Answers.Body: <p>I've used them both. CiviDesk's version wins hands down on ease of installation as you just install and plug in your API from SparkPost. Also if I understand it, sending via the API is preferred.</p>
  
  <p>PESC's version requires installation, update SMTP settings with those provided by SparkPost, and then configuring a Scheduled Job with API and other configuration settings.</p>
  
  <p>One issue I am noticing on a site with CiviDesk's module is a <a href="https://github.com/cividesk/com.cividesk.email.sparkpost/issues/17" rel="nofollow">high bounce rate reported in CiviCRM</a> (bounces of type "Syntax") which are not actual bounces in SparkPost - but I may not have had the latest version. Testing now. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: I am also currently experiencing the high "bounce" rate for "syntax" with the cividesk extension - but I was not able to get bulk mail sending out using the pesc extension (transactional mail not through civiMail was fine), not sure what I had misconfigured but it did seem more difficult.
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Answers.Body: <p>Curious to know if anyone has any updates to their experience with both.  I plan to install now.  Will share my experience too.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I used the com.pesc and it worked, no problems.  Instructions were complete and easy to follow.  I selected this plugin because of the reports of high bounce rate with the other option.
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Answers.Text: I have just installed the CiviDesk extension on 4.7 with Wordpress. It worked out of the box, and finally now CiviCRM Mailings are working! Great Job CiviDesk folks! Thanks alot.
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Answers.Body: <p>Both extensions worked for me for CiviMail and Transactional Mail. PESC worked a bit better but more configuration required. CiviDesk was not processing bounce backs for me. Once I configured PESC it was getting the Bounces back. If you use the PESC extension remember to remove the - optional and - required from the API Bounce configuration once you had included your API key in the scheduled jobs.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I had trouble with the com.pesc extension but the Cividesk worked "out of the box" on Drupal. I'm testing over the weekend and will post feedback.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I guess your mileage may vary.  I tried the cividesk extension first and could not get it to work despite many tries.  Then I switched to the pesc extension and found that it works perfectly.  The setup on the pesc version is a little more involved, but it is not that difficult.  </p>
  
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Body: <p>Two Sparkpost extensions for Civimail have been released/updated in the last couple of days.</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p><a href="https://github.com/cividesk/com.cividesk.email.sparkpost" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/cividesk/com.cividesk.email.sparkpost</a></p>
  </li>
  <li><p><a href="https://github.com/proexchange/com.pesc.sparkpost" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/proexchange/com.pesc.sparkpost</a></p>
  <p>Has anyone compared them to see which works best?</p>
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Tags: <civimail><sparkpost>
Title: Has anyone compared the two Sparkpost extension?
ThreadText: # Has anyone compared the two Sparkpost extension?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-08)
  
  Two Sparkpost extensions for Civimail have been released/updated in the last couple of days.
  
  1. <https://github.com/cividesk/com.cividesk.email.sparkpost>
  2. <https://github.com/proexchange/com.pesc.sparkpost>
  
     Has anyone compared them to see which works best?
  
  **Tags:** civimail, sparkpost
  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-04-14. Score: 4
  
  I've used them both. CiviDesk's version wins hands down on ease of installation as you just install and plug in your API from SparkPost. Also if I understand it, sending via the API is preferred.
  
  PESC's version requires installation, update SMTP settings with those provided by SparkPost, and then configuring a Scheduled Job with API and other configuration settings.
  
  One issue I am noticing on a site with CiviDesk's module is a [high bounce rate reported in CiviCRM](https://github.com/cividesk/com.cividesk.email.sparkpost/issues/17) (bounces of type "Syntax") which are not actual bounces in SparkPost - but I may not have had the latest version. Testing now.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I am also currently experiencing the high "bounce" rate for "syntax" with the cividesk extension - but I was not able to get bulk mail sending out using the pesc extension (transactional mail not through civiMail was fine), not sure what I had misconfigured but it did seem more difficult.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-12. Score: 0
  
  Curious to know if anyone has any updates to their experience with both. I plan to install now. Will share my experience too.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: I used the com.pesc and it worked, no problems.  Instructions were complete and easy to follow.  I selected this plugin because of the reports of high bounce rate with the other option.  
  > **username_4**: I have just installed the CiviDesk extension on 4.7 with Wordpress. It worked out of the box, and finally now CiviCRM Mailings are working! Great Job CiviDesk folks! Thanks alot.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-02-07. Score: 0
  
  Both extensions worked for me for CiviMail and Transactional Mail. PESC worked a bit better but more configuration required. CiviDesk was not processing bounce backs for me. Once I configured PESC it was getting the Bounces back. If you use the PESC extension remember to remove the - optional and - required from the API Bounce configuration once you had included your API key in the scheduled jobs.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2016-04-09. Score: 0
  
  I had trouble with the com.pesc extension but the Cividesk worked "out of the box" on Drupal. I'm testing over the weekend and will post feedback.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2016-04-15. Score: 0
  
  I guess your mileage may vary. I tried the cividesk extension first and could not get it to work despite many tries. Then I switched to the pesc extension and found that it works perfectly. The setup on the pesc version is a little more involved, but it is not that difficult.
  
  
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