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Courier Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users love the ease of use of Courier, appreciating its simple notification design and recipient configuration. (3 mentions)
Users value the flexible notification system of Courier, which simplifies managing messages across various platforms effortlessly. (3 mentions)
Users love the dynamic drag-and-drop email design, making notification customization simple and efficient. (2 mentions)
Users value the detailed analytics of Courier, enabling effective tracking of messages and notifications across platforms. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the seamless API integration of Courier, simplifying multi-channel notifications and design customization. (1 mentions)
Users commend the excellent customer support of Courier, appreciating multiple contact options for resolving issues promptly. (1 mentions)
Users praise the customization options in Courier, allowing tailored notification designs and dynamic recipient selection. (1 mentions)
Users are disappointed by the lack of API integration options, limiting connectivity with various social media services. (1 mentions)
Users find complex features of Courier difficult to learn, particularly for small businesses with high notification demands. (1 mentions)
Users find customization difficult, despite the helpful drag and drop feature, impacting overall user experience. (1 mentions)
Users find the difficult learning curve of Handlebars JS in Courier challenging, impacting small business efficiency. (1 mentions)
Users find Courier expensive for small businesses, especially when high notification volumes require complex setups. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Courier

1. Ease of Use
Users love the ease of use of Courier, appreciating its simple notification design and recipient configuration.
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Vijay Kumar R.
VR

Vijay Kumar R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"My experience using courier as a email template"

What do you like about Courier?

The best think about courier is the ability to create dynamic email with drag and drop design.

Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you like about Courier?

Courier is an API for notifications that makes it easy to design and send notifications through various channels like email, Slack, SMS, and push noti

2. Notifications
Users value the flexible notification system of Courier, which simplifies managing messages across various platforms effortlessly.
See 3 mentions

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Wuhibeselassie N.
WN

Wuhibeselassie N.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A developer who's satisfied with courier"

What do you like about Courier?

It's great for sending reports, messages and notifications across different platforms and I have a track of all events and messages sent time-stamped

Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you like about Courier?

Courier is an API for notifications that makes it easy to design and send notifications through various channels like email, Slack, SMS, and push noti

3. Templates
Users love the dynamic drag-and-drop email design, making notification customization simple and efficient.
See 2 mentions

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Vijay Kumar R.
VR

Vijay Kumar R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"My experience using courier as a email template"

What do you like about Courier?

The best think about courier is the ability to create dynamic email with drag and drop design.

Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you like about Courier?

Courier is an API for notifications that makes it easy to design and send notifications through various channels like email, Slack, SMS, and push noti

4. Analytics
Users value the detailed analytics of Courier, enabling effective tracking of messages and notifications across platforms.
See 1 mentions

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Wuhibeselassie N.
WN

Wuhibeselassie N.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A developer who's satisfied with courier"

What do you like about Courier?

It's great for sending reports, messages and notifications across different platforms and I have a track of all events and messages sent time-stamped

5. API Integration
Users appreciate the seamless API integration of Courier, simplifying multi-channel notifications and design customization.
See 1 mentions

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Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you like about Courier?

Courier is an API for notifications that makes it easy to design and send notifications through various channels like email, Slack, SMS, and push noti

6. Customer Support
Users commend the excellent customer support of Courier, appreciating multiple contact options for resolving issues promptly.
See 1 mentions

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Evgeniy P.
EP

Evgeniy P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"This is a great platform for sending noficaitons in a nice easy to implememt way."

What do you like about Courier?

I like it for its ease of use and the fact that you can configure and select the recipients of the notifications dynamically. The customer support als

7. Customization
Users praise the customization options in Courier, allowing tailored notification designs and dynamic recipient selection.
See 1 mentions

See Related User Reviews

Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you like about Courier?

Courier is an API for notifications that makes it easy to design and send notifications through various channels like email, Slack, SMS, and push noti

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Courier

1. API Integration Issues
Users are disappointed by the lack of API integration options, limiting connectivity with various social media services.
See 1 mentions

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Evgeniy P.
EP

Evgeniy P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.0/5

"This is a great platform for sending noficaitons in a nice easy to implememt way."

What do you dislike about Courier?

Perhaps the only concern I have with this platform is the fact that there are currently no options to integrate the platform to different social media

2. Complex Features
Users find complex features of Courier difficult to learn, particularly for small businesses with high notification demands.
See 1 mentions

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Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you dislike about Courier?

Courier uses handlebars js, which may be hard to learn and costly for small businesses, especially if high notification volumes are needed.

3. Customization Difficulty
Users find customization difficult, despite the helpful drag and drop feature, impacting overall user experience.
See 1 mentions

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Vijay Kumar R.
VR

Vijay Kumar R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4.5/5

"My experience using courier as a email template"

What do you dislike about Courier?

Although drag and drop feature is very helpful, but custimizing at the hightest level is very pain.

4. Difficult Learning
Users find the difficult learning curve of Handlebars JS in Courier challenging, impacting small business efficiency.
See 1 mentions

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Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you dislike about Courier?

Courier uses handlebars js, which may be hard to learn and costly for small businesses, especially if high notification volumes are needed.

5. Expensive
Users find Courier expensive for small businesses, especially when high notification volumes require complex setups.
See 1 mentions

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Shiva A.
SA

Shiva A.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0/5

"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"

What do you dislike about Courier?

