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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gong

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGong helps people and companies reach their potential. The Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform™ enables customer-facing teams to take advantage of their most valuable assets – customer interactions, which the Gong platform automatically captures and analyzes. Gong then delivers insights at scale, to empower revenue and go-to-market teams to determine the best actions for winning outcomes. The vendor boasts companies like Morningstar Inc., Paychex, LinkedIn,…N/A

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

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    Pricing
    GongTwilio SendGrid
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $15
    per month
    Advanced
    $60
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GongTwilio SendGrid
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GongTwilio SendGrid
    Considered Both Products
    Gong.io
    Chose Gong
    Zoom also has the ability to record, but it's more work and not as easy as gong. Additionally, the transcribing features and other additional benefits from Gong are great.
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    Twilio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    645 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    72%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    645 Answers
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    365 Answers
    65%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    283 Answers
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    GongTwilio SendGrid
    Conversation Intelligence Software Features
    Comparison of Conversation Intelligence Software Features features of Gong and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Gong
    8.8
    224 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Twilio SendGrid
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    Ratings
    Speech-to-Text Transcription9.0221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Keyword Detection9.0219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment Analysis8.1198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Speaker Diarization8.7211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Recording Playback9.6223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Summarization9.1222 Ratings00 Ratings
    Conversion Metrics8.4198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Keyword Search & Retrieval8.9215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Tagging8.7203 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with CRM Systems8.9198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Gong and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Gong
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.8
    50 Ratings
    17% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings6.740 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings4.438 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.330 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.938 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings5.050 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings4.744 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings4.624 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Gong and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Gong
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    6.1
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings4.648 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings5.148 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.631 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Gong and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Gong
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings8.29 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings9.112 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    GongTwilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (669 ratings)
    4.7
    (61 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (437 ratings)
    4.9
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (100 ratings)
    3.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GongTwilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gong.io
    I think Gong is well suited when you are having a company that makes a lot of calls to clients or receives a lot of calls. It is very important. I think, from a business standpoint, to log all of the calls and conversations that are had to use in case anything ever comes up. Also, just to make sure that your employees are doing well on the calls, because you cannot monitor every single call personally. Having this as a reference point to listen to things that might be important versus not is awesome. it might be less appropriate if you are not really interacting a ton with the clients. If you are more so just doing business meetings, then it might not be needed. However, I do think it's a great tool overall because it provides the AI note recap from the calls and logs everything that might be helpful for any reason
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    Twilio
    If you're prepared to build out your whole staff UX, audience creation, email production, and analytics on your own using API, this tool may have that flexibility. If you require a sturdy drag and drop production tool, this tool has it but at the expense of a lot of other critical functionality. Out of the box analytics/reporting, is extremely limited. Complex queries, even something like pulling those who haven't engaged in email within a certain time period, is clunky. If you require any support at all, this is not the tool for you. I'm a deliverability consultant and have used many of the top email marketing tools and SendGrid has been extremely difficult for my team. I do not recommend it. Shiny and bright during sales, pretty disappointing thereafter.
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    Pros
    Gong.io
    • Provides executive summaries for meeting notes and email follow ups.
    • AI Briefs allow anyone to seek information on a particular customer in a matter of seconds.
    • Scores calls such as EBRs or new business sales calls that can be used by management for coaching.
    • Provides accurate forecasting and visibility to sales leaders.
    • Theme spotter can be used to gather feedback and provide data to management for opportunities we continuously here from our clients.
    • Accurately depict key points from conversations and allows for different brief themes to quickly get the information needed for teammates throughout the organization.
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    Twilio
    • Managing email lists / audiences is easy with features like groups and segments.
    • They provide pre-built email templates that are very easy to modify. It is also super easy to create new email templates with their drag-and-drop email builder.
    • Provides clear / easy-to-read analytics of email campaigns.
    • I can easily import large email contact lists all at once or add a user manually one-at-a-time, when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Gong.io
    • A history tracker (similar to Google Sheets/Excel) - it'd be nice to see WHO was changing certain fields and when exactly.
    • Dark mode.
    • A quick checklist when getting started to ensure I'm getting the most out of the platform (e.g., Gong Connect, Gong Import).
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    Twilio
    • Not necessarily their Email API but their email in general - they are currently in beta for automated email sequences but are still bare bones. Much more work is needed before it can be used mainstream and be able to convert everything to SendGrid.
    • Helping with warming up our dedicated IP for the best-sending score.
    • We seem to hit the promotions folder a decent amount (maybe the IP problem above) and even a lot of their emails hit my spam or promotions folder (whether they be transactional or marketing) which isn't a great sign when trusting an ESP.
    • Transactional email sequences would be a huge plus.
    • Now that Twilio owns SenGrid, having an integrated platform where you could see all our transactional emails together.
    • Better reporting and split reporting between transactional and marketing emails.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gong.io
    I don't make these decisions for our company, but I would highly encourage our use of Gong to continue. Gong has been very helpful in my sales role in terms of staying organized and on top of accounts, completing actions in a timely manner, and moving deals forward with better insights
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Gong.io
    It does great for all the things I've mentioned. I didn't give it a 10/10 because I still think there is room to improve as far as improving the quality of the insights that are more actionable. I.e. this happened so you should think about doing this thing as a next step.
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    It is usable but needs improvement in overall user experience and ease of use. A new joinee/anyone new to the tool would need more tarining currently before he can use the platform seamlessly. The set-up to value realization time for Twilio SendGrid customers is generally high because of this concern.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Gong.io
    I give them a 10 because, I have been using Gong for over a year now and have never had issues or concerns go un resolved in a day or two. Their communication is impeccable and their tech support is very hands on and prompt
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    Twilio
    Twilio SendGrid Email API is everything we want it to be, and we have no reason to look for any other solution. Features and pricing match exactly what we need. As developers for SaaS products, Twilio SendGrid Email API provides a great service. I hope that they stay this way and don't inflate the service with too many marketing oriented features, because there are other tools for that and Twilio SendGrid Email API is a API for sending email first and foremost.
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    Implementation Rating
    Gong.io
    This is nothing something I'm able to answer
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Gong.io
    It stacks up in a different way. All of these companies try to do some feature that Gong does. Like Call recording, call analysis, AI discovery, Forecasting and Sales Activity tracking. Gong beats most, Otter.ai is a growing competitor though.
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    Twilio
    Sendgrid has a lot of features that other providers have and a few more - like the dynamic template builder, which AWS SES doesn't have. We choose the provider based on the scenario of use and the provider we're using. If we're going to be making regular changes to a template, then we'd go with Sendgrid, as the changes will be easier to make and don't necessarily require developer intervention.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Gong.io
    I was not involved with the process
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Gong.io
    I was not involved with the process
    Incentivized
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Gong.io
    • I don't have specific metrics since this feature isn't used in my job personally, but I do know that our sales and CS teams use Gong with SFDC opportunities to help with forecasting closed won opportunities based on intent captured within the call.
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    Twilio
    • As it was cheaper than the transactional service we previously used, it saved costs.
    • The API was relatively easy to work with so it helped us ship the service and test it quickly.
    • We still use the transactional email service, even though we recognize its limits as it meets our immediate needs.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Coach reps into sales superstars. Replicate what works by turning objective, data-based guidance into coachable moments for managers, peer-to-peer coaching, and self-driven improvements — without any drama.Screenshot of Find the truth in your pipeline. There are risks hiding in your pipeline, deals, and customer interactions. Get true visibility from contact to close so you can address them and call the right forecast every time.Screenshot of Bet big. And win. Gong’s early insights into what’s working — and what's not — gives your team the confidence to take big-bet initiatives to market successfully.