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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SharpSpring (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    SharpSpring was a full-funnel marketing and sales automation platform that united marketing and sales teams to launch and track targeted campaigns and personalize every interaction to engage and convert more customers and drive revenue. It was acquired by Constant Contact and sold for a time as simply Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM, or SharpSpring by Constant Contact. This product, and the former SharpSpring have since been discontinued, and are no longer sold apart fromN/A

    DoubleVerify

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADoubleVerify Pinnacle is a tool for monitoring and optimizing digital advertising performance across media properties. DV Pinnacle compares ad performance on each property based on number of impressions, viewability, fraud, and brand safety. It can be used by advertisers and agencies, publishers and networks, or ad platforms and exchanges (for quality control).N/A
    Pricing
    SharpSpring (discontinued)DoubleVerify
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    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
    SharpSpring (discontinued)DoubleVerify
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    144 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    143 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    124 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    125 Answers
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    Features
    SharpSpring (discontinued)DoubleVerify
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of SharpSpring (discontinued) and DoubleVerify
    Feature
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    7.1
    509 Ratings
    10% below category average
    DoubleVerify
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor9.0469 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.2452 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages7.0441 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing6.0396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.0427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.0497 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management6.0499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences6.0474 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of SharpSpring (discontinued) and DoubleVerify
    Feature
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    8.5
    498 Ratings
    15% above category average
    DoubleVerify
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    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.0485 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading9.0491 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management8.0467 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks9.0463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of SharpSpring (discontinued) and DoubleVerify
    Feature
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    7.6
    400 Ratings
    5% above category average
    DoubleVerify
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    Ratings
    Calendaring8.1338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SharpSpring (discontinued) and DoubleVerify
    Feature
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    3.7
    495 Ratings
    59% below category average
    DoubleVerify
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    Dashboards4.0487 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports4.0487 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports3.0448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of SharpSpring (discontinued) and DoubleVerify
    Feature
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    7.8
    467 Ratings
    6% above category average
    DoubleVerify
    -
    Ratings
    API8.0365 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.0403 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability8.6439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SharpSpring (discontinued)DoubleVerify
    Small Businesses
    BenchmarkONE
    Score8 out of 10
    Agency Analytics
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Supermetrics
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    TrackMaven
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (523 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (71 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    3.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (71 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    2.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SharpSpring (discontinued)DoubleVerify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    SharpSpring is great for creating and tracking campaigns that span multiple channels. With the Salesforce integration, we are able to keep our Sales team focused inside Salesforce without them needing to learn a new tool. Our Marketing team uses SharpSpring to nurture leads before handing them off to the Sales team. Though the features are available, SharpSpring would not be suitable for social media management or blogs; our third-party tools do a better job at that.
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    DoubleVerify
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Their Emailers are very easy to construct and user-friendly. It takes your Newsletter and sales emails to the next level, especially with the action groups and trigger functionalities.
    • The life of the lead functionality allows you to see when leads get warmer, so you know when to send them what. Helps improve conversions.
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    DoubleVerify
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • The landing page builder is a bit hard to use. Doesn’t have much flexibility.
    • Sometimes confusing between types of workflows to use. Opportunity versus visual.
    • If you imported contacts that weren’t formatted correctly. It is hard to delete a bull amount. Need to type DELETE for each one manually. No bull options to make changes.
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    DoubleVerify
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We have been very impressed with all aspects of this software and the potential for it to radically change how we operate is huge! Support has been exceptional and we have discovered many extra uses for the software than originally thought. Not only will it give us benefits for our company's growth, but for our client's growth as well.
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    DoubleVerify
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    This rating is coming from an administrative perspective. With so many features, workflows, dashboards, and more, there is certainly a lot going on, and even the most savvy software user can get a little overwhelmed when trying to decide how to best implement and utilize the platform to its full potential. That being said, the SharpSpring platform is well-implemented and well-organized, with most solutions being fairly intuitive, once you have a grasp of the software. It is fairly easy to learn, but difficult to master. Just like any powerful platform, however, the complexity is worth it, and once you are comfortable navigating and problem solving within SharpSpring, it becomes a great marketing and sales tool which can do virtually anything you need it to.
    Incentivized
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    DoubleVerify
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    The support is great which really helps overcome challenges if you become stuck and the training videos are great too. Same-day replies are great and I even got some help with some CSS code on the chat. Not many organizations would do this or even respond.
    Incentivized
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    DoubleVerify
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Overall I would say to be patient and bring everyone who will be touching the platform to the onboarding sessions. The Virtual Classroom lets you onboard as quickly or slowly as you want. Sales, marketing, design, account management, get 'em all in on it. For the most part, they will be happy to use this platform. I recommend getting as many people as possible to see the SharpSpring demo.
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    DoubleVerify
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We use different CRMs for different clients, mostly due to budget and other requirements. SharpSpring from Constant Contact is in the middle, price-wise, but is slightly more user-friendly than ActiveCampaign when it comes to certain things, such as drip campaigns and workflows. Though the price can be prohibitive to some clients, it is extremely robust. I definitely prefer the list-building, the ability to send smart emails and the WYSIWYG editor.
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    DoubleVerify
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Streamlined Processes - sales and marketing are now all in the same place.
    • Reduced Number of Platforms/Tools - CRM/lead management, email, automation, landing pages, forms, etc are all in the same place rather than using multiple tools.
    • Time-saving - sales pipeline is very easy to use for sales. For marketing, we have dozens of workflows that eliminate much of our manual processes from the past.
    • Return on Investment - We're more focused on moving the building the business than ever before because SharpSpring has simplified so many of our business operations and we're seeing massive results!
    • Lead generation - Up SIGNIFICANTLY (between 3x & 4x) since setting up SharpSpring.
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    DoubleVerify
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