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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Everstage

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AEverstage is a no-code commissions automation platform that provides a transparent and gamified incentives experience to customer-facing teams.N/A

    iContact

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AiContact is an email marketing solution that was acquired by Vocus in 2012. The product is integrated with Facebook and Twitter and is aimed at SMBs with unlimited sending as a key feature.

    $14

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    Pricing
    EverstageiContact
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    1500 Users
    $15.00
    per month
    2500 Users
    $25.00
    per month
    5000 Users
    $45.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EverstageiContact
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    EverstageiContact
    Considered Both Products
    Everstage
    No answer on this topic
    iContact
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    225 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    212 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    225 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    203 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    203 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    EverstageiContact
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of Everstage and iContact
    Feature
    Everstage
    9.4
    226 Ratings
    18% above category average
    iContact
    -
    Ratings
    Sales compensation plan creation9.5218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting9.2205 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation9.5219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance9.6207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting9.4225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive modeling9.6217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy9.6188 Ratings00 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility9.1188 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Everstage and iContact
    Feature
    Everstage
    -
    Ratings
    iContact
    6.6
    26 Ratings
    20% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings7.021 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings5.021 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.021 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings6.015 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Everstage and iContact
    Feature
    Everstage
    -
    Ratings
    iContact
    8.0
    26 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Everstage and iContact
    Feature
    Everstage
    -
    Ratings
    iContact
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    15% below category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    EverstageiContact
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    QuotaPath
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    CaptivateIQ
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EverstageiContact
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (226 ratings)
    8.0
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    3.4
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (31 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (10 ratings)
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EverstageiContact
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Everstage
    Everstage is well suited for smaller sales teams as it is little rigid with handling changes and maintenance is a task. Managing and computing on everstage is accurate and fast but making changes will require you to take help from the support team. They have an amazing support team to help you out.
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    iContact
    I would only recommend it if someone was a small business. I think they are the best suited for companies who will send out a coupon or offer here and there. The most recent updates made it more complicated to use for more complicated processes. It is easy to train someone on the program, and so quick to learn. But I would also only stick to the simpler things. I also think the colorful templates are great, and show great creativity. But again, it is hard to justify recommending the program when it isn't WYSIWYG.
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    Pros
    Everstage
    • User friendly UI - It is easy to navigate the platform and learn the details without any additional help.
    • Ability to show the underlying formula that was used to calculate commissions.
    • Provide visibility on how far the consultant is from achieving their quarterly quota.
    • Automatically publish leader board for the team based on performance that drives the sense of friendly competition to succeed.
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    iContact
    • Contact management. iContact is really great for entering all your contact. You are able to put them onto different lists, and let them choose which lists they would like to be a part of as well. There are many data fields provided to fill in information.
    • Emailing. We use the email feature at least once a month. They are always improving and adding new features, which is very helpful in presenting content in a new and exciting way to our readers. There are many options with remade templates and themes, or you can add your own.
    • Insights. It is really helpful being able to have the data to see what is working and what isn't. It is nice to be able to go back and see how things went in the past compared to now. Opens, clicks, shares, etc.
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    Cons
    Everstage
    • Improving the user interface of Everstage could enhance its usability and make it more intuitive for team leaders and users.
    • Offering more advanced customization options would provide organizations with greater flexibility to tailor Everstage to their specific needs.
    • Integration with Third-Party Tools would be very helpful.
    • Developing a mobile app for Everstage would provide users with the convenience of accessing the tool on-the-go.
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    iContact
    • We also would like to send transactional messages which don't require an opt-out, this is a challenge with iContact. (May be a feature with pro?)
    • The regular version of iContact doesn't support event management or logic flows for automated messaging.
    • Custom form fields have limited field type options (can't build a drop-down).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Everstage
    The reason to give this rating is corely because of multiple level analysis, everstage provide product level analysis which is truly beneficial for any business manager, we can understand which product is doing good in the organization and we can understand which sales executive is selling more which course. The sales executives can understand their next stage of the incentive and monthly target left to do
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    iContact
