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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Brandwatch

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Brandwatch, from Cision (acquired February 2021) is an enterprise social intelligence platform that is designed to allow brands to listen and analyze online conversation to extract meaningful insights, inform their business decisions and understand more about the return on their marketing spend.

    $800

    10k mentions

    Klue

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AKlue is a competitive intelligence software designed to help marketing and enablement teams collect, curate, and deliver intel to enterprise sales teams to close more deals. Track Competitors Klue tracks relevant news and data and combines it with internal sources. Deeper competitive intelligence can provide an edge against top rivals and growing threats. Centralize Competitive Content Update sales battlecards collaborate and deliver consumable competitive…N/A

    Resolver

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACrisp is a Social Media Safety and crisis monitoring firm, boasting technology that is trusted by some of the world’s largest, most well-known brands to provide fast, precise detection of critical issues and crises. Crisp is a Kroll company since the May 2022 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    BrandwatchKlueResolver
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $800
    10k mentions
    Enterprise
    3000+
    Unlimited mentions or Queries
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Cision
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    Klue
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    Kroll
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BrandwatchKlueResolver
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Brandwatch and Klue and Resolver
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    Klue
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Resolver
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    Competitive analysis00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Market Research
    Comparison of Market Research features of Brandwatch and Klue and Resolver
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    Brandwatch
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    Klue
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Resolver
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    Competitor Research00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor alerts00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Market Insights and Reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    BrandwatchKlueResolver
    Small Businesses
    Mention
    Score8 out of 10
    Similarweb
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Mention
    Score8 out of 10
    Similarweb
    Score9.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Social Suite by Reputation.com
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrandwatchKlueResolver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (69 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
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    Usability
    6.0
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    6.0
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    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    5.9
    (14 ratings)
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    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    BrandwatchKlueResolver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cision
    The user interface is great and is easy to use for social media marketers of all ranges. In regard to planning and scheduling content, it allows all users with access to the capability to view all upcoming on an actual calendar. For organizational purposes, this is great and mitigates any confusion that other team members may have. The tool seems to always be updating which has its pros and cons because once you figure something out, there's a switch and you'll need to relearn how things are positioned but overall, it's not a heavy lift.
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    Klue
    I dont know how useful it is for a bdr. I think it is more suited for an AE postion where you need indepth information instead of quick on the run information to book someone in the phone. I think it is better for case building to have that amount of information
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    Kroll
    At $95 per month for unlimited seats, it's the cheapest solution for both support and marketing/sales teams if you need multiple seats. At the same time, everything works so smoothly and efficiently that you'd never believe it is such a cheap tool. Small teams could leverage their Free plan or the Pro tier, however, to get access to advanced features like chatbots or CRM integrations you'd need to get the unlimited package. Magic Browsing is another top feature that allows support teams to see what the client is doing on the website and guide him through the needed steps to troubleshoot any issues
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    Pros
    Cision
    • Clean, beautiful visuals that can be easily incorporated into reports to be used internally and externally.
    • Customization-- anywhere from the queries you create to adjusting individual report widget/components this tool is very flexible.
    • Excellent Customer Service and support. My Brandwatch rep is always open to hearing from me for questions and often reaches out to me to check in on my status or see if I would like to participate in beta programs.
    • Constant innovation. It seems like Brandwatch is constantly updating and adding improvements to their platform--especially with their 2019 acquisition of Crimson Hexagon.
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    Klue
    • Gathering publicly available intelligence - news, blogs, reports, etc.
    • Organizing intel into customized, meaningful buckets by the competitor.
    • Creating useful battle cards for sales.
    • Capturing news and info as you come across it online.
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    Kroll
    • Intuitive chatbot functionality
    • Unlimited number of live agents at one fixed price
    • Real-time assistance with cobrowsing feature
    • A decent number of integrations with popular tools
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Cision
    • Very steep learning curve- good luck training casual users on the difference between a query, a rule, a category etc
