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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Corel PaintShop Pro

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/APaintShop Pro is an all-in-one photo editor with advanced photo management, editing & creative tools that deliver everything a photo & design enthusiast needs, from Corel Corporation.N/A

    Crowdbooster (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACrowdbooster was a tool to measure the success of Twitter and Facebook posts, with visualizations to track retweets, and track potential impressions created, likes, comments, and how many shares a Facebook post has received. Crowdbooster is no longer available.

    $9

    per month

    Pricing
    Corel PaintShop ProCrowdbooster (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Corel PaintShop ProCrowdbooster (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Corel PaintShop ProCrowdbooster (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Corel PaintShop ProCrowdbooster (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Corel Corporation
    Corel PaintShop Pro is well suited for photographers wanting to adjust photos and also for designers who want to create designs from scratch, working in layers and merging various elements. Due to slow load times, Corel PaintShop Pro is not well suited when you only have a few small tasks to do and when a lightweight alternative will do the job just as well (e.g. cropping and red-eye removal).
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    Before recommending Crowdbooster, I'd want to know what goals they hope to accomplish with the software. Then I would want them to specifically identify what types of metrics would be most useful to their program. If they specifically need to report out on how many people in a certain location they reached, this isn't the right fit. If they are using other tools, there may be duplication. However, if they are currently using more budget-friendly solutions or just getting started with a new program, Crowdbooster is a perfect fit. It will help you to grow your program and is flexible enough to accommodate your needs.
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    Pros
    Corel Corporation
    • Crop
    • Straighten
    • Scratch repair
    • General retouch
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Timed social media posts - Crowdbooster provides the opportunity to schedule social media posts allowing you to work on other important social media tasks.
    • Simply beautiful tracking - There are millions of ways to measure social media impact. Crowdbooster offers the most important and relevant measurements in simplified charts..
    • Great UI - Crappy UI = crappy experience. Crowdbooster's UI is easy to navigate. It won't take months to learn where all the buttons are.
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    Cons
    Corel Corporation
    • I would like to see better smart cropping, we have the need for use in our carrying and travel cases for foam cut-outs. This requires a picture to be taken of the product and then outlined. The latest Apple update does a much better job of it than Corel. A definite need in our business
    Incentivized
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    • The ranked order of twitter followers and the number of "tweet impressions" did not help that much. Those "tweet impressions" were not really an estimate of how many people were actually reading my tweet. It was simply a sum of followers of the person retweeting a tweet and the sum of all followers from a subsequent retweet of the initial retweet. All this told me was the best case scenario I could expect if ALL followers of a person that retweeted saw my tweet. This is not a true measure of "twitter footprint" – since the “signal to noise” ratio in Twitter is very low.
    • There was no system in place to track "clicked links" for links embedded in tweets and/or facebook wall posts. Hootsuite did a good job of this – but only for twitter.
    • The list of recommended times to tweet were always "on the hour" (i.e. 10 a.m, 1 p.m.). Never were the times ever at "half past the hour" etc. An independent study that I did on my own using Google Analytics (and campaign links using google's URL builder) helped me determine that my optimal "Tweet time" during the week is 3:30 p.m. ET. More importantly, the recommended times seemed to be roughly the same on the weekends - which I find strange given that social media behavior does change on the weekends.
    • Occasionally, in my facebook ranked table of "loyal fans", I would see people in there that had not "liked" or "commented" on a post for months at a stretch and the "look back" period of the table was only around 7 days or so. Hence, I occasionally had to question the accuracy of that table.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Corel Corporation
    It's what I am most familiar with.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Simple to use and a great value for what it offers. It has a simple but clean interface and it provides fantastic historical data you can use to measure your efforts online. By using a tool like Crowdbooster, you can see what is working with your audience and what isn't. From there, you can start tweaking your strategies
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    Usability
    Corel Corporation
    I previously tagged Corel PaintShop Pro as an 8, but I'm moving on up to 10. I've been a user for many years. I always purchase the updates when they come out, and they have consistently gotten better with each release. Corel PaintShop Pro provides features that I haven't seen in other similar apps at this price point - alot of bang for the buck. If Corel keeps making and updating this program, I will absolutely keep purchasing it.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I found it fairly intuitive and easy to use. The information is laid out cleanly, and the most important information appears at a glance on the home page. However, I have worked with other users who had a hard time switching between platforms and identifying where other information was buried. It's not always clear that something is a clickable button! The option to export results is also a bit buried, and not integrated with the date range option.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Corel Corporation
    Always available when I need to use it
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Corel Corporation
    I would say that the program loads a LITTLE slow, but that's not a problem, considering everything that likely needs to load in the background for it to do what it does. Once running, the program performs very acceptably.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Corel Corporation
    We have never used or needed Support
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I do not think it is as supported as it once was when it first arrived on the social media scene. It is an older platform whose main functionality may have already ran its course.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Corel Corporation
    Great product and great solution for our photo re-touching and web work as an enhancement to CorelDraw
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    If you can demo a free trial, that is definitely the best way to see if this will fit your program's specific needs.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Corel Corporation
    I find Corel PaintShop Pro to be a lot more user friendly and affordable.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    It is a platform that is singularly focused. It does not have a lot of the additions that come stock with other platforms such as robust reporting or deeper insights past schedule times. It is also a stand-alone platform and a lot of its primary functionality can be found in more encompassing platforms.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Corel Corporation
    No contract terms. This is a standalone desktop app. Pricing is very affordable. Don't change a thing.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Corel Corporation
    So far, any use I've had with paintshop pro is already in the standard scope
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Corel Corporation
    • Our website is better because of Corel PaintShop Pro
    • Our brochures for tradeshows are much better due to PaintShop Pro
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Increased efficiency. I am able to generate useful snapshot reports in seconds. Particularly useful when you need answers fast (such as on a phone call).
    • Peace of mind. I am able to compare the data in Crowdbooster to what is exported from Facebook and Twitter.
    • Quicker, simpler evaluation of results. I am able to more easily compare impressions with engagement data to see what is working, and what should change. Particularly useful in day-to-day analysis.
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