Attentive: AI‑led Email &SMS

I’ve been using Attentive for over 2 years now and couldn’t be happier. The platform is incredibly user-friendly and their segmentation abilities make it easy to reach the right audience with the right message. What truly sets them apart is their AMAZING customer service. The team (my rep in particular) is always attentive (pun intended!) and goes above and beyond to help problem-solve, answer questions, and even suggest new strategies to improve my email and SMS program. Highly recommend!

We've been with Attentive for a few years now with multiple brands in our company. We are using them for email and SMS and the dashboard is very user-friendly unlike some other companies we used like Klaviyo and Yotpo. We are currently working with Erika our Senior Customer Success Manager who has been very helpful in getting us ready for BFCM. She's provided all the resources (links) and tools needed to excel this quarter. She's also super responsive! It's great having some guidance if needed with growing our brands because we've worked with many companies before that don't provide the additional expertise. Out of all the email marketing companies we've worked with, this one by far is the best!

Absolutely love working with this company! The team is so 'attentive', we meet monthly to align on strategy and growth for SMS, and they’re always there with 24/7 white-glove support whenever we need it. Since switching over to Attentive, we’ve not only seen meaningful growth in our customer base but also a clear lift in revenue. It truly feels like a partnership, and we couldn’t be happier with the results so far.

Attentive is super user friendly with a great UI/UX. It offers a ton of reports and look at to help your marketing team make adjustments and grow.

Attentive has helped us grow conversions especially with the new AI Pro feature. The customer service (WhiteGlove) is outstanding and their growth team goes above and beyond to help you. If there are concerns, it's easy to schedule a call and talk through the problems. They actually give you real solutions and can go into your account and make edits.

I would avoid Attentive unless you have never used Klaviyo for email. The sales rep way overpromised and underdelivered. She insisted they never want to have an unhappy customer, and even though we have a contract, they would work with us on an exit if we were unsuccessful. Their SMS services are great. But the email side of things is subpar from Klaviyo. Not to mention, we lost around 10% of our subscribers in a mere 3 months. I have no idea how. Anyway, to boot, you have zero control over your subscription; they try to handcuff you so you won't leave. There is no subscription area on their platform, no invoice history, nothing!! If you want something, you reach out to support and wait. There is a reason Klaviyo is easy to cancel, because they know people will come back when they experience other providers. Especially this one.

Run…don’t walk away from this company.

I asked if I could get out of my contract and they said no. I knew it was a long shot but I figured I would ask.

Then a few weeks later I got a bill for $11k which was the remaining of my contract.

I emailed and said I didn’t cancel my account and they said there was nothing they could do and the bill was due.

They ignored my emails and phone calls and sent the bill to collections.

I’ve ran my store for over 20 years and have a 100,000 order trophy from Shopify and this is hands down the WORST company I’ve ever worked with.

If you are a new store stay away.

Don’t believe the promises. Find literally anyone else to text your customers through. Do not use attentive!

I’ve also never left a bad review in my life but attentive truly earned this one.

Attentive has become a crucial pillar of our SMS marketing efforts, allowing us to reach customers in a way that feels authentic and effective. The platform’s flexible automation and segmentation capabilities let us tailor messages with ease, driving both engagement and retention. The data-driven insights have empowered us to refine our strategy continually and deliver campaigns that resonate on a personal level. Plus, the ease of integrating with our existing tools has made scaling our SMS program straightforward.

I have worked with Attentive for several years across different direct to consumer businesses. They have consistently been a great partner to scale the SMS channel. From onboarding to ongoing strategy calls - they have provided 10/10 service to see the most revenue and ROI from SMS.

Attentive's platform customization and automation capabilities are top-notch, enabling us to create engaging, personalized messages and efficient campaigns. They've made meaningful updates to their data visualization and analytics providing more valuable insights so we can continue to optimize our strategy. Their integrations and segmentation options further enhance our ability to easily manage campaigns and targeting. Our account team is excellent and the support, innovative features, and reliable service make it the best choice for us.

They deal terribly when you decide to go. They didn't release our list on time and porting the number takes weeks (unnecessarily). Their prices are higher than everyone else with almost no advantage (we didn't see any increase in numbers, etc).

We've tried Emotive and Postscript as well, and I'd rate Attentive as the worst.