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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ignition

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIgnition is a platform for professional services that automates and optimizes proposals, client agreements, billing and payment collection to put an end to late payments, unbilled work and mundane repetitive admin.

    $49

    per month

    Scratchpad

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AScratchpad is a productivity tool for account executives, built for sales to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and daily todos. The software can be installed as a Google Chrome plugin or as a web application. It connects to Salesforce and provides an interface where sales professionals can keep all their notes, process workflows, spreadsheets, and tasks. Co-founders Pouyan Salehi and Cyrus Karbassiyoon started the company in San Francisco, California in 2019.

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    Pricing
    IgnitionScratchpad
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $49
    per month
    Core
    $149
    per month
    Pro
    $249
    per month
    Pro+
    $499
    per month
    Free
    $0
    user / month *up to five users per company
    Premium
    $19
    per user / month (billed annually)
    Team
    $39
    user / month (billed annually)
    Business
    Custom pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IgnitionScratchpad
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.—
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    IgnitionScratchpad
    Proposal Creation & Organization
    Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Ignition and Scratchpad
    Feature
    Ignition
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Scratchpad
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    Ratings
    Proposal branding8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal templates9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal content library updates9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Searchable proposal database9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
    Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Ignition and Scratchpad
    Feature
    Ignition
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Scratchpad
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    Ratings
    Proposal collaboration & approval8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    User permissions/proposal editing controls7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales proposal workflow10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal automation user interface8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal Delivery
    Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Ignition and Scratchpad
    Feature
    Ignition
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Scratchpad
    -
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    Proposal distribution9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive proposals8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal content tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IgnitionScratchpad
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
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    9.5
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    User Testimonials
    IgnitionScratchpad
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ignition
    Ignition (initially called Practice Ignition) performs quite well at proposal building, contract development, tracking and invoicing, payment and collections. The only issues where I see Ignition not being a good fit is in smaller firms that require a more feature rich plan. A perfect example is a solo firm has a limited number of proposals they can activate, and would have to spend extra for additional features like multiple e-signatures.
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    Frankly, if I can do something in Scratchpad instead of Salesforce, I prefer Scratchpad because it's faster, easier, simpler, with a much more readable and useable interface. Salesforce has been getting requests to allow font size modification for over a decade and hasn't even done that. That's what sent me looking for something like Scratchpad. I sort of view it as a much more user-friendly UI to layover SF. It's faster and less frustrating than SF for frequent daily activities. It's great for creating notes and tracking tasks at a basic level in a much more user friendly environment than Salesforce. But it interacts w/ SF, which is great!
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    Pros
    Ignition
    • Automatic Payments: You set up a proposal to collect payments once and you don't have to worry about bugging the client for payment every month.
    • Amazing support: I have always received answers from the support team within the same day. They are very patient and understanding.
    • Integrates with Xero: It integrates with our accounting software, making reporting faster.
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    • Scratchpad notes are super easy to use and link to Salesforce Opportunities.
    • Allows you to update all the necessary Salesforce opportunity fields without going into Salesforce.
    • Easy to use Task manager that helps you stay on track through the day.
    • Extremely easy to use and their CS team is always willing to provide training and help.
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    Cons
    Ignition
    • The charge back process is messy and not transparent enough. When there is a charge back, PI deducts the amount from other payments settling on the same day, and does not provide a break down of the amounts. This makes it impossible to track without getting help from support.
    • PI should send email alerts monthly (or at some interval determined by user) for expiring engagements.
    • PI should allow the client to make service selections -- we should be able to offer 2 or 3 options under a service offering, and the client chooses and sees the impact on monthly/annual pricing.
    • PI should allow for more than 2 templates (Business and Individual).
    • PI should integrate with Jet Pack Workflow to automate the creation of new jobs once a proposal is approved.
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    • When pulling in Salesforce reports, it doesn't have full ability to do grouping/sorting.
    • When looking at pipeline view there's not an ability to expand the default view to see more than 5 people per group.
    • It'd be nice if comments would go as a task rather than a buzz.
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    Usability
    Ignition
    The Ignition product is quite usable for the average user. The app has preloaded templates that can get even new-hires to navigate the software and set up proposals. The only area where I see the Ignition product lacking is the additional fees smaller firms may have to pay to get the full feature advantages of the product.
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    So intuitive and user friendly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ignition
    You aren't able to customize the design of the proposal, but it surpases everything we have ever tried. It's easy to use and quick to learn.
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    It doesn't. Scratchpad is more agile and much easier to use as a seller managing a large patch with lots of opportunities. SAP is robust but is far more complicated and involves a lot more inputs to get the same outputs that you can get with Scratchpad in half the time and effort.
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    Return on Investment
    Ignition
    • We have reduced our A/R by 60% and expect to completely eliminate A/R by the end of this year.
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    • I save many hours a week using Scratchpad to simply manage my tasks.
    • I no longer waste time waiting for SFDC to load.
    • I can easily create opps, adjust the pipeline, and check to see if someone is already prospecting into an account.
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