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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hustle

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AHustle, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their mobile marketing platform emphasizing peer to peer texting and event or cause promotion. The platform is for higher ed, labor and non-profit, political causes, and also enterprises carrying out marketing efforts.N/A

    ManyChat

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AManyChat headquartered in San Francisco provides their chatbot building platform to deploy Facebook messenger chatbots for support and service.

    $10

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    HustleManyChat
    Editions & Modules
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    500 Subscribers
    $10.00
    per month
    1,000 Subscribers
    $15.00
    per month
    2,500 Subscribers
    $25.00
    per month
    5,000 Subscribers
    $45.00
    per month
    10,000 Subscribers
    $65.00
    per month
    15,000 Subscribers
    $95.00
    per month
    20,000 Subscribers
    $125.00
    per month
    25,000 Subscribers
    $145.00
    per month
    25,001+ Subscribers
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    HustleManyChat
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    HustleManyChat
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    Hustle
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    Key User Insights
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    HustleManyChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HustleManyChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hustle
    Hustle is best suited for messages that require a response, like Yes/No for RSVP or asking if they need more info about a topic. We use Hustle to communicate with students in higher education to inform them about important information like upcoming payment deadlines or to encourage attendance at events like orientation.
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    ManyChat
    I found that ManyChat is a strong tool when receiving incoming messages, being able to create a tree of potential responses based on options given to the initiator. There is also a huge potential for complex automation (as long as the environment required by Facebook in order to send outgoing messages is maintained).
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    Pros
    Hustle
    • Personalized texting at scale.
    • Scrubbing numbers for cell phones with 99% accuracy.
    • Sends alerts so you never miss a notification.
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    ManyChat
    • Collect email and phone number easily
    • provide 24/7 customer support to your customers
    • More than one ways for people to opt into your bot
    • great way to provide offers and sales to your subscribers via messenger
    • Great to build a relationship with your followers on Instagram
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    Cons
    Hustle
    • This is one of the more expensive options available
    • Wish there was more data to report on
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    ManyChat
    • Honestly, the only thing I don't like about ManyChat is their support. It seems to be almost non existent. However, that concern is negated by having a fantastic user base that helps each other out on Facebook.
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    Usability
    Hustle
    No answers on this topic
    ManyChat
    ManyChat is a great tool, provides loads of features, integrations and just saves you a whole load of time once all set up. If you aren't tech-savvy or used to how digital marketing tools work, it can appear complicated. That's how I felt initially 2 years ago, and after watching tutorials online I had a better understanding of it. This is why I rated it a 7, as it's not a tool that you can just play around with and guess how it works. There's definitely a learning curve with it so I recommend doing the free training and watching video tutorials.
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    Support Rating
    Hustle
    Amazing support staff. Whether you have a dedicated contact or just help from their support channel, they help clear issues very quickly.
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    ManyChat
    There is room for improvement but frankly, we haven't had the need to request for support. Everything is pretty easy to setup and there are very useful video explanation guides and walkthroughs on ManyChat's YouTube channel. The only challenge we have had was to integrate it with Zapier, it's a bit tricky because you need to do a setup workaround first, but nothing too complicated.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hustle
    We have also used RAVE and Google Voice to send text massages. RAVE does not allow for one-to-one communication with recipients an Google Voice does not let you easily communicate with list of contacts and lacks the interface for canned responses. Neither provides the quality reporting that is available in Hustle.
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    ManyChat
    I've worked in the past with Chatfuel. However, I decided to switch to ManyChat due to a variety of reasons. Overall, ManyChat offers much more functionality out of the box (e.g., Facebook comments tool), sequence builders are much more intuitive. Also, they provide flexible pay as you go pricing plan, which is perfect for a startup like us.
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    Return on Investment
    Hustle
    • It has helped us get in front of new prospects easier.
    • It has improved communication with current customers.
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    ManyChat
    • For the intended application, we experienced a negative ROI due to the inconsistency in the ability to maintain the automation without incoming responses. Since it is a free service that was meant to lead to paid services organically, the inconsistencies prevented the desired outcome.
    • We did experience a higher conversion rate with basic incoming messages with questions about services or products due to the ability to have pre-created responses and direction immediately supporting the prospect.
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