How Does Cactus Connect Compare?
Compare all the features that you get with Cactus Connect for one low price in comparison to other e-mail solutions.
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Vertical Response | Constant Contact | Campaigner | Stream Send | iContact | MailChimp | Easy Contact | |
| Pricing | ||||||||
| Price per Month | $34.00†** up to 2,500 customers. 2,500+ call for details |
$10 - $240 | $15 - $150 | $10 - $55 | $39.90 - $159.90 at 100k | $9.95 - $699.99 | $00.00 - $690 | $9 - $65 |
| Price per # of E-mails | unlimited |
Pay As You Go -$.0075/e-mail at 100,001-500k sent 500k and more call for pricing |
NA | unlimited | additional costs per 1,000 more onto monthly plan | NA | Pay As You Go $.005 per e-mail at 500,000 credits | NA |
| Offers | unlimited e-mails per campaign |
30 Day Free Trial 10% off 6 month 15% off 12 month |
60 Day Free Trial 10% off 6 month 15% off 12 month |
30 Day Free Trial | 30 Day Free Trial | 15 Day Free Trial |
Free 0-500 subscribers 3000/e-mails per month |
60 Day Free Trial |
| Integration | ||||||||
| Yahoo! Coupon Codes | ||||||||
| Link to Products or Categories | ||||||||
| Upsell Tools | ||||||||
| 3rd Party Software | ||||||||
| Design | ||||||||
| Formatting Tools | ||||||||
| Image Hosting | Free 25 MB | 200 KB | 1 MB Min | 500 KB | Unlimited | |||
| Pre-Designed Templates | 50+ | 100s | 400+ | 450+ | 300+ | 101 | ||
| HTML Editing | ||||||||
| Merge Code Personalization | ||||||||
| Multi Message e-mail campaigns | ||||||||
| Campaigns triggered by Yahoo! Store | ||||||||
| Pre-Set message run | ||||||||
| Autoresponders | Limited to new customers | |||||||
| Unlimited Autoresponders | ||||||||
| Unlimited follow up Autoresponders | ||||||||
| Set default incoming campaign | ||||||||
| Split Testing | ||||||||
| Preview e-mails | ||||||||
| Autoresponders Assignment by Rule | ||||||||
| Customer Management | ||||||||
| Multiple subscriptions per customer | ||||||||
| List Management | ||||||||
| Import customers | .csv | .csv, .xls, .txt | .csv, EasyStoreMaker Pro or Webmail | |||||
| List Integration | ||||||||
| Sign up/Opt in form builder | ||||||||
| Paste sign up into site | ||||||||
| Sign up alerts | ||||||||
| List clean up | ||||||||
| Blog Integration | TypePad | |||||||
| Bounced e-mail manager | ||||||||
| Set campaign settings | ||||||||
| Product name or text | ||||||||
| Product Code or Description | ||||||||
| Billing, shipping, or zip | ||||||||
| Yahoo! Coupons | ||||||||
| Other customer characteristics | ||||||||
| Analytics | ||||||||
| Track Open and CTR | ||||||||
| E-mail and campaign comparisons | ||||||||
| Top performing lists and links | ||||||||
| Google Analytics Integration | ||||||||
| Printable | ||||||||
| Track subscribes, unsubscribes, opt ins | unsubscribes | |||||||
| Security Protection | ||||||||
| Double opt in | Imported customers, custom and optional for new customers | new customers | new | optional use | ||||
| Un-subscribe link | ||||||||
| Security Assurances | Whitelist relations with ISP's | Cisco Systems | SafeSubscribe™ and SafeUnsubscribe™ | Dedicate IP | ||||
| Opt out form | ||||||||
| SPAM scoring | ||||||||
| Use FROM name | ||||||||
| Segmented signle & double opt in lists | ||||||||
| Individual SPAM protection and IP Capture | ||||||||
| Additional Services | ||||||||
| Phone and demo support | ||||||||
| Custom e-mail design | ||||||||
| Multiple Yahoo! Stores per account | ||||||||
| Mailing list signup code | ||||||||
| Multi-part MIME e-mail support | ||||||||
| Training Resources | ||||||||
| Set delayed delivery | ||||||||
*Comparison chart is based on information gathered, April, 2010. For corrections, please contact cactus-compare@solidcactus.com.
** Customers on a monthly billing cycle are billed every 4 weeks.
† Prices subject to change based on size of client list, click here to learn more
To ensure maximum compatibility, CactusConnect recommends Yahoo! Merchant Standard or Professional plans.
