HG Insights Platform vs. RainKing (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HG Insights Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
The HG Insights platform provides a view into global industries, markets, and companies allowing users to identify the most valuable opportunities and build strategies to maximize revenue and accelerate growth.N/A
RainKing (discontinued)
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
RainKing is a sales intelligence software solution offered by RainKing Software.N/A
Pricing
HG Insights PlatformRainKing (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HG Insights PlatformRainKing (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
HG Insights PlatformRainKing (discontinued)
Features
HG Insights PlatformRainKing (discontinued)
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
HG Insights Platform
9.1
36 Ratings
5% below category average
RainKing (discontinued)
8.6
15 Ratings
10% above category average
Company information8.336 Ratings8.115 Ratings
Contact information00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
HG Insights Platform
8.3
34 Ratings
0% below category average
RainKing (discontinued)
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Ratings
Industry-Specific Information8.529 Ratings00 Ratings
Search Tools8.230 Ratings00 Ratings
Market Research
Comparison of Market Research features of Product A and Product B
HG Insights Platform
8.1
36 Ratings
0% below category average
RainKing (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Competitor Research7.933 Ratings00 Ratings
Market Insights and Reports8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
HG Insights Platform
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Ratings
RainKing (discontinued)
8.3
14 Ratings
7% above category average
Advanced search00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings7.113 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
HG Insights Platform
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Ratings
RainKing (discontinued)
8.4
15 Ratings
12% above category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Tags00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
HG Insights Platform
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Ratings
RainKing (discontinued)
9.0
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Append emails to records00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
HG Insights PlatformRainKing (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(38 ratings)
8.8
(15 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(36 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HG Insights PlatformRainKing (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
HG Insights
For someone working in B2B IT Marketing, the HG Insights Platform has a wide range of data available that is suited for both a data level employee as well as an ISR. The one draw back is the integration with SFDC isn't as great as we'd like, meaning it is more manual for us to run propensity models using more than one source of data.
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RainKing is less appropriate when you don't have the funds or resources to pay for it. You could easily Google the information that you're looking for, or use CrunchBase, but it's extremely time-consuming. RainKing makes this very easy and the data seamlessly sends to Salesforce with the proper integration. RainKing is very appropriate when you have a large team of folks that need to source leads/accounts simultaneously and need licenses to do so - it's worth the money with a larger team.
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Pros
HG Insights
  • It works great for seeing if the site or app for a company is hosted on AWS.
  • Intricately uses a different approach (vs the other tools we use) - which helps confirm from another angle.
  • It has a great google chrome plug-in.
  • UI/UX is modern and clean.
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  • Being able to search for companies that are currently evaluating solutions in your space.
  • The contact information for people and related people is also great, I have used dozens of other data solutions and prefer Rainking.
  • Rainking also gives you the ability to create lists of your ideal buyer and download them which was great for my team and I pull new contacts to prospect!
  • I can't get over how impressive the org chart info is in RainKing, it allowed myself and my team to find other involved prospects and get a good feel for organizations.
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Cons
HG Insights
  • integration with SFDC could be better
  • Sometime provides back an incorrect/no match when a better is available from an uploaded file, though this is getting slightly better
  • A way to gauge how many hits you will get off an intent topic before selecting them so you don't feel like one is going to waste could be useful.
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  • Account manager - really unresponsive, not interested in helping with renewal, making the case to our execs
  • The Discover/RainKing team was not interested in helping us expand the way we are utilizing the tool, provide additional training, etc
  • Contacts department designation lacks in accuracy, we frequently found significant mismatches
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Usability
HG Insights
It’s very easy to use, and the team is very responsive and friendly to work with. The information is unique and usable and can complement some of the data we get from call recordings. The integration with Salesforce is easy to implement and offers good insights into our database.
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Alternatives Considered
HG Insights
- Sales Intel seems to be more of a direct competition. Their human research seems to be something interesting. Also the claim to focus on firmographics - We went with Bombora for intent technology in the past - We did not move forward with 6sense
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I've used SalesNavigator and Zoom Info. I actually think that Ranking is a great solution if you can use it in tandem with SalesNavigator. When it comes to pulling lists, in my opinion, Ranking does it best. Now that it has the database combined with Discoverorg, it's even more powerful to use.
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Return on Investment
HG Insights
  • I don't massively get involved in financial matters, but the propensity models we use internally to help run our campaigns are certainly a big factor when our sales people approach our clients.
  • Every campaign sold now comes with a flat data fee for us to run and use a propensity model for the activity we complete on behalf of our clients.
  • Whilst the client will never see the raw data behind the model (of which HG does play a part along with our other data sources) they are briefed on the methodology and reasoning behind them.
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  • I don't have that information readily available to quantify the positive impact. However, I will say that I've found a lot of good prospects via RainKing to target my outreach efforts to. I definitely feel like the product pays for itself.
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ScreenShots

HG Insights Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of the welcome screen.Screenshot of the HG Insights Opportunity Generator.Screenshot of HG Insights' Market Analyzer, used to interactively explore and act on your total addressable market, competitive dynamics, and whitespace with speed and confidence.