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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

    Salesforce Starter

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Salesforce Starter (formerly Salesforce Essentials) is a small business CRM that replaces the former SalesforceIQ product. It is priced at $35 per user, on a monthly basis, or at $25 per month for if billed annually ($300) and can be tried free for 14 days on a trial.

    $35

    per month per user

    Pricing
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    8.1
    104 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
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    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 Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    8.1
    103 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
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    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 Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
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    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 Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    5.0
    42 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates5.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records5.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.46 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of DiscoverOrg (discontinued) and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.3
    6 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (106 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DiscoverOrg (discontinued)Salesforce Starter
    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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    Salesforce
    If you own a business that has complex selling processes or requires integrations with 3rd party tools/systems, you should look at Professional, Enterprise, or Unlimited editions. Salesforce operates very well across pretty much every industry, but not all sales, marketing, and operational processes are created equal. If your marketing process requires a long list of sendable contacts then I would recommend adding on Pardot or Hubspot. Always start small and scale up, to avoid boxing yourself in down the road.
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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.
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    Salesforce
    • Tracking phone calls is extremely easy when using the app on the iphone. After a phone call is complete it prompts the user to enter in call details.
    • SalesforceIQ also automatically logs emails for us. This has saved us time from entering in information manually.
    • SalesforceIQ was easy to set up and allowed us customization for fields that were relevant to our business.
    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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    Salesforce
    • Table views can be sorted by column. Filters can be applied, but only to one column. Multi-column filtering like Excel allows would be extremely useful and a big improvement.
    • The ability to quick copy data in a table view would also be helpful, like (ctrl ') in excel.
    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!
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Straight forward
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    The system is very user-friendly on a desktop but lacks mobile friendliness. The Customer relationship manager disappears after the deal is signed. We struggled to get the system in a usable format, which was not cost-effective. The CRM system on desktop was great but way more complicated than it should be.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Great customer service and support team.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Salesforce
    more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
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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.
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    Salesforce
    • It made the job more efficient for staff so they can spend time doing other tasks rather than configuring and maintaining Salesforce Starter.
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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.

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