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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Audiense

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAudiense is a social marketing platform focused on Twitter analytics. The company and product was formerly called SocialBro, and rebranded in 2015. Capabilities include social listening, social marketing, and Twitter advertising.

    $99

    per month

    GRIN

    Score6.3 out of 10
    N/AGRIN is a creator management software platform that offers a creator search of over 38 million influencers that is not an opt-in influencer network. GRIN states they believe that the connection between brand and creator should not have a middle-man, and therefore we take no commission. GRIN creator management platform helps brands to connect directly with creator prospects and manage creator relationships to scale. The eCommerce integration aims to make product seeding, discount codes &…N/A

    GroupHigh

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGroupHigh is an influencer marketing platform from the company of the same name in Boulder, Colorado, for identifying influential bloggers and reaching out to them.N/A
    Pricing
    AudienseGRINGroupHigh
    Editions & Modules
    Twitter Marketing (formerly Socialbro)
    $39
    per month (billed annually)
    Audience Insights
    $696
    per month (billed annually)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AudienseGRINGroupHigh
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AudienseGRINGroupHigh
    Considered Multiple Products
    Audiense
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    GRIN
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    GroupHigh
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
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    Features
    AudienseGRINGroupHigh
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Audiense and GRIN and GroupHigh
    Feature
    Audiense
    -
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    GRIN
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    GroupHigh
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    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile App Analytics00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Influencer Management
    Comparison of Influencer Management features of Audiense and GRIN and GroupHigh
    Feature
    Audiense
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    Ratings
    GRIN
    1.3
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    GroupHigh
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    Influencer search00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Influencer tracking00 Ratings2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report generation00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign planning00 Ratings1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AudienseGRINGroupHigh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (23 ratings)
    1.8
    (71 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    AudienseGRINGroupHigh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Audiense
    When you start a strategy and want to discover how the audiense is composed, this is the first step to start exploring and then create your buyer personas with more details from other auxiliary tools (social listening, market research). Audiense is the best way to start exploring. It works better when you are dealing with big social media accounts when you want to explore audiences from a specific country or very specific interests. It’s good to import information from listening tools like Brandwatch to get better results about your audience.
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    GRIN
    GRIN is well suited for companies that are seeking an all-in-one solution for influencer program management and place a high value in repurposing UGC for marketing purposes. I would also say that GRIN makes sense for those who are aggressively scaling their influencer program and are planning on having at least 100-150 creators in the program. GRIN would be less appropriate for companies who may not have a large influencer program and are merely seeking to track affiliate link/coupon code performance.
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    GroupHigh
    I'd say GroupHigh is well-suited for anyone who is looking for a mass amount of influencers with ranging topics. It's very helpful in finding an abundant amount of influencers with very specific topics. If you're looking for something with very accurate numbers, this probably isn't the best bet as I have found many discrepancies
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    Pros
    Audiense
    • Audiense is the best tool I have found for tie your tweets to changes in your followers. In essence, I can see when tweets are gaining or losing followers for my account.
    • Audiense also has great analytical tools like best time to tweet reports
    • Audiense also provide a very complete look at each person you follow or is following you. It helps to understand who the people are.
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    GRIN
    • customer service on all levels
    • streamlines resources (creator search, emails, Shopify orders, payments, etc) all on one platform
    • The amount of customization and overall tools - sometimes this feels overwhelming but I'm grateful they are there to build on as I grow my experience with the platform
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    GroupHigh
    • Segments influencers based on their blog topics.
    • Allows me to create lists of different influencers. I love using this to help me pitch.
    • Helps me find very specific influencers.
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    Cons
    Audiense
    • For the USA, if Audiense.com is able to pull in the FULL spectrum of Acxiom data, then we have a truly splendid solution.
    • For the world, if Audiense.com is able to enrich an audience with PIPL, Apollo.io, and Full Contact API data, then we have the next iteration of this already amazing solution
    • As Audiense.com refines its SEMRush partnership, we will see advanced SEO unlink anything seen in past decades.
