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    Captora (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Captora in Mountain View, California, offers their eponymous lead acceleration and inbound marketing tool to optimize organic and paid search.N/A

    Google Business Profile

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Business Profile (formerly Google My Business) is a free tool that allows users to promote a Business Profile and business website on Google Search and Maps. With an account, users can see and connect with customers, post updates to the Business Profile, and see how customers are interacting with a business on Google.N/A
    Pricing
    Captora (discontinued)Google Business Profile
    Editions & Modules
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    Captora (discontinued)Google Business Profile
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Captora (discontinued)Google Business Profile
    Considered Both Products
    Captora
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    47 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
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    Captora (discontinued)Google Business Profile
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    HG Insights Platform
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    HG Insights Platform
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Captora (discontinued)Google Business Profile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Captora (discontinued)Google Business Profile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Captora
    If you want to quickly create large numbers of pages across a lot of keyword groups, I have no idea how you would do it unless you used a tool like Captora.
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    Google
    The great advantage of Google My Business is that any business that complies with the privacy and authentication policy requirements can access all the functionality tools that help promote the business website through the referral system, exchange of opinions with other users and search engine optimization (SEO).
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Captora
    • Great Customer Support. The team is very responsive to our needs and always follows up with action items from our meetings and calls. I think this comes down to the people they hire and their willingness to create customer relationships. Ask for Steve as your CSM.
    • Competitive insights are great as Captora consolidates all of your competitor data into a single view. You can then tag different ideas for your content team or just view on periodic basis to see what the competition is up to.
    • Getting campaigns at scale. Captora does a great job in helping your team scale campaigns fast. Part of this is due to the ease of use (once you get trained) and the other part is due to the content team and algorithms behind the product. You can scale to hundreds of campaigns within weeks if you desire.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • Google My Business offers us an alert system in our work email, where we receive notifications when there is a new comment or review of our company. This alert system helps us to be aware of each of the opinions written by each client who has received our services, in order to be able to respond to each of them in record time.
    • Google My Business gives me a complete visualization of the clicks, location of the searches of my company and the visits that my business file has received. This visualization allows me to control access and measure the traffic that my business listing is generating in conjunction with the Google Maps service.
    • The update of my company file is done in real time and immediately. I don't have to wait several minutes for my company file to update. When I make a change to my company information, the changes are shown immediately to all clients who consult that business card.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Captora
    • Would be great to get integrated reports to show how our pages are performing, end-to-end, across all funnel areas.
    • Some of our pages are not pretty, which is mostly on us. Would be great if Captora has some kind of page effectiveness score to help us improve our high traffic pages.
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    Google
    • Like most Google products UX / usability is often lacking whilst feature set strong
    • Changing a locations address can be difficult with support hard to access
    • Clients can add photos, if badly shot / composed these can be detrimental to your brand.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Captora
    The ROI has been proven out with Salesforce reporting.
    Read full review
    Google
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    Usability
    Captora
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I gave the Google Business Profile's overall usability an 8 because it doesn't update the directions automatically when you put in an address if a business moves. You also have to go in and manually move the pin. This isn't always easy to do. It would be much easier if the pin updated automatically.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Captora
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Whether it is technical or customer support, Google My Business excels and suffers in the exact same ways that all other branches of Google do. While you'll eventually figure out the issue, the sheer magnitude of the company comes with expected hurdles, wait times, and support you'd come to expect from other large companies.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Captora
    We have not seen anything that compares to Captora from an apples to apples perspective
    Incentivized
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    Google
    Google is the most powerful SERP and has much more robust features than Bing Places. Users also statistically trust Google more than Bing and it provides much more authority in the search space. The good news is that Bing Places can be synched with Google My Business which is great and convenient for business owners. It's just another alternative for businesses and I highly recommend that all businesses have an account with both Bing Places and Google My Business for optimal performance.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Captora
    • The biggest area that Captora has brought to us is over all reach. With Captora we are getting in front of more prospects, faster. Captora is helping us drive more traffic to our website and more inbound leads. On the paid side, we are able to understand what content converts and make smarter decisions in the long run.
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    Google
    • I don't have any numerical metrics but, we have seen an influx in customers purchasing our hot hands ever since we listed them on Google Business Profile about a year and a month ago. We have since sold over 400 units since listing them as an available item.
    Incentivized
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