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    Channelscaler

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Channelscaler is the product resulting from the combing of Allbound and Channel Mechanics. It is a cloud-based channel sales and marketing platform that allows organizations to give real-time access to sales enablement, marketing tools and resources in one mobile-friendly place.N/A
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    Channelscaler
    Considered Both Products
    Channelscaler
    Chose Channelscaler
    These platforms are more for affiliate marketing than partner marketing and although they are better for tracking and payouts, Allbound is a lot better for collateral management and that's why we chose them.
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    Chose Channelscaler
    For our partner portal, we have chosen Allbound. We wanted one place where all of our partners could go to find the information they required, and where some of that information could be made available automatically. Allbound provides us all the necessary tools for facilitating …
    Incentivized
    Chose Channelscaler
    Allbound offers everything we want in a PRM and portal experience for our partners at a fraction of the cost and with a much easier to use interface for both the administrator and the partner. Allbound is super responsive to our ideas and helps us implement without additional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Channelscaler
    Impartner is really good but they were much more expensive and not as easy to use as Allbound.
    Incentivized
    Chose Channelscaler
    We did not use any other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Channelscaler
    They are different in the sense that Allbound allows you to loop in different parners to a degree that HubSpot doesn't outside smaller extensions and portals. More visbility into interactions with HubSpot, but it's truly built for marketing vs a sales forward/partnership …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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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
    Channelscaler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Channelscaler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Channelscaler
    Allbound is a sleek solution that neatly organizes data. Clearly presents useful instructional content. The slowness of the CRM connection is a problem. When it comes to reaching out to our worldwide network of channel partners, we turn on Allbound to streamline our communication and sales enablement efforts. Our reseller partners may use this central hub to register new deals, stay up to speed on product changes, and have access to all relevant product information.
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    Pros
    Channelscaler
    • Content Management including sales & marketing resources, calendar items, distributor and partner communications, and news for partners
    • Deal registration and MDF management--providing an easy to use system for partners and Cambum administrators to enter and review requests.
    • Increasing partner engagement--providing an easy way to update the portal frequently keeps our partners coming back to see the latest and greatest resources and benefits
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    Cons
    Channelscaler
    • The fact that you can't make payouts to partners within the platform itself is super frustrating and that would be a huge improvement.
    • The ability to track clicks, page views, etc is not available like on other partner platforms like Tune, Impact, and Cake. It would be awesome to see that tracking data for the content being shared.
    • Having more integrations with platforms like Zuora which we use for payments would be great.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Channelscaler
    Allbound is so easy to use as an administrator and provides human support and a resource for its customers to learn about the features and tools available. Our partners consistently provide feedback to us about how much they absolutely love our partner portal, which Allbound provides the structure and functionality to allow us to over amazing things to thousands of partner globally. Almost every person who provides feedback says some iteration of "this is the best partner portal i've ever used."
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    Usability
    Channelscaler
    It is by far the easiest system to administrator that I have either had experience doing or demoed from other vendors. No coding skills needed. Simple interfaces for everything. And the Allbound University and live support are great!
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    Support Rating
    Channelscaler
    Allbound has a support team that is easy to contact right through the PRM interface. Additionally, we have a dedicated account manager and development team who are super responsive and helpful. Allbound has a ticketing system for support as well, which keeps you up to date on status of your support requests.
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    Implementation Rating
    Channelscaler
    Regular meetings, lots of UAT, quick responses, and adherence to our timeline made implementation a breeze -- even though we had some really complex processes we needed to support.
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    Channelscaler
    They are different in the sense that Allbound allows you to loop in different parners to a degree that HubSpot doesn't outside smaller extensions and portals. More visbility into interactions with HubSpot, but it's truly built for marketing vs a sales forward/partnership management tool.Extensions from Allbound into Google could be helpful
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    Return on Investment
    Channelscaler
    • The sharing of knowledge has a positive effect on the partners who benefit from it.
    • Our smaller partners are now able to conduct their own campaigns with the help of our Campaigns in a Box, freeing us to concentrate on our larger clients.
    • Our latest products can all be better explained with the aid of our learning tracks.
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