With Splio you have to replace your Automation; Wapping connects to it
Splio defines itself primarily as a CRM and Automation tool to which it adds a light loyalty layer, including identification with Mobile Pass. It tries to cover the entire customer marketing area, which forces you to change your CRM/Automation in order to add its loyalty. With Wapping you can keep your CRM/Automation (Klaviyo, Connectif, Salesforce,…) and add omnichannel loyalty and a CDP, with maximum flexibility and range of services. If you switch CRMs tomorrow, you simply connect Wapping to the new one.
Splio focuses on CRM/Automation with basic loyalty features. Wapping delivers an omnichannel Loyalty Marketing platform with a powerful CDP, built specifically for retail.
Executive summary
Wapping and Splio at a glance
This first table gathers the differences that matter most when choosing a customer management and Loyalty Marketing solution for retail. The detailed comparison appears further below.
Summary of Wapping and Splio capabilities
Capability
Wapping
Splio
CRM / CDP
Yes
Yes
Basic loyalty engine
Yes
Yes
Loyalty with advanced functionality
Yes
No
Real-time promotions at checkout
Yes
No
Mobile Pass for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
Yes
Yes
Service wallet
Web, Ecommerce, APP, WhatsApp, and Wallet
Mainly Wallet and Ecommerce
Retail analytics and advanced segmentation
Yes
More limited capability
Native POS integrations
Yes
Not for the Spanish market
Native Ecommerce integrations
Yes
Custom or via partners
Integration with existing CRM/Automation
Yes
No. Means changing your CRM / Automation
A single platform
10 important Wapping features that Splio doesn't have
If you only offer points and rewards in your loyalty strategy, you're missing the chance to engage and retain a large part of your audience. Wapping offers the most powerful loyalty services and omnichannel promotion engine on the market, combined with total autonomy and independence from IT for the Marketing team.
INTEGRATION WITH YOUR CURRENT STACK
Keep your Automation and connect it to your Loyalty
Connect Wapping to your CRM / Automation so the most powerful CDP and Loyalty on the market work hand in hand with your Automation. Share loyalty customer data and omnichannel audiences from Wapping with your messaging tool through native connectors or connectors built for your project.
OMNICHANNEL PROMOTION ENGINE
A single promotional logic
Create coupons and promotions on any channel for personalized audiences. Engage new customers, win back dormant ones, drive traffic to stores or off-peak hours, or boost categories as needed. One unified engine to manage all your promotions in a single system.
EARN & BURN PROGRAMS AND FLEXIBLE CHALLENGES
Catalog of rewards and experiences
Turn points and achievements into attractive benefits. With Wapping's Earn & Burn programs and Challenges and Rewards, your customers can redeem their points for products from your catalog, gifts, exclusive discounts, or gift cards and experiences with partner brands such as Amazon, El Corte Inglés, Repsol and more. Combine benefits and adapt the redemption options to each customer segment to increase participation and the perceived value of your loyalty program.
IN-HOUSE GIFT CARD
One Gift Card across all your channels
Offer omnichannel gift cards valid in store and online. Drive purchases with bonus balance, let customers send them with personalized messages, and manage physical and digital formats from a single environment.
DIRECT DISCOUNT PROGRAMS
Exclusive benefits with full control
Create incentive programs that go beyond points. Offer exclusive discounts to customers, employees, and groups, with balance control per period.
NATIVE WHATSAPP
WhatsApp integrated into the customer experience
Use WhatsApp to sign up customers and let them access their wallet, identify themselves in store via QR, and receive campaigns, all natively integrated into Wapping.
DEPOSIT CARD
Turn returns into new sales
Offer a Deposit Card as an alternative to a refund. The amount is loaded instantly into the customer's wallet for future purchases in store or online, bringing them back and keeping the value in your business.
PRODUCT SEGMENTATION
Your product strategy, always up to date
Create dynamic product segments by category, brand, tag, or any attribute. They update automatically, and you can use them for promotions, cashback, and personalized incentives based on the customer or the moment of purchase.
INTERACTIVE CUSTOMER WALLET
Your brand's benefits in one place
Centralize promotions, coupons, gift cards, digital receipts, points, and benefits in a single digital wallet, with a consistent experience in store, online, and on mobile.
