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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ClearSlide

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AClearSlide enables sales and marketing teams to find content, communicate it whether in-person, on the phone or through email, and get insights into how customers engage, with the goal of helping sales and marketing teams make every interaction count and create amazing customer experiences. ClearSlide is a system of engagement for sales, marketing & services teams. For managers and leaders, ClearSlide provides engagement dashboards to improve deal visibility, coaching, and stronger…N/A

    Sage CRM

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Sage CRM is an SMB-oriented CRM platform offered in both SaaS and on-premise editions. Unlike the Sage SalesLogix product, the SaaS version is a true multi-tenant offering. The platform offers excellent integration with Sage ERP and accounting products. It is also a good global solution and is available in many languages and is used by over 12,000 customers worldwide, with many customers in Europe.

    $33

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    Walnut

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AWalnut, headquartered in New York, offers a sales demo software platform, designed to enable users to create sales and product demos more easily, and to offer personalized, consistent, and successful demos every time.N/A
    Pricing
    ClearSlideSage CRMWalnut
    Editions & Modules
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    Sage CRM (cloud)
    $45
    Per User per Month
    Sage CRM (on premise)
    $0
    Lifetime License per Seat
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClearSlideSage CRMWalnut
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsTiered pricing is available for multiple users.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    ClearSlideSage CRMWalnut
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    8.8
    17 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.917 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    8.1
    16 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Walnut
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    Case management00 Ratings8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    8.7
    16 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Lead management00 Ratings8.816 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    9.0
    17 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Task management00 Ratings9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    8.6
    17 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Forecasting00 Ratings8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    8.6
    17 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Custom fields00 Ratings8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    8.7
    17 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    9.4
    13 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Walnut
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    Social data00 Ratings9.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
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    Sage CRM
    9.0
    14 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Walnut
    -
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    Marketing automation00 Ratings9.114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of ClearSlide and Sage CRM and Walnut
    Feature
    ClearSlide
    -
    Ratings
    Sage CRM
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Walnut
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.816 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
    Mediafly
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Mediafly
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Mediafly
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Mediafly
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    ClearSlide
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClearSlideSage CRMWalnut
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.1
    (56 ratings)
    8.9
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (29 ratings)
    5.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    6.8
    (7 ratings)
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    ClearSlideSage CRMWalnut
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bigtincan
    Clearslide makes it easy to share files with anyone via a single link. It simplifies the process of document sharing in the new "work from home" age we have now and allows multiple parties to view the same document, either simultaneously or separately. It is less appropriate for sensitive information, as the link can easily be shared between parties or forwarded on, so there is no gatekeeping.
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    Sage
    as it is a very flexible software that can be adapted to any business model, other functions human resource management, manufacturing and supply chain planning, all these functions are housed in a highly technological interface. I liked this system because it made automating accounts payable so much easier.the control of the basic accounting of any type of company
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    Walnut, Inc
    Great for SaaS companies looking to demo their products. We use it on sales calls and send it afterward. It can also be used before booking demos to show to potential customers, or by customer success to create a self-guided tour of a product. The customization options are great, as is the ease of creating demos.
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    Pros
    Bigtincan
    • Analytics: for sales, especially when selling virtually, it can be difficult to know if your customers are engaged with the presentation. Clearslide will give you reports that indicate how long customers were viewing what you were presenting, if/when you lost them, and at what place in your presentation you lost them. It can also show you how long potential customers spent reviewing follow-up materials you've sent them.
    • Screenshare: the screenshare functionality, when using Google Chrome, is very seamless, and the customer can take over the screenshare without needing any downloads or plug-ins.
    • Presenting: It's quite easy to present material with Clearslide, and to move between materials that you are presenting.
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    Sage
    • When in client profile, it is very intuitive, allowing you to easily transcribe notes in the clients profile.
    • Sage allows 3rd party plugins, so if you utilize a particular phone services or would like to import something as simple as google drive, its compatible.
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    Walnut, Inc
    • Relatively easy to create demos
    • Analytics
    • Sharing
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    Cons
    Bigtincan
    • Call quality with CS has always been an issue in my two (2) years of experience with the platform. CS upgraded their phone provider in winter 2018, but the call quality has only been marginally improved from my perspective. Also, with the switch to a new phone provider, users are required to use a new conference line, access number, and a leader pin. The leader pin is new and adds an extra step to setting up a conference line, which seems unnecessary.
    • Content curation is probably my biggest issue with CS. With previous experience in a sales enablement company, I've seen how content can be curated to map to the seller's specific stage in a deal cycle, which is what most companies want. CS does not have this functionality from my perspective, and if it does, then overall curation capabilities are weak. Rather than curating content to match a seller's current point in a sales process, CS relies on surfacing content that is most popular or recently added. There is a search feature, which works well if you know what the collateral is called, but it is not scanning the content of documents to find what is most relevant. I equate the content feature of CS to a search that you would do in your computer's "Download" folder or even in Dropbox. If your company is smaller and only needs to surface a few pieces of collateral, then CS will work fine. If your organization is larger with large amounts of specific collateral, then I would look elsewhere.
