6sense vs. DemandScience

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
6sense
Score 8.4 out of 10
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6sense’s ABM platform captures buying signals, transforms data into insights, and makes those insights actionable through automations and alerts that puts marketing's message in front of the right buyers.N/A
DemandScience
Score 8.3 out of 10
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DemandScience is a data-driven marketing platform that offers lead generation and data services that accelerate the technology sales process by identifying intent among technology buyers. Founded in 2009, DemandScience helps marketers meet the ever-changing demands of B2B sales.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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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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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
6sense
Chose 6sense
I feel like ZoomInfo was a data-first company. Now they're trying to get into the ABM space, whereas 6sense came in as an ABM tool and has just continued improving and adding data capabilities.

Their approach has made a lot more sense. The approach that ZoomInfo has taken—what …
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When I was at a company that used Demandbase, a few people used it a little bit. At my company that uses 6Sense, 100+ people know how to use it and they use it daily.
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I use both 6Sense and ZoomInfo. Both have their strengths. ZoomInfo is good with list building and contact data. It does not break like 6Sense when the results go beyond a few pages. 6Sense's UI is better, but it lacks the actual list of accounts one would like when building …
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I feel that 6sense was better at contact information, buying stage prediction, direct integrations into Salesforce and LinkedIn, and industry insight.
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CoPilot is another technology that's helped me with research, prospecting and targeting personas in my accounts.
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The customer experience with 6sense is unmatched.
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The intent and signals that 6sense provided were more easily learned and robust.
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I think 6sense is great for sales intent, but there are definitely better platforms out there for advertising.
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We compared other tools, but 6sense worked best for us because it puts intent, buying stage, and account insights in one place. It is easy for Sales and Marketing to use, and it helps us focus on the right accounts. We chose 6sense because it helps us take action faster and …
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Both platforms offer very similar products. 6sense seems to be easier to get started, provides strong intent, and has a wider breadth of marketing capabilities. Demand Base appears to be a slightly cheaper option, but it requires a bit more effort to get started. It does have a …
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Demandbase One, Bombora and Terminus ABM Platform
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Demandbase had a lot more flexibility in the platform and additional features like people lists, ability to export raw activity data, create custom reports.
6sense has better predictive scoring and more rich insights, however the platform is pretty rigid and requires a lot of …
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6sense is more user friendly and has more accurate contact information.
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6sense is the true leader for AI intent and then some. We use 6sense, Gong and SFDC and they are the perfect trio.
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Demandbase One, Metadata.io, Clay, Chorus by ZoomInfo, Seamless.AI and LinkedIn Sales Navigator
DemandScience
Chose DemandScience
Demand Science was less expensive when quoting cost per lead than Tech Target. Other than that, the program sounded almost the same. I selected Demand Science because I was price sensitive while trying to test whether the tactic of content syndication was effective for us.
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Mainly in the flexibility of targeting
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Demandbase and Demandbase Advertising Cloud
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DS has a huge database and therefore lead count within the niche audiences and industries.
Many other lead partners are specialized in one industry. DS is capable of delivering in multiple industries, which is awesome if you target different target audiences as well. There is a …
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TechTarget Lead Generation, Madison Logic Platform and Foundry
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Over the past year we've utilised a variety of content syndicators, approximately six or seven in total, as we believe in maintaining a diversified mix of suppliers to ensure comprehensive and well-rounded marketing efforts. While all these platforms have their individual …
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I've only used DemandScience for content syndication.
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I've not used another content syndication company, and I probably won't after the lack of results we've had. I have used direct email organizations, and they are stronger but also more expensive, so you have to weigh your priorities. I could see if you were selling a specific …
Chose DemandScience
Demand Science has the largest audience in our target groups, which is exactly what we need, as we always require high volumes of leads.
They are also very good when it comes to account management, we always feel that they are there for us, and if we ever have any issue, they …
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We have used other media vendors from the likes of Madison Logic, Inbox Insight etc.

