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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CTM

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    CallTrackingMetrics is a call tracking solution for all online and offline channels with real-time reporting and intelligent routing.

    $79

    per month

    Google Tag Manager

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AFrom Google, the Google Tag Manager is a tag management application that facilitates creating, embedding, and updating tags across websites and mobile apps. It is a free option, vs. the company's enterprise-tier Google Tag Manager 360.

    $0

    Pricing
    CTMGoogle Tag Manager
    Editions & Modules
    Marketing Lite
    $79
    per month
    Marketing Pro
    $179
    per month
    Sales Engage
    $329
    per month
    Enterprise
    $1999
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CTMGoogle Tag Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans include unlimited users at no extra cost, while Marketing Pro and higher also include sub-accounts for agencies and multi-location businesses. Discounts of up to two months free for annual agreements.—
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    Features
    CTMGoogle Tag Manager
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CTM and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    CTM
    -
    Ratings
    Google Tag Manager
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.958 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of CTM and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    CTM
    -
    Ratings
    Google Tag Manager
    8.8
    68 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tag library00 Ratings9.163 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings7.367 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings10.056 Ratings
    Page load times00 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings8.838 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of CTM and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    CTM
    -
    Ratings
    Google Tag Manager
    7.6
    69 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Event tracking00 Ratings8.666 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking00 Ratings9.347 Ratings
    Data distribution management00 Ratings8.841 Ratings
    Universal data layer00 Ratings8.358 Ratings
    Automated error checking00 Ratings3.045 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CTMGoogle Tag Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CTMGoogle Tag Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CTM
    [CallTrackingMetrics] is well suited for HIPAA Compliant Call Tracking when working with medical clients and is great for all clients who do online sales or patient intake. Clients with low volume of calls may not get enough value for the cost of this platform.
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    Google
    I have found Google Tag Manager as the go to solution for managing all of your event and conversion tags for your website. Not only does it make it easy to manage all of your tags in the one place, it is fairly intuitive to use and there is plenty of videos and help documentation online to help set up what ever you need. No scenarios come to mind at the moment on where it is less appropriate to use.
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    Pros
    CTM
    • Very easy to set up and use. You can create as many tracking numbers and sources as you need. Easily organize and filter them for results and placing the code is so simple. Anyone can use this software.
    • Listening to the calls makes life simple. We can hear what the potential lead said and record feedback to better our marketing efforts. You can even flag or email the call recordings if you need to share inside or outside your organization.
    • Call reporting is a breeze! You can easily filter your sources, call duration, time and more and reports are extremely accurate.
    • Cost is well worth what you get from the software.
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    Google
    • Selecting elements on a site [object, class, cookie, etc] (to later fire an event, send some data, etc) is very easy with triggers. Want to add an event when someone clicks on a button? Super easy. It was many many DOM selectors and you can even add custom functions if you need to do something more specific
    • In general, firing events in different circumstances is very easy mixing triggers and tags. You can track almost any element of the DOM and do whatever you want with it.
    • Testing is a great functionality. Only you can see what's on the site and you can debug it easily by seeing which events or tags were triggered and all the DOM elements involved (and why they matched the trigger).
    • Working in environments (staging, production) and versioning is easy to do, deploying changes in 2 clicks.
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    Cons
    CTM
    • Can get pricy.
    • More complex integrations may need professional services.
    • No push notifications for incoming SMS on mobile app (non agent).
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    Google
    • There are several good integrations, but there can always be more. Native tracking for call tracking solutions, analytics providers, non-Google advertisers would be top of my list.
    • Documentation is just dreadful. Luckily there are some awesome folks out there doing crowdsourced tutorials (shout out to Simo Ahava) but by and large the Google Tag Manager instructions are worth what you pay for them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CTM
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I haven't found another option for us to use especially one that is free. Down the road we may go a different route but for now GTM is a good option and does what we need it to do. It'd be nice to get more support or more integrations but with the free version there's only so much one can expect to get I suppose.
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    Usability
    CTM
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    No difficult obstacle to overcome but Google Tag Manager can still be difficult for many users to deploy. Sure the basic HTML script can be deployed quite easily, but when you start to require triggers, variables, etc, it can be a little daunting.
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    Support Rating
    CTM
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    GTM does not provide support. This is one of GTM's biggest issues but it's due to the level of customization for each website. If your team thinks they would heavily rely on the need for a support staff it is probably better to invest in a paid service with a team that can support your needs.
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    Online Training
    CTM
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I thought there was a little bit too much emphasis on AdWords stuff, not enough on the generic application of GTM.
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    Implementation Rating
    CTM
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Planning and communication will help greatly with an in-house implementation. If there are large teams, try to limit the number of people involved to 1-2 developers (back-end dev may be necessary depending on your platform), one analytics marketer and one project manager.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CTM
    CallTrackingMetrics has stood up well compared to Salesforce. Being that we are a high volume call center for schools, it has been very good for the company. I feel that CallTrackingMetrics is really good for our company compared to Salesforece CMS.
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    Google
    We moved to GTM from a standard Google Analytics implementation. GTM is much more flexible and easier to make changes, especially as the changes relate to multiple sites and environments. While there is a learning curve when figuring out how to use GTM, I believe the change has been worth it because it helps us understand at a more fundamental level how our tracking works and gives us a lot more control over what we track and how.
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    Return on Investment
    CTM
    • Fits nicely into the % of budget dedicated to Analytics
    • CallTrackingMetrics is our system of truth for source of calls for Local Service business
    • CallTrackingMetrics is our system of truth for CSR staffing plans at Supplier / Distributor
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    Google
    • GTM is very useful to determine if a particular element on the site is useful (i.e. is it being watched, is it being clicked, does it help customers navigate through more pages). As an SEO person, I can use this information to decide what to optimize for but also to track progress and see improvements in engagement.
    • With the use of Google Tag Manager, I was able to easily inject an A/B testing tool which lead to several improvements in lead generation.
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