    • If Audiense.com were to integrate the full capabilities of Relationship Science ( relsci.com ), then we would, as salespeople, have the next iteration of the solution as a sales power tool.
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    GRIN
    • Creator search tool - doesn't bring up viable creator options, which means we do primarily off-platform seeding.
    • The landing page is clunky and not functional for reviewing creators - it adds a lot of time to my team's day looking through the creators with the way it's set up.
    • Email templates have funny formatting, and the typeface always seems to get messed up.
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    GroupHigh
    • My biggest problem with GroupHigh is that most times, their numbers are way off for the influencers. Sometimes, it tells me that an influencer has only 200 unique monthly visitors when they really have tens of thousands.
    • I'd love if they had email addresses for all influencers.
    • The UI can be a bit tricky to navigate at times.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Audiense
    I have been using it for a few years now and I still think it's a pretty competitive tool, although a lot of new interesting tools are coming on the market and I am always on the lookout for new solutions. If it keeps innovating, however, Audiense could stay relevant for some time to come
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    GRIN
    I wouldn't be able to run as high of a profitable or functioning influencer program without it. GRIN seriously is the organizational tool that propels us towards success, it is not in any way going to do the work for you, but it does make the work more efficient, easier, and WAY more organized
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    Usability
    Audiense
    The dashboard is excellent and easy to understand. Their messaging is very clear. The reports are visual and powerful.
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    GRIN
    The user interface of the platform is very well designed and extremely intuitive. You almost don't need an onboarding process because the workflow is so straightforward. The only item I would mention as a downside is the reporting. In order to get comprehensive reports, you need to go into each individual campaign. There is no aggregated report with all conversions.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Audiense
    I have never had an issue.
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    GRIN
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    GroupHigh
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    Performance
    Audiense
    I have never had an issue.
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    GRIN
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    Support Rating
    Audiense
    Any questions we had were promptly answered.
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    GRIN
    We have our own support rep who helped get us set up, and as odd one off questions have come up has continued to support us. The rep is super knowledgeably and has also helped with some creative ways to get what we need. They are also always super fast to help when anything comes up
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    Online Training
    Audiense
    Pretty simple to start using. Have to do some self-study to learn more advanced features
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    Implementation Rating
    Audiense
    Just a plug and play online tool
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    GRIN
    I don't have any key insights here. If you have someone organized and aware of how the influencer workflow operates then it will be a very easy implementation process for you. I would just ensure you have all of your products setup in Shopify before starting the implementation with Grin.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Audiense
    I have used a few audience insight tools but I find Audiense has a large mix of data within one platform. For instance, IBM Watson, Demos, Social Listening, Hashtags. It is great to have a lot of insights about an audience in one place to have a holistic understanding.
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    GRIN
    I was looking around at Dovetale, which connected with Shopify, and although it may be an easy connection because it's within the Shopify website, it isn't as user-friendly. It also doesn't offer the same hands-on experience from the GRIN team, 24/7 customer support, or bi-weekly calls with your direct contact. It just doesn't feel like it's worth it to me for the "convenience."
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    GroupHigh
    While Tracx can be useful in finding influencers based off of certain keywords, I find that GroupHigh is more reliable in providing an abundant amount of options for me to choose from. The UI for Tracx is also a bit trickier than GroupHigh so if I had to choose, I'd go with GroupHigh over it
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    Return on Investment
    Audiense
    • Definitely increased the value of my social intelligence data. Now I'm able to really understand who my audience is and this helps my clients think about them as real people instead of an anonymous group.
    • Time saved, being able to click a button and then have my audience generated within a couple of hours without me having to do anything else is invaluable.
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    GRIN
    • We are just getting moving with Grin but I am excited to grow our overall program.
    • The Grin community has provided a wealth of insights that we have been able to implement.
    • The addition of EMV data has been great for tracking success.
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    GroupHigh
    • It's helped us source influencers so I'd say it helps us with KPI (key points of interest)
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    ScreenShots

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    GRIN Screenshots

    Screenshot of Search 36M+ CreatorsScreenshot of Identify Influential CustomersScreenshot of Activate Unlimited CampaignsScreenshot of Track Creator ContentScreenshot of Send Email Templates + SequencesScreenshot of Report on Performance