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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Commun.it

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ACommun.it is a social media management solution built around features such as analytics, automated insights through campaigns, and influencer marketing.N/A

    Podium

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APodium, formerly Repdrive, is a ratings and review management platform from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah.N/A
    Pricing
    Commun.itPodium
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Commun.itPodium
    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
    Commun.itPodium
    Considered Both Products
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Podium
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    58%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    52%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    59%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Commun.itPodium
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    6.1
    5 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis5.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    5.6
    5 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting6.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management3.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    6.9
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    5.8
    5 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation4.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management2.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions6.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter9.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    5.6
    5 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking4.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Commun.it and Podium
    Feature
    Commun.it
    5.6
    3 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges3.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Commun.itPodium
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Affinity CRM
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Hunter
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Commun.itPodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.9
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Commun.itPodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Commun.it Inc.
    For a small business or individual Commun.it could be used to quickly and efficiently grow an audience. Using the featured hashtag functionality in particular means that, instead of wading through various searches on Twitter, all the information is at your finger-tips and you can act on it accordingly. I think it would have benefits for businesses of multiple sizes however a smaller business might find the price-point prohibitive.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    Podium is well suited for several types of businesses. If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, Podium would be a great way for you to ask that customers leave you a review online sharing their awesome experience. For medium to large businesses, Podium review invites can be automated through the company's customer management system, allowing the use of Podium to be simple and not timely, even with a large customer base. It may not be appropriate for a large company to manually send out individual review invites
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    Pros
    Commun.it Inc.
    • Commun.it recommends good content to Tweet if you provide the right hashtags or topics to search.
    • Commun.it makes it really easy to thank each now Twitter follower and to reach out to influencers that you may have neglected.
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    Podium
    • Maintains conversations indefinitely, so we are able to go back to confirm details from conversations.
    • Provides the ability for our company to have a 'team' messaging platform where we can communicate with one another via single person to a single person, groups where we can add/subtract members of the group... this is invaluable to our organization.
    • Until today(!), we could 'share' or forward a message to one another; oddly, that feature disappeared just today, so I'm hoping it's a glitch!
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    Cons
    Commun.it Inc.
    • Be prepared, you'll receive a lot of emails from commun.it. They keep you engaged by reminding you to return to your dashboard. But they also will send several emails trying to get you to upgrade.
    • "Thanks for the retweet" and "Thanks to the high-value members" aren't tactics I like to use on Twitter.
    • On the free version, you are only allowed 20 actions a day. This goes by in a flash, would love to have a few more.
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    Podium
    • Account manager communications: I had been asking my Podium account manager for integration with our CRM tool for over 8 months before my account manager fell silent. After another 6 months, I proactively reached out only to find out that the integration had been in Beta for months and 8 other companies had already integrated. It was frustrating that my account manager did not remember a key request and make the Beta available to me the minute that it was open.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    Again, Podium has been so wonderful in the year and a half we have been using it, we are able to integrate it with our CRM and use alot of the available features. The most helpful has been getting TONS of reviews on MULTIPLE sites through Podium!
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    While giving our clients the ability to leave a review was there, we had much worse results and got fewer reviews through the Podium portal than we did by sending our clients simple email requests, or simply having our service staff ask for a review while still on the clients' job sites.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    We haven't had any outages or issues whenever we need it over the last few years of use
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    Performance
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    It moves quickly and has no issues with delays. Performance is good as it is a web-based tool
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    I have to send an email to get information. They have a chat system but I end up having to go through my rep for account questions. It was a little frustrating to not have a direct phone number to call with questions. I would like to see a helpline added.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    We only had a hard time getting our technicians to remember to send the review invites.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Commun.it Inc.
    Tweepsmap's audience and engagement tools aren't as powerful as Commun.it's, but they're far more trustworthy. I also like their tool for detecting inactive users (followed accounts who haven't tweeted in 2 or 6 months). I would actually consider shelling out for their paid tools, which sound quite useful (for instance, location-based statistics).
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    We use Digital Air Strike at our two GM dealerships because it is one of a small list of reputation management companies authorized by GM as part of their SFE program. Digital Air Strike surveys our customers and invites them to write a review about our dealership. It is not as effective or flexible as Podium so we have been using Podium at those dealerships alongside Digital Air Strike. We also recently started a trial use of ReplyPro which is a service that monitors review sites and writes customized responses to positive reviews and suggested responses to negative reviews. I'd like to see Podium add this as part of their service so we can consolidate 3rd party vendors and manage every aspect of online reputation management from one place.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Commun.it Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    Its easy to scale to different departments as needed. We initially began using it to solve one problem and as new features became available it was easy to scale this and include other departments who could benefit from its tools
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    Return on Investment
    Commun.it Inc.
    • Brand awareness
    • Lead generation
    • Prospect nurturing and ongoing customer support
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    Podium
    • I am glad there are card readers now, sales team members too often try to just send a request instead of taking payment onsite.
    • It's made capturing messaging leads much easier.
    • It's worth the cost but if it did a few more things it would be worth a lot more to us. Document signatures, surveying after jobs, even geotagging of photos/reviews for SEO
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