Use the comparison tool below to compare the top Email Testing tools on the market. You can filter results by user reviews, pricing, features, platform, region, support options, integrations, and more.
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SendGrid
Twilio
$15 per month 1,489 RatingsPartner with the email service trusted by developers and marketers for time-savings, scalability, and delivery expertise. The Twilio SendGrid Email API and proprietary Mail Transfer Agent (MTA), intuitive console, powerful features, and email experts make it easy to ensure all your email gets delivered in seconds and without interruption. Whether you’re sending 100 emails or 100 billion, SendGrid is built to scale, while maximizing inbox placement and protecting your reputation as a trusted sender. Monitor engagement data and optimize deliverability with our Deliverability Insights dashboard. Integrate with our RESTful APIs and SMTP in minutes, with sample code libraries available in 7 languages, interactive docs, templates, and more. -
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Debug Mail
DebugMail.io
$2 per user per month 2 RatingsDebug Mail is a virtual SMTP Server that allows you to test and debug outgoing emails. All plans include unlimited daily test emails. You will need to provide credentials, snippets, and a REST API for easy interaction with the service. You can also create teams and share access for individual projects. Send an email containing a bug to the bug tracker by creating a direct link. You can also search for messages quickly and group them by title or date. You can view the headers, HTML, text and plain email versions for your messages. -
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Stripo allows 1+ million users and teams from different industries to quickly design responsive email templates without any HTML skills. This collection includes 1400+ responsive HTML email templates that you can download for 2023. Stripo is integrated with more than 80 ESPs, email clients, including MailChimp Campaign Monitor, Sendgrid, and Hubspot.
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Pinpoint email issues before you hit "send". On average 51% of emails never reach the inbox! So where do they go? 26% go to spam or junk folder and 25% are never delivered. We have every tool you need to maximize inbox deliverability. Get a report of any potential delivery issues with your outgoing messages. Audit your sending IP and Domain against 50+ industry blacklists. Monitor, capture, separate, and reject any email pretending to be you. Track if your content or IP is blocked by Gmail, Yahoo!, or other ISPs. Identify “risky” content and clean HTML errors to ensure delivery. Run automatic tests and get notified about issues when they occur. Get notified if deliverability issues occur by email, Slack, or Telegram. You can book a 1-hour consulting call with one of our expert consultants and get all of your email marketing & deliverability questions answered. Large enterprises can opt for our comprehensive Email Deliverability Audits.
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You can instantly preview, edit, and build your emails across 90+ clients. To speed up production and reduce errors, integrate with popular email platforms. You can quickly identify broken links, images, tracking, and test campaign load time. Also scan your subject line for any improvements. You can quickly identify any issues that could be preventing your email from reaching its destination and provide actionable advice.
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We work with you to make sure your inbox providers don't send spam emails to your email. In just a matter of weeks, our clients have seen their open rates increase by more than DOUBLE! High-engagement recipients open emails and scroll down as they read. This should be done for almost all emails that are opened, as long as the content is not longer than the page. If a recipient takes an email from spam and goes out of their way, it is telling the inbox provider that they made a mistake. Inbox providers will be able to tell if you move an email from the promotions folder into the primary inbox that you don't agree with their sorting criteria. It and other similar emails should go directly to the primary mailbox. It shows that the recipient is interested in your email content. The inbox provider can interpret this as "This email is extremely important, please do not send it to spam."
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MailTester
MailTester.com
$19 per 5,000 emails 2 RatingsIn one year, 20%-30% bounce on email addresses. MailTester.com's email verifier can verify email and remove invalid emails from your list with 99% accuracy. You want better ROI for your email campaigns. Don't waste money on invalid or discarded mail. You want excellent email deliverability. You expect that your emails will reach the correct inboxes every single time. You need a reliable, efficient, and secure email list cleaning service. If your email list is full of inactive addresses, your email campaigns won't deliver results. Emails that don't get delivered would cost you money. MailTester.com's email verifier will help you to scrub your list and remove any unwanted emails. Watch your ROI rise. There are many ways toxic emails can sneak into your email list. For example, a visitor may have mistyped his email, or someone may have used a non-corporate email address to receive the lead magnet you offer. MailTester.com API can catch invalid and irrelevant emails. -
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Mailgun is an email automation tool that is suitable to developers. Mailgun allows users to access a cloud-based email service that can track, send, and receive emails via their websites and applications. Mailgun supports many programming languages, including Python, Ruby and PHP. Mailgun's tracking feature allows users to track all emails and reduce spam.
