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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Glassdoor

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AGlassdoor in Mill Valley offers their job posting and job search tools, at Glassdoor.com, providing a platform for job advertising, and employer branding.N/A

    Owler

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AOwler is a sales intelligence app developed by the company of the same name San Mateo and acquired by Meltwater June 2021, providing competitive insights, company information, and other sales relevant information.

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    Pricing
    GlassdoorOwler
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Plus (personal use)
    $99
    per year
    Pro
    $420
    per year
    Teams
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GlassdoorOwler
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GlassdoorOwler
    Considered Both Products
    Glassdoor
    No answer on this topic
    Meltwater
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    GlassdoorOwler
    Recruitment Marketing
    Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Glassdoor.com and Owler
    Feature
    Glassdoor.com
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Owler
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    Ratings
    Passive Recruitment Advertising6.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Recruitment Advertising7.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employer Branding Tools6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Glassdoor.com and Owler
    Feature
    Glassdoor.com
    -
    Ratings
    Owler
    7.1
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings6.114 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings6.114 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Glassdoor.com and Owler
    Feature
    Glassdoor.com
    -
    Ratings
    Owler
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Glassdoor.com and Owler
    Feature
    Glassdoor.com
    -
    Ratings
    Owler
    6.2
    15 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings5.311 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Company/business profiles00 Ratings5.314 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Glassdoor.com and Owler
    Feature
    Glassdoor.com
    -
    Ratings
    Owler
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
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    Score7.9 out of 10
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Snagajob
    Score6.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GlassdoorOwler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.7
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GlassdoorOwler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Glassdoor
    I would definitely recommend Glassdoor.com to colleagues who are looking to get insights into the inner workings of an organization by the people who know it best - its employees. The variation of reviews of employees at all levels within an organization. The benefit to this is that it delivers a well-rounded perspective that provides deeper understanding of a company and the ways that they are perceived externally and how they operate in actual terms of acting as a reliable establishment to work for or work with.
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    Meltwater
    This is a free service, so it should be compared to free and low cost alerting (e.g. Google Alerts) and PE/VC funding profile (e.g. Crunchbase) services. Owler is well suited for competitive intelligence professionals, named account reps, and marketing professionals tracking company news (web mined company mentions and press releases) and social media (blogs, Video, YouTube). The alerts are high precision and tag for three key events (M&A, Funding, Exec Changes). It is the alerting and social media tools which are the key strength of the service. The company claims two million profiles, but only has 60,000 with full address information. Content includes competitors, user polls, and funding / M&A data. Owler should be viewed as a free complement to other online company research tools, but it lacks the depth to replace subscription services. Missing content includes long business descriptions; financials and discrete sizing data; family tree linkage, and executive profiles (only the CEO is covered) While they offer list building functionality, it is quite thin and non-downloadable. As such, I would not recommend Owler for sales and marketing prospecting at this point. A unique feature is a set of company polls about the direction of the company and CEO performance. Unfortunately, the response rates are often too low to be statistically meaningful.
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    Pros
    Glassdoor
    • Glassdoor is great at providing candidates with information about our company they wouldn't find elsewhere.
    • Glassdoor's website is organized well and has an easy-to-use interface both for job seekers and posters.
    • Glassdoor has excellent crowdsourcing functionality when it comes to company ratings and salary information.
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    Meltwater
    • Owler enables the user to quickly find the data and information that he or she needs.
    • I appreciate the customizable dashboard where you can set alerts and track companies you select.
    • The latest news regarding the funding rounds of startup companies is especially helpful.
    • The top competitors to companies provided by Owler often give me a great point of reference for my competitive analysis.
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    Cons
    Glassdoor
    • Glassdoor is an expensive product and price needs to be lower for employers.
    • They have to find a way to stop companies from rigging their ratings by asking their employees to post positive reviews.
    • Also, somehow they need to figure out if the negative review is an attempt to show their frustration by an employee rather than the true picture of the organization.
