the App Market. Some of its most popular integrations include Shopify, Stripe, Gmail, Outlook, Zoom, etc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Customizable CRM<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot provides a customized database for collecting and storing contacts, companies, deals, and tasks. You need this to achieve better segmentation. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sales-automation-process-2020\/\">automate this process<\/a> on the database platform to enable profiling, merging contacts, and eliminating duplicate leads.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Dashboard and reporting<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/hubspot-vs-mailchimp-vs-engagebay\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows you to build custom dashboards and reports. This allows your team to access all the analytics and reporting they need in a single canvas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Email marketing automation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/email-marketing-automation-trends-2020\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email marketing automation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows you to deliver relevant messaging to your audience and boost your pipeline. This customer lifecycle software has lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/introduction-email-templates\/\">email templates<\/a> that you can modify. Also, HubSpot uses a lead\u2019s history and activity to configure the timing for distributing emails.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>HubSpot Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/hubspot-pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot subscription<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in tiers for its entire suite and each hub. Regardless of the tier you need \u2014 Free, Starter, Professional, or Enterprise \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/hubspot-alternatives\/\">HubSpot<\/a> isn\u2019t as pricey as Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Paid plans start at $45\/month ($18\/month for new users). However, the price rises steeply to $800 and $3,200 for 1,000 and 10,000 contacts, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/hubspot-sales-hub\/reviews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.4\/5.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (10,938 Reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of HubSpot CRM<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table style=\"height: 264px;\" width=\"775\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Pros<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Cons<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A large user community, excellent support, lots of training materials<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confusing pricing system with paid tiers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a user-friendly interface<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited access to lifecycle marketing tools and features with a free account<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible pricing<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The price for premium features hits the roof once your business starts growing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to a free plan<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No customer support on the free plan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Who is HubSpot Best Suited For?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HubSpot is suitable for sales, marketing, and customer support professionals across multiple levels \u2014 small and medium scale, corporate and large enterprises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/hubspot-competitors\/\">Read also: 9 Top HubSpot Competitors That Cost a Lot Less<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#3. EngageBay<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/best-sales-enablement-software-award\/\">EngageBay<\/a> is a cloud-based customer lifecycle marketing software with great functionalities like HubSpot. The difference? It is the most affordable of all lifecycle marketing software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This software has an army of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">product features<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that makes email marketing, CRM, help desk, lead generation, landing page creation, social media marketing, and marketing automation seem easy. That\u2019s why one digital marketing manager <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/software\/product\/EngageBay\/\">said<\/a>, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay &#8211; An impossible dream &#8211; Realized<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026\u201d Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/engagebay-all-in-one-suite\/reviews\">called<\/a> it &#8211; \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Unknown Marketing Automation Platform<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33730 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/engagebaymarketingtool.png\" alt=\"EngageBay lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"938\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/engagebaymarketingtool.png 1324w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/engagebaymarketingtool-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/engagebaymarketingtool-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/engagebaymarketingtool-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/engagebaymarketingtool-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay allows you to collect and manage all of your customers\u2019 data from one single dashboard. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/engagebay-wins-4-awards-by-financesonline-in-2019\/\">EngageBay<\/a> also integrates with several marketing apps like BulkSMS, Zapier, WooCommerce, QuickBooks, Twilio, Exotel, Mandrill, Xero, Shopify, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of EngageBay<\/span><\/strong><b><\/b><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>360 Degree Customer View<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/engagebay-wins-4-awards-by-financesonline-in-2019\/\">Engagebay<\/a> gets you a complete view of your potential customers and their relationship with your brand at every touchpoint. This helps you to hand over the best quality leads from your marketing funnel to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sales-kpi\/\">sales team<\/a> for maximum conversion.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Sales Automation Tools<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engagebay has lots of valuable sales automation tools you can use to track <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sales-pipeline-stages\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won and lost deals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, add contacts, book appointments, score leads, and so on. The sales intelligence tool helps you track customer behavior like link clicks, opened emails, and more. The tools help you to build a complete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sales-pipeline-vs-sales-funnel\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sales funnel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Streamlined Lists for Better Lead Close Rate<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay has a \u201cstatic list and smart list\u201d feature. These lists separate your contacts into smaller groups based on similarities and common data points. Lists help you stay organized and target customers better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The smart lists continuously refresh themselves with new contacts that match the list&#8217;s filter criteria and remove the contacts that no longer meet the criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, static lists are snapshots of contacts that meet specific filter criteria when the list was created. They do not refresh themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Analytics and Reporting<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engagebay\u2019s reporting module helps you customize and generate reports and analytics on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/sales-tips-to-increase-sales\/\">sales<\/a> figures in a meaningful way. You can also get reports on your best-performing marketing content. With this, you become aware of what\u2019s working, improve it, and increase your revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>EngageBay Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay is the most affordable customer lifecycle software without complex pricing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/pricing\/all-in-one\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pricing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> starts at $11.04 per user per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/engagebay-all-in-one-suite\/reviews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.6\/5.