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dmarcian
dmarcian
$19.99/month dmarcian, a global B Corp that is self-funded and funded by the public, is dedicated to improving all email systems around the world by making DMARC available to everyone. Our platform allows users to deploy DMARC, visualize email delivery data, and manage long-term domains. With superior tools, educational resources, expert support, and superior tooling, we help domain owners of all sizes fight email compromise, phishing, and spoofing. -
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Email on Acid
Email on Acid
$86 per monthThis three-step workflow can be integrated into your existing production process. It will make it easy to save time and drive value. It will also make it easier to connect with more subscribers. You can send error-free emails by simply pressing a button. No HTML knowledge required. We offer customizable click-to fix tools that can be customized to meet your team's needs. If subscribers don't get your emails, they won't be able to engage with them. Blocklist domain and spam testing can help you improve your email deliverability and land in more mailboxes. You can test your email against 23 popular spam filters, and your IP address against the most common blocklist services. Before you hit "send", resolve any delivery issues. Every inbox displays emails differently. We provide previews for over 90+ devices and clients so you can ensure your message displays correctly in every inbox. -
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URIports
Leeman & Kuiper BV
$1 per monthUse the built-in capabilities of your mail servers and your visitors' browsers to quickly identify, resolve, and fix connectivity, security, and content issues with your domain. URIports is a powerful unified tool that monitors web and mail server security, configuration, and security. URIports is a result of decades of experience in online coding and monitoring. Once the system is set up, we receive reports from visitors' browsers and mail server. All these reports are processed and provided insight by us. Get real-time, clear insights into your website's performance. Monitor violations, network issues, certificate issues, deprecated codes, and many other things! To protect yourself from spam, fraud and phishing, monitor your SPF/DKIM alignment. -
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Inbox Pirates
Crewcharge Technologies
$0Inbox Pirates is a software tool that allows email marketing and sales outreach teams access to email previews, subject line testing, and email testing. It gives them a huge boost in email open rates. It displays your email preview on popular email clients such as Gmail, Yahoo!, and Outlook. It also works on a variety of devices and screen sizes. Inbox Pirates lets you preview, test, analyze, and even delete emails using the chrome extension. It integrates with popular email tools such as Hubspot and Apollo.io, Brevo and Mailchimp. It can fix broken HTML emails. Inbox Pirates uses NLP and AI to create an email checklist that includes your email's reading times, character count, word count and accessibility checks. This allows you to grade your emails and generate a score. You can also view your emails in notification bars, inbox views (when it's stacked up with other email) and when it is open on different smartphone devices such as iPhones or Google Pixels. -
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Mailcatch
Felis Studio
$14.99 per monthMailcatch.app offers a streamlined solution for testing emails. Whether you're a developer keen on refining your email sending features or a marketer looking to perfect your campaigns, this tool is designed with you in mind. With Mailcatch, email testing has never been more straightforward or efficient. Experience a hassle-free email testing journey today. **Quick Start**: 1. Choose from over 20 code samples or just copy the SMTP details. 2. Integrate the configuration into your project. 3. Trigger your email sending function. 4. Instantly see your message in the inbox. Supercharge your marketing ✨ -
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SendForensics
SendForensics
$49 per user per monthIn order to reach their target, 30% of emails fall through the cracks and end up in customers' spam folders. This is why you need the best email delivery system. The SendForensics Deliveryability Score is a unique predictive model of an email's ability reach any given mailbox. To put it simply, it is a measure of an email's 'quality' in terms of how it will be perceived by global filtering-systems/ISPs and even human recipients themselves. The Missing Metric. SendForensics EDS automatically analyzes all data to determine the most significant cause(s) of concern. -
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EmailPreviewServices
EmailPreviewServices
$25 per monthEasy Tech Solution LLC owns EmailPreviewServices. We provide a service that allows us to preview email designs before they reach the recipient's inbox. Our tools can also check for Spam in emails and monitor Inbox status. We only provide testing for actual devices and email preview software. We don't use emulators or simulators. Our all-inclusive service has something for everyone, so whether you're an entrepreneur, small business owner, or multinational company, we have all the tools and features you need to build a strong email campaign that converts traffic and ensures your emails work. Our goal is to provide our customers a platform that allows them to quickly fix any issues with email delivery and content-viewing. -