REAL-TIME CHECKOUT
Benefits applied and shown at purchase
The platform processes the active services by store, items, date, and time. The result is applied at checkout and reflected on the final receipt.
Artificial intelligence applied to loyalty
Loyalty Assistant: the AI agent built into Wapping
Loyalty Assistant lets you manage various Wapping functions with natural-language instructions. It knows the actions configured in the platform, interprets each request, and carries out analysis, campaign activation, and ROI measurement tasks. Its capabilities grow with every new version.
01
Analyzes
Interprets dashboards and data on the business, customers, and campaigns to draw useful conclusions.
02
Suggests
Answers questions and proposes actions or campaigns based on the information available in the loyalty engine.
03
Activate
Creates copy and images in multiple languages and generates dynamic segments from natural-language instructions.
Example in Wapping Manager
Detailed analysis
Full comparison by feature
Here is the detailed comparison of loyalty solutions. Open each block to review the capabilities in CDP, loyalty, marketing, channels, integrations, and security. In all our comparisons we use the same feature table, with everything we believe a Loyalty Marketing platform with a CDP and an omnichannel Promotion Engine should offer. We don't tailor the table to suit us depending on the competitor.
CDP and customer identity
CDP and identity feature comparison
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Unified customer ID online and offline
Yes
Does not detail Unique Identity creation
Guaranteed no duplicates through phone verification
Yes
No
Express consent recorded from any sign-up method
Yes
No public data
Unified customer profile
Yes
Basic
Complete activity timeline: transactions, events, and notifications
Yes
Yes
Transaction history and service usage down to line item, total, and payment method
Yes
No
Customers joining groups via codes or QR
Yes
No
Dynamic segmentation using more than 50 parameters
Yes
Limited by basic loyalty functionality
Synchronization with PIM or product master
Yes
No public data
Product master hierarchies, attributes, and variants
Yes
No public data
Dynamic product segmentation
Yes
No
Criteria by category, subcategory, brand, and attributes
Yes
No
Business-defined event manager, usable in segmentation
Yes
Yes
Insights, analytics, and data
Analytics and data usage comparison
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Dynamic dashboards with drill-down navigation
Yes
No public data
RFM analytics with 11 predefined segments and flexible configuration
Yes
Yes
Sales dashboard by products and categories
Yes
Requires custom integration
Behavior analysis by customer segment
Yes
No public data
Detailed communications dashboard for email, push, SMS, and WhatsApp
Yes
Yes
Retention dashboard by registration date or first purchase
Yes
No public data
Service conversion by store, profile, and date
Yes
No
Direct export to Excel or CSV from any dashboard
Yes
No
Custom reports exportable to Excel or CSV
Yes
Yes
Synchronization with the business's data lake or data warehouse
Yes
No public data
Tiers, points, cashback, and rewards
Core loyalty program comparison
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Member Tiers
Yes
Yes
Flexible rules for tier changes
Yes
No
Points program
Yes
Yes
Tier-based point expiration
Yes
No
Flexible point expiration by time or window
Yes
No.
Earning and redeeming points restricted by items or dates
Yes
No
Configurable delay in point activation
Yes
No public data
Social Points
Yes
No public data
Strava integration
Next release
No
Cashback
Yes
No public data
Customer's choice of which cashback to redeem
Yes
No public data
Direct Discount programs
Yes
No
Maximum discounted amount within a configurable period
Yes
No
Application restricted by products and dates
Yes
No
Challenges / Rewards programs
Yes
Yes
Challenges/Rewards independent of the points program
Yes
Yes
Discount coupons
Yes
No public data
Checkout promotion engine
Promotion engine comparison
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Real-time promotion engine for the basket, line item, or payment method, with no extra configuration in the POS or Ecommerce
Yes
No
Item promotions: percentage, discount, price change, or extra points
Yes
No
Promotions on the receipt total
Yes
No
Conditional promotions: Get 3 Pay 2 or buy X and get Y
Yes
No
Bundle promotions
Yes
No
Restriction by products or product segments
Yes
No
Gamification, gifts and other programs
Comparison of loyalty dynamics and services
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Gamification
Yes
No
Roulette wheels
Yes
No
Real-time, purchase-based prize draws
Yes
No
Real-time prize draws via QR scan
Yes
No
Entry-based prize draws on a set date
Yes
No
Restriction of roulette wheels or prize draws by store, date, or products purchased
Yes
No
Stamp card
Yes
No
Earn & Burn program
Yes
No public data
Catalog products configurable as a gift
Yes
No
Coupons and promotions configurable as a gift
Yes
No
Third-party gift cards configurable as a gift
Yes
No public data
