Maileon vs Klaviyo

It’s not really about finding the best (email) marketing automation software out there, it’s about finding the one that best suits your company and goals.

That’s why you’ll find the comparison of Maileon vs. Klaviyo here. To help you make the right choice, we have listed the main differences in campaign management, marketing automation, transactions, integrations, and data privacy below.

Maileon vs Klaviyo: Full Comparison

Maileon or Klaviyo? Unsure which one to choose?
Check out the features, strengths and weaknesses of Klaviyo & Maileon below and find out the best newsletter tool for your email marketing. For fast navigation through the relevant topics, you can use the table of contents:

1. Campaign Management

In the area of campaign management, both systems offer you extensive options for planning, designing and creating your newsletter campaigns. Compared to Klaviyo, Maileon is particularly convincing in the area of campaign optimisation. Useful tools such as email client testing and dark mode optimisation support you significantly in the creation and quality assurance of your newsletter designs. This ensures that your customers and partners always receive appealing newsletters in their inbox, regardless of the used email application or the activation of dark mode. Maileon also provides you with a smart AI text generator that uses artificial intelligence to automatically create texts and suitable subject lines. The recommendation engine, image personalisation and the option to create and manage coupons and QR codes can also be used to send personalised content to increase your customer engagement. This makes it quicker and easier for your recipients to find relevant content and product suggestions, which also increases sales and improves customer loyalty. To further enhance the customer experience of your subscribers, you can also create your own customised landing pages for your campaigns, which can be hosted and managed via Maileon.

Comparison

Newsletter Drag & Drop Editor
AI Text Generator
Template Library
Recommendation Engine
A/B Testing
Email Personalisation
Forms
Send time optimisation
Interactive AMP campaign
Drip Campaigns
Event Calendar
Image Personalisation
Coupon generation and management
Darkmode optimisation
QR code generator
Landing Page Editor
Heatmap
Email Client Testing
RSS-Feeds

Custom Features

Do you need additional features?
To take your wishes and requirements into account, Maileon offers the option of feature request. You can request new features or improvements to existing ones. With our dedicated development team, we are also able to implement custom features for you, tailored to your specific processes and goals. You don’t have to adjust to Maileon, we adapt to you.

2. Marketing Automation

For your marketing automations, Maileon & Klaviyo offer a versatile automation editor that allows you to create automations in just a few steps using drag & drop. In contrast to Klaviyo, Maileon offers unlimited workflows, allowing you to create customised and more complex automations for fully automated and effective email marketing. You can define different start points and other automation nodes to include all eventualities and thus ensure customised and tailored customer communication. Furthermore, Maileon can also integrate app and web push as well as SMS sendout into your marketing automation.

Comparison

Drag & drop marketing automation editor
Unlimited number of workflows
Branching workflows Time-based automations
SMS marketing
Behaviour-based automations
Lead scoring
Custom workflows
App und web push

Build Omnichannel Automations with speed and agility

As an omnichannel platform, Maileon offers comprehensive options for reaching out to your customers automatically at every touchpoint along the entire customer journey. With numerous integrations, unlimited automation workflows, and SMS dispatch within your automation workflow, you can create complex, cross-channel automation for an impressive customer experience.

3. Transactions

Transactions can be realised with both Maileon and Klaviyo. Both systems provide you with a trigger mailing editor with which you can easily create transaction-related emails such as registration, order or shipping confirmations. Individual placeholders can be used in both systems, allowing you to extensively personalise your transactional emails. In addition, you can use the RSS feed function to automatically integrate valuable content from your website into your newsletter.

Comparison

Transaction emails
Trigger Email Editor
Placeholders
RSS Feed Trigger emails

Patented High-Speed Deliverability for your Campaigns

Benefit from first-class delivery rates for your newsletter campaigns and transactional emails with Maileon’s patented high-speed email marketing technology. In addition, our intern deliverability team monitors all delivery processes and performs daily IP optimisations to continuously improve your sender score.

4. Integrations & APIs

Maileon and Klaviyo have a wide range of integrations. Both systems offer seamless integrations with e-commerce & customer data platforms, CRM systems, social media channels and print services. This allows you to efficiently link different data sources such as your website, CRM and offline data across all channels. This gives you a comprehensive and detailed omnichannel customer overview. This overall perspective makes a significant contribution to optimising the touchpoints in the customer journey.

Comparison

E-commerce systems
CDP
CRM
Social
Print
REST API and API Calls
Webhooks

Connect Maileon with individual In-House Software

Maileon’s impressive range of integration options provides optimal support for building your customer loyalty on and off-page and generating new conversions. In addition to over 140 standard integrations in the areas of shop systems, CMS, CRM, analytics & tracking, CDP and more, Maileon also offers the option of developing custom integrations for your own in-house software.