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Folderly
Folderly
$160 per monthAI-based email delivery platform that monitors, spam tests, and maintains your email deliverability. Our goal is to assist marketers in increasing their sales and driving revenue through emails. Over 51% of all business email messages never reach the inbox. Spam folders can lead to missed sales opportunities and budgeting problems. Folderly ensures that you are never in the 51%. You can avoid spam filters and blacklists by using Folderly. Your messages will be delivered directly to your email recipients' inboxes. Foldely was built from the ground up to help companies get returns on their marketing dollars. Folderly can help you increase the delivery of your email across multiple email addresses or prevent spam-related problems from ever happening. -
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Mailtrap
Railsware
$9.99 per user per monthCapture SMTP traffic in staging and dev environments. Flexible API allows you to automate test scenarios and flow. Validate HTML/CSS and analyze email content for spam scores. Each Mailtrap account comes equipped with a unique testing environment. It takes just a few steps to integrate it with your app. You can create individual inboxes to support different environments, review servers, and then group them into the appropriate projects. Our API is easy to use and allows you to quickly set up automated testing using unlimited API calls. View messages, check spam scores and validate headers. You can also analyze the HTML support across all email clients. Access your inboxes to clients or colleagues. Send selected test email to whitelisted recipients. Mailtrap can be sent directly from your CRM or email send service. Simulate sending emails to multiple recipients. -
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mail-tester
mail-tester
€50 per 500 testWe needed a simple, inexpensive and efficient way to quickly check the quality of our newsletters. We just used our own tool. We're now sharing it free of charge via our web interface. You can use our tests in your app and whitelist our services by creating an account. We're geeky email software engineers. Each time you access our port, we generate an random email address. This email address should be used to send an email from your favorite newsletter/email program. Once you have done this, click on the "check your score" button. As soon as we receive your message our snail will stop and give you your spam score. Mail-tester will analyze the contents of your message, your IP, and send you a detailed report on what's working and what isn't. Spam filters work differently. What passes mail-tester may not pass in your office inbox. It also depends upon the user's preferences. -
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Mailosaur
Mailosaur
$9 per monthMailosaur allows QA and Development teams to capture, test and analyze SMS messages and email using their existing test frameworks or language. Catch bugs before your customers do! Identify and fix critical issues in workflows such as password resets and account activation before they are released. Mailosaur is an essential addition to any reliable suite or framework of test tools. It gives you complete confidence in the most critical workflows within your application. For every test run, project or team member you have, use a different email address. Incorporate the results into your existing testing framework. You can create phone numbers that allow you to perform end-to–end tests of critical workflows such as security verification checks. Real-world scenarios should be created that simulate common user actions, such as clicking links in emails, replying and triggering web beacons. Avoid sending emails from internal environments to external customers. -
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MailMonitor
MailMonitor
$299 per monthIt is important to know exactly where your campaigns will land. However, ensuring that they reach your subscribers' Inboxes is crucial. Email Marketing is about trusting internet server providers. Your email deliverability will improve if you keep track of your reputation. Tracking your reputation is the first step to solving your email deliverability problems. Find out how the top spam filter companies rate your campaign. Blocklists can seriously damage your reputation. If you are blocked, you can monitor your IP addresses and domains to take immediate action and delist. Email authentication is the best way to ensure that all your emails are delivered. All first-class brands place importance on customer experience. Email previews can help you spot problems with formatting, broken links, and code before they reach your Inbox. -
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Imitate Email
Imitate Email
