Which is the better Autoresponder – AWeber or GetResponse?
AWeber and GetResponse are both popular autoresponder solutions with great features. Both have the ability to manage multiple email campaigns, schedule emails, follow a double opt-in system and track the responses. However, in this review, I will only focus on those points which are unique to each.
• AWeber has far superior ability to analyze the email campaigns. You can go into great details and discover how many emails were actually opened by your prospects and how many on them visited the link inside. Not only that you can know how many emails bounced back, how many were undeliverable, how many went to invalid email addresses and how many were marked as spam by prospects who had opted-in. the best part of this feature is the ability to send a different set of follow-up emails depending on the response.
• With AWeber, it is possible to check for broken links in the emails you are sending to your prospects.
• If you use a domain name instead of a tracking link, the conversions are higher. AWeber has the ability to track clicks based on your own domain name which is of real benefit to marketers. Another small utility used by AWeber to increase conversions is a subscriber count chicklet that can be placed under the opt-in form on your squeeze page. Higher chicklet counts are known to attract more opt-ins.
• AWeber offers an easier user interface, a richer support blog and higher email deliverability than any other autoresponder in the market. It also allows you to email full blog posts to your list directly from an RSS to email feed.
• Both AWeber and GetResponse allow you to post tweets to your followers on Twitter about your emails. GetResponse also allows you to add Facebook fans to your autoresponder list. in addition, the new GetResponse v6.0 can also be accessed from iPhone to track your campaign statistics and to add members from your iPhone address book.
• Whereas AWeber integrates with many shopping carts like 1ShoppingCart, GetResponse provides a unique API which can be used by programmers to integrate GetResponse with any of their applications including shopping carts or forums.
AWeber definitely has superior features compared to GetResponse, which is not very far behind in terms of the technology. However, AWeber is far more expensive if you are looking at building a huge list. AWeber has a slab based pricing which charges you $19 per month for 500 subscribers, $49 for 5000 subscribers and $149 per month for more than 10000 subscribers. In comparison, GetResponse has a flat rental of $17.95 per month for any number of subscribers.




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