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    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

    SAP Sustainability Control Tower

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASAP Sustainability Control Tower is a software solution that helps to enable users to reach sustainable business ambitions with holistic enterprise-wide sustainability performance management.N/A
    Pricing
    Cision PRWebSAP Sustainability Control Tower
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $99
    per news release
    Standard
    $205
    per news release
    Advanced
    $305
    per news release
    Premium
    $405
    per news release
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cision PRWebSAP Sustainability Control Tower
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cision PRWebSAP Sustainability Control Tower
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    Cision
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    56%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Cision PRWebSAP Sustainability Control Tower
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (14 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cision PRWebSAP Sustainability Control Tower
    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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    SAP
    It is basically the easiest choice for people who are already running SAP ECC or S4 as their ERP as that means they can get all of the data sources automatically without mapping efforts. That compensates for some of the shortcomings mentioned earlier, and to be fair, tools from other vendors (e.g., Microsoft) have the same problem anyway.
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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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    SAP
    • Gather and organize company data
    • Calculate sustainability metrics
    • Report metrics/indicators according to mandatory or voluntary sustainability standards
    • Customize it to the clients needs and operations
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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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    SAP
    • Implementing Custom Metrics: Support for all DPI dimensions needed
    • Drill-Down Requirements: Full dimension availability via OData API
    • Row Limit Issue: Request limit inadequate for data volume
    • Breakdown by all dimensions for metrics not feasible
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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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    SAP
    We are currently too new with The SAP sustainability Control tower ,but down the line if we see more benefits to financial sustain the product and product is actually paying off the cost from the benefits we get out of it we may renew the use of SAP sustainability control tower.
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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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    SAP
    SAP Sustainability Control Tower allows for a dashboard of production controls for sales materials. Different departments within the company can access real-time production and business information. It is suitable for various EU certifications. Also for organizations in the US and Latin America
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    never faced a downtime - or any error for the features I use.
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    Performance
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    yes never faced any sort of buffering or user interface issues.
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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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    SAP
    not contacted support for SAP Sustainability Control Tower yet.
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    In-Person Training
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    i did online training no in person training
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    Online Training
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    online module was extensive and helpful to understand the functionality
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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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    SAP
    No, I was not directly involved in SAP Sustainability Control Tower implementation, but before implementing feedback was taken from procurement team for several function usage.
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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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    SAP
    Same lack of industry-specific content on both, but SAP has the main advantage of direct connection to the ERP data so it saves significant efforts in comparison. Regarding dashboards look and feel and so on, it is more a matter of personal preference between PowerBi and SAP, we personally prefer SAP as it is a bit richer in ability to bring in more data and filter on it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    no i was not involved in Sales process
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    Scalability
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    yes we deployed it across multiple departments like SHS, purchasing, regulatory and we believe we can add more features of SAP sustainability control tower.
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    Professional Services
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP team is always great in service - i was not involved Sales process
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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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    SAP
    • Greater transparency around our sust strategies
    • More engaged workforce
    • Reduce OpEx by $350k in first month due to better decision in a particular area
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