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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    D&B Hoovers

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AD&B Hoovers delivers sales intelligence data for millions of companies globally.N/A

    Groove (legacy product)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AGroove by Clari is a legacy Sales Engagement product for organizing prospect outreach, capturing sales activity, and guiding seller workflows across email, calendar, CRM, and campaign tools. On August 14, 2023, Clari acquired Groove and integrated it as the sales-engagement layer of the Clari Revenue Platform. Following Clari’s subsequent merger into Salesloft in 2025, Groove became part of the combined Salesloft platform. Salesloft unified the companies under its brand on September 2, 2026;…N/A
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    D&B HooversGroove (legacy product)
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    D&B HooversGroove (legacy product)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    D&B HooversGroove (legacy product)
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    99 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    679 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    89 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    446 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    682 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    400 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    70 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    394 Answers
    Features
    D&B HooversGroove (legacy product)
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of D&B Hoovers and Groove (legacy product)
    Feature
    D&B Hoovers
    7.5
    121 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Groove (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search6.7115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads7.8107 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality6.5116 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download7.2109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting7.5104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access9.3115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of D&B Hoovers and Groove (legacy product)
    Feature
    D&B Hoovers
    8.8
    119 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Groove (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information8.5109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information9.2119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information8.7116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of D&B Hoovers and Groove (legacy product)
    Feature
    D&B Hoovers
    8.0
    114 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Groove (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process7.677 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.987 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration7.862 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles7.8109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders7.878 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene8.594 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh8.985 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags7.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation7.992 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of D&B Hoovers and Groove (legacy product)
    Feature
    D&B Hoovers
    9.7
    55 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Groove (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records9.555 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mixmax
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Outreach
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    D&B HooversGroove (legacy product)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (126 ratings)
    5.0
    (706 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (13 ratings)
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    5.4
    (542 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (10 ratings)
    4.5
    (145 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    D&B HooversGroove (legacy product)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dun Bradstreet
    Prospecting corporate accounts near a hotel location. Our sales manager wants to generate a list of companies within a 5 mile radius that may need regular lodging for employees or contractors. D&B Hoovers will allow her to filer by geography, industry, company size and employee count. Then she can view detailed company profiles and contact decision-makers.
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    • Groove is excellent for the use case of improving sales representative and customer success representative productivity and data quality when used alongside Salesforce. It is a Salesforce focused tool. You should definitely consider Groove if you are a current Salesloft / Outreach user and you also use Salesforce.
    • Groove would not be a good fit for an organization not using Salesforce.
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    Pros
    Dun Bradstreet
    • The D&B Hoovers platform enables our team to customize, giving us the ability to fine-tune our searches
    • D&B Hoovers integrates very well Salesforce, our CRM system, streamlining the workflows of sales teams and ensuring the verified transfer of data between platforms
    • D&B Hoovers provides highly accurate and reliable business data
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    • Groove lets us know real-time when a client has checked an email we sent them.
    • Groove helps us streamline our day-to-day events, meetings, and tasks with the help of the Calendar Booking feature.
    • Groove helps us save a lot of time on typing long letters when we explain our products to our customers with the help of their Templates feature.
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    Cons
    Dun Bradstreet
    • I think maybe if they vetted the contacts that they're providing for those companies, it would be beneficial because I do use other avenues to vet the contacts because a lot of times I found that it is outdated information in D&B Hoovers, so that would be beneficial to us.
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    • The footprint of the person who lasts touches the information.
    • The footprint of the person who edited the information.
    • Date and time of the modification of the account owner.
    • Date and time of the modification of the last person touching the account.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dun Bradstreet
    I use D&B Hoovers very frequently and could not do my job as efficiently without it. I think there is room for improvement, but it is effective enough that I feel as though I will continue renewing by subscription. I highly recommend D&B Hoovers and find it very accurate and easy to use.
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    I actually don't have any complaint regarding groove. It's just that I will give 9 since I confidently believe that there'd be updates in the future which would be more optimal not just for us users but for the business as well. The only regret I have with groove is I was not able to use it before the current company that I'm employed
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    Usability
    Dun Bradstreet
    Whenever I had to use D&B hoovers, I never had a hard time with getting what I need. Additionally, when I show the tool to others, they tend to understand the platform quite quickly. The tool itself is very good and straightforward when I use it to help me put analyses together.