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    Meltwater
    • The information provided is useful but at times the variation with other websites and tools is substantial which makes it difficult to rely solely on owler
    • Information only about bigger companies is available not for smaller and research on smaller ones are important as there are not many tools that do that
    • There are few companies that appear as defunct or do not exist but in the actual market there is a lot going on with them and being in market intelligence industry owler needs to capture that
    • It would be great if they provide revenue or growth of the in the past three years or so. As it would save our time and efforts to some extent
    • They need to maintain the database in aperiodic manner with precise information
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Glassdoor
    I see no reason at this time to change how we would continue to work with Glassdoor.com as a go-to resource for our hiring needs. As we look to hire in the future we will certainly return to Glassdoor.com as well as recommend Glassdoor.com to colleagues and anyone we know who is looking for a platform that they can look to for reliable employee resourcing.
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    Meltwater
    Not really an applicable question as this is a free service, but if they charged $100 / year (GageIn's price) I would still license the service.
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    Usability
    Glassdoor
    It's improved but I still find it it a bit complex and challenging to navigate. There's a lot I can't see as an unpaid employer account but it generally takes me some time to get to what I can see whether that's trying to research my own company's feedback scores from past or current employees, the feedback other companies are receiving, or job postings
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    Meltwater
    I think it's well designed but always room for improvement. Maybe more customization in layout or information presented. Maybe even a layout that allows comparison and ranking of companies in a similar industry or vertical, or company size, and geography
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    Reliability and Availability
    Glassdoor
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    I have yet to see the platform down or running slowly, but there have been multiple instances recently (Q2 2015) when the user links to a news story and Owler gives an Oops message. Users simply click on the story a second time and the story is displayed. This is a nuisance bug. I also have a sense that the system is not processing alerts as quickly as before, but I haven't tracked this closely, so I could be wrong about it.
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    Performance
    Glassdoor
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    The news precision, which is the most important feature for me, is very accurate. They have editors review the news to ensure it is properly tagged by company and event type.
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    Support Rating
    Glassdoor
    Support is generally excellent, but there can be a fair amount of bureaucracy at times for requests. The support people are very knowledgeable of the platform, but sales seem to regurgitate the same info when trying to negotiate or upsell a client. Technical issues are rare and usually solved quickly.
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    Meltwater
    Problems have been closed quickly and professionally.
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    Implementation Rating
    Glassdoor
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Focus on setting up companies that have limited news coverage first. Public companies are well covered and it is easy to track them. Furthermore, the surfeit of news around public companies can crowd out smaller companies with less news. It is smaller companies where you are most likely to see a benefit in their tracking of news, blogs, press releases, and videos.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Glassdoor
    Glassdoor.com appears to operate a bit differently compared to some of the other recruiting platforms I regularly use. From my experience, it doesn’t seem to have the same level of engagement or reach among job seekers. Although it does generate a high volume of applicants, I’ve noticed that many of those applications tend to be from the same individuals I’ve seen through other platforms or previous postings. As a result, it sometimes feels like I’m not getting access to a broader or new pool of talent through Glassdoor.com alone.
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    Meltwater
    I believe Lead411 and Owler go hand in hand, rather than one over the other. I believe Lead411's contact generation is far stronger based on the cost, but Owler allows you to broaden your horizon for prospecting whereas Lead411 is more of a user-driven search rather than an platform-driven search.
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    Return on Investment
    Glassdoor
    • It has been helpful to see the responses and if they are something to address.
    • People are more likely to post here vs give the feedback to us directly, so often things will be brought to us we didnt know about.
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    Meltwater
    • The personalisation of emails has definitely helped us to earn a higher reply rate, with the knock-on that this will be helping with future deals.
    • Keeps us very relevant in our conversations with contacts. They are often impressed by the research and knowledge we have on their company and how we have aligned ourselves to help. Again, small differences at the start of calls but this will be helping with the number of opportunities created.
    • Reduces SDR prospecting time. Quick and easy to get updates allowing them to process a great number of accounts on a daily basis.
    Incentivized
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