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DirectLync vs. ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)

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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

    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail) is a contact-management platform for Google Workspace. It enables organizations to create shared contact directories and contact groups, then make approved records available in Gmail, Google Contacts, Calendar, Google Drive, mobile devices, and connected business applications. Teams can centralize professional contacts and labels, add custom details such as company, job title, phone number, notes, and interaction…

    $1.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    DirectLyncContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $20.00
    Month
    Essential
    $99.00
    Month
    Pro
    $249.00
    Month
    Premium
    $599.00
    Month
    Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Teams
    $1.99
    per month per user
    Business
    $2.99
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DirectLyncContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    DirectLync
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    DirectLyncContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of DirectLync and ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    Feature
    DirectLync
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    -
    Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DirectLyncContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DirectLyncContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)
    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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    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    Shared Contacts for Gmail is well suited for organizations that generate and coordinate long term partnerships and that have a big remote working component as a main form or working. It is less appropriate with organizations dedicated to sales and performance based ways of working. I would recommend it for medium size organizations.
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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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    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    • Helps manage contact lists and distribution lists.
    • Eliminates the need for the use of an additional platform, like a CRM, to manage contacts.
    • Makes it easier to share contacts with a targeted audience with the flexibility to be selective about who the data is being shared with.
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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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    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    • I have been looking for a way to share our contacts within our organization for a while now. This process really improves how we were doing it within Google Sheets.
    • My only negative is that it has taken so long for it to be functional within Google.
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    Usability
    DirectLync
    No answers on this topic
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    Very easy to use. Mostly related to the design of the program, but also due to the layout. I find it easy to find what I am looking for. As noted in earlier comments, greater implementation of AI would probably make the program even easier to use, as sometimes finding certain functions is not entirely transparent.
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    Alternatives Considered
    DirectLync
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    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    My company used Zendesk Sell for a while, but the profiles weren't as manageable and easy accessed as Shared Contacts [for Gmail.] It resulted easier to update the contact information within Shared Contacts [for Gmail] and maintain the contact flow, than updating in Zendesk, and then manually go into gmail and continue the conversation. As well we don't use Shared Contacts [for Gmail] alone. We do accompany it with an internal operations system, were we manage the clients profile, but the combination between the two is perfect.
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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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    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    • More contact with clients
    • Keeping track of contact information no matter the places
    • Clients like the familiarity that is created by the constant check on them
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    ScreenShots

    DirectLync Screenshots

    Screenshot of Home DashboardScreenshot of Email EditorScreenshot of List SegmentationScreenshot of Social media channel reportScreenshot of Scheduled postScreenshot of Marketing Calendar

    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™) Screenshots

    Screenshot of ContactsFlow keeps contacts synced with the power of AI.Screenshot of contacts management to maintain contacts centralizedScreenshot of Share contact lists with different permissions with different users and groupsScreenshot of Restore deleted contacts using the backupScreenshot of Keep Google Workspace contacts synced with LDAP using all devicesScreenshot of collaboration features.