CloudApp vs Lead411

Veronika Baranovska

Inbound Marketing Manager

SendibleInternet, 11-50 employees

For anyone in sales, particularly in the direct and "hunting" category, this is a great tool. The hardest part of sales is finding the appropriate decision makers and influencers in your target market and getting them to talk to you. Lead411's contact info is as current and accurate as I've every experienced in my decade + in sales, and coupled with their customizable news alerts, it allows you to contact prospects at the right time with something relevant to talk about around their company and industry, increasing your chances of a successful sales call while allowing you to filter out those prospects that just aren't a fit for what you do. A quick "no" is the second best thing behind a "yes" because you get back so much more of a very valuable asset -- your time. This tool helps you to dramatically reduce wasted hours hunting for the wrong contact person and the wrong fit for your services. Efficiency and time management improved dramatically by using Lead411.

Michael Murphy

Channel Business Development Representative

Thrive Networks, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

Feature Rating Comparison

CloudApp

Lead411

Advanced search

Identification of new leads

List quality

List upload/download

Ideal customer targeting

Load time/data access

CloudApp

Lead411

Contact information

Industry information

CloudApp

Lead411

Lead qualification process

Smart lists and recommendations

Salesforce integration

Company/business profiles

Alerts and reminders

Data hygiene

Automatic data refresh

Filters and segmentation

CloudApp

Lead411

Sales email templates

Append emails to records

Pros

CloudApp makes taking GIFs, videos, and screenshots very quick and easy. Very little training was required for CloudApp because it is a straight forward tool.
We love the feature that allows you to annotate images and videos to highlight certain areas. This is especially important in Support when explaining something to a customer.
I like that CloudApp makes sharing files very easy. In just the click of a button, you can choose how you'd like to share a file with someone else.

Verified User

Manager in Customer Service

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

Most importantly --- The DATA is accurate and the platform is straight-forward and simple to use. The native connection to our CRM environment "completes the requirement" from our standpoint. A "10 out of 10"...
From my experiences and interactions, the culture of the organization is exceptionally focused on customer satisfaction! We've been more than pleased with EVERY SINGLE interaction with Lead411....they go out of their way to be of assistance. A "10 out of 10"...

Bill Howatineck --- Partner

Partner

360ᵒ Business InsightThink Tanks

Cons

While annotations are nice, editing features are lacking overall. You can't trim a screenshot or crop it once you've taken it, so you'd better be perfect with your capturing on the first try.
The web library for managing your past captures is hellacious. There's no deleting mistakes, no real categorization like tags, and the drag and drop adding is glitchy at best.

J.P. VanderLinden

Director Of Operations

EmberTribeMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Ability to upload more than one company or a list of companies to match and then build a list. This is something discussed with Lead411 and from our understanding is under development.
Continue to verify, update and add contact information for contacts at Fortune 1000 companies

Mary White

Director, Account Operations

MarketLauncher, Inc.Market Research, 11-50 employees

Likelihood to Renew

CloudApp 9.1

Based on 1 answer

In all honesty I don't even have time to look for an alternative to CloudApp at this point in our business. CloudApp works for what we had planned to use it for and unless a competing service that offers the same quality and ease-of-use along with video screen capture comes out I will renew indefinitely.

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Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Lead411 8.8

Based on 6 answers

Because we have successfully used Lead 411 for over 8 years and they have never disappointed us. Their site is never down- always working at full capacity.

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Kathy Doering

President and CEO

Ann Michaels & Associates, Ltd.Market Research, 11-50 employees

Usability

CloudApp 8.2

Based on 2 answers

I would give cloud app a 10 out of 10 if the video screen capture portion of the tool worked flawlessly and the addition of few suggestions like full-page screen grab and the quicker ability to download screenshots or screen videos to my hard drive. I don't mean to repeat a feature request here being that features would heavily improve usability in my particular usage situation.

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Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Lead411 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Have not had any trouble using it

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Verified User

Partner in Sales

Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

Support Rating

CloudApp 9.1

Based on 2 answers

I would give cloud app a 9/10 score on overall support mostly because I have had very little need of any support at all being that the tool was designed almost to use itself. In my opinion this level of forethought is equal to customer support. As of yet I've only had one real problem with cloud app which was the loss of a 20 minute video screen capture. Unfortunately I have not had the time to contact support about this loss. The only other minor issues that I confronted was within the initial set up which I was able to resolve via their website's support pages.

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Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Lead411 7.0

Based on 2 answers

tom blue personally responds to me promptly.

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Robert Kohler

Founder

Sauce Restaurant GroupLegal Services, 11-50 employees

Implementation Rating

CloudApp 8.2

Based on 1 answer

I was extremely satisfied with how quick and easy the implementation of Cloudapp was on my MacIntosh using MacOS Sierra was, along with how amazingly fast I was able to be up and going with the tool. most often with sass tools we are lucky if we can use 50% of the features without having to have consultations and a ton of back-and-forth email on how to use other features of the product. Cloud app has made it extremely user-friendly with almost no need for customer support. To My business, that equals time savings which as most business owners know, can be far more valuable than a few dollars saved.

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Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of MindGame Marketing

MindGame Marketing Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

I need to point out that I love Snagit. It's a fantastic product, but there are different use-cases. CloudApp for me is about quick and efficient sharing. Snagit doesn't really allow for that. Yes, they have a cloud sharing option, but for the entirety of me using the program, it hasn't worked right. You'll have to try both to see what I mean.

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 1-10 employees

I used DiscoverOrg at a previous job and what I can say the main difference to be Lead411 just has more accurate and up to date information. I also think it's easier to navigate their UI than others, but that might just be my preference

Verified User

Representative in Sales

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

Return on Investment

Speed. It's incredibly quick and easy to share images, gifs, and videos. That saves us time and makes us more productive.
Storage. Everything is kept in one place, so it's easy to go back and reference/keep track of. It keeps us from hunting down previous shares.
Annotation. It's very quick to mark things up before sending! Again, the primary benefit here is speed.
Cash. We'll occasionally share videos with prospects so they better understand our offerings. Some of those people become customers!

Andrew Clark

Chief Growth Officer

Visible.vcComputer Software, 1-10 employees

It has helped us identify buying signals through their news tracker that has led us to say the right things to spark a conversation and ended up closing several deals because of this. The tool will pay for itself if you know how to effectively apply it. When using their news feature we tend to see about a 30% bump and meaningful conversations.
It is a great way to identify competitors of the people you are targeting. Everytime you look up an account it offers about five or six suggestions of companies that fit the same firmographic profile.
While the data appender has some manual things attached to it it has served to be a valuable resource in updating criteria that are used to identify valuable accounts.

Jordan Linford

Digital Marketing Director

Impartner SoftwareComputer Software, 51-200 employees