Compare Mailster и Spambrella

Benefits:

Mailster seamlessly plugs in with WordPress to create a versatile mass email communication service where a single email to a central address gets ... Read more

Mailster seamlessly plugs in with WordPress to create a versatile mass email communication service where a single email to a central address gets forwarded to everyone on the list and to ensure continuity of discussions if a recipient replies everyone else gets the response email creating a two-way communication

Drawbacks:

The initial setting up of Mailster is a bit tricky as you try to figure out how to compile email lists adding and removing recipients, figuring ou... Read more

The initial setting up of Mailster is a bit tricky as you try to figure out how to compile email lists adding and removing recipients, figuring out how to navigate the software is not exactly intuitive

Summary:

Benefits:

Mailster provides unique functionality that you can't find anywhere else. Internal mailing lists are common, and CMS websites are common. But the... Read more

Mailster provides unique functionality that you can't find anywhere else. Internal mailing lists are common, and CMS websites are common. But the ability to bring the two together is a synergy that we feel every group could and should use. For trade groups like ours, it changes the way the group functions and adds significant value to membership. Mailster has made our trade group of lawyers more of a "must" to join because of its ability to preserve emailed information in the CMS database for later search and use. That database grows in value by the day. In addition, Mailster is flexible and adds functionality we hadn't considered. The ability to have small mailing lists to collaborate on projects is valuable. Those who want to continue to use Mailman mailing lists can send emails to Mailster to preserve that information on the CMS. In Joomla, integration with the Facebook-like Community Builder brings even tighter integration of the entire membership. Mailster's optional digests are preferable to some members. And the ability to have information sent to a CMS article has a variety of uses. Finally, Mailster is a mature product that has been around for years, with outstanding support. We don't know how many websites have incorporated Mailster, but it isn't enough. In our view, organizations who haven't yet discovered Mailster are missing a key tool to add value to their memberships and missions.

Drawbacks:

We have used Mailster for years and watched it continue to grow and improve. In that time, we can find no cons.

Summary:

We have used Mailster with Joomla for years, and are now excited to have it available in Wordpress. The reason it's so critical is its ability to ... Read more

We have used Mailster with Joomla for years, and are now excited to have it available in Wordpress. The reason it's so critical is its ability to bring email and a website together into a cohesive, user-friendly information ecosystem. Its primary purpose is to provide flexible mailing lists. Critically, these are two-way ' anyone belonging to the list who sends an email to the list's mailing address sends it to everyone else on the list. It has the same functionality as an internal corporate or group listserve, or the standalone open-source solution called 'Mailman'. But it greatly improves on the capabilities of either one by integrating that functionality within an existing Joomla or Wordpress CMS-based website. Our usage scenario: a trade group of 150 lawyers had used a Mailman mailing list for years and was reasonably happy with it, but it was separate from their website. The user lists didn't correspond, and a lot of valuable information was shared on Mailman that didn't make it to their website. That's a critical loss for a group that is trying to build a single, searchable database of information that grows in value over time. Mailster changes all that. It duplicates the capability of Mailman as a closed listserve and adds many more extremely useful features: 1. It integrates tightly with the user base of the CMS in flexible ways, so you only have one database of users. 2. You can add users, permanently or temporarily, to a mailing list who may not possess registered access to the website. 3. You can create as many mailing lists as you want, all from the same interface. This is great for subgroups of CMS users who might be collaborating on a project. 4. The archives are immediately available on the front and back ends, include attachments, and are searchable both with a Mailster search and a Joomla or Wordpress full-site search. 5. Archives for multiple mailing lists can all be set up to be viewed on the website, each with their own menu item or all combined. 6. There is an option for daily, weekly or monthly digests. 7. The 'ultimate' edition of Mailster can flexibly display emails in an individual CMS article automatically. We think of Mailster as a flexible bridge between (1) the email interface that everyone is used to and (2) your website, a group's listserve, specialized mailing lists, and the searchable content of the website itself. It's an indispensable tool. We strongly recommend this product.

Benefits:

Mailster makes it easy to capture email addresses and to send campaigns to customers right in my WordPress dashboard. Its also easy to integrate wi... Read more

Mailster makes it easy to capture email addresses and to send campaigns to customers right in my WordPress dashboard. Its also easy to integrate with other software like Optin Monster

Drawbacks:

Designing emails is a bit of a challenge. They have limited templates

Summary:

For the cost, Mailster is value for money and it makes it easy to grow web traffic via email notifications.

Benefits:

It was easy to setup, I liked being able to create groups, and that it has many useful features like the mail archives.

Drawbacks:

I had to do paperwork to get approval from my organization to purchase a component from a non-United States address. When I first started I remembe... Read more

I had to do paperwork to get approval from my organization to purchase a component from a non-United States address. When I first started I remember it was confusing trying to figure out how all the pieces worked together. I had to create new email accounts, figure out which settings to use (test those settings), and there was a bit of a learning curve. But for a tool this powerful and with so many options, that's not surprising.