$7/month Imitate Email is a platform that allows developers and QA teams alike to test email flows and ensure they are delivered at the right time. We differ in that we offer an embedded web widget and SSO feature. The Imitate Email widget can be added to your application with just one line of JavaScript. - Developers can test email flows within the software they are building - clients or testers can view emails within the software they are testing without requiring an Imitate Email account We also provide all the features that you would expect. - A web app for viewing email - Tools for checking responsiveness and spam scores, as well as checking links. - a fake SMTP Server alongside dedicated test email addresses - IMAP/POP3 Access for use with your preferred email client or programmatically - support for integration testing with IMAP/POP3 or WebSockets - and much more! Free forever for single developers with 15 emails per day and access to the full features -
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Everest
Validity
A platform that delivers email success like no other. Everest was created by the most respected experts in email optimization and deliveryability. It is the only platform that allows you to fully control all stages of email marketing, including pre-send preparation and creation, in flight optimization, and post-send tracking. Everest is the right platform for you if you are serious about reaching the top. Everest is the only email platform that provides you with real-time insight and information about your campaigns at all times. Your campaign's success depends on how well it is managed. You can improve your campaign's performance while it's still live. It's possible. You can improve your future campaigns by building and maintaining a reputation for your sender. -
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Testi@
Testi@
£16 per monthAre you looking for an alternative way to preview your email? Check out our affordable tools. Compare features, prices, and email clients on the Comparison of Email Testing Tools page. T@ does not offer an API so infrastructure is not overloaded. Prices on T@ are amazing. If you can afford 20$ for browser testing, then why can you pay the same price for email previews? Our servers have almost 1,5TB RAM and are connected to a 10G network. Mobile devices can be used in spare models, even if one model crashes and another is replacing it. It's like renting a supercar for a few bucks. It takes almost three years to develop and invest large amounts of money to provide affordable email screenshot tools. -
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PilotMail
Netling Digital
$3 per monthPilotMail allows you to create amazing HTML emails and then test them on real email clients. PilotMail includes a split-screen layout viewer as well as a code editor, specifically designed for building HTML emails. The Code Editor allows you to code HTML-Part, text-part and CSS templates from one place. Layout Viewer allows you to view live email visualization on desktop, tablet, or mobile devices. Inline CSS is the best way to deliver HTML e-mails. PilotMail will do this automatically each time you send a test mail. This is not all. PilotMail offers many other useful settings that allow you to pre-process your code so it is ready for production. For a test, you can set up up to 10 email addresses. Each email address can be used as an email client. PilotMail will send HTML emails to all email addresses simultaneously, allowing you to quickly find issues with live email clients. -
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testmail.app
testmail.app
$9 per monthOur simple APIs allow you to get unlimited email addresses and mailboxes. This allows you to automate end-to-end testing. Email verifications, passwordless signins, etc. Are they triggering as expected? Are they reaching the inbox? Never spam real customers by mistake - send your test emails to namespace}.{@inbox.testmail.app. Register to get your namespace. The tag can contain any type of information. Each tag creates a separate email address, so you can create unlimited mailboxes and real email addresses by simply changing the tag. You can use any HTTP or GraphQL client you choose in any language and environment, including CI/CD pipelines. You can take it further with amazing features such as advanced search with wildcard matches, "live" queries (waiting to receive new emails), sorting and pagination, attachments and SpamAssassin reports. You can create separate namespaces and mailboxes for each project, securely provision API keys and retrieve them, share test email, monitor usage, manage team membership, and more.
Overview of Email Testing Tools
Email testing tools are tools used to test the effectiveness of an email marketing campaign. Email testing tools typically evaluate email content, design, delivery time, and more.
The goal of these tools is to help marketers create better emails that will have a higher chance of being opened and read by the intended recipients. The results generated by these tools can be used to make data-driven decisions about the best way to craft emails for maximum engagement.
A/B testing is a popular feature provided by most email testing tools. This type of testing allows marketers to compare two different versions of an email’s subject line, content, or design in order to determine which one resonates more with their target audience. Testing multiple elements at once can give marketers valuable insight into how minor adjustments can drastically impact an email’s success rate and ROI.