5. Privacy, Security & Deliverability

In contrast to Klaviyo, Maileon has a server location exclusively in Germany and fulfils all the legal requirements. In addition, Maileon is ISO 27001 certified and fulfils comprehensive aspects in the area of user security. The 2-factor identification guarantees maximum security when logging into your Maileon account and the adjustable roles enables the creation of individual user rights for editing and viewing individual sub-areas. Maileon also offers multiple DOI processes and different consent levels. You can create as many double opt-in emails as you like in Maileon in order to optimally organise your permission process in just one account. For these reasons, Maileon is often chosen by financial service providers, educational institutions and public authorities.

Comparison

Data Center in Germany
Option to disable user tracking at an individual level
Roles and rights adjustable at a detailed level
Multiple DOI processes
2-factor identification
Different consent levels
Automatic spam trap detection
Dedicated deliverability team

Best-In-Class Delivery Rates & GDPR Compliance

With numerous certifications, including from the ISO 27001, CSA, DDV, ISPA and ECO, Maileon offers an all-in-one email marketing solution that is 100% compliant with data protection regulations (GDPR).
In addition, the experienced Maileon service team provides excellent customer support and looks forward to helping you achieve your individual goals.

6. Summary

Maileon is particularly convincing in the areas of campaign management, marketing automation and data protection because of its extensive options and functions. The platform offers advanced tools with which you can effortlessly create, manage and send appealing newsletters and complex, multi-level automation workflows with minimal effort. This allows you to set up automated and cross-channel campaigns in just a few steps to personalise interactions with your customers and subscribers. Thanks to our powerful integrations and partnerships, you have everything you need to successfully master your marketing challenges.

*The online research was done in february 2024, without guarantee of completeness or up-to-dateness.

Quotes from partners & clients

What our users are saying

Reisen Aktuell

In Maileon, we have found the right sparring partner working closely with us to achieve our ambitious goals. Short lines of communication and direct contact, the flexible user interface, and the possibility to jointly develop and implement customized solutions lay the foundation of achieving those goals. We happily recommend Maileon to those with similar aspirations.

– Franziska Ganz, Online Marketing
Offspring Media

We experience the cooperation with Maileon as pleasant. Short lines of communication, swift action, proactive thinking. Their years of experience are noticeable and ensure a good collaboration. We have already recommended Maileon to various clients and relations.

– Mathijs Visser, Co-founder
Joule Performance

With Maileon, we were able to reorganise our entire email marketing much faster than expected and noticeably reduce the workload. In addition to the extremely simple and powerful shop integrations and the comprehensive functions of design and automation, the fast, competent and customer-oriented support is a real highlight.

– Laura Evers, Content Marketing Manager
De Hypotheker

We are happy to recommend Maileon as an ESP because they listen well and think along with you. It is also their goal to achieve our goals. They are true sparring partnerseasy to contact directly, friendly and true experts.

– Marcia Merenciana, Data analyst
MEGA Möbel SB

The cooperation with Maileon is very good. Together with our Maileon contact person, we have developed/elaborated and implemented great projects. Requests are handled quickly, friendly and competently. Maileon is very user-friendly and ideas can be implemented easily and independently for the most part.

– Lena Schikowski
Utrecht University

We find the cooperation with Maileon very pleasant. Questions are dealt with quickly and Maileon is open to our wishes. We would certainly recommend Maileon for its user-friendliness, different tracking levels and the extensive rights and roles structure.

– Erik Roelofs, Online Consultant
Frankfurter Buchmesse

We have been using Maileon for our email marketing for many years. With the user-friendly platform, extensive templates and excellent support, we increase our email marketing success effectively and efficiently.

– Rebekka Buss, Content Manager
Vote Company

I would certainly recommend Maileon to ambitious parties with a slightly larger volume: Maileon is user-friendly and customisation is possible.

– Wilfred Romijn, Co-founder
ELV Elektronik

Maileon is a cost-effective solution for our email marketing needs. We have achieved a higher ROI while improving our customer retention.

– Martin Möhlmann, Online Marketing Manager
Bikkelhart

We will definitely recommend Maileon to other companies. Firstly, because of the system. It is really nice to work with, you can build good emails in the editor. You always get a quick response when you send an e-mail or give them a call, they always return your call. In addition, they like to think along with you. So we really recommend everyone to work with Maileon.

– Jelle van den Berg, Marketing Automation Specialist
Klambt Verlag

As a publisher, it is very important for us to be in close contact with our users. Thanks to Maileon, we can now create professional newsletters that appeal to them and bind them to the respective title.

– Holger Brand, Online Marketing Manager
Bjorn van Breeman giving or presenting a demo

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