    • The CS plugins for Outlook, Gmail, or your web browser are great ideas but executed poorly. The integrations have caused a lot of headaches for colleagues and me since their release. They have caused our email to close unexpectedly, content to not be linked properly, or emails to not be tracked. The idea for these integrations was to reduce the amount of time a seller has to jump between windows, which is awesome, but the integrations are full of glitches. One of the biggest glitches I've seen is how CS, Grammarly, and Outlook all work together. CS is always the component of those three that causes everything to freeze or crash. In short, the integrations are a great idea but executed poorly at this time.
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    Sage
    • Reliance on Apache Tomcat causes a lot of headaches. There are common issues trying to start up the server, resulting from Apache Tomcat misconfigurations, or Java. Some forum posts on Sage City address common issues, but digging into server logs seems to be an often occurrence.
    • Support is somewhat lacking, less user install base means error messages are sometimes hard to find quick answers for. Most of the knowledge found on the internet is in the Sage City forum.
    • Integration with Microsoft 365 causes you to have to turn off some security features. This will result in your 365 tenants running lower security standards than recommended, it may put you at risk for targeted attacks.
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    Walnut, Inc
    • Some of the UX around the demo creation is still a bit janky. For example, your work does not save automatically - you need to be constantly saving it or all your work will be lost.
    • The organization of all of the demos is improving, but things still get lost.
    • Ideally it would be easier to replace certain attributes in bulk.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bigtincan
    ClearSlide is embedded in our culture and in our organization. The sales and marketing teams use ClearSlide on a daily basis to share information and presentations as well as communicate "what is working." Our leadership uses the analytics to provide improved feedback and coaching regarding bottlenecks our representatives are experiencing.
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    Sage
    There are really no other words to say, it is a very easy to use application that is more straightforward and has provided better results with the bulk of features that appeal to a very broad amount of users. There may be other CRM platforms out there that are more prevalent, but I have found them to be much more clunky and less intuitive than Sage CRM.
    Incentivized
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    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Bigtincan
    Its easy to use from a presenter's perspective. Its web based so anyone who can navigate Facebook can open a live pitch or shared file. This makes it easy to give live demos, share files, and share screens with out downloading any software or installing java patches
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    Sage
    Excellent integration with the most important social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter) to get leads. The mobile app is quite useful for speeding up the tasks at hand and not relying on the computer or being in the office to get them done.
    Incentivized
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    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Bigtincan
    It wasn't 100% but it was better than our experience with GoToMeeting.
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Bigtincan
    No answers on this topic
    Sage
    Sage works very quickly based on the network you are using it on. It is internet based so if your network is slow, it will perform slowly. Reports seem to run reasonably fast, if there is too much information it is trying to populate that could slow it down a little. When Sage CRM is integrated with a Sage ERP product it doesn't tend to slow down either system at all
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    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Bigtincan
    I was mostly involved in the implementation process and syncing ClearSlide with Salesforce, and I would say the support was mostly average. It took a few times to get everything scheduled, and a lot of the process was left up to me. I was reading through the documents that they supplied. It wasn't complicated, but more direct support would have been appreciated.
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    Sage
    Support team is really slow and they need to work on this really. Sometimes it takes days to resolve a simple query and there is no way to get it expedited. Rest the product is is amazing but the team should look into the costumer support and get it working
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    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Bigtincan
    No answers on this topic
    Sage
    Most training would come after a upgrade. Otherwise we would self teach new employees. Training was with a Sage Software partner SWK technologies.
    Incentivized
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    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Bigtincan
    They do a good job
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Walnut, Inc
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    Implementation Rating
    Bigtincan
    Web based so easy for them to configure account
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    Sage
    The implementation and upgrades were rather quick and straight forward. Attempting to link Sage CRM with Sage 100 ERP however was a nightmare and will be avoided by us in the future due to numerous issues.
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    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Bigtincan
    ClearSlide stacks up to be as good as any of the aforementioned tools. We selected Clearslide because of its ease of use and implementation. It did not take our team too long to get acclimated with how ClearSlide works and how they would be using it, allowing them to generate more meetings and more revenue.
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    Sage
    Whilst SAGE CRM was selected around 10 years ago and we became a partner, the main contenders would have been at the time Sales Logix and MS CRM 4.0. However, we had extensive experience of the mid-market CRM's and decided on SAGE CRM since it had a clean, easy to understand interface and importantly offered both workflow automation and Self Service capability, all of which across both the Case and Sales and Marketing functionality was seamless and saved time. As it was pure browser based, access was from anywhere we wanted. In my view, SAGE CRM still stacks up well against all the other mid-market CRM systems and offers good value for money, but more importantly, it is an easy to operate and customisable solution which user like. Again, we can teach administration users very quickly to support and customise themselves since the admin. function are clear as well.
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    Walnut, Inc
    Previously we created clickable demos in InDesign and XD. While clickable, they were nowhere near as realistic as Walnut, they lacked analytics, couldn't be customized, and they needed a designer to keep them updated. With Walnut, we can also add or remove features in a demo depending on what the customers' needs are.
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    Scalability
    Bigtincan
    This product ROCKS!!!! ClearSlide shortened my sales cycle by over 50% by enabling to jump right into a LIVE demo on an initial client call so I don't have to waste time scheduling a demo at later date. People are busy and finding a time to schedule a call can take days or weeks
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Walnut, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Bigtincan
    • Has helped us close more deals because of the easy "on the fly" screen share
    • Also, you get a notification when people view your information so having that, I have followed up shortly after and closed the deal
    • Helps my team with all external presentations
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    Sage
    • It is very affordable in pricing, compared to competitors
    • Lead management and convertion into prospects is also a very easy process
    • Lead capture from web pages should be available, and better ways to capture leads from tradeshows by uploading directly from scanned business cards
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    Walnut, Inc
    • Previously, our demos were often out of date. This led to less satisfied customers buying things that weren't quite what we had. Customers now have a better idea of what to expect.
    Incentivized
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