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    ContactMonkey

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AContactMonkey tracks internal communications via email, and is a plugin for Outlook and Gmail. ContactMonkey gives users the following capabilities: - Track who opens emails, how many times, in what locations, and what email client or mobile device was used. - Track who clicked the hyperlinks in emails (link to LinkedIn profile, company website, proposal, etc.) - See Open Activities and Activity History - Log a Call, Create a Task and Add an Event - Create, Update or…N/A

    Discourse

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ADiscourse is a community management and moderation product.

    $20

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    ContactMonkeyDiscourse
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $20
    per month unlimited members and 2 staff
    Pro
    $100
    per month unlimited members and 5 staff
    Business
    $500
    per month unlimited members and 15 staff
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    ContactMonkeyDiscourse
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    ContactMonkeyDiscourse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    Implementation Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    ContactMonkeyDiscourse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    If you are a sales rep and want to know if your email has been opened without having to use receipts this is perfect. However, many people find this intrusive and inappropriate. I don't believe in this day and age there should be a moral outrage to track your emails but it happens. I particularly like it for Outlook 2016. I've tried Yesaware but found this better suited.
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    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    [Discourse is by] far the best online forum platform in the industry. It may be a little pricey for people looking for a cheap option for their hobby forum, but for any type of business that relies on a forum, the pricing is more than fair.
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    Pros
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    • Uploads information from business cards to your current contact database through your camera phone
    • Great resource for looking up people before meetings and doing other types of background research
    • Use information found on the internet to fill in information about your contact
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    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    • User Privileges : Teams, Trust Levels, Moderation, Private and Public Threads make it possible to have as much transparency, privacy or power decentralization as one wishes.
    • Gamification: Badges and Achievements can be customized for User Activity and frequent readers and writers.
    • Mailing List mode: Users can choose to use forum threads without the User Interface by subscribing via mailing list mode.
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    Cons
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    • Salesforce integration seems unnecessary
    • Has refresh issues occasionally
    • Can cause slowing issues for Outlook
    • Doesn't have integration with Outlook.com/Exchange
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    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    • Some configuration UIs are difficult to follow
    • Not well-suited for managing workflows (grant management as an example)
    • Bulk operations across multiple threads either impossible or difficult to figure out
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    ContactMonkey Inc.
    Easy to use
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    Usability
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    Easy for all users.
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    ContactMonkey Inc.
    Easy to contact, quick follow-up/
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    Implementation Rating
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    It is really easy to integrate with GMail, so just start from there
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    Alternatives Considered
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    Contact Monkey was the best solution for Outlook 2016. While Yesaware is a good product with Microsoft 365 integration, I found it expensive and too feature rich for what I needed. If you are just trying to find something simple that does what you need well and cheap, this is the best solution on the market. It does have Salesforce integration but I just use the Salesforce product that is free and provides the same or more prospect info.
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    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    Vanilla's mobile functionality was downright awful and it felt like it was stuck in the 2000s. While they have similar features, Discourse blows them away in almost every department. We don't regret switching at all.
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    Return on Investment
    ContactMonkey Inc.
    • I've found companies that have shared my email and opened the email 20-60 times but never responded. It gave me an absolute understanding that this was a hot company
    • Sometimes knowing your email is being opened can be very frustrating if you cannot get a response. However, at least you know it was read and they are not interested.
    • My boss and fellow employee's don't like the fact that I know where they are located. It's somewhat divisive in that sense.
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    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    • Community Members are eager to jump into the discussion.
    • Conversations can be tracked easier without the risk of being lost in a sea of messages as people tend to construct their posts more carefully than on any workspace messenger.
    • It's open source and configurable with many other add-ons to help integration with other services.
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