    • Lack of access to FULL historic data is a serious drawback- populating that data takes a minimum of 24 hours and incurs additional costs
    • Volume limits mean you may have to build your query to exclude mentions that may be useful in getting the full context of the situation
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    Klue
    • Interactivity and continued relevance after creation of battlecards
    Incentivized
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    Kroll
    • Number of native integrations could be bigger
    • Additional features for improving conversions like popup banners or guided tours to allow clients to combine multiple tools into one (like Intercom does)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cision
    Brandwatch is a simple tool that is easy to learn and understand. Without any rigorous training, the team can learn to use it and interpret the results in an efficient manner. It saves a lot of work and helps the team to focus on other important time consuming tasks. I would like to continue using Brandwatch.
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    Klue
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    Kroll
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    Usability
    Cision
    I've invited quite a few of my colleagues to try Brandwatch, and all of them were able to use its features with no assistance, and most of these had never used a social listening/monitoring tool before, or even a digital analytics tool! Brandwatch is not only easy to use, but filters, widgets, menus and other options are in intuitive places - it just works
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    Klue
    It is a bit overwhelming to have that amount of information in the same place. And sometimes it can be a bit tricky to find the relevant information you need at the time you need it. It is nice to have that level of information but it kind of useless if you dont know where it is.
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    Kroll
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    Performance
    Cision
    Brandwatch craps out sometimes. Pages freeze, data doesn't populate for hours. It's fine if you're not in a hurry but something to keep in mind if you're working in real-time. It's not as bad as Talkwalker but it's impacted timely delivery of work for me, and one of the first things I teach when introducing the platform is the process for closing out and re-logging in to see if it unfreezes
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    Klue
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    Kroll
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    Support Rating
    Cision
    We have not had to reach out to the team for much support but when we did, The support from the Team has been Superb. We were given the assistance needed once requested by the Team. We would recommend Falcon not only because the product is simply amazing but also because of the level of support we have reached.
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    Klue
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    Kroll
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    Online Training
    Cision
    good knowledge, great tips, although the program seems a bit disconnected. It could improve it they create more free webinars and a good content calendar and tackle little topics in each webinar. Their trainers are top notch and they know a lot about the tool but they fall a bit low on technical level understanding of how the tool actually works
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    Klue
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    Kroll
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    Implementation Rating
    Cision
    Not that I can think of.
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    Klue
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    Kroll
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cision
    If you're using it to monitor your brand's social presence only, or if you're in an agency and using it to monitor existing clients and provide reports to them, then this is a great tool and you're hard-pressed to find something better. But if you're wanting it more for new business and discovery, there are tools that do this much better, including Sysomos and Crimson Hexagon. So it depends on what specifically you're trying to do. My agency was already using this product when I arrived, so I did not have a choice in the matter, but I've evaluated both of these other tools. Crimson is similar enough that the slight increase in cost doesn't justify switching. Synthesio is the most expensive competitor in the market (no matter what they tell you), but you get what you pay for. If you can afford it, go with Synthesio.
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    Klue
    Klue seems much easier to use, and also had a better engagement experience during our trial period. They're insanely customer focused.
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    Kroll
    Crisp has fewer auxiliary features that Intercom (popup builder and guided tours is something that comes to mind), however [I feel it] has MUCH better pricing tiers. It does 95% of things Intercom can do at 5% of the price. Both Drift and Freshworks provide similar solutions which are more expensive, but also have technical issues, which resulted in poorer performance of our website
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    Return on Investment
    Cision
    • At a high level, the biggest impact the Brandwatch Analytics has had is giving us the ability to quantify the impact of social media for our clients. In the world of social, ROI is defined and interpreted differently across clients (particularly where it's more difficult to apply traditional ROI) - so this may mean reporting on earned media for some, while for others it's measuring increasing engagements or social mentions over time.
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    Klue
    • Positive in terms of alignment around product messaging
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    Kroll
    • Radically increased conversion rates due to proactive chat bots
    • Increased customer satisfaction due to stellar support (built in screen share saves a ton of time for troubleshooting, unlimited number of agents helps to improve response times etc)
    • Saved hours of time of support team
    Incentivized
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