Vision6 Reviews

Pros

Love using Vision6 for so many reasons. It's easy to use and intutive yet sophisticated at the samme time. In particular the advanced automation and data management features set it apart from competitiors in the market.

Cons

Like any SAS product, there are quirks that are easily worked around. Cant think of anything right now to be honest - so it cant be anything that major.

Pros

First of all we like the cost effectiveness. This relates not only to the licencing cost, but the ease of deployment and the way how e-mail camaigns can be created.

Cons

Contact management. Instead of having to export and re-import contacts, it would be great if the contacts could be moved by cut and paste to different groups.

Alternatives Considered

Mailchimp

Reasons for Switching to Vision6

Because it is an Australian Product and was more reasonably priced. Importent was that the data is stored in Australia and the billing is in AUD and not via a USD conversion.

Pros

Simple, easy to use, and great reporting, plus they are always developing the product and adding new features. Deliverability

Cons

exporting some data can be trickey, lead scoring would be great.

Pros

There is no good things. everythig is bad. Nothing

Cons

They will charge you only the number of contact lists
Even if make a mistake.

Pros

Simplicity and user friendly interface.

Cons

There is nothing to comment here, I like the platform and strongly recommend it.

Pros

Easy to setup, use and customise. Australian software means it's great for billing and invoicing, budgetting, data stored in Australia, and local support.

Cons

Would like to see more features, like transactional emails, and ability to export/retrieve a copy of the final html/message sent to a contact.

Pros

Vision6 has been a breeze for us advertising our online Photobook business as the visual designer is great for those tech illiterate people like myself. I can easily whip up an EDM in a few minutes for those last minute sales. For the more complex issues, their local support team have been great to deal with!

Cons

Nothing comes to mind. It ticks all the boxes for us.

Pros

We used the email send out app between 2011 to 2017

• easy to use
• logical layout
• good price point

Cons

• needed a better metric system
• system was a bit clunky in what we could do with templates
• WYSIWYG did not always worked.
• questions when i hit troubles took a long time to solve or didn't come back with a response.

Pros

Ability to easily produce stunning EDM's for my clients and partners.

Cons

The only speed bump I experienced was learning the new terminology. Tradition problems like learning a new UI was not an issue. Vision6 is very intuitive.

Pros

The interface. The templates available for selection.

Cons

I honestly didn't have a bad experience with the platform.

Pros

I really enjoy using Vision 6! The software is incredibly easy to use and offers fantastic flexibility, but what truly stands out is the level of reporting it provides. It allows me to refine my communications effectively and see immediately what works and what doesn’t.

Cons

The only downside for me is that there’s no integration with my current work software to streamline contact list updates, but I recognise this is more of a “me” problem than an issue with the platform itself.

Pros

It is great at EDM marketing campaigns and was a great way to reach our audience.

Cons

Their customer service / communication isn't great compared to other EDM companies.

Pros

It ticks all the boxes from a marketing to current clients and prospects point of view.
Its a Australian Company with a local support team, massive plus.
Pricing is very reasonable given the upside for the client using there to product.

Cons

I would like to see on line help to reflect the "Kiss Principal,Keep It Simple Stupid"
Step 1 you do this, Step 2 you do this etc.
It may not look fancy on screen from a display point of view , but the average person using your system is flying blind when they first sign up, pressure is on to present to management/boss.
Some videos to back this up will definitely help.
Don't let the builders of the software have total say on how the help /support/training should look and feel, the support people are the best, because they actually use the software on a daily basis and interact with the users, not the builders.

Pros

It has a good array of features to get your marketing up and going. It's also quite intuitive

Cons

We haven't found any negatives that are noteworthy

Pros

New customers find it easy to navigate and use without need of too many instructions. A lot of features and ability to create great looking emails with the knowledge of HTML code writing. Nice template designs.

Cons

I feel like you need a degree to make automation work for you. Its great functionality but underutilised because it can get complicated. While pricing is competitive, it is still a bit more expensive then some others. The email drop and drag editor is great but i think it can be improved a bit so we can get a bit more creative without having to ask a coder to assist.

Pros

Easy for anyone to pick up and use. New staff can start using with short training and learning on the job. Template system is very useful.

Cons

Would really like to be able to group lists so that sending can be streamlined and footer unsub etc. links can be unified instead of having to individually create a setting for every single list.

Pros

We love that we can partner with Vision 6 and offer the system to our clients.
There customer service is fantastic and they take and respond well to feedback.
They also keep updating and improving the system so it remains a market leader.

Cons

Nothing specific to mention.

Pros

As I have used other complicated software before, the learning to get autoresponders and forms set up in Vision6 was relatively easy. It also lets you segment some of your list.

Also when I dumbly deleted my list and its responders a bit too soon, the customer service reinstated it for me--even though I'm not yet on a paid plan. I think this is top service.

Cons

Sometimes I cannot get forms to exactly go to correct size on my sidebar - still a bit big - they have tried to help, but I am not sure of correct sizing.

You have to go through Zapier rather than direct integration to use SumoMe (an optin helper) so it's one extra step.

Pros

I use it largely for basic stuff - just standard email newsletters. Extremely simple drag and drop interface and never had troubles with responsiveness across different devices.

Cons

I've banged my head against a wall a few times trying to get through some of the advanced automation, and occasionally I've found it hard to google my way out of a problem - but the support team is exceedingly responsive.

Pros

The software is easy-to-use and doesn't have bugs and in the more than 10 years I have had an account, I can't remember the system ever going down!

Pros

* Both template based, and fully customisable
* Drag and drop
* End product (email) doesn't look like a 'monkey' template

Cons

* More complex task integration (without having to export and reimport csv files)
ie - resend to unopens
* More detailed analytics (ie how did i filter the lists in this previously sent edm)
* More comprehensive filtering options (there's no 'values between X and Y' as yet - ie postcode filtering)

Pros

Exceptional Customer Service - the team go above and beyond to provide support and assistance.

Cons

Its design needs to be modernized. Unable to order fields under a customer's profile. The price is on the dearer end - it's because of the excellent customer service that we have remained customers for more than a decade.

Pros

I love the embedded forms and ease of use of the design of the emails. The layout is easy to use and understand once you get to know it.

Cons

I think it is very important to have extra functionality around collecting big data on my contacts. Reporting functions that look at all my emails rather than by campaign only. ie. Being able to drill down but across emails, who always opens my emails, who never opens my emails so that I can target specific campaigns to specific people based on how they respond to emails. Another example. John smith always reads his emails at 6am, so I should be targeting him at that time to best get his attention.

Also need A/B marketing campaign functions.

Pros

Functionality and ease of use. It does what is required.

Cons

Changes/updates could be communicated better.

Pros

I find the software manages contact lists very well.

Cons

There are some areas which are inflexible e.g.
i) laying out of text - the template can be restrictive
ii) filing structure of the messages - it would be good to have sub-folders e.g. we have a monthly newsletter which requires several pages per edition. It would be great to be able to file each edition under its own folder, instead of all appearing in a single folder, which just grows and grows.