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    Cronycle (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACronycle was market intelligence platform for market research, product innovation, and sales enablement teams. It enabled discovery of a variety of data (including articles, documents, conversations, and more) from top experts across 80,000 topics, delivering relevant content that users need to know about. The service has been discontinued.N/A

    Data.com (discontinued)

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce launched Data.com in 2011, in partnership with D&B, but has since decided to gradually sunset the platform. Data.com offered a store of company and customer data for use in sales and prospecting.N/A
    Pricing
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    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
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Cronycle (discontinued) and Data.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cronycle (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Data.com (discontinued)
    6.9
    25 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings6.523 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings7.623 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings7.424 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings7.124 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings6.422 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings6.425 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Cronycle (discontinued) and Data.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cronycle (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Data.com (discontinued)
    7.8
    24 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings7.924 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings7.424 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Cronycle (discontinued) and Data.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cronycle (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Data.com (discontinued)
    7.0
    25 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings7.222 Ratings
    Company/business profiles00 Ratings7.422 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings6.114 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings5.623 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.114 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings6.913 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings6.824 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Cronycle (discontinued) and Data.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cronycle (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Data.com (discontinued)
    7.6
    10 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    HG Insights Platform
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HG Insights Platform
    Score9.2 out of 10
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    6.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cronycle (discontinued)Data.com (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Prior to adopting Cronycle, our research team had a variety of different ways in which they would discover, store
    and share information. These methods were often inconsistent, with many smaller
    teams or sub-groups of researchers operating independently of others. In many cases, content that was potentially useful to more than one
    colleague was not being shared at all. We had thousands of different sources,
    accessed through varying methods and stored in different locations/systems, and
    very few colleagues would have had an idea of which sources other team members
    were using. Furthermore, we became aware as a team that while between us we
    were pulling in a lot of information, much of what was being discovered was not
    necessarily being acted upon, or indeed being read by the colleague to whom it
    was most relevant. We also needed to become more targeted, and indeed more
    selective, in the information we were seeing, and Cronycle -specifically through the Sources Library, the Feeds, and the tagging and notification functionality - has enabled us to do
    just this. There has been a genuinely transformative outcome to our information gathering ability, borne out by specific metrics, which Cronycle has also provided us with via the Enterprise account.
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    There are many scenarios that make data.com well suited, but most specifically, it works very well when looking for contacts within a certain zip code. You can sort and find information about these contacts and pay by points. This helps because you are able to pick and choose which you want to pay for.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • relevant, spot-on content to any of the 80.000 topics they curate.
    • Content curation, quickly assemble insights from a multitude of sources
    • collaborating, commenting, and creating insights around any of the topics you focus on with a team is a breeze, and in one central place.
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    • Data.com is a great way to find out accurate revenue and employee numbers for companies across various industries.
    • Data.com's filtering capabilities allow our team to quickly find the ideal prospects to reach out to.
    • Data.com, being owned by Salesforce, allows for a seamless integration into our CRM. This saves us an incredible amount of time and ensures data accuracy.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
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    • For some reason logging on for a few months does not go as easy as usual, because nowadays I need a least two attempts to log in.
    • I think I do only use the core functionality of Cronycle: getting indication info by keywords via multiple sites.
    • Vice versa: if people come to me with a suspected issue, I double-check via Cronycle by entering that issue as search in found results. A low occurrence often indicates the suspected issue likely is not so severe.
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    • Some contacts can be old. Perhaps they could consider validating some that are older than 5 years.
    • They don't always detect duplicate companies. For example, I've added the same company twice before, I don't understand how they allow that, or prevent others from adding duplicates. It doesn't happen very often,, only occasionally.
    • Sometimes data.com will "autocorrect" a job title incorrectly. For example, entering "Director of People & Culture" will autocorrect it to "Director of peopleandculture" If you don't catch it, it looks pretty bad for the next person who wants to view the contact.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
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    Very intuitive to use and I've never had any confusion with features. Anyone can create an account and use the platform simply by adding a contact or company into the database to earn points. It's a great option if you don't have budget for lists or pay services. It is easy to use and anyone can benefit from it.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
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    Any issues with the platform have always been resolved quickly. I have never previously worked with a third party software provider whose support team is as responsive.
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    Whenever I've had a question their support has responded pretty quickly and gives me exactly what I am looking for. I have not had any technical issues so I can't speak to issues there, but as far as general questions from a free user they have impressed me with how quickly they get back to me and the thoroughness of their answers.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
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    Hootsuite publication prep and scheduling is great, better than Cronycl (a manual process) Cronycl management of feeds, filtering creation of topical boards are excellent, Hootsuite doesn't offer this. Cronycle I find it easier, more attractive, and better filtering than Buffer, though Buffer was slightly better at the publication prep.
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    Adobe Workfront may not be the direct competitor of Data.com, but for the services I was using, Workfront looked a little better when it comes to the user interface. But Data.com definitely had more powerful features & better integration capabilities. Also, it was easier to play around with the customer journey in Data.com as compared to other tools I have used in the past.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
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    • Cronycle is my secret superpower (well, it was until now!)
    • I have landed and retained clients by wowing them with insights their own teams have not previously provided
    • I have aced speaking gigs and secured many more by engaging audiences with insights gained through this tool
    Incentivized
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    • The positive impact is gaining more direct contact information for hiring managers.
    • Another positive factor is that it is completely free. You gain points for contact information when you add contact information.
    • Since it is a free resource, there are no real negative impacts.
    Incentivized
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