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At Email Vendor Selection, we help business owners and marketers make sense of complex products and services, and make them easy to review and compare. So you can make the best choices and focus on growing your business.

And so there is only one way to do that. We\u2019re committed to giving accurate, trustworthy, and valuable insights about software. This is why we base our reviews and guides on solid research, data, and hands-on testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>How we review tools<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we even begin testing, we research what our readers want to use, their budget, and what they think is important in the software.\u00a0Then we set the criteria for what makes the best tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s an overview of our software review process:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. We pick tools based what people use and prefer in the market<\/strong>. And of course the knowledge and experience of our expert team members<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. We sign up for a fresh account for each software<\/strong> we review. If a tool doesn\u2019t have a free plan or trial, we contact them asking for an account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. We test features and usability.<\/strong> As we\u2019re testing, we take detailed notes on our experience. Including the features we like, any issues we run into, and anything that feels confusing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. We take original screenshots and video <\/strong>of the software during testing. This is to show how features work and support our research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. We test customer support<\/strong> with questions to see response times and accuracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. We verify reviews <\/strong>with experts and the in-house team. Often we’ll do multiple rounds of reviews and a double pass to fact-check and verify our review. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. We monitor pricing pages and product updates<\/strong> to keep our articles up-to-date.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    <\/span>Research and review scoring<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    We know that objective data carries weight when reviewing products and services. Our data comes from primary and secondary research. We extensively research and test the products. Studying their features, pricing, pros, and cons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At Email Vendor Selection, we tests and do research surveys to get our primary data. Then, we convert this data into meaningful <\/strong>score rankings, descriptions and ratings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the total score<\/strong>, we include objective ratings when we give an overall score. We aren\u2019t making up numbers. We use weighted scores to create a total score, which is based on all the below.

    Ease of use<\/strong> is based on how easy it is to get started, onboarding support, and navigation. This includes testing how much effort and time it takes to complete tasks the software was designed for.

    Pricing and value<\/strong> are comparative scores. We compare prices with the value a product delivers and to competitor prices.

    Functionalities<\/strong> are based on having a feature included or not. Features included in a plan are rated higher than paid add-ons. We highlight the main features of different software categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n