Here’s why ContactMonkey outshines Politemail
Modernize your work with internal comms software that aligns, engages, and connects your employees—all from Outlook or Gmail.
“Mailchimp required double the work managing lists. With ContactMonkey, I save 4 hours a week—that’s 25 days a year!
Kate Kraley
Communications Specialist
Mettler Toledo
Keep your teams connected with better internal comms
“ContactMonkey integrates with my internal distribution lists that are created on the fly via our HR data, so it’s up-to-the-minute accurate.”
Margaret P.
Enterprise Customer
Internal communication software that gets the job done
see a boost in internal comms
emails sent
faster response times
fewer comms errors
Best-rated employee communication software
When to use ContactMonkey vs PoliteMail
Features
ContactMonkey
PoliteMail
Who it’s for
- Internal communications
- Marketing
- HR
- Operations
- Corporate communications
- HR
Use case
- Company newsletters & internal emails
- Gathering employee feedback
- Tracking campaign success
- Internal emails
- Email tracking
Ease of use
74% rate it as user-friendly on G2
35% rate it as user-friendly on G2
Email builder
All drag and drop, no coding required
Requires coding for HTML emails
Dynamic content
Personalized content rows, multi-list selection, reporting & tracking, and send tests available.
No dynamic content features available.
Deliverability
Outlook, Gmail, and web app sending
Outlook only
Integrations
20+ integrations
4 integrations
Pricing
Free start
No free options
Time to try
Instant sign up
Requires a demo with no trial
Onboarding
Less than 3 weeks
4–6 months
Demo capabilities
Free interactive and live demos
Pre-recorded videos and static content
Product updates frequency
Monthly updates
Rarely updated
Customer support
Dedicated manager and 24/7 help center
No dedicated manager
Where Politemail drops the ball, ContactMonkey picks it up
Personalize emails for every segment—within one send
- With Dynamic Content, craft a single email that delivers personalized messaging to different audiences
- No duplicate drafts for each employee group
- Personalize by titles, locations, and interests
- Collect feedback and track analytics from custom content sent
Get instant feedback with various surveys
- Ditch the guesswork—know how your employees feel
- Send pulse surveys, comments, emojis, polls, and eNPS
- Collect, analyze, and act on survey data
- Bonus: Politemail doesn’t support text-based surveys
Dive deep or keep it simple with analytics
- See individual engagement & anonymous insights
- Visualize success with detailed click maps
- Go deeper with segmented email stats
- Get overview of your internal comms’ impact
Better email creation, teamwork, and language support
- Write polished, engaging emails in seconds with AI
- Collaborate in real time with your team on a single email
- Send emails in your employees’ preferred languages
- Politemail? No language translations available
24/7 support you can count on
- Need help at 2 AM? Enjoy tutorials, guides, and expert advice anytime
- Stay ahead with regular check-ins from your dedicated success manager
- Politemail? You’re on your own
Trusted by 10,000+ internal communicators
“ContactMonkey’s Dynamic Content tool has saved me hours. I no longer have to copy and paste, I don’t have to duplicate emails—I can do it all in one. That also means I’m not trying to track 5 different emails. Instead, I’m just tracking one email that has gone to the entire company. It’s saving me time, brain space, and errors that happen in duplication.”
James Maiden
Sr. Internal Communication Specialist
“Great customer service and user-friendly. Love that their Microsoft integration syncs with our distribution lists.”
Torin Roher
Corporate Comms Specialist
“ContactMonkey does the job extremely well; took almost no time to integrate, and is less expensive than competitors.”
Danielle T.
Director of Communications
Enterprise (1,000+)
“ContactMonkey makes it quick to create dynamic, engaging emails for our team. It was easy to implement and everyone who uses it picked it up really quickly.”
Jeff Genung
Senior Director of Internal Communications
“Everyone loves the emojis. They always do the thumbs up, thumbs down, and that makes it easy for us to capture satisfaction.”
Jessica Davies
Senior Manager of Communications and Inclusion