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (212 Reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of EngageBay<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Pros<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Cons<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The free plan has almost all premium features<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited email design templates<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most affordable customer lifecycle software<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It requires a learning curve like every lifecycle software. But quick and patient online support makes this less of a chore<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free customer onboarding and $0 extra for additional technical support<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The manual guides aren\u2019t yet detailed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly-responsive support team<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">API integrations need some work<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is EngageBay Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay is suitable for small business owners and companies of all sizes &#8211; B2B, B2C, eCommerce, and enterprise brands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udc49 Boost your marketing efforts with our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/email-templates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email templates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Just customize and send!&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/zoho-vs-hubspot-vs-engagebay\/\">Read also: CRM Functionality: Zoho vs HubSpot vs EngageBay<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#4. Pega 7<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ega 7 is quite different from other CLM software on this list. It is a web-based automation platform and lifecycle marketing software that optimizes complex customer lifecycle journeys for enterprise-level users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43185 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1.png\" alt=\"Pega 7 lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"942\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1.png 1669w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1-1024x297.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1-1536x445.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Enterprise-CRM-software-on-a-unified-platform-Pega-1-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data and project management apps powered by the Pegasystems software achieve BPM (business process management), CRM, Case-based Management (CBM), AI, and robotic process automation functionalities across multiple channels. Together, these features integrate to help you personalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-experience-strategy\/\">customer experiences<\/a> and deliver targeted messaging to your users.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of Pega 7<\/span><\/strong><b><\/b><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cross-team CRM<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apps designed for automating, segmenting, and personalizing customer relationships can integrate with the Pega Pulse solution to enable users to share client and business data across different locations and teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Low-code app-building environment<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reusable models on Pega 7\u2019s layered architecture allow you to build custom apps without in-depth coding knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Real-time Business Intelligence (BI)<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can access real-time data of current client interactions, last actions, and recommended activities to provide an engaging client experience. This is possible with the Pega 7 real-time intelligence platform. This platform uses adaptive analysis, predictive analysis, and many business rules to decide on every user&#8217;s next best engagement strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>CLM optimization<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pega\u2019s BPM and case-based management platforms help you automate tasks and workflow using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infopulse.com\/intelligent-business\/rpa\">RPA solutions<\/a> to optimize customer lifecycle management. Automated access to data and customizable desktops improve business process implementation and customer interaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The software achieves this by visualizing customer data, establishing their position on the client lifecycle, and delivering targeted marketing messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Automated engagement<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pega 7 platform has chatbots and AI virtual assistants that manage your conversations on Facebook, email, SMS, and Alexa. These digital assistants improve the customer experience by providing what a customer wants, making client suggestions, and completing tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pega 7 Pricing<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pega 7 offers different editions of its platforms and bundles for specific solution areas. Editions have varying costs depending on the size of your business or solution areas you need to manage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Enterprise Starter pricing starts at $90 per feature. However, there\u2019s a 30 day free trial period with minimal features, including the lack of access to premium features.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/pega-platform\/reviews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.2\/5.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (269 Reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of Pega 7<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Pros<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Cons<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile-friendly deployment and implementation<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor integration with non-Pega-built apps<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customizable platform<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No-code development is limited by how many pre-built models you can use in your project<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time-saving with no-code app development<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requires extra spending to deploy custom developments<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omnichannel client data collection<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a steep learning curve for non-developers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is Pega 7 Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise CRM end-users and BPM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrocube.com\/mobile-app-development\/\">app developers<\/a> in IT, banking and Fintech, marketing, service, nonprofits, and more will find this as a helpful marketing automation tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-tracking-software\/\">Read also: 10 Leading Customer Tracking Software For 2024 [Micro Reviews]<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#5. ChurnZero<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero is a cloud-based customer lifecycle software for boosting the customer fulfillment rate of subscription businesses. The software features valuable tools for reducing the rate of customer churn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43186 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Customer-Success-Software-ChurnZero.png\" alt=\"ChurnZero lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"922\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Customer-Success-Software-ChurnZero.png 1496w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Customer-Success-Software-ChurnZero-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Customer-Success-Software-ChurnZero-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Customer-Success-Software-ChurnZero-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Customer-Success-Software-ChurnZero-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, it manages onboarding, reactivation, customer engagement, product