Other features that are common among email testing platforms include click-through rate tracking, heat mapping (to track user interactions with each part of an email), A/X testing (also known as multi-variant testing), personalization and segmentation capabilities, analytics integration and reporting options, spam score analysis, mobile optimization capabilities, and automated triggers and workflow functions.
Most good email testing platforms allow users to easily integrate with third-party software like Salesforce or Marketo in order to sync customer information across systems for improved personalization efforts. They also provide comprehensive reporting features so you can quickly analyze your results in real time and gain valuable insight into how well your campaigns are performing overall.
Finally, many of these services also offer extensive support options in case you run into any issues while using their platform or if you need assistance optimizing your campaigns for maximum performance.
Reasons To Use Email Testing Tools
- Improving Open Rates: Email testing tools allow businesses to test the subject lines and preheaders of an email to help ensure that they are both relevant and engaging, thus improving the open rate.
- Increasing Click-Throughs and Conversion Rates: Through specific A/B split tests, email testing tools can analyze which elements within the emails resonate best with recipients, leading to increased click-throughs and conversion rates.
- Enhancing Deliverability: As email testing tools play a role in assessing how effective different types of content are in emails, this helps businesses come up with ways to optimize their content for maximum deliverability so that it reaches more intended users directly into their inboxes.
- Understanding User Behavior: By utilizing email testing tools, businesses can gain deeper insight into user behavior within an email experience such as seeing when users are scrolling through the message or where they take action (click on links). This insight can be incredibly valuable for designing even more targeted emails in the future.
Why Are Email Testing Tools Important?
Email testing tools are an essential part of any successful email marketing campaign. Email testing provides valuable insight into how your email is being viewed by the receiver, helping you to optimize your campaigns for maximum engagement and conversion.
Testing emails before they’re sent out ensures that they look professional and don’t contain any mistakes or errors. Testing tools allow you to analyze key elements such as subject lines, preheader text, content length, design layouts, copywriting style and more. With this information at hand, you can make adjustments to ensure that these elements are tailored perfectly to your target audience so they will be interested in engaging with your message.
Additionally, email testing tools help identify potential technical issues or compatibility problems related to different webmail clients or devices such as mobile phones. Without this step of testing, a significant portion of recipients may not even see what was sent due to their unique viewing settings or device platform. In addition to making sure everyone receives the same version of the message properly rendered on their device of choice, it allows you to establish whether a particular design works better on one platform compared with another – this could impact click-through rates significantly if handled correctly.
Overall, email testing helps save time and money by providing marketers with valuable feedback from a wide range of perspectives before launching an email campaign into production status. It also reduces risk associated with errors while improving customer experience when receiving emails from companies they trust and expect high quality communication from in return.
Email Testing Tools Features
- Spam Filtering: Most email testing tools provide a spam filter that can identify and block unsolicited messages. This helps protect emails from being flagged as spam and ensures only genuine communications are sent to subscribers.
- Link Test: When you create an email, it’s important to make sure all of the links are working properly and redirecting users correctly. Email testing tools offer link test features that allow you to check each link in the template without having to send a live message first.
- HTML Validation: Email templates must be properly formatted using HTML code for them to display correctly across different devices and browsers. Testing tools enable users to run HTML validation scripts that will scan code for errors or issues with compatibility before sending out any emails.
- Inbox Previews: In order to ensure emails look great everywhere, they need to be tested on multiple operating systems and email clients such as Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc., quickly and easily beforehand so any potential problems can be spotted before they can cause confusion or disruption with your business’ communications output Email testing tools provide inbox previews which allow users to check how their templates appear across these different platforms in one click process - giving them full control over the final product before being sent out into customer inboxes worldwide.
- Automated Testing: To really save time when sending out mass marketing campaigns; automated testing is key. Many email testing tools use machine learning algorithms which enable them to programmatically detect common mistakes in campaigns’ HTML coding – meaning any bugs or typos get caught lightning fast.
Who Can Benefit From Email Testing Tools?
- Marketers: Email testing tools allow marketers to test emails quickly and easily with a variety of features. They can ensure that their communications are well-written, properly formatted, and lead to desired actions for the target audience.
