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    Bigtincan Readiness

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABigtincan Readiness, formerly Brainshark, is a platform for data-driven sales enablement and readiness. It helps companies prepare their client-facing teams with knowledge, skills and insights to perform at the highest level.N/A

    GridBuddy Connect (legacy)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGridBuddy Connect was a contact data tool that combined data from separate systems into an editable, spreadsheet-simple view. Acquired by Validity in 2019, it is now a legacy tool.N/A
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    Bigtincan ReadinessGridBuddy Connect (legacy)
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Bigtincan ReadinessGridBuddy Connect (legacy)
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    Bigtincan
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Bigtincan ReadinessGridBuddy Connect (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (54 ratings)
    7.9
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (39 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bigtincan ReadinessGridBuddy Connect (legacy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bigtincan
    Brainshark is very user-friendly and it’s very easy to create learning content, even a beginner could walk through it fairly easily. They also have a great support team and help site that can pretty much answer any question with video tutorials.
    Incentivized
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    1. Making broad changes to data, like moving ownership of records from one user to another for a new Sales Rep or a moved Sales Rep. 2. Making broad changes to data for product changes, product introductions and such (product naming changes, product description changes, etc.). I recently had to make a change to the name of a Product Option. Product Options are a sub-object related to Product. This name change was in 22 places. Okay, 18 [is] not a lot, but to make this change individually 22 times is still very tedious and takes too much of my time. Instead, I set up my Grid with the Object and sub-Object and made all 22 changes at once with a mass change. Piece of cake. And I don't have to go back to several of the records to see if the change was made successfully (something you have to do with Dataloader). I could see the effective change all at once on my Grid screen.
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    Pros
    Bigtincan
    • I love how easy creating a Brainshark and their formal learning is to use. Upload an animated Power Point, record audio, add music, or use videos etc.
    • Their formal learning also keeps track of people in classes, allows us to invite people to a curricula, send notifications when classes are added, and update on the fly without having to resubmit all new classes.
    • I also love that people in classes can run their own transcript and see where they are in a program, and if graded how they scored.
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    • Reshapes the user Interface into an intuitive, clean, easy and thoughtful way, meaning Salesforce can be practically used for applications that (in my Opinion) salesforce was never designed for.
    • Mass updates are a God send, Leaving quick and meaningful notes, setting up meetings with clients or upcoming calls to maintain contact, all from the same screen without information overload... a real achievement.
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    Cons
    Bigtincan
    • Brainshark has addressed a number of feature enhancements over the past two years...it really performs at a high level on a consistent basis...
    • Ocassionally we run into a large video file >500mb that we have to address directly with support but it does not happen very often...
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    Discontinued Products
    • Does not allow users to create new Campaign Member records; we would like to be able to add multiple Campaign Member records to a Campaign in a Grid.
    • Does not allow users to create new Task records; we would like to be able to add multiple Tasks records related to the same user but multiple Opportunities and Contacts.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bigtincan
    Our customers (internal employees) have expressed desired for online learning and we have received positive feedback on the Brainshark modules used in eLearning and communications. We are also increasing usage at the project level as the word spreads about the benefits of using Brainshark.
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    - Easy of use - Visual nature of using the product (as compared to Dataloader) - Quickness of making changes/updates/edits to long lists of records, live and real-time
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    Usability
    Bigtincan
    From the user side, it is great. Easy to see assigned courses and what's been completed. The admin side has a longer learning curve, and takes some playing around to understand well. There are still some times when I have to think, "how do I do x again?" With that there are probably features we are not taking advantage of
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    - Ease of use - Real-time and visible nature of making mass changes - Ease of setting up a Grid - Ease of filtering the Grid to see the records that I need to change
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    Reliability and Availability
    Bigtincan
    I'm always able to access Brainshark, whether it is to upload, record, share, download, or view presentations. Whenever I do need to contact someone at Brainshark, there is always someone there. I have never had a problem accessing a presentation and any updates to presentations are viewable immediately.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    Bigtincan
    We've found a few glitches and needed some branding updated. Each time we've called, they were super responsive and cared about my issue as much as I did! They've even helped me (and another vendor) figure out how to have this other outside software integrate with theirs to achieve an even greater presentation. I'm super impressed with their Customer Service people.
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    Online Training
    Bigtincan
    The training is easy to use. You can take as little or as much as you need. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. There is a variety of training you can take. There are mini lessons, courses, and webinars. The folks at Brainshark truly want to help you have the best presentation possible.
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    Implementation Rating
    Bigtincan
    Their ongoing support after implementation is excellent and easy to access...
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    Discontinued Products
    GridBuddy was very easy to implement
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bigtincan
    There are a lot of sites that allow you to host/share content in the loud. What won for me was their tracking, analytics, and reporting. At the time there was nobody even close to Brainshark and I have not seen anything since that would make me want to switch. I look forward to many years working with them.
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    Discontinued Products
    This is the 1st inline editing product we have tested. The only reason we would ever go with another product is the price.
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    Return on Investment
    Bigtincan
    • Client satisfaction - we send out summaries of our big webcasts/conference calls via Brainshark. We've received lots of replies stating they love the format because they can consume the information on their own time.
    • Time to market - before Brainshark, it took several days, if not weeks to work with a design team to get professional-looking summaries available. Now, we have the process down to a day or two.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Our sales executives save a lot of time reviewing all opportunities in a single editable view.
    • Gridbuddy improves the functionality of our CRM by allowing us to edit multiple opportunities in one place.
    • It is generally faster and easier to build a report in GridBuddy than it is in SAP C4C.
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    GridBuddy Connect (legacy) Screenshots

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