usage tracking\/analytics, segmentation, and more. Plus, it integrates with other tech tools like Salesforce, NetSuite, Intercom, HubSpot, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of ChurnZero<\/span><\/strong><b><\/b><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Customized dashboard view<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero allows you to customize your dashboard and visualize the KPIs most relevant to you. This allows you to optimize your strategies after identifying what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not. Additionally, you can share the dashboard access with members of your customer-facing team. Hence, team members and executives can safely access and share valuable insights concerning your customer lifecycle marketing strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Mobile support<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero supports on-the-go access on mobile platforms via Android and iOS apps to manage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/customer-service-strategy\/\">customer service<\/a> cases instantly as they appear on the customer profile. Plus, real-time alerts help you to view and attend to potential customer support needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Reporting<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use ChurnZero to monitor customer health scores, get account insights and track other success metrics. Doing this allows you to stay on top of your churn rate reduction strategy. ChurnZero\u2019s analytics engine collects and analyzes customer success indicators through interactions, uploaded data, and surveys. These actionable insights from these data ensure the personalization and automation of content and recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Customer segmentation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero breaks down your extensive client list into related segments based on customer journeys, preferences, and behavior. This feature allows you to effectively communicate important information to entire segments \u2014 instead of individual accounts \u2014 at once, without sacrificing personalization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>ChurnZero Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero has yet to provide a set price for this product, which is typical for some software service brands. They set up your business\u2019s customer engagement and retention software based on what you need.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/churnzero\/reviews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.7\/5.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1,157 Reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of ChurnZero<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Pros<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Cons<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated platform with a simplified user experience.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email template builder is unavailable<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy onboarding and training<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are no real-time Churnscore updates. Thus, you have limited ability to make immediate decisions on an account&#8217;s status<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/excellent-customer-service-tips\/\">Excellent customer service<\/a> and training support.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes and tasks must be account-specific.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scalable product development to include updates based on user recommendations.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited user autonomy in managing custom fields.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is ChurnZero Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChurnZero is more suitable for small and medium-sized businesses running a subscription-based B2B model.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><b>Enhance Your Email Marketing<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to make your emails more impactful? Check out our beautiful, easy-to-customize <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/email-templates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTML email templates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Designed to boost engagement, these templates from EngageBay will help your emails stand out. Just customize the images, headings, and CTAs for your brand, and hit send in a few minutes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/email-templates\/\">Browse the Template Library<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#6. ActiveCampaign<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ActiveCampaign has one of the most advanced automation features, making it a great option for those needing powerful automation capabilities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41875 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-414.png\" alt=\"ActiveCampaign lifecycle software\" width=\"909\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-414.png 1282w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-414-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-414-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-414-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-414-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Key Features of ActiveCampaign<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Email marketing<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ActiveCampaign offers a really easy-to-use subscription form for lead capture and then helps you manage all your contacts in one place. In addition, you also get advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.default.com\/solutions\/website-visitor-tracking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">website visitor tracking<\/a> tools to help you gather visitor behavior. This can then be used to create automations based on user actions for curated content and marketing campaigns &#8212; making it a great lifecycle marketing software.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Sales automation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ActiveCampaign\u2019s sales process helps you automate mundane tasks, view a customer\u2019s complete history, and manage sales through efficient, intuitive sales pipelines.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Marketing automation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With ActiveCampaign, you can create welcome emails, assign tags, qualify leads, and more. In addition, ActiveCampaign offers automatic task assignment preset automation templates.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>ActiveCampaign Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ActiveCampaign offers three plans. Pricing starts at $93\/month for 1,000 contacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/activecampaign-for-marketing\/reviews\">4.5\/5<\/a> (10,620 reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of ActiveCampaign<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports multichannel marketing<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expensive, especially as the number of contacts increases<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerful automation builder<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited customizations for email templates<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intuitive, easy-to-use platform<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search feature needs improvement<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is ActiveCampaign Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ActiveCampaign is best for medium businesses and enterprises looking for a CRM with advanced automation and integration capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/activecampaign-alternatives\/\">Read also: 11 of the Best ActiveCampaign Alternatives (Features, Pricing)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#7. Mailchimp<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp is a useful email marketing, lifecycle marketing, and automation tool. Incepted in 2001, the simple email marketing tool transformed into a comprehensive marketing automation solution.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38870 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp.png\" alt=\"Mailchimp lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"920\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp.png 1861w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp-1024x421.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp-1536x632.