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    Chime

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AChime is an online banking solution from the company of the same name in San Francisco, allowing users to track account balances, daily transactions, and savings from anywhere with the Chime mobile app, and get daily balance notifications and instant transaction alerts any time for use of the included Chime Visa Debit Card.N/A

    Zuora

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZuora is one of the best-known subscription billing platforms. Zuora is an enterprise-level product and, as such, provides comprehensive metrics, tax automation, and support for multiple currencies. It also offers Salesforce and NetSuite integration out-of the-box. It often replaces cumbersome ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems that does not focus exclusively on billing.N/A
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    ChimeZuora
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    ChimeZuora
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    WooCommerce Subscriptions
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    User Ratings
    ChimeZuora
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (135 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    1.0
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    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.4
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    6.0
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
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    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    ChimeZuora
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chime
    It is very helpful for me. It is reliable and simple to use. The Sign-up process of Chime Online Banking was simple and I was able to easily set up a direct deposit and link my bank account. It keeps me updated on every purchase I do from my account. The best thing is that it's free and has no hidden charges or paycheck fees. It has a special feature called SpotMe where they will cover your overdraft in a very neat way.
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    Zuora
    Zuora is great for smaller subscription businesses that have a limited number of simple or basic products. As more products are added to the catalog, the ability to report on specific product performance has become more challenging. Similarly, as our number of customers has grown significantly over the past few years, the extraction of data through export files is more of a challenge to capture all data points.
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    Pros
    Chime
    • Ease of use
    • Simple interface within the application.
    • Helpful support, when needed.
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    Zuora
    • The implementation of Zuora is very helpful. Their interactive training guides are one of the best I've used. It is very thorough and any salesperson can learn how to use it very quickly.
    • Their subscription management offers many ways to sell a subscription. These subscriptions can be evergreen (renewing every month) or termed subscriptions. The subscriptions can be amended to add/remove products very easily.
    • The ability to quickly pass through large amounts of usage data for our clients is allowing us to perform billing in a time-effective manner. Once usage data is loaded, a few clicks and all of the invoices for our client base can be generated. Invoices are clean and detailed which help us maintain a good customer experience even with our somewhat complex billing model. The reporting is extremely helpful in calculating the end of month commissions, recognizing and deferring revenue, and overall bookkeeping.
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    Cons
    Chime
    • Their CC is hard to figure out.
    • Website could be streamlined.
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    Zuora
    • User Interface - Zuora's UI is still a weak point, however, this is negated through the use of its API's. Zuora has done a lot of work in releasing new products to limit its UI experience and the addition of Orders allows for more functionality to reduce the UI issue.
    • Complex system - This is both a pro and a con, but in this instance, it is a con because we may not have taken the time to truly understand the implications of all the options that were available. the Flexibility is great however if you do not take the time to understand the product and what problem you are trying to solve, you can make life difficult for yourself later down the track. Take the time to map out your approach end to end and ensure your assumptions at the start are robust.
    • Reporting - reporting is weak as such we have moved away to our own reporting data warehouse.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Chime
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    Zuora
    Our business is now, more than ever, focused on our core business rather than homegrown support tools for quoting, contracts, billing, invoicing, payments and the rest of the subscription economy. We evaluated other solutions and found this the best and most viable solution given the strong ties to Salesforce and it's integration. Zuora works, and it works well.
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    Usability
    Chime
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    Zuora
    I had 20+ years of accounting experience before taking on the revenue role. I had several things to [learn] but was able to easily master the software in a matter of weeks. Zuora is our preferred billing platform that we currently use - very efficient and much more automated than our other platform/process.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Chime
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    Zuora
    There have only been a few days/instances in the past 2.5 years of using zuora that I, personally have had issues or been notified of issues relating to Zuora.
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    Performance
    Chime
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    Zuora
    Zuora does a superb job for all the tasks I use it for. Billing - it is trustworthy and accurate. Customer data- it holds it and keeps past records for even cancelled accounts, and subscription builds - it has the ability to make very difficult subscriptions seem easy.
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    Support Rating
    Chime
    When my money was stolen from my account I was told there would be an investigation between 15-45 days. They didn't investigate at all. The next day I was denied my claim after being robbed for $850.
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    Zuora
    A support request is emailed to their support team, then an automated response is sent to you in a couple hours saying "Hey, someone will take a look at your support request soon". Then somewhere around 12-18 hours later, an actual support member responds with "Have you checked out our tutorials? Here's one that sounds like it might help you". I don't want a tutorial given to me that I've already read through that only exists because of the terrible user design of Zuora's user interface
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    In-Person Training
    Chime
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    Zuora
    The onsite was so helpful and worth the hours spent. All three people that came to represent Zuora had a lot to offer.
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    Online Training
    Chime
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    Zuora
    It was reliable.
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    Implementation Rating
    Chime
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    Zuora
    I think Zuora did a great job. However, they could have provided more guidance on how to deal with out Payment Gateway and Processor provider, as well as guidance around providing a Mobile Responsive experience for sites using the Zuora HPM.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Chime
    First of all, Chime Online Banking is really the best option for new users. The User Interface and User Experience of the Chime app are really great. There are comparatively faster money transactions with Chime Online Banking and it has no fees at all. It is more reliable. It also allows you to lock your card if it is stolen or lost which is a great feature. At last, it is more rewarding than other online banking services with a great team of customer grievances.
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    Zuora
    Zuora provides way more functionality than Recurly or SaaSOptics as a billing engine. However, it is not a general ledger system like NetSuite ERP, it is still designed to be primarily a billing function that feeds into a general ledger via automated general entries. It has simplified our invoice management and automated billing while connecting with Salesforce for high-powered reporting and cross-departmental collaboration. The automation of revenue recognition has the potential to significantly reduce the time spent on accounting close by a few days.
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    Scalability
    Chime
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    Zuora
    The product is capable of a lot, small companies and large companies can utilize it with ease
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    Return on Investment
    Chime
    • Positive ROI by way of quick and easy transactions.
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    Zuora
    • Poor support has slowed down our implementation of features and resolution of issues
    • Lack of flexibility has led to some complex and unwieldy workaround solutions
    • No useful built in AR reporting so we had to come up with our own solution
    • Challenges with finance due to unreliability of Salesforce sync
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