Bananatag (discontinued) vs. Groove, a Clari company

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bananatag (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Bananatag is email tracking software for sales teams and internal communications. It integrates with Gmail, Outlook, Mac mail, and other email clients. It includes email tracking, link tracking, email scheduling, email templates, attachment tracking, and email analytics. After merging with Staffbase in March 2021, Banatag is to be discontinued. Similar capabilities will be supplied by Staffbase.N/A
Groove, a Clari company
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Groove is a sales engagement platform that enables sales leaders to execute their strategy in a smarter and more adaptive way. With Groove, revenue leaders can use automation to do more with less, with the goal of driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the customer lifecycle. Groove states they enable more than 75,000 users at ADP, Google, Uber, iHeartMedia, Capital One, and other large enterprises.N/A
Pricing
Bananatag (discontinued)Groove, a Clari company
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bananatag (discontinued)Groove, a Clari company
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Bananatag (discontinued)Groove, a Clari company
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(706 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(33 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(542 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(1 ratings)
5.3
(145 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.9
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bananatag (discontinued)Groove, a Clari company
Likelihood to Recommend
Staffbase GmbH
Bananatag is very well suited to creating messages that are going to be used on a regular basis but don't require much in the way of changing or amending. It is also a very handy platform to track sending emails and the watermarking technology is very handy. As far as range of designs compared to something like Mailchimp it doesn't compare well.
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Groove.co
  • Groove is excellent for the use case of improving sales representative and customer success representative productivity and data quality when used alongside Salesforce. It is a Salesforce focused tool. You should definitely consider Groove if you are a current Salesloft / Outreach user and you also use Salesforce.
  • Groove would not be a good fit for an organization not using Salesforce.
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Pros
Staffbase GmbH
  • Easy to use and install, particularly with Gmail for business.
  • It has a simple feedback system, if a client reads an email, you get an emailed read receipt telling you the time of them doing so.
  • It runs in the background, is virtually undetectable and will not hinder any communication in the slightest.
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Groove.co
  • Groove lets us know real-time when a client has checked an email we sent them.
  • Groove helps us streamline our day-to-day events, meetings, and tasks with the help of the Calendar Booking feature.
  • Groove helps us save a lot of time on typing long letters when we explain our products to our customers with the help of their Templates feature.
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Cons
Staffbase GmbH
  • Changing the format/size of blocks.
  • The range/choice of blocks that can be used.
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Groove.co
  • The footprint of the person who lasts touches the information.
  • The footprint of the person who edited the information.
  • Date and time of the modification of the account owner.
  • Date and time of the modification of the last person touching the account.
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Likelihood to Renew
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
I actually don't have any complaint regarding groove. It's just that I will give 9 since I confidently believe that there'd be updates in the future which would be more optimal not just for us users but for the business as well. The only regret I have with groove is I was not able to use it before the current company that I'm employed
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Usability
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
Groove has been an awesome platform to use for sales pipeline management. I really enjoy how it integrates with my Salesforce, Gmail, and Google Calendar. It makes my job easier by helping me keep track of the progress of each sales contact that I have. Leads are able to reply and notify us using Groove.
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Reliability and Availability
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
Our organization has not experienced any availability issues with Groove
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Performance
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
Everything is good
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Support Rating
Staffbase GmbH
Have not really had many opportunities to use the support function but my experience was limited and a little bit clunky. It was not particularly responsive or helpful in terms of trying to resolve the query I was working on. I think the problem was solved by another member of the team that worked on designing their own template.
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Groove.co
My company has a team dedicated to supporting our implementation of operative tools and business systems such as Groove. For this reason, I feel that we have ample support for Groove, although I have not personally contacted Groove for any support issues.
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In-Person Training
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
It was okay. But, just the once. I had to figure it out with help of others on my team.
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Online Training
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
Easy to use
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Implementation Rating
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
At Nearpod, I have been impressed with the internal expertise and support around Groove as a key tool for the Sales and Customer Success business systems and operations.
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Alternatives Considered
Staffbase GmbH
Bananatag is a free-standing application that plugs into your email service provider. As such, you do not need to be logged into another application to see the results or the real-time tracking of emails like you would with other email trackers. The free application is great if you just need to track a few outbound emails, but the paid plans offer a much more robust tracking service that would allow you to get any and all information you could desire from an email being tracked
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Groove.co
I have used Dialpad. Dialpad is great, and Groove in my opinion does everything Dialpad does. Dialpad lacks the automation, which makes me feel that Groove is much better. I have not used any other CRMS besides these two, but I do believe Groove is light years ahead of Dialpad.
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Scalability
Staffbase GmbH
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Groove.co
Our organization was able to quickly scale Groove from a pilot group of a few users to a department-wide solution
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Return on Investment
Staffbase GmbH
  • It has sped up communication with the client because you have insight into how they are receiving and looking at material you have sent them.
  • It has not had any negative impact on the business or our operations.
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Groove.co
  • Reduced several hours a week of logging time in Salesforce that either wouldn't get done or would have been done to the detriment of more value add activities.
  • Saves hours per week by delivering actionable/useful info from Salesforce into Gmail
  • Gives me valuable insight on what emails are being opened and read. This helps plan targeting.
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