Bigtincan vs. Scratchpad

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bigtincan
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Bigtincan is a mobile content sales enablement platform, designed to make accessing and presenting content easier for salespeople. Marketers can create logic to recommend content for salespeople to share with prospects on their mobile device, based on the stage of the deal. Then content utilization is logged automatically to Salesforce, providing marketers with insight into what content is being shared with customers. Bigtincan can also be used to enable field service organizations with…N/A
Scratchpad
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Scratchpad is a productivity tool for account executives, built for sales to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and daily todos. The software can be installed as a Google Chrome plugin or as a web application. It connects to Salesforce and provides an interface where sales professionals can keep all their notes, process workflows, spreadsheets, and tasks. Co-founders Pouyan Salehi and Cyrus Karbassiyoon started the company in San Francisco, California in 2019.
$0
user / month *up to five users per company
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
user / month *up to five users per company
Premium
$19
per user / month (billed annually)
Team
$39
user / month (billed annually)
Business
Custom pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Bigtincan
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Diligent [Boards] was less user friendly than the Hub, and certain security and annotation features were lacking.
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We have used dropbox before, but it does not compare to Veelo. Veelo offers many more features and can be accessed online which allows for the most up to date content at all times. Dropbox can't track content open rates as Veelo can.
Chose Bigtincan
I haven't really used a digital training platform before other than Veelo. I put down ClearSlide simply since we use it as a content manager. It is not used to train, but rather share information and templates across many departments and people. However, Veelo is better at …
Chose Bigtincan
Mobile friendly and ease of setup/development of material allowed our organization to add and refine information provided in the app without any technical assistance or need to hire a development firm to conduct the chances we sought. The ability to share information externally …
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Bigtincan is much cheaper than the others and seemed to have offline capability when the others had not. They also have a more developed program on Windows 10 than the others.
Scratchpad
Chose Scratchpad
Gong is terrible compared to Scratchpad. I wish that Gong would buy Scratchpad so that everything would be in one place, but Gong's equivalent tool is as far away from easy and intuitive as possible. It's clunky, and I hate going in there and clicking around.
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Only compared to Salesforce functionality
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad's pipeline views allow for better forecasting. This saves me time using multiple tools and views to get a better pulse of where I am at and where I need to be. I selected Scratchpad as it was recommended to me by a colleague, and once he showed me how he was using …
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It doesn't. Scratchpad is more agile and much easier to use as a seller managing a large patch with lots of opportunities. SAP is robust but is far more complicated and involves a lot more inputs to get the same outputs that you can get with Scratchpad in half the time and …
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I can't think of another tool similar to Scratchpad. The only other sales productivity tool that I've used in the past is Mixmax which is also an excellent tool. Mixmax has more features embedded in Gmail with the ability to view and edit Salesforce fields like Scratchpad, but …
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad is just a much more enjoyable way of interacting with Salesforce for the features it currently supports. It's not an alternative to Salesforce, it's an alternative UX for certain daily activities in SF, and it's great at that.
Chose Scratchpad
Before finding Scratchpad, logging account movements and mapping were done over OneNote (account management), Excel (pricing), and Word (call notes). Now I can get rid of the OneNote and Word aspects as they both sit on Scratchpad that links directly back to SF. This has helped …
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I prefer the usage and benefit of Scratchpad over Coda, and easier & faster to use than Salesforce. I feel Coda has very little benefit (basically google page), but Scratchpad helps me stay organized for opportunities & discovery notes which is crucial. I highly suggest …
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Scratchpad is far better and has way more ability to make changes than IQ does.
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Scratchpad has more out-of-the-box features like centralized note-taking and the ability to pull in reports.
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Scratchpad customizations stay within the margins of rules set by our organization. We didn't do a deep dive of Dooly and can mainly speak to the quality and effectiveness within Scratchpad. Currently, my entire team of 10 reps is using it, and we all have found usefulness. …
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Before Scratchpad, I made all updates through Salesforce. Reports don't load super quickly and can be tough to change. Scratchpad makes this much easier.
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I haven't ever used anything else other than your typical pen and paper or notes section on my Mac. I wouldn't have any info on how they stack up compared to the competition. I would venture to say they are the only ones trying to change sales reps' lives. It's just what they …
Chose Scratchpad
I selected Scratchpad because the depth of integration within Salesforce is very useful; I don't have to use a separate application than what I'm already using, Scratchpad is imbued within my Chrome and SFDC instances. Their free capabilities don't block you from viewing notes …
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.5
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Usability
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9.5
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Support Rating
9.7
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Bigtincan Hub is a very well suited solution for board and other meeting management if your organisation values security and centralisation of document distribution. It has allowed us to eliminate paper based documentation for meetings, and provides meeting members instant access to documents and meeting information that can be updated by staff, as required instead of continually reprinting information.
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I have over 250 accounts in my name, and it can be difficult to prioritize and find notes on past conversations my colleagues may have had. Scratchpad makes it super easy to reference past notes and add new ones to organize my book of business and make the best use of my time.
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Pros
  • Aggregating large amounts of information
  • Sharing information, controlling permissions and read receipts
  • Integration with other cloud based services such as Google Drive or Box
  • Easy and seamless form creation
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  • Scratchpad notes are super easy to use and link to Salesforce Opportunities.
  • Allows you to update all the necessary Salesforce opportunity fields without going into Salesforce.
  • Easy to use Task manager that helps you stay on track through the day.
  • Extremely easy to use and their CS team is always willing to provide training and help.
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Cons
  • There is some functionality that is missing when it comes to being able to utilize file level detail. The structure is based on a folder level organization so there is no way to tag specific files.
  • Their reporting capabilities are not super user friendly but this is made up by the customer success team.
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  • When pulling in Salesforce reports, it doesn't have full ability to do grouping/sorting.
  • When looking at pipeline view there's not an ability to expand the default view to see more than 5 people per group.
  • It'd be nice if comments would go as a task rather than a buzz.
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Usability
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Great functionality and a great intuitive tool
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Support Rating
No issues thus far
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Alternatives Considered
We have used Dropbox before, but it does not compare to Veelo. Veelo offers many more features and can be accessed online which allows for the most up to date content at all times. Dropbox can't track content open rates as Veelo can.
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Scratchpad is just a much more enjoyable way of interacting with Salesforce for the features it currently supports. It's not an alternative to Salesforce, it's an alternative UX for certain daily activities in SF, and it's great at that.
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Return on Investment
  • Has helped several people learn about our company and products faster.
  • Reduced training resources and training expense
  • It has negatively affected how much hands on training people need - Veelo subsitutes that in many managers' minds
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  • I'm using the free version and unfortunately our organization as a whole doesn't use it because we now use Gong. My manager has complimented me many times as always having an updated pipe compared to my other team members. It helps me be on top of it.
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