Courier uses handlebars js, which may be hard to learn and costly for small businesses, especially if high notification volumes are needed.

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Courier Reviews (59)

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Evgeniy P.
EP
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"This is a great platform for sending noficaitons in a nice easy to implememt way."
What do you like best about Courier?

I like it for its ease of use and the fact that you can configure and select the recipients of the notifications dynamically. The customer support also appears to be great as there are plenty of ways to contact the support staff in case of questions or software or integration issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

Perhaps the only concern I have with this platform is the fact that there are currently no options to integrate the platform to different social media services (e.g. Snapchat,Instagram etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shiva A.
SA
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Developer's API for Easy Design and notification with Courier"
What do you like best about Courier?

Courier is an API for notifications that makes it easy to design and send notifications through various channels like email, Slack, SMS, and push notifications using a single API. It allows us to customize notification designs according to our needs, simplifying email management. Additionally, it keeps a record of all notifications for troubleshooting purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

Courier uses handlebars js, which may be hard to learn and costly for small businesses, especially if high notification volumes are needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wuhibeselassie N.
WN
Full-stack Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A developer who's satisfied with courier"
What do you like best about Courier?

It's great for sending reports, messages and notifications across different platforms and I have a track of all events and messages sent time-stamped on their dashboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

Not having templates that can work for different events Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vijay Kumar R.
VR
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My experience using courier as a email template"
What do you like best about Courier?

The best think about courier is the ability to create dynamic email with drag and drop design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

Although drag and drop feature is very helpful, but custimizing at the hightest level is very pain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric R.
ER
Product lead
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great product, saves a lot of development time."
What do you like best about Courier?

I like the fact you can quickly add providers to support new channels of communication with minimum code. We use Slack, Teams and Email and it saves a lot of time to have our content editable by non-technical users in a central place. Before we did all our notification templates in-code and developers were a bottleneck to the smallest change. It is no longer the case now, thanks to Courier. We can focus our energy on another aspect of our product. I find the paid plans to be affordable as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

They are still a company that is scaling up. We occasionally run into small bugs or format issues, but they are addressed quickly by their team in our support channel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John M.
JM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"An amazing application"
What do you like best about Courier?

Easy UI and fast to implement on the development side Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

Sometimes emails don't get through, but this might not be Courier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan M.
JM
Principal
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Notifications made Easy!"
What do you like best about Courier?

Courier makes implementing a great notification experience across all platforms. Whether it is web, mobile, SMS, they give you a simple interface to do this. Their API is simple and their documentation is great. From a developer standpoint, they provide great documentation and great logging information to help you support your notifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

The only real draw back I have seen is I would like to have automatic user creation without having to call the create user end points. They allow sending messages with the user information but those end points don't create the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Valuable flexibility of providers, needs some stability improvements in the web editor"
What do you like best about Courier?

The fact that you can switch email providers easily allows us to prevent vendor lock-in as we scale.

The sheer number of providers makes me confident I can use just about any service I think is suitable.

The designer is simple to use and flexible when it works.

The fact that product folks are able to tweak email designs without involving engineering is a huge productivity win.

It looks like there are many other channel capabilities besides email that we could look to use in engaging our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

The web editor has about a 70% chance of working at any given moment. (I normally use Edge, but seems more consistent on Chrome?).

When it doesn't work, the page seems to get stuck loading (some content loads, but the loading indicator continues to flash).

It happens frequently enough that it can be painful to get work done on something that Courier otherwise makes very easy to accomplish. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nate Munger of Courier

Hi! Thank you for the feedback on the performance of our UI in the MS Edge browser. If you see this behavior again, please email me Nate@ or support@courier.com so we can investigate formally. In the meantime, our Support Engineer is doing some investigation of Courier and Edge to see if we can identify any compatibility issues ourselves. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on Courier with the world 🙏.

Verified User in Human Resources
UH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Courier simplifies the process of creating notifications"
What do you like best about Courier?

Working with Courier is a great experience, and as a developer, it helps that I can create notifications quickly across various platforms. Courier is also very well documented and has a ton of other great features such as detailed logs and tracking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

The conditional rendering of text/components was initially tricky. I can this being a bigger issue for non devs. There were also some bugs that I faced on the platform where I wasn't able to see some workspaces when logging in (apparently the issue was related to ultrawide monitors) which was a little bit frustrating. However, customer support was very quick to respond! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Nate Munger of Courier

Thank you for reaching out to support about the Ultrawide monitor issue related to workspace management. I'm following up internally to understand where that stands.

Thank you also for the insight into areas we can improve. I'd love to know more about your thoughts on how we set conditions on channels, text, blocks etc. Do you have specific UI or UX improvements you'd recommend? If you'd prefer, you can reach out to me directly at nate at courier dot com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simplified notifications with amazing customer support"
What do you like best about Courier?

The customer support from Courier has been amazing! We wanted to leverage existing Postmark templates to ease into using Courier. We found a couple of issues and the Courier team implemented our fixes in less than a week which enabled us to leverage existing assets before a full cut-over. Other than the support, we appreciate that almost everything has an API. The developer and supporting docs are first class. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Courier?

Using multi-channel notifications was a little challenging to get status updates from Courier outbound webhooks. It hasn't been a blocker for current work and Courier has also made improvements for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.