However, it has been the direct feedback from the client, great customer service and competitive CPL rates that have influenced our choice.
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I would say it is similar to Madison Logic when it comes to the quality of leads and customer service. We are yet to see results coming from GumGum's contextual approach but from a content syndication perspective they are one of the more reliable ones out there, especially for …
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We have used Tech Target in the past which is much more expensive than Demand Science but lead quality is the same across both vendors
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Similar offering to other content syndication offerings. Of 12 tested partners in the last year, DS ranked 7th in Opportunity Rate and 4th on CPL rate.
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DemandScience is a good tool, but doesn't measure up to some other more tech-oriented content syndication players. Taboola is an excellent tool that has a very good user interface to set up the launch and monitor campaigns.
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DemandScience is easy to use.
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Demand Science's communication skills through email against the ones selected is great! when it comes to getting preview links to go live in the markets they are quick to generate these. As well as getting them amended as per our request, we never have any issues with this …
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All vendors have their strengths and weaknesses. Due to the scale of activity we do on behalf of our clients, we tend to always use a basket of vendors to deliver the lead volumes we require. DemandScience is always on the preferred partner list and will thus be considered for …
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Again, the main draw to DemandScience was primarily the Scale available across all markets we attempted to target and garner leads from.
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Madison Logic Platform, BrightTALK and TechTarget Lead Generation
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Good for quality appointment setting, poor against content syndication.
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DemandScience is on the more preferred half of vendors due to their negotiated CPLs and willingness to step up to the plate.
Features
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Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
6sense
7.7
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5% above category average
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Automated routing and prioritization7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Syndicated content7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalization7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement data tracking7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
6sense
7.7
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4% above category average
DemandScience
-
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Ad campaign creation7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Display advertising7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Contextual advertising7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Social advertising7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad reporting and analytics7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
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6sense
8.0
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10% above category average
DemandScience
-
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Standard visitor segmentation8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
ABM sales intelligence8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Intent Data
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6sense
8.0
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11% above category average
DemandScience
-
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3rd party intent signals8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Downstream intent signals7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Account identification8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
ABM Integrations
Comparison of ABM Integrations features of Product A and Product B
6sense
7.6
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0% below category average
DemandScience
-
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Automated workflow & orchestration7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
6sense
-
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DemandScience
7.8
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5% above category average
Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Content performance analytics00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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7.6
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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6.0
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Usability
8.0
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Availability
10.0
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Performance
10.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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5.0
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Online Training
1.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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1.5
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Configurability
10.0
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Ease of integration
10.0
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Product Scalability
10.0
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Vendor post-sale
10.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
6sense is best when we sell to a clear list of target accounts, and we want Sales and Marketing to focus on the right companies first. It works well for SDR daily prioritization, re-engaging accounts when they start researching again, and running ABM ads only to the accounts that matter and show intent. It is less appropriate when the business is mostly high-volume inbound leads, speed to contact matters more than account intent, the target market is very small, we already know every account, or we need perfect contact-level accuracy.
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DemandScience is great if you are looking for the ability to target very specific titles, roles, companies, etc., and receive high quality leads. They have an incredible scale compared to other partners my team has worked with, but their leads also perform very well down the funnel. This is not always the case because oftentimes, a partner will have room to scale well, but the leads are colder. I'm really impressed with how well DemandScience targets and also with how quickly they respond to me when I have any questions. Recently, my DemandScience rep reached out because he wanted to get our targeting more honed in on our ideal customer. He wanted to work with me to see down-funnel data (where possible and allowed) so that we could create a more targeted campaign. Other partners have never put this kind of time into our partnership.
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Pros
  • I think one of my favorite features are the Bombora Surge topics, I'm able to take a topic that a segment is really highly active in and create an outbound sequence based on that, just targeting certain personas. Like on the buying committee, identifying activity. I can create an end-to-end campaign just with 6sense data.
