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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Demodesk

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADemodesk is designed to provide in-call assistance, meeting insights, and automated scheduling to help sales development representatives manage prospects and close deals.N/A

    Meltwater

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMeltwater Media Intelligence platform is a set of public relations software tools for media monitoring, social media monitoring, and collecting brand insights. The four areas of functionality are Monitor, Analyze, Distribute, and Engage. (Note that this product combines features from the vendor Meltwater's former Buzz, Press, and News products.)N/A
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    DemodeskMeltwater
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    DemodeskMeltwater
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    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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    DemodeskMeltwater
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    Demodesk
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    Meltwater
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    63%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    62%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    DemodeskMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    10.0
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    Usability
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    5.6
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    Availability
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    Support Rating
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    10.0
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    6.1
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    DemodeskMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Demodesk
    Demodesk is perfect for sales and marketing professionals, particularly in the technology & software space. Instead of screen sharing a demonstration, you can use their platform. This causes many fewer issues with lagging, poor internet connection, etc., which causes a much smoother demonstration of the software. It is great for marketing as well as being able to incorporate branding and improving consistency in the appearance of sales meetings.
    Incentivized
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    Meltwater
    Meltwater is well-suited for agencies that have an engagement team who is looking to service a variety of client needs such as social media reporting, public relations outreach, and community management. If you're looking to have a platform serve just one need, you can still use Meltwater but will get more bang for your buck if you are needing a variety of tools.
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    Pros
    Demodesk
    • Allows attendees to work on the same screen without downloading anything.
    • No downloads or lags in the software.
    • Clean interface.
    • Ability to record sessions.
    • Interactive screen-sharing.
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    Meltwater
    • Media research - you can search for relevant publications and journalists to add to your media list.
    • Earned media coverage - you can search for coverage of your brand and find news stories that also include data that may be useful (how many people did the story reach for example).
    • Building media lists - if you have no current existing list, you can build and export one in Excel for example.
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    Cons
    Demodesk
    • Interface
    • Aesthetics
    • Pricing Model
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    Meltwater
    • The dashboards are not user-friendly, customizable (color, font size, etc.), or worthy of presenting to a client. All of the insights from a dashboard get pulled from the platform and placed into a more client-friendly presentation.
    • Paywalls for certain publications connected to who-knows-what. DowJones racket limits media monitoring capabilities and results in manual searches for a growing number of publications.
    • TVeyes, the broadcast monitoring arm of the media monitoring capabilities, just needs TLC and to become more client-facing. Currently, the links produced to share clips look sketchy, and they have a relatively short shelf life.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Demodesk
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Meltwater works well for our organization and has allowed us to meet our internal goals. We are always open to new products and services that may be able to provide similar or better features; however, our experience has been that many of Meltwater's competitors are not up to the task.
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    Usability
    Demodesk
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Once you get some basic training it's pretty easy to use. I would like to see training manuals, or instructional videos to help me explore features I'm not currently using.
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    Support Rating
    Demodesk
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Our account rep at Meltwater went dark for a long time. Then, a couple of weeks ago, our new account manager reached out to set up a meeting. Apparently, they had a big shakeup in the company, and there were some personnel changes. Our new account rep was great in discussing the platform's capabilities that were available to us and even offered to schedule a follow-up meeting with his technical team to introduce our new social media team members to the platform and how it could help them with their jobs.
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    In-Person Training
    Demodesk
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    Online Training
    Demodesk
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Demodesk
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    You are only allowed 15 users, so make sure you've identified who will have access to use the tool.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Demodesk
    The recording space in the cloud and the virtual display is something Microsoft Teams is missing. As per my personal experience, Demodesk is much more faster than other conference tools. Also, it's more reliable when the internet connection is low or not good. The lag rate is a lot less, which makes this tool a differentiator.
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    Meltwater
    I was looking for a full-service option. I did some research. What really sold me was the presentation. They offered products that were helpful, and I wasn’t even aware of them. It is more expensive than the other products that are out there, but you get more. The other companies are good, but Meltwater Media Intelligence is more full service.
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    Return on Investment
    Demodesk
    • Demodesk has helped to improve sales by 15%.
    • Demodesk help to be hands on with out customers and had reduced churn significantly.
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    Meltwater
    • As a PR firm, we rely on the media databases that [Meltwater Media Intelligence Platform] supplies to deliver the media exposure that they expect from us.
    • We utilize their tracking of media hits for our overall reporting to our clients.
    • Both of these are advantageous in helping us to not only keep our existing clients happy but also to gain new clients (and, in turn - revenue), as well.
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