Aweber vs iContact?

I have no experience on iContact. What I can tell you is Aweber is easy to use and very user friendly.

I would do a search with those names to see some of the threads already running. Everybody is going to have their preferences and it might be best to pop for the two $1 trial memberships and see which one you like.

Aweber is best and most used auto responder in my opinion.

Aweber is very reliable! I am using it since a month. And it is very easy to use.

I use both, depending upon the situation.

I've been using iContact for a couple of months now and
have been an AWeber user for years.

So far, AWeber offer much better support as they are
more responsive and have longer support desk hours
than iContact. AWeber staff also seem more helpful
and want to get to the solution quicker.

AWeber are also more widely integrated with a lot of
other software programs and they're usually the first
to be integrated.

That said, it's easy to integrate AWeber or iContact
webforms into WordPress.

Neither AWeber nor iContact offer payment via PayPal
but I wouldn't let that be a criteria in selecting something
as important as the company you use for your lists.

Because of the recent data compromises with AWeber
I've lost a bit of faith in their ability to protect my
subscriber data so I'm now using iContact for my more
recent list building efforts.

Dedicated to your success,

Shaun

Hi Shaun, how do you know they lost your subscriber's data? mind to share your story on this one? Thanks.

Thanks Shaun, guess nothing is perfect out there

I had a really bad experience with aweber support about two years ago so I switched to icontact. They have been excellent to work with....great technology, great support, and a reasonable pricing structure.

I love Aweber and have never had any problems with it. The only downside (not really a downside) is Aweber doesn't have an iPhone app, iContact does. Oh well.

Any other recent opinions on these two? I'm not sure which to go with either.

Also, what about Mailchimp? Anyone prefer them over these other two?

I understand Aweber have recently deleted many IM accounts, no warning, no notice, just done. Reason seems is IM send more emails than their other client sections.If this is the reason I would expect to get a note saying so, and perhaps a limit on the # of emails that can be sent per month. Now we have Aweber slap??

aWeber All the way!! Been using it for quite some time a also tried cheaper alternatives but aWeber is seemless, although I'd like it if they uploaded new templates XD

Have you guys considered Interspire? Its the most powerful in my book.

I just picked up a client that is using Constant Contact for $55/ month for 5000 contacts.

The Auto-responder functionality is very limited, eg, you can only have 1 active responder series at a time.

This company has 5 different websites offering different content on each so they need multiple responder series going at once.

Is Aweber your favorite?

Hey,
Do somebody have problem with iContact now? my emails that I sent from iContact went straight to Gmail SPAM folder. I sent without any link too... no spamy words or huge sums of money.. I saw that newsletters from other marketers (from iContact service) that i received now going to spam folder too.. ???

I've used Aweber for years with no problems. Have tried GetRepsonse. It's good but I still prefer Awber. Customer support at Aweber is more thorough and responsive in my opinion.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, Aweber is by far the VERY BEST Autoresponder!

Tim

I have never posted this before but I hate Aweber. They closed down my list
about 2 years ago without any warning. I was 5 days from the launch
of my biggest site at that point and when I tried to log in to send out a
pre-launch email my Aweber account was shut down.

Plus most of my other money making sites were dead because after
a free optin I show OTOs but because the optin didn't work people
got an error message. Basically my entire business was shut down.

After calling them they told me about one of my sites being listed on
some site like spamhaus and since my site contained an Aweber optin
form they closed my account.

We had know about the Spamhaus listing and we were even working to get
it corrected which we did a week later.

Even after explaining this, showing that we were take off that spamhaus
listing, and even after Mike Filsaime called them to vouch that I was
a legit marketer they still closed my account and I got my 50,000 name
list in a zip file.

We had to scramble to add GetResponse forms on 25 plus sites and
I launched my product without a list.

I just heard from another marketer last week with another story about
them shutting him down this month.

If you want to one day get your list you spent 2 years building sent to
you as a zip file then Aweber is the way to go.

So what are you using now Jeff that gives you that extra security that you wont lose your list?