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  • Client Service/ Account Management
  • Flexible in terms of reporting and can provide more than one per week
  • Prompt in turning around previews and other client deliverables
  • Competitive pricing and good coverage across EMEA markets and Middle East
  • Access to senior decision makers in the business
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Cons
  • I would love to see more academy and certifications, availability, I think some easier, faster, easy, digestible courses to jump in. Certifications are great but they're very much focused on just those two certifications, so maybe more of a specialization focus on that side as well as some ways to kind of do a quick easy onboarding for first time users or those who have 6sense within their organization but don't know how to jump in and use it right away.
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  • Management and attention to detail - several items slip through the cracks.
  • Coordination between account management and invoicing has been sloppy.
  • Better intent data to match profiles.
  • Connecting the download to the actual sponsor - often heard, "We never downloaded XYZ."
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Likelihood to Renew
6Sense is a powerful tool, and I’m hopeful that, despite some limitations tied to our sales process, we can make it work effectively for our organization. The customer support is great, and they have listened to my feedback and provided recommendations to improve. The insight we can see is still unmatched and it is easy to digest
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It works well for lead generation but renewal will depend on the strategy and budget at the point we need to renew to see if it will align.
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Usability
The platform is pretty straightforward as far as creating new segments and what's available to do so. The launch of digital advertising has greatly improved in recent months which has been great for our digital team. Adding or removing users and updating integration points is pretty easy as well. Reporting has also been recently updated which makes reporting on usage and ROI much easier too.
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The leads were pretty straight forward. However, their appointment setting did not integrate well into our system and many of the meetings didn't occur. I had to chase a lot of prospects and many times Demand Science didn't provide direct dials.
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Reliability and Availability
I've never noticed it being down but I rarely log into the web interface
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Performance
Most of the time pages load quickly and the UX is great there are moments like every platform where it is laggy though
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Support Rating
We hardly needed any support but in the initial days we got some had to contact support for the product understanding, the suppor t was prompt and they were very quick to resolve any issues. The support team is very helpful and gives a lot of importance to unresolved issues.
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The DemandScience Activate CSM team is always helpful and attentive to our organization's needs and goals. We receive thorough attention and detail from the team through regular touch bases and a standard reporting cadence. The team always asks where they can improve, and works to provide insights that matter to our organization and help us to try new things.
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Online Training
It was too fast, too complex, no one could follow along. If you miss a step, you're lost for the rest of the time and there is SO MUCH to learn and keep up with.
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Implementation Rating
I wasn't involved but heard it was great
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They did extremely well. However, our executives did a poor job in defining our ICP so we didn't get the maximum benefit out of it.
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Alternatives Considered
I feel like ZoomInfo was a data-first company. Now they're trying to get into the ABM space, whereas 6sense came in as an ABM tool and has just continued improving and adding data capabilities. Their approach has made a lot more sense. The approach that ZoomInfo has taken—what they've built as their ABM tool—kind of just seems sloppy and not well thought out. The user experience doesn't seem as great, so it's not as appealing to a marketer trying to utilize ZoomInfo's ABM features. It's just clunky
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Demand Science was less expensive when quoting cost per lead than Tech Target. Other than that, the program sounded almost the same. I selected Demand Science because I was price sensitive while trying to test whether the tactic of content syndication was effective for us.
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Scalability
Has been used by a few teams cross functionally and the scalability of this product is great as we continue to grow
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Return on Investment
  • We have seen positive impact through 6QA’s and how the win rate is higher when one is involved.
  • We have seen more accounts interacted with in large territories.
  • We have also see more collaboration across the sales team members and roles.
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  • Delivered quality leads that had engaged with our top of funnel content
  • Added quality contacts to our marketing database
  • Cost per lead slightly higher than some other vendors
  • Quick to set up, launch and deliver the campaign once everything in place
  • Excellent account management and named-person support
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