Likelihood to Recommend If you are in any type of sales, and meeting with people, it is a must. If you already know you contact well, it doesn't have as much value for that particular meeting. Also I wish there was a way to not sync internal meetings, as it just provides clutter, and I don't need info on those people.
Read full review RainKing is less appropriate when you don't have the funds or resources to pay for it. You could easily Google the information that you're looking for, or use CrunchBase, but it's extremely time-consuming. RainKing makes this very easy and the data seamlessly sends to
Salesforce with the proper integration. RainKing is very appropriate when you have a large team of folks that need to source leads/accounts simultaneously and need licenses to do so - it's worth the money with a larger team.
Read full review Pros They easily connect with my Outlook to sync my upcoming meetings. It provides me with the social profiles of people I am meeting with. It gives me the ability to have all my info about my contact in one place to easily review. Read full review Being able to search for companies that are currently evaluating solutions in your space. The contact information for people and related people is also great, I have used dozens of other data solutions and prefer Rainking. Rainking also gives you the ability to create lists of your ideal buyer and download them which was great for my team and I pull new contacts to prospect! I can't get over how impressive the org chart info is in RainKing, it allowed myself and my team to find other involved prospects and get a good feel for organizations. Read full review Cons At times it doesn't pull a social profile for the contact correctly, or at all, when I know the person has a profile. The interface is a little clunky, and the font is too large. It could be a lot smaller and still effective. It takes a lot of time to sync at points, which is frustrating. Read full review Account manager - really unresponsive, not interested in helping with renewal, making the case to our execs The Discover/RainKing team was not interested in helping us expand the way we are utilizing the tool, provide additional training, etc Contacts department designation lacks in accuracy, we frequently found significant mismatches Ileana Gheorma Marketing Director, Global Demand Generation and Analytics
Read full review Alternatives Considered The thing that Charlie does best is it aggregates everything in one place. It allows me to have a one-stop shop, that I can quickly review prior to heading into a meeting. People are usually amazed with the amount of info that Charlie can give you, and it almost always works its way into my sales call.
Read full review I've used SalesNavigator and Zoom Info. I actually think that Ranking is a great solution if you can use it in tandem with SalesNavigator. When it comes to pulling lists, in my opinion, Ranking does it best. Now that it has the database combined with Discoverorg, it's even more powerful to use.
Read full review Return on Investment The info I pull from Charlie prior to the meeting is almost always brought up as a conversation starter. Charlie helps my relationships go deeper than just surface level info. The ability to go deeper in my relationships while using Charlie has absolutely closed me business. Read full review I don't have that information readily available to quantify the positive impact. However, I will say that I've found a lot of good prospects via RainKing to target my outreach efforts to. I definitely feel like the product pays for itself. Read full review ScreenShots