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Marketing-Automation-Email-Platform-Mailchimp-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of Mailchimp<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Contact management<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp offers more advanced contact management features, including list building, segmenting, tagging, and grouping.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Templates<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp offers pre-built templates, an HTML editor with import options, and a drag-and-drop visual builder.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Marketing automation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At its core, Mailchimp offers marketing automation with pre-built journeys \u2013 including welcome emails, promotional emails, and transactional emails.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Mailchimp Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp has four plans, including a free plan. The paid plans start at $11 for 500 contacts. Mailchimp\u2019s Premium plan starts at $299\/month for 500 contacts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/mailchimp-all-in-one-marketing-platform\/reviews\">4.4\/5<\/a> (5,076 reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of Mailchimp<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers free-forever plan<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not enough templates<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good email automation platform<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becomes expensive as your contact base increases.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intuitive, easy-to-use platform<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does not have scheduled publishing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is Mailchimp Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp is best for e-commerce businesses and for users needing a social media management tool.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/mailchimps-pricing\/\">Read also: How Does Mailchimp&#8217;s Pricing Compare To Its Competitors?<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#8. Marketo<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39099 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business.png\" alt=\"Marketo enterprise lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"927\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business.png 1544w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business-1536x624.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Marketo-Engage-Adobe-for-Business-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adobe Marketo is an enterprise-level lifecycle marketing software designed specifically for enterprises. Marketo claims itself as the \u2018world\u2019s largest marketing automation\u2019 platform, with automation, ABM, lead development, content, and more.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of Marketo<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Sales and marketing&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketo offers sales intelligence tools to help you gather sales insights. In addition, you get account profiling using AI-based workflows.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Analytics<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adobe Marketo offers enterprise-grade data insights and analytics, including advanced customer journey touchpoints and journey analytics. Plus, multi-touch attribution lets you measure your lifecycle marketing campaign performance and effectiveness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cross-channel marketing<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketo\u2019s cross-channel marketing helps coordinate engagement across channels. Social media marketing offers advanced campaign management, personalized messaging, and sweepstakes. To help understand how your campaigns fare, Marketo offers real-time behavior analysis, too.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Marketo Pricing<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketo offers four plans: Growth, Select, Prime, and Ultimate. You have to get a quote from their sales team.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/adobe-marketo-engage\/reviews\">4.1\/5<\/a> (2,465 reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of Marketo<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great customer service, and great community<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not suitable for SMBs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerful, large-scale, enterprise-grade automation&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expensive<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best for enterprises<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited reporting options<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is Marketo Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketo is best suited for enterprises and corporations that need powerful automation and complex workflows.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/saas-marketing-automation\/\">Read also: SaaS Marketing Automation Explained (+ Top 5 Tools)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#9. Customer.io<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer.io lets you create personalized messaging journeys easily without the need for complex automation software. With customer feedback, re-engagement campaigns, welcome sequences, and more, Customer.io lets you sell faster. &#8212; making it a great lifecycle marketing software.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43164 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle.png\" alt=\"Customer.io customer lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"942\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle.png 1633w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle-768x252.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle-1536x503.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marketing-Automation-for-the-Whole-Customer-Lifecycle-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Key Features of Customer.io<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Segmentation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer.io offers powerful segmentation capabilities, including grouping by personal attributes, pages viewed, products, campaign behavior, and more. You can then use this segment for campaign triggers, conversion goals, and custom lists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Ad audiences<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Customer.io, you can sync segments to Google and Facebook Ads, and then retarget your customer base with the best ads.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Automation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer.io offers rules-based visual workflows to help you automate routine tasks. You get various options, including data updates, automatic multichannel messaging, delays, flow controls, and more.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Customer.io pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer.io offers three paid plans, starting at $100\/month. The Premium and Enterprise plans offer HIPAA compliance.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/customer-io\/reviews\">4.4\/5<\/a> (273 reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and cons of Customer.io<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good segmentation features<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bit expensive<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean UI<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited number of integrations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good collection of delays and automation conditions<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No free plan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is Customer.io Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer.io is a marketing-only platform and is great for individuals and marketers looking for a good automation platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/account-based-marketing-vs-marketing-automation\/\">Read also: Account-Based Marketing vs Marketing Automation: A Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#10. Intercom<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intercom is another lifecycle marketing software boasting 68% faster response time, multichannel marketing, automation, and more. Intercom calls itself \u201cthe only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beconversive.com\/blog\/ai-customer-journey-retention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">AI customer service<\/a> solution you need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17784 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome.png\" alt=\"Intercom customer lifecycle marketing software\" width=\"919\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome.png 1838w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome-1536x755.