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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    eClincher

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AeClincher aims to be the most powerful, complete and intuitive social media management software. According to the vendor, the product is designed to help users, businesses, and agencies manage social media presence with one platform, and offers the following capabilities: advanced publishing publishing automation (queues, RSS feeds, recycle evergreen content) engagement with unified social inbox & live social feeds monitoring content…

    $149

    per month

    VistaCreate

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AWhat is VistaCreate (ex-Crello)? VistaCreate is an online visual editing tool for creating videos, animations, graphic designs for social media, print, websites, or virtually any kind of static and animated design for commercial, business, or personal needs. On October 27, 2021 Crello joined the Vista group of companies and changed its brand name to VistaCreate. It includes 50,000 professionally designed templates that are already preformatted and…N/A
    Pricing
    eClincherVistaCreate
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $149
    per month
    Professional
    $349
    per month
    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    eClincherVistaCreate
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.—
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    Features
    eClincherVistaCreate
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    VistaCreate
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    Boolean keyword searches7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    6.0
    6 Ratings
    30% below category average
    VistaCreate
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    6.3
    5 Ratings
    25% below category average
    VistaCreate
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories4.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    154% below category average
    VistaCreate
    -
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    Lead generation1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing1.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    20% below category average
    VistaCreate
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    Twitter7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    4.0
    6 Ratings
    64% below category average
    VistaCreate
    -
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    Campaign success analytics4.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking4.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of eClincher and VistaCreate
    Feature
    eClincher
    4.5
    6 Ratings
    55% below category average
    VistaCreate
    -
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    Role-based user permissions & privileges8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access1.16 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.2 out of 10
    GIMP
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Adobe Illustrator
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    eClincherVistaCreate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    eClincherVistaCreate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Eclincher
    Best suited for a marketer that cares about reports, needs a social media management platform and doesn't want to pay more for a more aesthetically pleasing version of a platform with the same or less functionality, such as Hootsuite or Sprout Social. For a social media marketer that wants to automate some of their postings, the queues feature is great for this functionality. Not best suited for beginners to social media, as their platform is best utilized with someone familiar with the industry that knows what they are doing. Their chat support team is very good though, but this type of individual might find themselves spending a lot of time on the platform.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    For creative and captivating presentation slides where you are pitching your ideas to the team, for quick and well-presented pamphlets for the event board, irrespective of university or workplace. I would definitely recommend using existing templates from VistaCreate instead of AI-generated images that are messy and crowded, so you connect with the audience better, and also, of course, people will take it seriously as well..
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    Pros
    Eclincher
    • eClincher supports nearly every social network and connects to a large number of sources (blogs, bit.ly, Google Analytics, Google My Business). This makes workflow tremendously easy.
    • Posting Groups. At higher levels of service, eClincher allows you to set-up individual brand accounts. My agency isn't at that level, so we utilize eClincher's posting groups to make 1-click groups that post to all of the profiles for each client. This allows us to quickly post a cohesive message across all channels.
    • Workflow management: eClincher adds plenty of additional tools to make your workflow fast. Connections to free stock photo services make it easy to add generic pictures to your content. Google Analytics and bit.ly can keep track of statistics and measure success. The Inbox allows you to handle all your clients' accounts from one screen (including comments, messages, reviews, and more). The Feeds and Influencers tabs allow you to understand your market and what's being said. Altogether, eClincher makes a 1-app solution for Social Media Management.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    • Certificate design
    • Social media communications
    • Conversion of designs into various file formats e.g. mp4, jpg, pdf
    • PowerPoint designs
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    Cons
    Eclincher
    • It's not very visually appealing, but this is not a dealbreaker.
    • The reporting features could definitely use some work. I still get more value from the native SNS pages, but this is quickly changing. They removed the "export to CSV" functionality, but they plan to reintroduce it soon. As mentioned previously, they really respond to criticism well and update the tool constantly.
    • The inbox could use some work. I don't like being directed offsite to view certain comments deemed "requests for further info" when they could just easily display them there.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    • Difficult to design content on mobile phone
    • Mobile designs do not sync with desktop app
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Eclincher
    Unless the price of eClincher moves to a point where it is too much to justify, I don't see any reason why we wouldn't continue to use eClincher for our agency. The value at this price-point is unbelievable and we'd be foolish to move to a pricier program purely for the sake of slicker graphics or UI. eClinchers pricing is fantastic, and is only matched by its functionality—it matches or beats any of the major Social Media Manager SaaS programs out there for a fraction of the cost. This tool is great for growing agencies, but would also be useful for any marketing department or large agency that wants to streamline their social media workflow.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
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    Usability
    Eclincher
    Its usability was good until they changed their plans and stopped their LTD program for its early adopters who helped raise the tool by giving it positive reviews. I don't think eClincher is ethical in any sense based on the recent actions.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    It's a fantastic tool, be it the free or paid version. You can choose different templates from many listed categories and change styles with palettes, add music to your images, and choose from a variety of fonts. All these features are for free users. You unlock gold if you have a paid version of VistaCreate. Some additional useful features like background remover, AI writer, object remover, resize, and many varieties of templates are only for premium users. I give 9 because additional premium useful features are not available for free users
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    Support Rating
    Eclincher
    [In my experience,] due to the fact that they did a bait and switch on their plans and blamed AppSumo for the lifetime program ending is simply wrong. [I believe that] it's unethical to get support and reviews from their early adopters then take the plan away later.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
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    Implementation Rating
    Eclincher
    Be patient. eClincher isn't perfect and has some software issues. These issues will be exacerbated if you get frustrated or have a slow connection. If something "breaks" or locks up, just refresh the page and re-do that step. It may take your team a couple weeks to get use to using the new system. Once they've gotten the hang of it, I'm sure they'll love the amount of time they save. I'd recommend taking your time with the set-up. Though there aren't a lot of steps to get everything squared away, you can break the process into small chunks to make sure you're managing your time. To just hook-up all the social accounts, it may only take an hour or so. But, if you want to set-up all the extra tools (such as user accounts, listening feeds, posting groups, schedules, etc.) it'll take longer. I think it took around a day to set-up completely, but your mileage my vary.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Eclincher
    There are loads of social scheduling tools out there. I was using Buffer but then found it was limited in terms of listening and reporting so I started to look at a more professional software. I tried Hootsuite but hated the interface, way too busy with the primary focus being on feeds rather than scheduling. Sprout Social I found clunky and hard to use. eClincher was recommended to me by a friend. I think the interface (desktop and mobile) is easy to use but what sets it apart is its support - the live chat is brilliant.
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    I like to give a chance to other products and try them out. As far as my experience is concerned, I liked the feature of VistaCreate, with palettes, which totally changes the mood and tone of the image. That's something I didn't find in Canva. Additionally, the simplicity and user-friendliness of VistaCreate instead of being crowded with too many features. It's simply the best.
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    Return on Investment
    Eclincher
    • Makes it much easier to manage our social publishing
    • Makes it much easier to manage our social engagement
    • Makes it much easier to manage our social reporting
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    VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
    • Improved communication with staff
    • Improved brand presence on social media
    • Ability to appeal to all age groups
    • Improved staff morale
    Incentivized
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