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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Consensus

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AConsensus improves the software buying process with interactive demos on demand. A digital product experience, it aims to delight buyers and deliver detailed intent data back to revenue teams, to shorten cycle times, increase close rates, and drive resource efficiency.

    $600

    per month

    Cratejoy

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACratejoy is an online subscription billing solution that provides clients with features such as a website builder to create a subscription store, flexible product options, customer accounts, and inventory management. In addition to the traditional subscription billing and eCommerce features, Cratejoy also provides search engine optimization, email and social media marketing, and robust diverse analytics reporting.N/A
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    ConsensusCratejoy
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    ConsensusCratejoy
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Consensus Sales, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    User Ratings
    ConsensusCratejoy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (62 ratings)
    1.2
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    9.5
    (44 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConsensusCratejoy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    Within the last 6 months, I've run a personal A/B test on opportunities with and without Consensus videos being sent after every meeting. Those opportunities where I sent Consensus videos after every meeting had a >50% likelihood of closing and/or progressed past the Proposal phase. Those opportunities where I did not send Consensus video, I was left unanswered more often than not
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    Cratejoy
    I will not recommend Cratejoy to anyone I know because I had a very poor experience with them. Initially, in my research, I had contacted Cratejoy to understand their platform more. I was led to believe that selling on their 'marketplace' would allow me to take advantage of a lower selling fee. We discussed how I would set up my shop and they assured me that it was done correctly so I would pay the lower amount. It took me over a year to realize I was paying the higher fee, which is about 10 times higher than the lower one. Fees are not listed anywhere in the Cratejoy administrative panels. They are not being emailed and there is no information about them anywhere UNLESS you think to go into your payment processor and look at individual transactions. Clearly, it's my responsibility to look at these things and see why the math is not adding up. However, at the time I signed up this information was not clear and I was given incorrect answers to my questions. I was operating on an assumption that took me a long time to realize and ended up costing me thousands in fees.
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    Pros
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    • The ability to tailor demos and demoboards to show various functionality of the product.
    • We appreciate the features Consensus has to customize demos in various forms.
    • The customer service and post-sales trainings the Consensus team has held for our company have been extremely beneficial. I personally appreciated learning how demos are better received when they're not 'perfect'
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    Cratejoy
    • Markets your boxes in their marketplace
    • Sets up shipping so it's easier and cheaper
    • Helps get your online subscription boxes started
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    Cons
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    • The analytical dashboard can be little confusing because I can see details for my whole company
    • Better way to record personalized videos in the beginning. They don't have any background filtering ability.
    • Better way to record personalized videos in the beginning. They don't have any background filtering ability.
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    Cratejoy
    • Fees
    • Transparency
    • Customer service
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    Consensus has been a valuable and vital sales tool at every stage of our sales cycle. In the very early stages of prospect education, you can send videos to get them familiar and up to speed with our product without a solution consultant's involvement. It is also a very powerful tool at the later stages of the sales cycle, with the ability to tailor demos and intro videos and record exec alignment itro videos, which we have had great success with
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    Cratejoy
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    Usability
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    It only took me a matter of minutes to onboard myself to Consensus and start utilizing it with my clients. The platform is very simple to set up and straight forward to use. Most platforms take time to learn how to use and navigate but Consensus was very easy to pick up and use as a first time user.
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    Cratejoy
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    Support Rating
    Consensus Sales, Inc
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    Cratejoy
    Whether it be their upper management or their customer support crew, they have always acted and treated me like they care. Probably because we make them a lot of money, but nonetheless they do a great job whenever any issue comes up. I even met them in person!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    Consensus is simple and does what it does very well. It doesn't try to be a deal room software, so they partner for that space. It did not try to be an AI transcription solution at first, so they partnered for that space. They continue to listen to their customers, improve the solution where it matters, in ways that drive the core use case of buyer enablement. I appreciate that they haven't over-indexed on fringe use cases and keep improving what their solution does very well. We continue to get very strong feedback from prospects
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    Cratejoy
    Cratejoy streamlines the process so there's less to figure out on your own.
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    Return on Investment
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    • I closed 3 deals last year by prospects using Consensus and finding additional modules they wanted to purchase.
    • Consensus speed up the buying process in 6 of my deals last year to close in quarter.
    • Consensus saved me time from doing additional live demos.
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    Cratejoy
    • Lots of sales!
    • 10% commission paid to them
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Consensus Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Consensus demo player, which is the heart of the product. Buyers tailor their demo and receive relevant messaging via interactive video demos.Screenshot of the Chrome extension, which enables sales reps to record and sens demos instantly without leaving their inbox.Screenshot of Demolytics, a feature used to dive deeper into stakeholder engagement by showing how buyers ranked features, what they watched, and who they shared the demo with.Screenshot of an example of an Interactive Product Tour, used to give buyers a multimedia experience as a supplement to interactive videos that let buyers click through stories and key product areas with text and video explainers.Screenshot of the demo library that helps manage content across teams and gives revenue operations teams a centralized place to create and share demos instantly.