Detective vs. Synthio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Detective
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Detective (formerly Charlie App) helps salespeople to find high quality prospects, identify their pains and initiatives, and suggests relevant first touch messaging. Its precision targeting aims to displace a spray-and-pray approach to sales.N/A
Synthio
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Synthio is Data as a Service software that automates the cleansing, standardization, and synthesis of data to make it actionable for immediate use. From merging non-standard or free-form data into a single usable dataset, to deduplication, standardization, strategic augmentation, or simply understanding more about data through a data health analysis, the vendor says their solution meets every data need of the modern marketer. Additionally, the vendor says they even have an automated tool that…N/A
Pricing
DetectiveSynthio
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DetectiveSynthio
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
DetectiveSynthio
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Detective
3.0
1 Ratings
86% below category average
Synthio
9.7
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Load time/data access3.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Advanced search00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Detective
9.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Synthio
9.3
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Contact information9.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Company information9.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Detective
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Ratings
Synthio
9.4
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Salesforce integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Detective
-
Ratings
Synthio
9.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Append emails to records00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
DetectiveSynthio
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
DetectiveSynthio
Likelihood to Recommend
charlieapp.com
If you are in any type of sales, and meeting with people, it is a must. If you already know you contact well, it doesn't have as much value for that particular meeting. Also I wish there was a way to not sync internal meetings, as it just provides clutter, and I don't need info on those people.
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Synthio
Undoubtedly this is the ideal software for the sales and marketing department, as it saves a lot of time in the search for customers and has tools that automate many processes that were previously manual. This is one of the programs we have worked with the best, that is why we recommend it.
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Pros
charlieapp.com
  • They easily connect with my Outlook to sync my upcoming meetings.
  • It provides me with the social profiles of people I am meeting with.
  • It gives me the ability to have all my info about my contact in one place to easily review.
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Synthio
  • Extensive search filters
  • Email verification prior to download/charge
  • Helpful customer service who you can work directly with to pull lists. It's great to work with someone who can tell you exactly how many verified leads you could pull without having to use credits.
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Cons
charlieapp.com
  • At times it doesn't pull a social profile for the contact correctly, or at all, when I know the person has a profile.
  • The interface is a little clunky, and the font is too large. It could be a lot smaller and still effective.
  • It takes a lot of time to sync at points, which is frustrating.
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Synthio
  • Lead quality isn't always the best - as with many databases of this nature. We have to expect that we'll have a high bounce and unsubscribe rate when using these leads.
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Alternatives Considered
charlieapp.com
The thing that Charlie does best is it aggregates everything in one place. It allows me to have a one-stop shop, that I can quickly review prior to heading into a meeting. People are usually amazed with the amount of info that Charlie can give you, and it almost always works its way into my sales call.
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Synthio
I feel similar about all of these list building/append services. There are good and bad aspects.
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Return on Investment
charlieapp.com
  • The info I pull from Charlie prior to the meeting is almost always brought up as a conversation starter.
  • Charlie helps my relationships go deeper than just surface level info.
  • The ability to go deeper in my relationships while using Charlie has absolutely closed me business.
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Synthio
  • Positive - We've been able to append records and add them to our targeted marketing campaigns.
  • Negative - We've added some junk to our database, as a result, which has affected our deliverability rates.
  • Negative - We did get a complaint and inquiry from one particular record about sending them an unsolicited email.
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