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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hearsay, now part of Yext

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAfter the August 2024 acquisition, Hearsay Systems joined Yext, combining Yext's digital presence management with Hearsay's compliant customer engagement tools.N/A

    SiteExecutive (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASiteExecutive was a content management system (CMS) from Systems Alliance available for local-hosting or as a SaaS, that has been discontinued and is no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    Hearsay, now part of YextSiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Hearsay, now part of YextSiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Hearsay, now part of YextSiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Hearsay, now part of Yext and SiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hearsay, now part of Yext
    -
    Ratings
    SiteExecutive (discontinued)
    7.2
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Hearsay, now part of Yext and SiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hearsay, now part of Yext
    -
    Ratings
    SiteExecutive (discontinued)
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Hearsay, now part of Yext and SiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hearsay, now part of Yext
    -
    Ratings
    SiteExecutive (discontinued)
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Hearsay, now part of YextSiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Hearsay, now part of YextSiteExecutive (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Yext
    Apart from a few limitations, Hearsay Social is an excellent tool for managing your social media posts in one place. Its user-friendly interface allows you to analyze, track, schedule, and automate social media posts. This is a must in today's age. It saves a lot of stress and handwork and makes you efficient as it gives you tools to analyze the results of your posts in terms of reach, viewership, etc. Thereby helping you to formulate your social media strategy.
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    We recently put our alumni magazine online so viewers can read it digitally. SiteExecutive has been great for this project as it allowed us to easily create new templates and styling options specifically suited for our purposes.
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    Pros
    Yext
    • Single dashboard of all your social media channels
    • Automation of posts
    • Scheduled posting as per design
    • Great for analytics & customer Interactions
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    • SiteExecutive provides a simple basic and convenient interface for creating and updating webpages.
    • Easy way to create web forms, set up a confirmation webpage, and send a confirmation email.
    • Integration with YouTube allows us to quickly embed the most recent videos to our website automactically as well as choose specific videos by date or title.
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    Cons
    Yext
    • Lacks ability for significant flexibility and customization
    • Mobile app sometimes does not save the posts that are edited
    • It does allow you to tag or hashtag any post.
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    • Glitches happen more frequently than I'd like them to
    • Limited options for formatting and organization within blog applications
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    Usability
    Yext
    If you wish to reduce stress of managing multiple social media handles from a single place, you can use Hearsay Social. Hearsay Social helps you analyze, automate, schedule posts and even give ideas for posts. Rather than multitasking, one would obliviously choose a single place to track your posts. It also fares greatly as compared to its competitors. It has a great interface. Very easy and simple to use.
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    Support Rating
    Yext
    1. Simple to Use. 2. User Friendly Interface 3. Great Features 4. Very Few Limitations. 5. Automates my Tasks
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    Alternatives Considered
    Yext
    Facebook Business Manager is also good however it has some limitations like it's very difficult to remove an ad account, we cannot schedule shared posts and the user interface is a bit complicated and not user-friendly. I like the user interface of Hearsay Social. I find it very simple and easy to use. Also, it has all the features that you might require in Social Media Management tool.
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    WordPress is another CMS that I've used within a professional setting. Despite the cost difference, SiteExecutive is well worth the investment. Its functionality is much, much greater (they can't really be compared on the same level) and I have more freedom for customization and creating EXACTLY what I need.
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    Return on Investment
    Yext
    • It has helped us save time in maintaining our social media handles
    • It gave us a lot of intelligent insights on our posts, thereby helping improve our marketing strategy to perform better every time
    • It helped us design our posts better based on inputs & design ideas based on our past posts
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    Discontinued Products
    • External constituents are able to clearly see our mission, goals, and programs (i.e: we are successfully attracting potential students and their families)
    • Faculty and staff are able to be directly involved in how their department is represented
    Incentivized
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