Around vs Direct Mail

Side-by-side comparison of features, reviews, pricing and more

Around

Category: Communication Tool
Industries: Communication, Marketing, Education

Pricing

Free

Pro - $8.97 per month

Business - $15.97 per month

Direct Mail

Category: Communication Tool
Industries: Communication, Marketing, Education

Pricing

Unlimited Plan

Starting at $15.00

Per Month

20M+ Downloads
5/5

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Around reviews

Im absolutely in love with @around_hq. It’s the first video calling software built for people who meet to get work done.

- Patryk Zawadzki

@around_hq passes the KonMari test. It really brings me joy Bring a sense of play to your software and consider how it impacts the humans using it. That is, in my mind, the best way to build.

- Justin Bennett

@around_hq is the best. We've moved all of our meetings to it and it's made them all better.

- Colin Wilson

Direct Mail reviews

This is a core part of my communication toolkit. While I still use other mailing list platforms for specific purposes, this solves very specific bulk mailing needs.

- Ian G. Producer

It's absolutely helped us to expand our reach. Recipients often comment on how beautiful our emails are. Very satisfying to use and to receive such feedback.

- Magda B. Executive Director

I was looking for a low-cost mail program that was very easy to learn and get up and running. The major issue was getting a zap to work, but once that was working, I was very happy with the result. Likewise, zaps for onsite forms. But the learning curve for actually USING it, and sending emails. Cost per email is very very low - I buy 10K at a time for $99 so one cent each. Pretty good pricing! Delivery is almost instantaneous, and it is fun to watch the responses roll in.

- Eric A. President

Pros & cons

Around

Pros
 Good interface usability
 Good video quality
 Good document sharing.

Cons
 Network connectivity issues
Lack of personal interactions
Securing meetings

Direct Mail

Pros
Excellent, this is so much easier to use than Mail Chimp
I love the fact I can work on campaigns locally on my computer without being online and not in a browser
The lists and address management is simple yet agile
Great program for managing email lists for mac users
It's the perfect scale and I love the ease of understanding the reporting, which becomes of direct benefit for following up and moving between lists."

Cons
You get what you pay for
With their one time payment option you don't get much customer service and you'll need to maintain your own servers
Then thats where you find out the support is AWFUL, as it seems to me theres only 2 people that work there, they refuse to talk on phone, and despite promises when chased up, they don't answer emails
Reporting is limited, there aren't enough ways to compare and contrast
Very hard to export reports and data in bulk
Editing of template could be a bit more flexible
Difficult to understand layout schema."

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