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Intercome-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Key Features of Intercom<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Automation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI-powered automation bots use advanced AI language models to solve complex problems with accuracy. According to Intercom, this can instantly resolve 50% of customer queries with accurate resolutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Inbox<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intercom lets you collaborate with your team, streamline workflows, and connect with your customers from the same inbox. Intercom also offers rich insights about customer interactions, inbox usage, and more.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Messaging<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intercom offers a consistent brand image across all the touchpoints. With zero code, you can customize everything and configure it to your needs. Intercom also offers CSAT with an easy interface.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/intercom-pricing\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Intercom Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intercom offers three plans, starting from $74\/month. The lifecycle marketing software does not offer a free plan.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/intercom\/reviews\">4.5\/5<\/a> (2,913 reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and cons of Intercom&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well-designed and clean UI<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expensive, with charges for custom bots, tours, and more<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to create custom chatbots<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over-priced add-ons<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APIs and integrations<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor customer support<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Who is Intercom Best Suited For?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intercom is best suited for SMBs that want a powerful customer experience software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udc49 Create and launch successful email campaigns with EngageBay\u2019s all-in-one solution and stunning, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/email-templates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free email templates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Don&#8217;t miss out \u2014 get started today!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/intercom-alternatives\/\">Read also: 13 Robust Intercom Alternatives To Transform Your Customer Experience<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#11. Autopilot (Now Ortto)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autopilot (Ortto) is another cool marketing automation software with built-in lifecycle marketing features.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the best visual marketing software \u2013 diluting the complexity of large automation workflows.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43165 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto.png\" alt=\"Autopilot Ortto CLM software\" width=\"932\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto.png 1562w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto-1024x354.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto-1536x531.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CDP-Email-Marketing-Automation-Platform-Ortto-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key features of Autopilot (Ortto)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Customer data platform<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autopilot offers complete customer data in real-time and instant event-based analytics for in-depth insights. This helps you execute personalized campaigns backed by accurate data.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Analytics<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autopilot offers ten different visualization options to help you visualize reports. You can also break down data using aggregates and then build multi-step funnels \u2013 thus helping you understand your customers better.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>SMS messaging<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use Autopilot\u2019s SMS marketing feature to deliver personalized content and marketing material directly to your customers. Autopilot supports 19 regions and offers sender ID to brand SMS messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Autopilot Pricing<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autopilot offers two plans, starting at $99\/month. They also offer plans for startups, enterprises, and NFP organizations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #666699;\"><strong>G2 average rating<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/ortto\/reviews\">4.3\/5<\/a> (569 reviews)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Pros and Cons of Autopilot<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f5f7;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automation templates<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expensive<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual customer journeys<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New version is buggy, according to reviews<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual project management<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic features<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Who is Autopilot (Ortto) Best Suited For?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autopilot is best suited for marketers needing a visual lifecycle marketing tool. While other CRM software are more text-based, Autopilot has gone the visual way, with visual customer journeys, templates, and project management.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-arrow-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/salesflare-alternatives\/\">Read also: 15 Inspiring Salesflare Alternatives: Discover Your Ideal CRM Solution<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">#12. Omnisend<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Omnisend is another great e-commerce marketing automation software for small and medium businesses, e-commerce owners, and online retailers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33571 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/omnisendemail.png\" alt=\"Omnisend CLM software\" width=\"908\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/omnisendemail.png 1401w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/omnisendemail-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/omnisendemail-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/omnisendemail-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/omnisendemail-595xh.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Key Features of Omnisend<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Segmentation<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omnisend lets you segment your audiences based on factors like shopping behavior and visitor actions \u2013 this helps send tailored messages for better conversions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Email marketing<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omnisend also lets marketers create personalized campaigns without the need for any coding knowledge. Plus, Omnisend\u2019s drag-and-drop editor offers dynamic content blocks to help create campaigns easily.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Channels<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omnisend also offers omnichannel marketing across multiple channels, including email, phone, SMS, social media, and the web. 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You have to purchase the product, use a free trial (if available) and decide on the one that works for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But again, some of the software has significant limitations with free trials. And sometimes, you get zero support on the free trial plans.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need an all-in-one marketing suite that doesn\u2019t have these bottlenecks, then you should try <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.engagebay.com\/signup\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EngageBay allows you access to numerous premium features, even on a free trial. 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