    iContact has been a quick and easy way to send any announcements and news directly to email and social media subscribers. Its tracking and reporting capabilities turn a simple email into a marketing campaign that can be used as a tool to efficiently gauge reader response and customer satisfaction, and ultimately to reach potential customers. The consistency and excellent customer service is what makes this program a pleasant experience.
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    Usability
    Everstage
    Everstage provides a modern functional incentive platform that supports accurate sales compensation calculation. With Everstage in place our organization is experienced a huge savings in time and costs, and was able to boot sales team engagement. From automation to compensation visibility, analytics to integration with our back office systems and CRM, Everstage covered all our bases.
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    iContact
    I rate iContact as an easy to use program due to its user friendly dashboard and user interface. Most companies of small to medium size do not have a dedicated marketer, therefore it is someone multitasking who may or may not have this kind of experience. iContact makes it relatively simple and can actually expand one's knowledge in the area of business promotion.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Everstage
    All team have nothing but high praise for the live element of Everstage -
    Incentivized
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    iContact
    iContact is regularly up and running. Only once has it been unavailable for maintenance, which is to be expected and even desired for optimal performance when needed.
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    Performance
    Everstage
    Pages load quickly and dashboards refresh reliably under normal conditions. Reports complete in reasonable timeframes for standard queries. The Salesforce integration runs smoothly without noticeable slowdowns
    Incentivized
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    iContact
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Everstage
    It's Wonderful. They have been accessible when in need. the response is immediate and genuine. the support wait time is not too long either. when a fault is pointed out, thy accept it and try to work on it and within a week they try to find a better option to resolve the issue. Accepting and working to deliver better is really appreciable thing. Kudos to the team on that
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    iContact
    They have always been responsive to any issues or concerns that have arisen with our account. Our customer account manager participates in our monthly county-wide communicators meetings via telephone to ensure that we are getting the most from the service. He also analyzes our lists to help us weed out inactive contacts.
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    In-Person Training
    Everstage
    our team leader spoke very highly of the training and the positive experience. This then brought the team on board and were looking forward to a positive experience of a product to minimise manual tasks and room for human error ! All the team have nothing but high praise for the product.
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    iContact
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Everstage
    Our team leader in US was responsible and involved with this and they spoke very highly of the training and product. This is what really brought the whole team on board. From this response and interaction the team really looked forward to using the product which was a great intro !!!
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    iContact
    The templates are difficult to customize, and they don't render well in email platforms
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    Implementation Rating
    Everstage
    Our team leader led the implementation - but then implemented with our team directly and all of our team comment very positively about EverStage
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    iContact
    i wouldn't be using it if i wasn't satisfied. time is money
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    Alternatives Considered
    Everstage
    It was a company decision, Excel was not automated and had high chances of human error and if not updated properly there may be chances of someone losing out on their attainment Ever stage being automated and linked to salesforce there is very less probability of mistake and also transparency in the records
    Incentivized
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    iContact
    I didn't have a say in the decision because I wasn't with the company at the time. I listed HubSpot here because I know we used it in conjunction with iContact for email automation, but HubSpot Email was only recently built-out to the point where it is today. Now, iContact and HubSpot are no longer integrated.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Everstage
    I don’t have this visibility. But heard from team it good
    Incentivized
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    iContact
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Everstage
    Sales, Finance, and HR all operate off the same platform without friction. Managing multiple incentive plans across B2B and B2C segments simultaneously demonstrated its scalability firsthand.
    Incentivized
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    iContact
    iContact stays the same with the number of users added or taken away. It certainly remains reliable despite increased usage, and so, can be considered scaleable in that aspect.
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    Return on Investment
    Everstage
    • It helps me to track my progress in terms of Commission earned and motivate me to work harder to earn more.
    • It's Statement feature helps me to track my previous performance.
    • It's user friendly interface helps every individual to get all details very easily.
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    iContact
    • We have a template for webinars that we send every month. We just edit it and send. This couldn't be easier (once you know where to find it).
    • We like the breakdown of statistics in the dashboard. They're easy to read.
    • iContact isn't a comprehensive solution, so it is only one of a few products we use for marketing.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Everstage Screenshots

    Screenshot of on-demand commission data and advanced payout forecasting to drive performance of customer-facing teams .Screenshot of commission plans that can be configured from scratch or with readily-available templates using Everstage's no-code plan designer.Screenshot of the integrations available with the entire techstack including CRMs, ERP, HRIS, data warehouses and more to collect, calculate and communicate payout data.Screenshot of Everstage’s custom dashboards and advanced reporting provide commission tracking, as a single source of truth.Screenshot of where commission budgets can simulate how much payees will earn against each commission plan using the Time Machine feature.