Google Places vs. Lob
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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Google Places | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Google Places data, available on Google Maps Platform, provides businesses with a number of use cases. These include address validation, providing searchable details about places including businesses, geocoding (conversion of addresses to geographic coordinates), geolocation, and various tools to augment the search experience for anyone seeking a location. | N/A |
Lob | Score8.5 out of 10 | N/A | Lob in San Francisco provides the building blocks for developers to automate offline correspondences. Enterprise companies use Lob’s suite of APIs to mail fully dynamic and personalized customer communications with print media. Lob also provides insight into deliverability with piece-by-piece tracing and a proprietary Print Delivery Network to streamline production across fully redundant nodes all over the country. | $0 per month (Up to 500 Mailings) |
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Would buy again 20 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 16 Answers | |
| Happy with the feature set | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Happy with the feature set 20 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 13 Answers | |
| Implementation went as expected | ||
No answers on this topic | 92% Implementation went as expected 12 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | No answers on this topic | PFL Direct Mail Platform Score9 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | No answers on this topic | PFL Direct Mail Platform Score9 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
| Google Places | Lob | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 8.4 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 6.8 |
| Usability | - | 6.6 |
| Availability | - | 8.2 |
| Performance | - | 8.2 |
| Support Rating | - | 7.3 |
| Configurability | - | 7.3 |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - | 6.4 |
| Ease of integration | - | 8.1 |
| Product Scalability | - | 8.2 |
| Professional Services | - | 6.4 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 8.2 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 7.3 |
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| Reliability and Availability | No answers on this topic |
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| Alternatives Considered | No answers on this topic |
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| Return on Investment | No answers on this topic |
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