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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DirectLync

    Score9.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    DirectLync is an all-in-one marketing platform that is designed to help small businesses achieve their sales and marketing goals. The platform brings together contact management, email marketing, social media management, and website CMS into one platform. It provides integrated reporting for all channels saving marketers hours a week in time spent collecting and analyzing data from different sources. Integrated reporting easily enables marketers to get a comprehensive view of their campaigns.…

    $20

    Month

    Leadfwd

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALeadfwd, from the company of the same name in Staten Island, combines B2B Prospecting, Sales Outreach and Account-Based Marketing. It replaces the former INBOX25.N/A
    Pricing
    DirectLyncLeadfwd
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $20.00
    Month
    Essential
    $99.00
    Month
    Pro
    $249.00
    Month
    Premium
    $599.00
    Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DirectLyncLeadfwd
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    DirectLyncLeadfwd
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of DirectLync and Leadfwd
    Feature
    DirectLync
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Leadfwd
    7.4
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Email deliverability reporting8.01 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    List management9.01 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings3.22 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings6.22 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of DirectLync and Leadfwd
    Feature
    DirectLync
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of DirectLync and Leadfwd
    Feature
    DirectLync
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of DirectLync and Leadfwd
    Feature
    DirectLync
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of DirectLync and Leadfwd
    Feature
    DirectLync
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of DirectLync and Leadfwd
    Feature
    DirectLync
    -
    Ratings
    Leadfwd
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
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    DirectLyncLeadfwd
    Small Businesses
    HighLevel
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LocaliQ
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DirectLyncLeadfwd
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DirectLyncLeadfwd
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DirectLync
    Girls PACT receives regular compliments on its website! The audience for our website is potential donors. DirectLync nailed it! The design is clean, modern, professional, user friendly, intuitive and really represents our brand. They gave us some great coaching and guidance as we were creating and preparing content. It was a really fun project!
    Incentivized
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    Leadfwd
    I think Inbox25 is a great fit for companies outgrowing lower-end, disconnected email marketing applications. Companies with a more formalized marketing organization that send a lot of emails (tens of thousands monthly or more) will be better served with a product like Inbox25 that is less complex, easier to use, and much more affordable (30% lower by our experience) from the larger marketing automation products on the market. Our company has 3 full-time marketing staff with over 100,000 contacts (with valid emails) that we target in various direct and drip email campaigns and Inbox25 fits our needs just fine. I suspect that we may outgrow the product eventually but I think it'll meet our needs just fine for many years to come.
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    Pros
    DirectLync
    • DirectLync is knowledgeable in their field, which saves us time (and money).
    • They have a creative team onsite to answer questions promptly.
    • Regularly updating products and services to better serve its customers.
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    Leadfwd
    • SugarCRM integration
    • Ease of building workflows
    • Responsive, helpful support team
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    Cons
    DirectLync
    • Girls PACT is located in Los Angeles. Newsletters are scheduled for PST, yet distributed on EST. It’s an odd glitch and may be a user error.
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    Leadfwd
    • Inbox25 is in a growth phase and has transformed their product pretty fast. With that comes an increased need to continually learn how to leverage new features.
    • Tutorials and product documentation exist but it is relatively minimal. They overcome this with personalized, one-on-one training that is recorded for future review using a project management platform.
    • Inbox25 has expanded beyond Sugar CRM to include Salesforce.com integration. I'm not sure if they plan to add integrations to other applications but they are positioned well for growth.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    DirectLync
    No answers on this topic
    Leadfwd
    Different platforms stack up particularly well for different use cases. INBOX25 is our default choice for SugarCRM users.
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    Return on Investment
    DirectLync
    • DirectLync has saved our marketing budget thousands of dollars! They have been so generous supporting the marketing needs of Girls PACT, a nonprofit organization.
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    Leadfwd
    • We have successfully moved cold suspects to leads and leads to opportunities, and opportunities to customers with Inbox25. We are just now starting to realize more value given that we've only recently started using the more advanced drip marketing and lead scoring features.
    • When we used the pay-as-you-go version we were paying just pennies per email and remained CAN-Spam Act compliant. It was harder to quantify the ROI then but it was apparent that email marketing was working and moving prospects from one sales stage to another. It was also very useful for re-engaging prospects and promoting products and services to customers.
    • Our total investment in the advanced edition is less $30,000 annually and we expect the ROI to be less than one year. It could have been sooner if we'd have been more thoughtful in our initial implementation.
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