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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HubSpot Content Hub

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AHubspot Content Hub is used to take control of content assets. The unified platform is used to manage, update, and distribute content from a central location, ensuring everyone has access to the most up-to-date and relevant materials.

    $20

    per month

    OutboundEngine

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOutboundEngine provides a hands-off way for small business owners to market and grow their business. The product aims to provide small businesses with what big companies have achieved with marketing automation. The service aims to help users keep in touch with clients and prospects with professionally designed, branded campaigns. Benefits include: driving engagement, surfacing warm leads from current contacts, generating referrals and repeat business from their existing contacts, social…

    $199

    per user

    Pricing
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $20
    per month per seat
    Content Hub Professional
    $500
    per month 3 seats included, $50 for each additional seat
    Content Hub Enterprise
    $1500
    per month 5 seats included, $75 for each additional seat
    Essential
    $199
    per user
    Value
    $299
    per user
    Premium
    $499
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$99 per user
    Additional DetailsAnnual commitment required. A discount is offered for annual billing.More information is available on the vendor's website.
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    Community Pulse
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Considered Both Products
    HubSpot
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    82%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    Features
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of HubSpot Content Hub and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    HubSpot Content Hub
    -
    Ratings
    OutboundEngine
    5.9
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.643 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings3.050 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings6.044 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of HubSpot Content Hub and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    HubSpot Content Hub
    -
    Ratings
    OutboundEngine
    5.3
    38 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings5.338 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of HubSpot Content Hub and OutboundEngine
    Feature
    HubSpot Content Hub
    -
    Ratings
    OutboundEngine
    10.0
    48 Ratings
    36% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Small Businesses
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
    HighLevel
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    LocaliQ
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (61 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (24 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HubSpot Content HubOutboundEngine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HubSpot
    If you want all your marketing activities to be in one place, where your CRM and customer data exist, go for Hubspot's entire suite, which could include CMS, depending on your needs. If you have to create a company blog, marketing landing pages for events or lead generation, or send decently designed newsletters, Hubspot does the job well. Any company that has grown to enterprise level or has fragmented marketing should probably not use Hubspot CMS because of the fragmented activities that might occur. Hubspot's reporting can also break. Also, if you want your designed pages to be very creative with many animations, Hubspot CMS is probably not the way to go. But for anyone who is still finding their footing, go for it.
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    Elm Street Technology
    OutboundEngine does a referral campaign and I've been able to close a couple of deals based on getting in touch with people who engage with this campaign and state they could use my services in the next 6 months. This is a great follow up tool for those you may or may not know are going to be needing your services.
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    Pros
    HubSpot
    • Asset control is super easy if your willing to create folder structures that make sense
    • Drag and drop building elements are great, even if you create custom blocks
    • control of domains and how they link into your main system is super easy
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    Elm Street Technology
    • The content that they generate to send to our clients is relevant and the clients want to engage with us. It makes us appear more professional and consistent, even though we are a smaller company.
    • It helps us stay in touch with clients and helps us stay top of mind. We are able to generate more new business leads if we are in consistent contact with current, former, and potential clients.
    • Their customer service and support is outstanding. All my questions were answered and I went into the program feeling confident and knowledgeable.
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    Cons
    HubSpot
    • Although you can integrate it with Google Analytics, there is still a significant difference between what each tells you about [a] number of visitors to a given page, etc.
    • There's a lot to the program and it's not always intuitive where to go for a feature. Though the help center and academy are good and usually have the answers, having to look things up isn't.
    • It's expensive.
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    Elm Street Technology
    • I do not like the use of drawings to attract new customers, and they have ignored my requests to eliminate that for my personal emails.
    • I do not like it when a competitor in my immediate market has the same posts. It cheapens the service or makes it appear that I am simply sharing another's post.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HubSpot
    I don't think we justify the amount of usage we have of CMS Hub professional. We might discontinue it to save some bucks. But if we ever need an extensive solution, we'll come back to it, as we already other products of Hubspot (Sales Hub, Reporting, Automations)
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    Elm Street Technology
    The biggest issue is poor ROI. The second biggest issue is rigid customer service process, lack of a sense of urgency, and inability to reach out to upper management with issues.
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    Usability
    HubSpot
    HubSpot CMS HUB is well-rounded and brings a robust list of capabilities while maintaining an ease-of-use that beginners can engage. HubSpot is by far the best at doing this among the half-dozen or so CMS platforms I've used in my 20+ years experience. It turns glorified business card websites into purposeful marketing machines that become a key part of a marketing strategy rather than a complicated and frustrating mess.
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    Elm Street Technology
    Overall, OutboundEngine is very user friendly. It is simple to set up and explore, and if there are any issues or questions, the customer service team and account managers are always available to help. They are very knowledgeable and were able to explain everything in detail to me. The program is easy to navigate and helps me stay organized, and an uncomplicated and straightforward solution was exactly what I was looking for
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    Reliability and Availability
    HubSpot
    As of now we didn't face any application errors and unplanned outages.
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    Elm Street Technology
    I haven't had to contact Outbound Engine because I haven't had any application errors or unplanned outages. I basically have had such a trouble free experience with them that I haven't had to call. Everything is automated and I get a notice to review every isse. I suppose if I personalized the newsletter a bit more and added some of my own articles, I would need to contact them, (which I should really start to do) but so far things have been so on point, I haven't felt the need.
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    Performance
    HubSpot
    Yes the pages load fastly and this tool is pretty good in integration with other tools like zapier, calendly and so on.
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    Elm Street Technology
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    HubSpot
    They are always there to help in any way possible. Our account manager works out any situations we may encounter during business hours
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    Elm Street Technology
    The customer service was excellent! Everyone I spoke to was kind and knowledgeable. My account manager was easily reachable. Setup of the OutboundEngine program was explained really thoroughly, and we knew how we could best use the product to meet the needs of our clients and get our online and social media presence off the ground.
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    Online Training
    HubSpot
    Pretty easy and resources available at fingertips.
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    Elm Street Technology
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    Implementation Rating
    HubSpot
    Yes, recreation of landing pages, forms and email templates.
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    Elm Street Technology
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    Alternatives Considered
    HubSpot
    We have about 10 seats that were needed. Wanted a sales platform that had good status and reputation. HubSpot was the best choice for me given Salesforce not being the best in the past. Price was appealing and our team liked the overlay. Other options do not provide the same ability with data
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    Elm Street Technology
    I selected it for the ability to have an automated system do 3 things all at once, social media posts, emails and the instant communication with the chat box. I have never seen a chat come through that lead to a helpful client touchpoint. I have never used another product but have since begun to weigh some of the less expensive options.
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    Scalability
    HubSpot
    Because it aligns with our goals and streamlined all the hubspot at one place.
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    Elm Street Technology
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    HubSpot
    • When I was using it I couldn't see the direct return on investment since I was only seeing web development.
    • Practicality when creating articles and content
    • Efficiency when creating landing pages, basically content and interactions, but no return on investment in money.
    • Cuando lo estuve usando no pude ver el retorno de inversión directa ya que solo veía desarrollo web
    • Practicidad al momento de crear artículos y contenido
    • Eficiencia al momento de crear landings, basicamente contenido e interacciones pero no retorno de inversion en dinero
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    Elm Street Technology
    • One client identified how one article I sent that he read saved him from having to replace his entire AC system.
    • One client actually thought I was sending this to him personally because I valued him
    • One of the above transacted with me twice for over $3M in sales
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Automated Social Media MarketingScreenshot of A personalized snapshot of your account activity and warmest leads.Screenshot of Personally designed, tested, and automated emails