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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Groove (legacy product)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AGroove by Clari is a legacy Sales Engagement product for organizing prospect outreach, capturing sales activity, and guiding seller workflows across email, calendar, CRM, and campaign tools. On August 14, 2023, Clari acquired Groove and integrated it as the sales-engagement layer of the Clari Revenue Platform. Following Clari’s subsequent merger into Salesloft in 2025, Groove became part of the combined Salesloft platform. Salesloft unified the companies under its brand on September 2, 2026;…N/A

    Velocify by ICE Mortgage Technology

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AVelocify is a sales acceleration and automation solution acquired by Ellie Mae (now ICE Mortgage Technology) in 2017. The product suite includes Velocify Pulse automation app, Velocify Lead Manager for lead management and distribution, and Velocify Dial-IQ sales dialer. Also , Velocify LoanEngage is a sales referral management app for loan officers.N/A
    Pricing
    Groove (legacy product)Velocify by ICE Mortgage Technology
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
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    Groove (legacy product)Velocify by ICE Mortgage Technology
    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
    Groove (legacy product)Velocify by ICE Mortgage Technology
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    679 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    446 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    682 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    400 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    394 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Groove (legacy product)Velocify by ICE Mortgage Technology
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (706 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    5.1
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    5.4
    (542 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.5
    (145 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.7
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Groove (legacy product)Velocify by ICE Mortgage Technology
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    • Groove is excellent for the use case of improving sales representative and customer success representative productivity and data quality when used alongside Salesforce. It is a Salesforce focused tool. You should definitely consider Groove if you are a current Salesloft / Outreach user and you also use Salesforce.
    • Groove would not be a good fit for an organization not using Salesforce.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    Small businesses who do not need complex reporting and analytics would fit well into the Velocify model. There needs to be specific segments that appeal to this type of CRM, and the best feature is within an added layer--dialer. The ability to turn things around and contact your leads immediately was very beneficial to us, and could prove to be a boon for a small to midsize business.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Groove lets us know real-time when a client has checked an email we sent them.
    • Groove helps us streamline our day-to-day events, meetings, and tasks with the help of the Calendar Booking feature.
    • Groove helps us save a lot of time on typing long letters when we explain our products to our customers with the help of their Templates feature.
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    • The prioritized queue allows for management to set contact standards and hold users accountable. It removes all the guess work out of what lead to call next.
    • The Dial IQ feature is fantastic for powering through calls and maximizing speed to contact.
    • The Shotgun lead distribution puts the lead into the hand of the user that is ready and available to call that lead immediately. No handing off a lead to an originator and hoping they call. This feature allows for the system to notify multiple users simultaneously and first user to press 1 wins the lead. Talk about creating a competitive sales environment!
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    Cons
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    • The footprint of the person who lasts touches the information.
    • The footprint of the person who edited the information.
    • Date and time of the modification of the account owner.
    • Date and time of the modification of the last person touching the account.
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    • Velocify would be well served to create a more robust email drip campaign platform.
    • Velocify could revamp their dashboards and prioritized views our individuals work out of daily. It's rather overwhelming when working with a lot of leads. Adding interactive graphics - calendars, easy to view alerts, etc would be great. (Big Purple Dot does this well)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    I actually don't have any complaint regarding groove. It's just that I will give 9 since I confidently believe that there'd be updates in the future which would be more optimal not just for us users but for the business as well. The only regret I have with groove is I was not able to use it before the current company that I'm employed
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    I am sure that we as a company are likely to continue using Velocify. I am not involved in the selection process, but I have not heard any negative feedback and switching programs would more than likely be too much work
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Groove has been an awesome platform to use for sales pipeline management. I really enjoy how it integrates with my Salesforce, Gmail, and Google Calendar. It makes my job easier by helping me keep track of the progress of each sales contact that I have. Leads are able to reply and notify us using Groove.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    Users can gain a very good understanding of the system quickly. The administrator can use terms that are familiar to their company when setting the system up. Most new administrators error to the side of complexity when setting up the system. With Velocify less is more.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    Our organization has not experienced any availability issues with Groove
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    The system is always up!!
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Everything is good
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    If the system is set up correctly it will be a game changer for your organization.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    My company has a team dedicated to supporting our implementation of operative tools and business systems such as Groove. For this reason, I feel that we have ample support for Groove, although I have not personally contacted Groove for any support issues.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    While I didn't speak with the Support team often, they seemed very accepting and reliable. My favorite was the company emails that we would receive whenever something wasn't working correctly so that we would know that it's being worked on, providing a bit of relief to the other employees that were having trouble.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    It was okay. But, just the once. I had to figure it out with help of others on my team.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    The in-person training if you will is done via GoToMeeting or some other service. I have been told that the moderator goes way too in-depth and too fast.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    Easy to use
    Incentivized
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    Velocify offers online training via videos and written descriptions of implementation procedures.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    At Nearpod, I have been impressed with the internal expertise and support around Groove as a key tool for the Sales and Customer Success business systems and operations.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    If you plan to have more than 20 users on Velocify you should outsource implementation to someone that knows how the system can best be implemented for your business/process flows. If you have fewer proposed users try to use one of the canned levels.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    Groove is simple. Like their competitors, they give you the ability to create templated "Flows" (sequences) of calls, emails, and LinkedIn touches. Some of them can be automated, but it's also simple to personalize outreach. Ultimately, my decision to purchase Groove over some of the competitors was based on their Salesforce integration, as well as white-glove customer service.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    Before we went with Velocify, we had Salesforce and Hobson's EMT Connect. Both of these systems were rather expensive and didn't give us exactly what we needed for lead conversion as well as the customization we desired. However, I feel that some of the reasons we went with Velocify were not exactly truthful as we found out during the implementation process or much later that there were things they said that they could do that once we started getting into the weeds with it they weren't able to execute. From a lead conversion and speed to lead standpoint, this is a good product. From a reporting and lifecycle management standpoint, this is a very poor product compared to the other two
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    Scalability
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    Our organization was able to quickly scale Groove from a pilot group of a few users to a department-wide solution
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    The system is fully scaleable both vertically and horizontally across the enterprise.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Reduced several hours a week of logging time in Salesforce that either wouldn't get done or would have been done to the detriment of more value add activities.
    • Saves hours per week by delivering actionable/useful info from Salesforce into Gmail
    • Gives me valuable insight on what emails are being opened and read. This helps plan targeting.
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    ICE Mortgage Technology
    • Faster lead conversion lead us to higher potential for "first school wins" philosophy.
    • Negative return on time spent maintaining Velocify. Because manual reporting was needed and much had to be done outside of the system, there was a monetary loss of time because of this.
    • Predictability was near impossible for us, and the fact that we had to purchase an email automation system because Velocify did not do anything we needed was a negative ROI for our business.
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