Third-party experiences configurable as a gift
Yes
No public data
Referral program (Refer-a-Friend)
Yes
No
Subscriptions and memberships
Yes
No
In-house Gift Card program
Yes
No
Gift card for club members
Yes
No
Unregistered (bearer) gift card
Yes
No
Deposit Card
Yes
No
Digital Receipt
Yes
No
Promotion engine for unidentified customers
Yes
No
Loyalty flexibility and omnichannel execution
Program configuration and execution comparison
Feature
Wapping
Splio
One-to-one offer personalization with a per-campaign budget cap
Yes
No
Automatic multilanguage support in the service wallet
Yes
Yes
Multi-country and multi-currency operation
Yes
Yes
Restriction by store or channel without automation flows
Yes
No
Application by date, day, and time without automation flows
Yes
No
Automatic retroactive adjustment on returns
Yes
Points only
Service prioritization and incompatibility rules
Yes
Yes
Simultaneous operation of all loyalty services
Yes
No public data
Services integrated and visible in the POS with sales associate interaction
Yes
No public data
Services integrated and visible in the Ecommerce checkout
Yes
Custom integration
Integration with any POS and Ecommerce platform
Yes. Native connectors Odoo, Shopify POS, Powershop, Shopify, Salesforce CC, Magento, PrestaShop, VTEX, Waitry. ICG, HioPOS, LS Retail, Comerzzia, and Sage: native connectors through partners
Custom integration.
Artificial intelligence, marketing and channels
Comparison of AI, automation and communication channels
Feature
Wapping
Splio
AI-generated campaign copy and images
Yes
Yes
Data interpretation in natural language
Yes
Yes
Creation of segments or campaigns in natural language
Yes
Predictive segments
Automatic notifications triggered by customer events and services
Yes
Yes
Scheduled notification campaigns
Yes
Yes
Basic communication flows
Yes
Yes
Complex communication flows
No
Yes
Native email
Yes
No
Sending email through the customer's SMTP
Yes
No public data
Mobile push via Mobile Pass
Yes
Yes
Push in an existing mobile APP
Yes
No public data
Location-based push
No
No
SMS
Yes
No
Printed receipt
Yes
No
Display
Yes
Via custom integration
RCS
Yes
No public data
Native WhatsApp
Yes
No
In-APP messaging
Yes
No public data
Customer registration and identification
Comparison of registration and identification methods
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Web form
Yes
Yes
Assisted web registration with express consent
Yes
No
Mobile Pass in Google Wallet and Apple Wallet
Yes
Yes
WhatsApp
Yes
No
Existing APP or one built as part of the project
Yes
No
Phone number
Yes
No public data
Physical card
Yes
No
Service wallet
Comparison of availability and functions of the customer wallet
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Cards in Google Wallet and Apple Wallet
Yes
Yes
Integration into an existing brand APP
Yes
No public data
Custom APP for the business
Yes
No
Integration into the brand's Ecommerce
Yes
Yes
Integration via iframe
Yes
No public data
Web access
Yes
Yes
API access with customizable front-end
Yes
Yes
Content customization from the Manager (control panel)
Yes
No
Management of loyalty notification consents by channel
Yes
No
Store locator with Maps directions
Yes
No
Activating or deactivating services from the wallet
Yes
No
Integrations and additional functions
Comparison of integrations and complementary functions
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Native POS integrations
Yes
Per-project integration
Native Ecommerce integrations
Yes
Connectors or per project
Integration with the existing CRM or marketing automation
Native, Webhook, API
No
REST API, webhooks, and connectors
Yes
Yes
Simultaneous active integrations
No limit
No limit
Clienteling portal for in-store use
Yes
No
Used-item take-back with a reward in points or balance
Yes
No
Mobile APP to identify the customer and earn benefits at events or pop-up stores
Yes
No
Usability and operations
Usability and operations comparison
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Marketing independence from IT to launch any action or campaign
Yes
May require changes to POS or Ecommerce
Creation of any type of campaign without needing to use workflows
Yes
No. Requires workflows
Detailed service information for customer support
Yes
No
Security and compliance
Comparison of security and service controls
Feature
Wapping
Splio
Manager (control panel) access with optional two-factor authentication
Yes
No
User roles and permissions on the platform
Yes
Yes
Automatic presentation and consent collection for new versions of legal terms
Yes
No
Management of notification permissions by channel from the wallet
Yes
No
Balance pre-authorization at checkout to prevent fraudulent use
Yes
No
Alerts or blocking for suspected fraud
Yes
No
Change log per user
Yes
No public data
Data masking by user profile
Yes
No
Availability SLA
Yes, 99.95%
No public data
Security certifications: ISO 27001, SOC 2
Yes, ISO 27001
No
Integrations
Wapping has native connectors with the main POS and Ecommerce platforms
The platform integrates with the main sales environments and can coexist with the CRM or marketing automation solution the business already uses.
