6sense’s ABM platform captures buying signals, transforms data into insights, and makes those insights actionable through automations and alerts that puts marketing's message in front of the right buyers.
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SMARTe Data Platform
Score 8.3 out of 10
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A provider of sales and marketing data, SMARTe offers a data platform for revenue teams and professionals, boasting more than 300 companies around the world have boosted revenue growth and improved marketing ROI using the platform's capabilities and data, that include: -270+ research analysts -300+ customers -153 industries -200+ countries -91+ million job titles - 15+ years of global experience
I feel like ZoomInfo was a data-first company. Now they're trying to get into the ABM space, whereas 6sense came in as an ABM tool and has just continued improving and adding data capabilities.
Their approach has made a lot more sense. The approach that ZoomInfo has taken—what …
When I was at a company that used Demandbase, a few people used it a little bit. At my company that uses 6Sense, 100+ people know how to use it and they use it daily.
I use both 6Sense and ZoomInfo. Both have their strengths. ZoomInfo is good with list building and contact data. It does not break like 6Sense when the results go beyond a few pages. 6Sense's UI is better, but it lacks the actual list of accounts one would like when building …
We compared other tools, but 6sense worked best for us because it puts intent, buying stage, and account insights in one place. It is easy for Sales and Marketing to use, and it helps us focus on the right accounts. We chose 6sense because it helps us take action faster and …
Both platforms offer very similar products. 6sense seems to be easier to get started, provides strong intent, and has a wider breadth of marketing capabilities. Demand Base appears to be a slightly cheaper option, but it requires a bit more effort to get started. It does have a …
Demandbase had a lot more flexibility in the platform and additional features like people lists, ability to export raw activity data, create custom reports. 6sense has better predictive scoring and more rich insights, however the platform is pretty rigid and requires a lot of …
We use them to compliment each other, there are areas that Clearbit provides matches that SMARTe does not and visa versa. This applies at both a contact and an account level.
Where SMARTe really stands out (for me) is the ability to classify any provided Job Title. This really …
Very similar, probably Lusha has a bigger database atm. But for the same contacts SMARTe has more details. So for a deep unlock I tend to prefer SMARTe over Lusha. Experience with Lusha was very short, especially because SMARTe deals better with GDPR obligations, so easier to use …
6sense is best when we sell to a clear list of target accounts, and we want Sales and Marketing to focus on the right companies first. It works well for SDR daily prioritization, re-engaging accounts when they start researching again, and running ABM ads only to the accounts that matter and show intent. It is less appropriate when the business is mostly high-volume inbound leads, speed to contact matters more than account intent, the target market is very small, we already know every account, or we need perfect contact-level accuracy.
SMARTe offers multiple ways to support the prospecting activity, I tend to use the Chrome Extension to unlock contact details from LinkedIn Sales Nav. Given the difficulty in finding this information working in Europe, I have to admit that the tool does his job perfectly. Only thing that could be developed is ability to find details from smaller companies. Sometimes they are (and I understand why) difficult to find.
I think one of my favorite features are the Bombora Surge topics, I'm able to take a topic that a segment is really highly active in and create an outbound sequence based on that, just targeting certain personas. Like on the buying committee, identifying activity. I can create an end-to-end campaign just with 6sense data.
I would love to see more academy and certifications, availability, I think some easier, faster, easy, digestible courses to jump in. Certifications are great but they're very much focused on just those two certifications, so maybe more of a specialization focus on that side as well as some ways to kind of do a quick easy onboarding for first time users or those who have 6sense within their organization but don't know how to jump in and use it right away.
6Sense is a powerful tool, and I’m hopeful that, despite some limitations tied to our sales process, we can make it work effectively for our organization. The customer support is great, and they have listened to my feedback and provided recommendations to improve. The insight we can see is still unmatched and it is easy to digest
The platform is pretty straightforward as far as creating new segments and what's available to do so. The launch of digital advertising has greatly improved in recent months which has been great for our digital team. Adding or removing users and updating integration points is pretty easy as well. Reporting has also been recently updated which makes reporting on usage and ROI much easier too.
We hardly needed any support but in the initial days we got some had to contact support for the product understanding, the suppor t was prompt and they were very quick to resolve any issues. The support team is very helpful and gives a lot of importance to unresolved issues.
It was too fast, too complex, no one could follow along. If you miss a step, you're lost for the rest of the time and there is SO MUCH to learn and keep up with.
I feel like ZoomInfo was a data-first company. Now they're trying to get into the ABM space, whereas 6sense came in as an ABM tool and has just continued improving and adding data capabilities. Their approach has made a lot more sense. The approach that ZoomInfo has taken—what they've built as their ABM tool—kind of just seems sloppy and not well thought out. The user experience doesn't seem as great, so it's not as appealing to a marketer trying to utilize ZoomInfo's ABM features. It's just clunky
We use them to compliment each other, there are areas that Clearbit provides matches that SMARTe does not and visa versa. This applies at both a contact and an account level. Where SMARTe really stands out (for me) is the ability to classify any provided Job Title. This really has dramatic impact to our processes. Clearbit does have a native integration that offers data refresh.
This platform has helped us balance out the entire budget we have for contact discovery. The money we lost in other platform got covered post purchasing this platform, helping us gain a positive ROI cumulatively.