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Is Dynamics 365 Marketing the most ideal marketing solution for you? Digitalfeet weighed its functions and features alongside ClickDimensions and HubSpot Marketing. Take a look for yourself!

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	Dynamics 365	Click Dimensions
Email Marketing	The email functionality of Dynamics 365 Marketing still needs finetuning. The ease of using the Drag and Drop Editor for emails is not yet optimal. For example, it does not allow adjusting the white space in an email template.	ClickDimensions has an easy-to-use drag and drop email editor. Besides that, it can also send one-off emails, sales-initiated emails from CRM, and workflow-initiated emails.
Webinar, Live Events, and Meetings	Dynamics 365 Marketing has direct integration with Microsoft Teams live events and meetings. Create and host live events using Microsoft Teams as the webinar provider. Integrate Teams webinars directly into Marketing events. Set up the webinar event as either a Teams live event or a Teams meeting. If you are already using Microsoft Teams for other purposes and have a license, this is an advantage.	ClickDimensions integrates with GoToWebinar, Zoom, Eventbrite, and more. If you are already using these tools to run your webinars and live events, this might be the right choice.
Lead Scoring	A key benefit of Microsoft 365 for Marketing is the Lead Scoring functionality. Microsoft has designed multiple lead scoring models that you can adapt to the user's privacy preferences. Dynamics 365 for Marketing also includes tools for GDPR compliance. The solution offers plenty of ways to segment and target audiences.	ClickDimensions has lead scoring, but a much simpler version.
Integrations	Some of the Dynamics 365 CRM users are using mostly Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 Marketing has its own tool for event handling instead of integrating with Eventbrite. It will integrate with Microsoft Teams instead of Zoom. It will make you stay within the Microsoft Suite of products. So, if that’s something you are interested in, then Dynamics 365 for marketing will be the best choice for you.	ClickDimensions can integrate with Zoom for meetings and Eventbrite for events. If you are using different business software from different software vendors, ClickDimensions could have the capability to integrate them all.
Possibility to customize	Microsoft 365 for Marketing is a part of a growing and fully integrated Dynamics CRM suite that can adapt to the way you market and sell your services. Microsoft 365 Marketing as very adaptable. It can be a simple marketing automation software, but it can also be so much more. You can add functionality as you go. So, it can fit both smaller businesses and bigger enterprises.	ClickDimensions is not part of an ecosystem of possibilities in the same way and is more of a standard solution.
Ease of use	Dynamics 365 Marketing can guarantee a working integration to other Microsoft solutions. It also has a huge set of possibilities for tailoring to fit your business needs. When set up, it's quite easy to use. With this solution, you can can handle newsletters, direct mails, customer journey, leads scoring, and more.	ClickDimensions is best for you if you meet the following requirements: You need to make little to no customizations to the ClickDimensions solution Its out-of-the-box functionalities meet your business requirements Suppose these two requirements are met, you will have a “plug and play” marketing automation solution where you can handle newsletters, marketing automation, and social media management.
Pricing	You can attach Dynamics 365 Marketing to your current subscription/licenses. With existing Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Dynamics Marketing costs $750/month, with 2000 contacts included. Additional contacts cost $600 for 1st 8000, then $250 for each additional 5000. With existing Dynamics 365 application licenses (like Sales Enterprise), Dynamics 365 Marketing costs $750/month, including 10,000 contacts and $250/month for each additional 5000 contacts. Dynamics 365 for Marketing is also offered as a standalone option. Pricing is $1500 for the base package with 10,000 contacts. You can add more contacts for $250/month for 5000 contacts. Read more: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/#Marketing	ClickDimension has three price plans, but since the first one doesn’t include all the marketing automation capabilities, we will skip that one. Then you have two: Business for 699 dollars a month Premier for 1299 dollars a month Both come with a 12-month annual commitment paid in advance. Read more: https://clickdimensions.com/pricing/

	Dynamics 365	HubSpot Marketing
The Features	Dynamics 365 Marketing doesn’t have such a wide variety of functions regarding content and SEO, and there is no CMS. It focuses more on the marketing automation part. But the Dynamics CRM suite has many different modules, and together with Power Platform, it can be customized as a super powerful tool.	HubSpot has numerous options and the support offered, like live chat, blogs, and webinars. The chatbox allows you to assist your online visitors without having to hire extra staff. And lead flow helps you generate more leads by presenting a pop-up message for a download or prompt to subscribe to your newsletter, for example. It helps you with SEO, blog creation, content management, and you can use it as a CMS.
Integration	Dynamics 365 Marketing is integrating fully with other Microsoft tools. So, it's easy for you to create stronger buying pipeline, make informed decisions with customer insights, seamless integration with other Microsoft platforms, and a lot more.	If you are using the whole Hubspot ecosystem, we will give to score for integrations. A lot of tools integrate with Hubspot. However, if you don’t use Hubspot as your CRM, it can be difficult to integrate Hubspot Marketing Hub fully with the CRM.
Possibility to customize	Microsoft 365 for Marketing is a part of a growing and fully integrated Dynamics CRM suite that can adapt to the way you market and sell your services. Microsoft 365 Marketing as very adaptable. It can be a simple marketing automation software, but it can also be so much more. You can add functionality as you go. So, it can fit both smaller businesses and bigger enterprises.	Hubspot has an ecosystem with a bunch of add-ons that you can customize. But in general, the Hubspot ecosystem is simpler, easier to use, but also less powerful. For smaller companies with simpler needs that use the whole Hubspot ecosystem, they will experience great customization possibilities.
Ease of use	Dynamics 365 for Marketing is the best option and easier to use if you are already using Microsoft applications. Especially when you are already familiar with Dynamics CRM and are using its basic functionalities.	If you are using the whole ecosystem, which includes the CRM and CMS, the best option is Hubspot. When a prospect or lead visits a web page, opens an email, etc., a workflow is triggered, and that person can be guided further into the sales funnel. You can link various social media accounts, create content, and schedule posts. Monitor the accounts and posts and, using the reporting tool, see how the posts ‘perform.’
Pricing	You can attach Dynamics 365 Marketing to your current subscription/licenses. With existing Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Dynamics Marketing costs $750/month, with 2000 contacts included. Additional contacts cost $600 for 1st 8000, then $250 for each additional 5000. With existing Dynamics 365 application licenses (like Sales Enterprise), Dynamics 365 Marketing costs $750/month, including 10,000 contacts and $250/month for each additional 5000 contacts.	Hubspot Professional plan costs $800/month (10,000 contacts included), plus a $600 one-time onboarding fee. This is the plan you need to opt-in for if you want the marketing automation capabilities. If you also want extensive reporting and predictive lead scoring, the Enterprise plan will provide you with that for $2,400/month (10,000 contacts included). If you are using Hubspot with another CRM than Hubspot, the integration costs might be quite high.

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