Summary:

Our organization purchased Mailster because it was the only game in town if you wanted to create mailing lists on a Joomla website. Our staff use ... Read more

Our organization purchased Mailster because it was the only game in town if you wanted to create mailing lists on a Joomla website. Our staff use our mailing lists frequently and it's one of our core features for our staff site that people can review archives of previous conversations on the mailing list. The setup did take some work, however the website documentation was helpful, and once I went through the instructions it didn't take much time to setup the mailing lists. I liked the features that allowed us to test our connection. When I had questions or needed help, support from Mailster was quick and they were able to fix any problems we ran across. I would recommend Mailster to anyone that needed to run mailing lists for their website users.

Benefits:

Easy to onboard my customers from another spam filtering system. Very fast and haven't had any downtime in the 9 months since I have moved to Spamb... Read more

Easy to onboard my customers from another spam filtering system. Very fast and haven't had any downtime in the 9 months since I have moved to Spambrella. When I have had to use support, responses where quick. Only small problems but quickly resolved

Drawbacks:

Not really any cons. Did take a little while getting used to the interface

Summary:

I had to move all my customers from another filtering system with little notice. Spambrella gave me a good value alternative and after I moved my ... Read more

I had to move all my customers from another filtering system with little notice. Spambrella gave me a good value alternative and after I moved my customers I realised how bad the old solution I used was. Contact with Sales and Support always been professional

Benefits:

I most liked that it was very easy to setup - the online help documentation was clear and concise and there was no expensive setup costs. Support ... Read more

I most liked that it was very easy to setup - the online help documentation was clear and concise and there was no expensive setup costs. Support was always available and responsive when I had questions. The admin itself had all of the features I could ask for and was easy to navigate and identify. And of course, it does what it was supposed to do which is it significantly cut back on phishing attacks. Our phishing emails have dropped since implementing Spambrella.

Drawbacks:

Two things need improvement before I'd be really thrilled with this product. 1 - The logs of quarantined/blocked emails needs to have a way to id... Read more

Two things need improvement before I'd be really thrilled with this product. 1 - The logs of quarantined/blocked emails needs to have a way to identify phishing attacks and other blocked email. The dashboard in beta shows some metrics to indicate how many of these attacks were blocked - but it isn't possible to see the detail of the email. I hear this is in the works though. 2 - I wish there were an Outlook plugin like their competitors. The only way a user can mark a received email as Spam is if I turn on a super-generic "this email was scanned for spam" footer that appears on every email - one that looks just like what real phishing attacks use to provide a malicious link. Ideally a button could be placed in Outlook to allow a user to communicate an email as an attack, or a spam, and so on.

Summary:

We looked into Spambrella to reduce the number of impersonation / CEO Fraud attacks we were receiving. We would receive daily phishing emails. We... Read more

We looked into Spambrella to reduce the number of impersonation / CEO Fraud attacks we were receiving. We would receive daily phishing emails. We also wanted to cut down on the general spam junk we received. Even with phishing awareness training - my users were still making mistakes. Spambrella's trial made it nice to try out the system. The setup was fairly easy and straight forward with only a few hiccups. And support was quick and responsive and actually helpful.

Benefits:

The platform suits multi-tenant companies and allows the ability to resell/supply Mail Security professionally.

Drawbacks:

The platform is backed by proofpoint, who you can partner directly with. The service from Spambrella lacks at times and because they are a reseller... Read more

The platform is backed by proofpoint, who you can partner directly with. The service from Spambrella lacks at times and because they are a reseller, there is one tier of lost control on the prof point platform. It also seems to mean any development or escalation happens from Spambrella to proofpoint that delays features and support.

Summary:

Providing mail security in today's cyber environments is more essential and is a key differentiator from managing this yourself vs outsourcing it t... Read more

Providing mail security in today's cyber environments is more essential and is a key differentiator from managing this yourself vs outsourcing it to a competitor offering the same solution. Spambrella were good during the sales phase however it wasn't clear they were simply a reseller and therefore a step below the source. Getting timely and accurate support isn't possible nor are features that proofpoint offer available to Spambrella customers.

Benefits:

- Easy to get started with setup - Monthly billing available instead of having to come up with a years subscriptions - Product very good at catchin... Read more

- Easy to get started with setup - Monthly billing available instead of having to come up with a years subscriptions - Product very good at catching spam

Drawbacks:

- LDAP query ports have to be opened on the firewall

Summary:

Things are going well and I am very happy with how much the product picks up spam. My inbox has never been so manageable before! It is pretty accur... Read more

Things are going well and I am very happy with how much the product picks up spam. My inbox has never been so manageable before! It is pretty accurate right out of the gate about what is and isn't spam and with a little tweaking it is as close to perfect as possible.