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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ELMO Software

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AELMO Software (ASX:ELO) is a cloud-based solution that helps thousands of organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to manage their people, process and pay. ELMO solutions span the entire employee lifecycle from ‘hire to retire’. They can be used together or stand-alone, and are configurable according to an organisation’s unique processes and workflows.N/A

    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASales Engine International was the company resulting from the merger of Manticore and Sales Engine in 2012. Their product had email marketing and landing page functionality. The product provides connectors to both Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce.com. Primary customers were SMBs. The product is discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    ELMO Software
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.9
    11 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.6
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking6.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.4
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search6.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    -
    Ratings
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    2.3
    1 Ratings
    111% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ELMO Software and Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Feature
    ELMO Software
    -
    Ratings
    Sales Engine Media (discontinued)
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    154% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    3.1
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ELMO SoftwareSales Engine Media (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ELMO Software
    The performance review process is clear and easy to complete, for both employee and manager. I have experienced this in both roles, with my own staff, and undergoing my own review with my manager. I haven't experienced scenarios where it is less appropriate, I think our HR department customised the software well to our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We used the Manticore Marketing Automation solution for almost/just over 2 years, and initially, it was a great solution. Everything just seemed to work. When Manticore Technology, Inc. and Sales Engine International merged on May 31st of 2012, the overall product quality began to decline. As browsers and other programs (like our CRM environment) went through updates and new releases, Manticore just didn't keep up. Parts of the program became incompatible with certain browsers, forcing us to change where and how we logged into the back-end of the system. It was a silly workaround, but not the end of the world. When we learned that other client-facing portions didn't work with certain browsers, we brought it to their attention, and were told that we needed to find some way to work with it, and that the changes to the system were not possible. We ended up having to change our 200+ landing pages/forms, and could no longer have the State/Province field as a required field for registrations. That is just one example of our experience, and there have been others that are just as troublesome.
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    Pros
    ELMO Software
    • Has extensive courses library (theory and video library).
    • Very responsive, resourceful and efficient support team.
    • Stuff survey - great range of available templates.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Awesome integration with CRM/SFDC.
    • Support is US-based, free with subscription, and very helpful.
    • Best workflow capability (drag and drop) I've seen in any comparable product.
    • Custom templates are available for purchase and are great for branding.
    • Easy to use landing pages.
    Read full review
    Cons
    ELMO Software
    • Help seems unavailable.
    • A guide or how-to would be extremely appreciated - I haven't found any, at least for user level.
    • User interface could follow a more standard/familiar approach.
    • Some panes should be collapsible (e.g. the right "Work Flow" area, which gives very little help).
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    • List Building for Resends - I like to resend my email campaigns to non-openers and there is no easy way to pull this list within Manticore (If did not open this email is not an option). Typically I pull the report for the campaign, then re-import my list of non-openers to create a new list.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ELMO Software
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I've been incredibly pleased with Manticore/SEI and have selected them at several companies now. It's worked in a variety of different business environments, both big and small, and everyone on both the sales and marketing side have been extremely pleased with the results
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    Usability
    ELMO Software
    Once I learned the specific way of doing things, the software became very logical and ergonomic. It is easy to use and is an excellent resource for many of the specific tasks required for my role, especially in relation to staff onboarding and management. It is also excellent as a resource for my own personal HR information.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Some of the actions require you to be in a specific section before actions are available to you, like adding a list. You first have to navigate to that section for options to be available to you
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    Reliability and Availability
    ELMO Software
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Manticore hardly ever has "product down time" and almost never during a normal work day for our company
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    Performance
    ELMO Software
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Email campaigns are deployed instantly when you launch, unlike other Marketing Automation tools I've used in the past that queue emails in batches and can take hours to complete a send
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    Support Rating
    ELMO Software
    I am not sure whether you are asking how the learning & development team rates ELMO Software or how ELMO supports our team when issues arise with the software? It is not my decision to purchase the software nor am I involved with the maintenance of the software.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    The Manticore team is very knowledgeable, I haven't had an issue where a ticket was left unanswered or unresolved
    Read full review
    Online Training
    ELMO Software
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Training was done online, but was one-on-one, giving me a lot of time to ask very specific product questions. They also walk you through setting up a test campaign, email, and landing page
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    Implementation Rating
    ELMO Software
    I was not involved
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    It was the easiest integration and implementation that I've ever experienced. I've implemented other CRM integrated services before that provided the same services as Manticore that were extremely technical and expensive to integrate with Salesforce.com or Microsoft CRM Dynamics, or just plain couldn't integrate
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    Alternatives Considered
    ELMO Software
    Aspen is more straightforward in creating a course of personal development recognized by our industry, but your ELMO Software is generally easier to use. As the workforce in our company is very often built by the majority of people with basic academic background education, IE they often have only just completed year 10... it is very important your element of making it easy to understand, using simple words and clear explained multiple choices in the final quiz
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    We migrated to Marketo approximately 6 months
    ago, and were extremely happy with the change. Besides the higher sticker
    price and the "everything's a sales pitch" communications from
    Marketo, we can't find any fault.

    Sales
    Engine International - Manticore (commonly referred to as Manti-beast
    internally) created many problems for us. And while they did integrate
    with our Microsoft Dynamics environment, the software quickly ate through our
    purchased storage and forced us to constantly purchase more. That alone
    cost us many hundreds of dollars in Microsoft Dynamics CRM storage every year.
    And, when confronted about it, Manticore support flat out lied about how
    much storage their activities were taking up in our system. So, while it
    integrates, it's a very poor integration.
    Read full review
    Professional Services
    ELMO Software
    Did not use
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ELMO Software
    • It has been helpful
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Errors in forms led to a decrease in registrations - found workaround to correct it, but was never informed of certain incompatibilities
    • Reports have been inaccurate and very inflexible, and have not allowed for reliable forecasting/planning
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