Image Relay vs. Salesforce CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Image Relay Marketing Delivery keeps digital assets and product information in one place with the goal of supporting fast, seamless creation and delivery.N/A
Salesforce CMS
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Personalization (formerly Salesforce CMS) is a hybrid CMS allowing users to author content once and deliver it anywhere, in or out of Salesforce. Users create content, define content access, and define channels so they can share content and limit access to appropriate contributors. For an experience built with Salesforce, users can choose from two of the company's “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” (WYSIWYG) tools: Experience Builder and Commerce Page Designer. If the user…N/A
Pricing
Image RelaySalesforce CMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Image RelaySalesforce CMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Image RelaySalesforce CMS
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Image Relay
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Ratings
Salesforce CMS
8.5
23 Ratings
6% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.523 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Image Relay
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Ratings
Salesforce CMS
8.5
22 Ratings
10% above category average
API00 Ratings8.522 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Image Relay
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Ratings
Salesforce CMS
8.4
19 Ratings
10% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings8.515 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Image Relay
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Ratings
Salesforce CMS
8.5
19 Ratings
15% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.617 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
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Image RelaySalesforce CMS
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MediaValet
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Image RelaySalesforce CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(28 ratings)
9.6
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(28 ratings)
7.1
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
7.9
(28 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Image RelaySalesforce CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
Image Relay
Image Relay is intelligently designed for any marketer, especially if your products require a library of images and video and especially if you feel like your team could use some quality onboarding to make sure everything is set up right and to make sure your team is equipped to use the software effectively. Specifically speaking, since we have so many products and we're building a bigger direct relationship with customers, it was important that we have an easy way to store and access assets that can represent those products and resonate with potential customers. Image Relay also made it really easy to group assets for sharing with influencers and other marketing partners. Dropbox and Google Drive may have their place and their functionalities that set them apart, so it's important to not look at Image Relay like one of those older document services storage spaces — though those companies could learn a lot from how Image Relay helps marketers enrich their assets and store them smartly.
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Salesforce
Salesforce CMS is well suited for anything sales. If you need information on an account, want to touch your old accounts, need to get a better idea of ownership by vertical, or want to estimate revenue from your pipeline, it is very A-OK. We use Salesforce to open, close, and study prospects to later convert them into closed deals. There is a section for notes to detail about each and every account. You can add contacts in, complete with their title, email, cell phones, and other additional info, and since our program is sync'ed up with Outreach.io you can make an immediate call from the Salesforce page. It's a must if you are growing your company and want to stay organized within multiple departments.
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Pros
Image Relay
  • Enables us to organize a large number of files in an easy-to-use format
  • Keeps our files safe. Much of the work we do is private until our partners approve of our marketing going public so file security is critical to our operation.
  • Image Relay makes it easy for our team to track and access a wide range of files - especially photos and contracts.
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Salesforce
  • Easy to use, just like Salesforce's other products. Many users can sit down and figure it out in no time, and with a little training become power users.
  • Fast and secure - Salesforce is a leader in the cloud world so you get consistently fast results and security that is top notch in the industry.
  • Accessible from anywhere - if you use cloud CMS already this is a no-brainer, but for those that do in-house CMS still, this is a major difference. Mobile access from anywhere on the planet without a VPN is something you just can't do without the cloud.
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Cons
Image Relay
  • The AI tagging terms are too generic to really be helpful to us.
  • When we did our initial upload the system couldn't pull in old dates, so everything has a date of the day it was uploaded. It will be a while before searching by "most recent" works properly.
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Salesforce
  • Platform is so robust it can be overwhelming when starting a report from scratch
  • Key words in the Search column have to be fairly specific
  • Lot's of training is Salesforce Trailhead that it can be a bit daunting to decide what to learn about that is applicable to our organization
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Likelihood to Renew
Image Relay
I believe once all of our staff see how efficient Image Relay is in managing our digital assets, there will be no question that the cost vs. value will mandate continued use moving forward. It literally will pay for itself in saved staff time, I believe.
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Salesforce
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Usability
Image Relay
Image Relay is very straightforward. The experience and interface mimic things were all used to using so it makes it very easy to learn and use. They didn't try to reinvent the wheel by making a fancy tool, they just made something that works and does exactly what you need it to do. They also have an awesome team that is quick to help and answer any questions along the way.
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Salesforce
It's super awkward if you aren't familiar with it. I have several years' experience in both my organization's salesforce as well as others and there are still things that trip me up. I think Salesforce can get to a point where it's TOO bloated with all this information, all these integrations, what-have-you, that it can be difficult to find what you need in a timely manner or it creates a hiccup in workflows that you then have to work around. On the other hand, once these issues are identified, there is the possibility to manipulate Salesforce into creating automated workarounds. So, at least it allows for that. I think it's an issue of having so many options for bolt-ons that you start to lose perspective and functionality. You tend to lose focus on usability for users.
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Support Rating
Image Relay
Amazing. We are having a quick call once a week to be sure we are right on track. They answer all our questions right away and if they are missing something they will just find the answer and get back to us as fast as possible. There is no need to look elsewhere!
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Salesforce
I'm not sure - we have hired a person/team that are Salesforce Admin so when I have a question or need support I go in-house. But, I know Salesforce has incredible L+D and trainings available for free to help users develop in their skillsets.
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Implementation Rating
Image Relay
The Image Relay team was very helpful in guiding us through the process. Excellent customer service and guidance.
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Salesforce
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Alternatives Considered
Image Relay
We were using our in-house storage NAS system and Backup on DVD and hard drive. The issue is that we lost a lot of data by it either crashing or becoming unreadable. And it's very difficult to organize and share data. To share data we were using WeTransfer, but the issue is that the link expired in 7 days.
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Salesforce
Salesforce has a wide variety of services and its user interface was easy to understand and use. Our teams [thought] Salesforce to be better. When we were comparing the features as per our Marketing and Branding teams needs and uses, Salesforce came out on the top.
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Return on Investment
Image Relay
  • Image Relay has only offered positive impacts for me. The search function is great when used properly — our photographers can input tons of metadata that is later used to find certain teams or players within the website.
  • I don't mind having duplicates in the system as long as they are in places they need to be, but Image Relay does tell you when you've uploaded something multiple times which could be helpful to others.
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Salesforce
  • It helps us to keep track of any potential conflicts between sales organizations.
  • It allows us to have robust reporting for every sales team and the overall organization.
  • It gives us a solid platform for our day-to-day work rather than using multiple software.
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