Connected core
CDP · loyalty · omnichannel activation
Ecommerce
Native
Native connectors
Shopify
Magento
Salesforce CC
PrestaShop
VTEX
Waitry
VTEX >> native connector through a partner.
Points of sale (POS)
Native
Native connectors
Odoo
Shopify POS
Powershop
ICG
HioPOS
LS Retail
Comerzzia
Sage
ICG, HioPOS, LS Retail, Comerzzia and Sage >> Native connector through a partner.
CRM/Automation
Native or custom
Your current stack stays in place
Klaviyo (native)
Webhooks
API
Wapping can work alongside your existing CRM/automation tool, with both connected to fit your requirements.
Communication Channels
Connected
Natively connected
Email
Push
WhatsApp
SMS
RCS
in-APP
Printed receipt
Display
Platform
Open architecture
A foundation built to grow
REST API
Webhooks
Native connectors
Unlimited simultaneous active integrations.
Selection criteria
Which solution fits best in each case?
The decision depends not only on the size of your business, but also on which services you want to offer your customers.
Splio may be a fit if...
You are mainly looking for an Automation tool and loyalty is not important
You do not currently consider loyalty an important asset for your business
Wapping may be a good fit if...
You have a growing business or are already a mid-size or large retailer
You want to set your business apart with Loyalty beyond a points program. You want to combine customer identification, the CDP, promotions, and the customer wallet, with real-time execution at the POS and online, and autonomy for your Marketing team.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Wapping and Splio
What is the main difference between Wapping and Splio?
Splio's core is Automation. Its functionality focuses on general CRM and Automation capabilities, to which it adds a loyalty layer based on a points program. However, it does not solve unified customer identity well, and it does not include advanced loyalty features or an omnichannel promotion engine. Wapping offers a broader catalog of loyalty features, a powerful promotion engine, and greater depth in the CDP layer, starting with a key factor: creating and guaranteeing unique customers without duplicates.
Why is email not a good unique customer identifier?
Because many users have several email accounts, which makes it hard to manage unified identities online and offline, causes issues with customers in store, and leads to calls to the call center. And since creating a new email account is so easy, users may try to take advantage of new sign-up benefits. Both situations create duplicates and unreliable data.
How does Wapping guarantee unified customer identities with no duplicates?
Wapping uses the customer's mobile phone as the unique identifier, verifying it at sign-up to create a unique customer identity without merge & curation processes, guaranteeing no duplicates and strict GDPR compliance.
Is the Mobile Pass the only recommended method for customers to identify themselves in a physical store?
No. Mobile Pass is a good option, but if the business has an APP, customers should be able to identify themselves there, as well as via WhatsApp, and in some businesses even with a physical card for older customers who don't use a mobile phone.
Why should a modern loyalty program offer an omnichannel promotion engine?
Because points, cashback and gifts are reward mechanisms, but not necessarily activation mechanisms. Wapping doesn't just build customer loyalty; it provides tools to drive sales, steer demand and execute omnichannel commercial strategies from the same platform.
What makes Wapping unique in how it applies benefits at checkout?
Wapping processes each customer's active benefits in real time based on store, items, date and time, and applies them simultaneously at checkout, showing them on the final receipt. Your Marketing team has full autonomy to launch any promotion, campaign or loyalty service in minutes and on all channels, with no additional configuration in the POS, ERP or Ecommerce.
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