Maybe something like Lyris or Responsys? I know that alot of marketers haven't heard about these companies but I remember Eben Pagan using them and even some warriors recommending one/both of them for especially that reason: they don't do stuff without consulting you first, ie: delete one of your lists.

in my exp... aweber is very user friendly ......

i would prefer aweber.easy to manage even if you newbie.

How about interspire ? Can anybody use it and success rate +95% ?

Aweber is still cheaper and easier to use than most. I just dont know why they dont sell lists?

Wow, Aweber and Get Response are not even not that list

I use iContact for my offline clients (due to their much better handling of imported contacts without requiring a confirmation email), but I do wish iContact had automatic contact management like Aweber regarding unsubscribing leads from one list when they subscribe to a new list (actual paying clients).

I wonder if there's a way to do this somehow...hrmmm...

~Dexx

i trust aweber only.
it's customer service is top notch no doubt and the delivery rate is really high. Reliable

I have used both and found Icontact suited my needs best. Plus the trial is free!

I've been using Aweber for 6 years and I've never looked back.

James Scholes

Aweber is king! I've been using for some time, and I dont think anything else is better when taking into account all factors: Price, Support, Inbox Rate and Interface

I have just had my icontact account cancelled:

"Unfortunately due to iContact terms and conditions and our anti-spam policy we will not be able to move forward with your account. We have made a decision not to move forward with the business model for affiliate marketing."

So that is all my subscribers lost!!

I have used over the years quite a number of autoresponders (Aweber and iContact among them), and I keep going back to Aweber due to its intuitive yet powerful interface.

The only thing I miss from Aweber is the possibility to split-test follow up emails. I dont get why they don't implement that feature. Their tracking is not the best either.

My suggestion is host your own autoresponse system.

I used iContact before and had my prepaid annual account closed despite having authorized signatures for every client that was opted in. I was not refunded either.

I'm using GetResponse right now. Been with them since 2008.

I like Aweber because how reliable they are, but I don't like their pricing and double opt-in.

I use mailchimp and they suspended my account once, but they don't make me double opt-in my 2,000 email list... so it's all good.

If they ban my account, I'll just make a new mailchimp account and keep truckin'.

i like aweber but it can get expensive once you have a huge list but otherwise its the best service chosen by all marketers

Aweber would be a 1000x better if it only had an agency program like iContact has (which allows a marketing company to manage and track a ton of client accounts through one account instead of having to login separately into each one)

~Dexx

Well I've tried a few and I must say Aweber is still the best have used so far because they are very reliable and easy to use and their customer service is superb...Though is more costly when you start accumulating 1000's of subscribers to your list but is worth the trouble.

So my personal recommendation and real user is Aweber

I have no experience on iContact. What I can tell you is Aweber is easy to use and very user friendly.

Hello! I personally prefer aweber. It's very easy to use, effective and really has great services. I haven't used iContact so I can't give you a review though. But I based on my experience, aweber is a sure bet. I hope that helped you in a way or so.

Someone guys here comment that one or other service cancel your account. All the autoresponders services has the option to backup/dowuload list and setup options. You must DO backup from them depend of your list growth.

One backup each 7 or 14 days or less, is a good rule to avoid nightmare in this sense. Like I comment above, depend of your list.

None of the autoresponder service is perfect, and they care much reputation.

From my point of view, iContact is more flexible in their services. It is cheaper (in small lists you save up to 60 USD per year compared to Aweber, imagine in large lists), payment through Paypal, and import the contacts without double optin.

Aweber is more restrictive, it has become the "standard" in autoresponders, and is used by many more people. So the comments are more abundant.

Currently emerging services like this, and see that they behave. One of the best tools we have people who are dedicated to Internet marketing is that there is competition in this regard, in order to choose the one that best suits our needs.

For me it's about deliverability and how fast my emails get delivered. AWeber is far is the best for this, and if you compare the prices, between aWeber and iContact as you get bigger they are the same.

I think most people will vouch for Aweber.