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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)

    Score5 out of 10
    N/ACapabilities of the former DiscoverOrg product are now supplied by ZoomInfo, since the merger of DiscoverOrg and ZoomInfo into a single brand in 2019.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
    Pricing
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    DiscoverOrg supplements Salesforce well and builds on Salesforce's strengths.
    Incentivized
    Meltwater
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    63%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    62%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    69%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Meltwater
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    8.1
    104 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search8.6104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads8.4101 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality7.6104 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download8.498 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting7.3100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access8.5103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Meltwater
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    8.1
    103 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information8.6103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information7.7101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Meltwater
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process6.481 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.085 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration8.989 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles7.8101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders7.787 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene7.899 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh8.188 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags7.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation8.493 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Meltwater
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    5.0
    42 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates5.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records5.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
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    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (106 ratings)
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Meltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Uses [of DiscoverOrg] include searching for prospects in accounts. Getting all of the relevant contact information in one place. Using the export button saves time by allowing you to select one or more leads to import into CRM. Sophisticated search allows for you to build lists, and export as above. Good support with various experts available to help you get started and get better at using it.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Prospecting Lists/Lead Gen - Discover Org does this very well because of it's ability to provide current information (email/phone) on an individual at a company. It's easy to segment & drill down by categories - to find the right targets to reach out to.
    • Insights - DiscoverOrg is great at providing insights or "scopes" on prospects as well. Meaning it will show who is handling what project (Decision-Maker) and what projects they are particularly interested in at the moment/what initiatives. For example, the scopes may show that they are interested in AI initiatives or a Merger & Acquisition or Digital Transformation & will say who is in charge of the initiative.
    • Stellar filtering capabilities - you can filter lists in so many ways. You can go by function, or even look at companies with small marketing teams (let's say less than 10), or you can search for companies with an "x" amount of $ budget for IT spend. Or even companies that use a specific HR workplace management system.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Speed - it can be quite slow at times.
    • Improvement on the search capabilities - since there is so much to search (which is a plus) it makes it harder to do this in a timely manner. You have to dedicate a certain amount of time to be able to pull a proper, useful and clean list.
    • Make it more user friendly - there are so many different tabs, search buttons, pull down, etc. I think it can be quite confusing to a new user.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    The tool is simply better than most other lead/company data repositories, and they are dedicated to keeping their data clean, even if they are far from accomplishing this task at present. The tool works, and it is relatively easy to use. Overall, DiscoverOrg provides the level of lead/contact, customer, and even industry level data the sales orgs have come to expect from this sort of tool in a format that is fairly easy to use. They do also provide support for sales teams looking to use the tool effectively, which is great!
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Straight forward
    Incentivized
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    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
    Discontinued Products
    Great customer service and support team.
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    ZoomInfo acquired DiscoverOrg and I believe legacy DiscoverOrg will phase out in the near future. ZoomInfo is 100x better than DiscoverOrg and are very pleased with it's functionality and easy of use. We only selected DiscoverOrg because we were on an auto-renewal contract and did not unsubscribe in time. We did not plan to renew DiscoverOrg. But since then we have been upgraded to ZoomInfo and are finding much more value in that platform than we did in DiscoverOrg.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • After using DiscoverOrg, our lead are now well qualified and suitable. We are able to generate good and qualified. This is the positive impact.
    • After using DiscoverOrg, our sales team is now able to cold call the target contacts, the number provided by DiscoverOrg, the interaction held is now increased and we are able to produce good leads.
    • After using DiscoverOrg, we are able to understand better because of their reports and dashboards which is very informative.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    DiscoverOrg (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Customizable Dashboard with WidgetsScreenshot of Continuous Data RefreshScreenshot of Arial ViewScreenshot of Technology Stack InsightScreenshot of Buying TriggersScreenshot of Org Charts with direct dials, email addresses, and reporting hierarchy.