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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cision PRWeb

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACision PRWeb aims to impact customer behavior by providing efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels including search, social media and with industry-specific partner websites, bloggers and influencers.

    $99

    per news release

    Emptoris

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $59

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Cision PRWebEmptoris
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $99
    per news release
    Standard
    $205
    per news release
    Advanced
    $305
    per news release
    Premium
    $405
    per news release
    Emptoris
    $59.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cision PRWebEmptoris
    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
    Cision PRWebEmptoris
    Considered Both Products
    Cision
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Cision PRWebEmptoris
    Contract Authoring
    Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Cision PRWeb and Emptoris
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Emptoris
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Contract creation00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Contract templates00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Clause library/saved fields00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Guided logic00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Contract Collaboration
    Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Cision PRWeb and Emptoris
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Emptoris
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Contract sharing00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Contract editing00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Collaborating on contracts00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    MS Word plug-in00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Approval process00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Interdepartmental workflows00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Contract Monitoring
    Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Cision PRWeb and Emptoris
    Feature
    Cision PRWeb
    -
    Ratings
    Emptoris
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Contract database00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Contract search00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Contract milestone reminders & alerts00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Custom contract reports00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Tracking contract status00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Compliance check00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cision PRWebEmptoris
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (14 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cision PRWebEmptoris
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cision
    Wire press release distribution is often a luxury purchase, especially at the price point. In my experience Cision acts as if it's destined to win everyone's business just because of its name. Too often we've found ourselves being turned off by the arrogance and taking our business (and our clients' business) to alternative companies that are happy to have us.
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    IBM
    If you have a highly bureaucratic organization that is heavily focused on procurement, Emptoris can provide some value. It seemed to be very good at linking the contract information to procurement for better spend control. If you are trying to implement a standalone contract management solution that allows you to easily create contracts and store them in a central location, this isn't the tool for you. There doesn't appear to be a simplified implementation. In general, when a SaaS solution has a complicated and expensive implementation, I am very skeptical. This does not show that the vendor is trying to move customers forward on a single code base. If that many things need to be done during implementation, you are starting to customize the solution for every customer. This hurts the vendor's ability to scale and make improvements in the future.
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    Pros
    Cision
    • PRWeb is fairly easy to use to issue press releases. They have a review process that will look over your release before submission although this review is not going to catch spelling and grammatical errors.
    • I've seen our press releases posted on industry relevant websites thanks to the reach that PRWeb provided us.
    • Although I never used it because we subscribed to a different service, PRWeb allows you to create and send email blasts within their OutMarket marketing platform.
    • I enjoy the ability to add a quote call out in the release.
    • I also like that images or videos can be added to the release.
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    IBM
    • Document protection - the Check Out contract feature is a great way to allow external parties to make modifications to contract language without the ability to accept those changes. Those redlines can then be imported back into Emptoris and reviewed or further modified as needed.
    • Notifications & reminders - you can trigger an email manually from within the system, or you can configure automated notifications andreminders to alert users when a new task is received or has aged a given amount of days, etc.
    • Interview wizard - there is a lot of value in the interview wizard. Administrators can configure screens with selecting options via check boxes, radio buttons, or typed-in values. Variables and conditions can be used to selectively populate fields within the contract or apply other options, making for a quick and convenient method to generate contracts conforming to corporate standards.
    • Field customization - administrators can customize a list of options for various fields including contract substatus, address type, and user created business term variables.
    • Approvals - many different options are available to configure approvals to trigger automatically upon presenting and/or executing the contract including specific individuals, one or more approver groups, or based upon various criteria including terms within the contract, type of contract, or the contract's owning organization.
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    Cons
    Cision
    • Increasing the volume of media that can receive communication would help - going from 5,000 to 7,500 or 10,000 would be a massive help.
    • Providing a social media platform in which to send out either X posts, LinkedIn, and Facebook posts to media as an alternative communication would help
    • Increasing the number of podcasters and there contact details would help.
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    IBM
    • Reporting, Emptoris comes with standard reports which can not always can be fit into our business. This needs to be improved. I hope Emptoris is addressing this issue in their latest releases.
    • Though the feature of editing language in MS word is excellent, loading MS word takes time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cision
    We are unlikely to renew PRWeb because I feel that the costs outweigh the benefits of the service. For a company like ours (small business with about 60 employees) we don't have enough press that warrants monthly coverage. We may look at using PRWeb on an as needed basis, 3-4 times a year for single submissions, but that would be the extent of it. I could see PRWeb being much more beneficial for large companies that are constantly needing to issue press.
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    IBM
    There are a lot of new, exciting products coming out in every field and I believe that there is always something better right over the horizon. If it was my choice, I would review my usage of Emptoris and other software periodically to make sure I'm using the most efficient software possible.
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    Usability
    Cision
    The Cision PRWeb platform is mostly intuitive. It is broken into Monitoring, Social, Insights, and Outreach sections. The way Mention Streams are set up and organized has confused employees who are new to the dashboard. Under Outreach, the Launchpad and Activities tabs are a little bit redundant and could probably be consolidated.
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    IBM
    Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use
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    Support Rating
    Cision
    I have only required support from PRWeb on two separate occasions and they handled my issues without any problems. I was a bit confused at first not sure if they had received my requests but shortly after I received responses and was able to move forward with my press release.
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    IBM
    The above rating for the overall support from Emptoris is for their product / product support, roll out training and refresher training / ongoing training, which is not only good but superior. There is no major or reconizable bad review that can be given to Emptoris at this point in time, from where is stands.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cision
    Implementation of PRWeb required very little of Strouse. It was a quick process and we were almost immediately ready to use the platform.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cision
    It is not an "either-or" situation. If a company really wants to put a release out on the wire, one service might be better suited for it than the other. For when a company wants to target certain countries or vertical markets (e.g. Latin America), PR Newswire would be the proper choice.
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    IBM
    I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs
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    Return on Investment
    Cision
    • It was definitely a cost decision for us, but the ability to have access to their media database was by far the most useful and needed tool for us.
    • For tracking media hits, it saved us time tracking the majority of hits. Where it didn't save us time was with smaller, more niche media.
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    IBM
    • We won the 2005 Baseline Magazine Award for best ROI related to a technology implementation with an ROI 5544% (see 2005 Baseline ROI Awards, GlaxoSmithkline).
    • We always felt we could do "two times the work, with half the people and deliver double the savings".
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