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    Groove has been an awesome platform to use for sales pipeline management. I really enjoy how it integrates with my Salesforce, Gmail, and Google Calendar. It makes my job easier by helping me keep track of the progress of each sales contact that I have. Leads are able to reply and notify us using Groove.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Dun Bradstreet
    The platform is generally reliable and accessible when needed, with minimal application errors or unplanned outages. There may be occasional maintenance or minor disruptions, but these are usually communicated in advance and handled efficiently. Overall, it offers a high level of availability, ensuring that you can count on it for your daily operations.
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    Our organization has not experienced any availability issues with Groove
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    Performance
    Dun Bradstreet
    While the platform generally functions well, with pages loading in a reasonable time and reports completing within a satisfactory timeframe, there is room for improvement. Performance can sometimes lag with more complex queries or during peak usage times. Additionally, when integrated with other software or systems, there can be occasional slowdowns. Overall, while it performs adequately, optimizing speed and integration efficiency could enhance the user experience.
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    Everything is good
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    Support Rating
    Dun Bradstreet
    I think it could be better, easier and faster. Whenever I chat with someone it takes so long to get to an actual agent, and then when I finally get to one, they oftentimes don't have the answers for me or do not understand what I am asking, which is very frustrating.
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    My company has a team dedicated to supporting our implementation of operative tools and business systems such as Groove. For this reason, I feel that we have ample support for Groove, although I have not personally contacted Groove for any support issues.
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    In-Person Training
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Discontinued Products
    It was okay. But, just the once. I had to figure it out with help of others on my team.
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    Online Training
    Dun Bradstreet
    The training sessions were well-structured and covered the key functionalities of the platform, making it easy to get up to speed. The trainers were knowledgeable and responsive to questions, which added value to the learning experience. However, a bit more in-depth coverage of advanced features and use cases would have made the training even more beneficial.
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    Easy to use
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    Implementation Rating
    Dun Bradstreet
    for our use case, the implementation was minimal and we did not need a lot of help. The D&B Hoovers platform is pretty intuitive and our account manager was ready for any questions that came up when we use the D&B Hoovers platform
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    At Nearpod, I have been impressed with the internal expertise and support around Groove as a key tool for the Sales and Customer Success business systems and operations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dun Bradstreet
    Finance Analytics provides a more thorough company credit report and is more in-depth than Hoovers. However, I use Hoovers for instances where I do not need that information because it allows unlimited queries, whereas you pay for a limited number of reports from Finance Analytics. Hoovers provides a better link between corporate family trees and finance analytics.
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    Groove is simple. Like their competitors, they give you the ability to create templated "Flows" (sequences) of calls, emails, and LinkedIn touches. Some of them can be automated, but it's also simple to personalize outreach. Ultimately, my decision to purchase Groove over some of the competitors was based on their Salesforce integration, as well as white-glove customer service.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Dun Bradstreet
    The pricing model is generally clear and competitive, but there could be more flexibility in terms of unit pricing or billing frequency to better accommodate varying needs. While the contract terms are straightforward, exploring more options or customizable plans might enhance the overall value.
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    Scalability
    Dun Bradstreet
    D&B Hoovers is quite effective at adapting to the needs of different departments and locations, allowing for flexible deployment and integration across various parts of an organization. While it scales well and supports a broad range of users and functions, there might be some limitations depending on the size and complexity of the organization’s requirements. Overall, it provides a robust solution that can grow with your needs.4o mini
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    Our organization was able to quickly scale Groove from a pilot group of a few users to a department-wide solution
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    Professional Services
    Dun Bradstreet
    very professional
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    Return on Investment
    Dun Bradstreet
    • D&B Hoovers allows me to make the most of my time when searching for companies within specific industries. Once I find a company and examine their profile, I can then generate a list of employees in the purchasing and engineering departments. The profiles for each listed employee contain cell phone, Email address and LinkedIn profile. This information helps me to bypass the companies front desk and get directly to the people I need to speak with.
    • By knowing the specific job title for the people that I am contacting and then being able to click on their LinkedIn link to learn a little about them before I make the call, I come across as a sales professional instead of an impersonal cold-caller.
    • In cases where I do need to go through a front desk receptionist whose primary mission is to screen out sales people, I find that three out of four times the receptionist will connect me to the specific employee because I know their name, department, and job title. The Intel provided by D&B Hoovers makes it possible for me to get to the people I need to speak with.
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    • Reduced several hours a week of logging time in Salesforce that either wouldn't get done or would have been done to the detriment of more value add activities.
    • Saves hours per week by delivering actionable/useful info from Salesforce into Gmail
    • Gives me valuable insight on what emails are being opened and read. This helps plan targeting.
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