- Graphic Designers: Testing tools help graphic designers make sure their creative work looks great in email clients. They can resolve layout issues, choose the right font size and style, create dynamic content, interactively review designs, and more.
- HTML Developers: Email testing tools simplify the development process by allowing developers to preview their code across multiple email clients without manually sending emails or using a third-party tool. They can easily debug HTML markup errors and use developer preferences like syntax highlighting to speed up coding tasks.
- Content Writers: Content writers can validate the quality of content with email testing tools before sending it out to audiences around the world. In addition, they are able to collaborate on editing copy with editors in real time for faster turnaround times on campaigns.
- QA Engineers: Quality assurance engineers who oversee campaigns benefit from email testing tools by validating everything from coding standards to click tracking functionality before launch. Furthermore, they have access to detailed reports so they know exactly what is happening throughout a campaign's lifecycle in real time.
How Much Do Email Testing Tools Cost?
Email testing tools can vary dramatically in cost, depending on the features and capabilities they offer. Generally speaking, a basic email testing tool will run anywhere from free to a few hundred dollars per month, while more advanced solutions may cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. For example, some email testing solutions like Litmus and Email on Acid are priced based on the volume of emails sent each month, while other solutions such as MailHops are priced based on the number of users who need access to the platform. Additionally, some companies require an upfront implementation fee before you can start using their services.
It's also important to consider any additional costs associated with using specific testing tools. Some solutions may require additional costs for data storage and analytics or advanced features such as A/B testing or integration with third-party applications like Salesforce or Marketo. Additionally, if you plan on working with multiple clients or teams across different platforms and domains, you may need to invest in extra licenses for those domains or separate accounts for each client/team.
Finally, it's important to look at your overall budget when choosing an email testing tool - many vendors have introductory discounts which can help reduce initial costs and some providers offer lower rates for bulk purchases over longer contracts. Taking all these factors into account will ensure that you get the best value for your investment when investing in an email testing tool.
Email Testing Tools Risks
The risks associated with email testing tools include:
- Security – Email testing tools can open up businesses to security risks, as they may store usernames and passwords in cleartext or be vulnerable to data breaches. Additionally, if the tool is connected to other services or applications, it might allow potential attackers access to these systems.
- Data privacy – Testing tools that capture user data without permission can violate laws and regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
- Loss of reputation – If there are issues with an email campaign due to a mistake made while using the tool, this could damage the reputation of an organization.
- Time-consuming – Depending on the complexity of a campaign, manual setup and configuration of tests could take longer than anticipated. Plus, maintenance tasks such as updating tests for design changes or new features will add time both during launch and on an ongoing basis.
What Software Can Integrate with Email Testing Tools?
Email testing tools can integrate with various types of software, such as e-commerce platforms, customer relationship management (CRM) software, content management systems (CMS), social media networks, and analytics. Generally speaking, any system that involves a data exchange between your website or product and customers via email can be integrated with an email testing tool. This helps to ensure that the emails sent from these systems appear correctly when they arrive in customers’ inboxes and also improves deliverability rates. Integration with other software also allows you to use data stored in those systems within emails for personalization and segmentation purposes. Additionally, some A/B testing tools have integrations that allow you to monitor the results of email tests directly from within their platform.
Questions To Ask When Considering Email Testing Tools
- What platforms and email clients does the tool support?
- Does the tool provide analytics, such as stats on open rate, click-through rate, or other metrics?
- Can you customize emails with drag-and-drop builders or HTML editors?
- Does the tool provide a comprehensive library of templates?
- Does the platform offer A/B testing capabilities to determine which versions of an email will perform better than others?
- Is there a user-friendly interface and intuitive design that allows for easy use by novice users?
- Are there any pre-built integrations available including 1st party data sources like Salesforce, Google Docs, etc.?
- How secure is the platform and are additional security measures such as encryption passwords offered?
- What pricing model does the tool use - pay per email sent or subscription structure - and what features are included in each tier?
- Are detailed training materials available (eBooks, online tutorials) to help guide users through setup and implementation process?