InboundWriter is a relatively focused content marketing tool containing predictive analytics, suggestions, and authoring guidelines for content optimization. InboundWriter has been backed by about $2.5 million in venture capital since its inception in 2011.
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Sage CRM
Score 8.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Sage CRM is an SMB-oriented CRM platform offered in both SaaS and on-premise editions. Unlike the Sage SalesLogix product, the SaaS version is a true multi-tenant offering.
The platform offers excellent integration with Sage ERP and accounting products. It is also a good global solution and is available in many languages and is used by over 12,000 customers worldwide, with many customers in Europe.
$33
per month
Pricing
InboundWriter
Sage CRM
Editions & Modules
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Sage CRM (cloud)
$45
Per User per Month
Sage CRM (on premise)
Lifetime License per Seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
InboundWriter
Sage CRM
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Tiered pricing is available for multiple users.
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Features
InboundWriter
Sage CRM
Content Creation
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InboundWriter
8.5
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Sage CRM
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Ideation
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Approval workflows
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content collaboration
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content calendar
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content Publishing
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InboundWriter
8.8
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Sage CRM
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Content hub
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Forms / Gated content
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Embedded CTAs
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content distribution
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content promotion
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content automation
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
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InboundWriter
8.2
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Sage CRM
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Audience profiling and targeting
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Closed-loop tracking and reporting
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content performance analytics
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Competitive analytics
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
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InboundWriter
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Ratings
Sage CRM
8.8
17 Ratings
12% above category average
Customer data management / contact management
00 Ratings
9.017 Ratings
Workflow management
00 Ratings
8.616 Ratings
Territory management
00 Ratings
8.517 Ratings
Opportunity management
00 Ratings
8.917 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
00 Ratings
9.016 Ratings
Contract management
00 Ratings
8.614 Ratings
Quote & order management
00 Ratings
9.016 Ratings
Interaction tracking
00 Ratings
9.216 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
00 Ratings
8.716 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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InboundWriter
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Sage CRM
8.1
16 Ratings
6% above category average
Case management
00 Ratings
8.016 Ratings
Call center management
00 Ratings
8.215 Ratings
Help desk management
00 Ratings
8.214 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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Sage CRM
8.7
16 Ratings
12% above category average
Lead management
00 Ratings
8.816 Ratings
Email marketing
00 Ratings
8.715 Ratings
CRM Project Management
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InboundWriter
-
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Sage CRM
9.0
17 Ratings
16% above category average
Task management
00 Ratings
9.016 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
00 Ratings
9.015 Ratings
Reporting
00 Ratings
9.113 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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Sage CRM
8.6
17 Ratings
12% above category average
Forecasting
00 Ratings
8.716 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
00 Ratings
8.416 Ratings
Customizable reports
00 Ratings
8.717 Ratings
Customization
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Sage CRM
8.6
17 Ratings
12% above category average
Custom fields
00 Ratings
8.517 Ratings
Custom objects
00 Ratings
8.516 Ratings
Scripting environment
00 Ratings
9.016 Ratings
API for custom integration
00 Ratings
8.314 Ratings
Security
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Sage CRM
8.7
17 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability
00 Ratings
8.717 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
00 Ratings
8.813 Ratings
Social CRM
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InboundWriter
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Ratings
Sage CRM
9.4
13 Ratings
24% above category average
Social data
00 Ratings
9.513 Ratings
Social engagement
00 Ratings
9.313 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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Sage CRM
9.0
14 Ratings
19% above category average
Marketing automation
00 Ratings
9.114 Ratings
Compensation management
00 Ratings
8.912 Ratings
Platform
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I think most users have found that InboundWriter is every bit worth what you pay for it. At a freemium model, it's affordable and helpful in analyzing your posts for SEO direction. It is particularly well suited for getting focused terms on specific topics, and less on more general terms.
as it is a very flexible software that can be adapted to any business model, other functions human resource management, manufacturing and supply chain planning, all these functions are housed in a highly technological interface. I liked this system because it made automating accounts payable so much easier.the control of the basic accounting of any type of company
When in client profile, it is very intuitive, allowing you to easily transcribe notes in the clients profile.
Sage allows 3rd party plugins, so if you utilize a particular phone services or would like to import something as simple as google drive, its compatible.
Reliance on Apache Tomcat causes a lot of headaches. There are common issues trying to start up the server, resulting from Apache Tomcat misconfigurations, or Java. Some forum posts on Sage City address common issues, but digging into server logs seems to be an often occurrence.
Support is somewhat lacking, less user install base means error messages are sometimes hard to find quick answers for. Most of the knowledge found on the internet is in the Sage City forum.
Integration with Microsoft 365 causes you to have to turn off some security features. This will result in your 365 tenants running lower security standards than recommended, it may put you at risk for targeted attacks.
There are really no other words to say, it is a very easy to use application that is more straightforward and has provided better results with the bulk of features that appeal to a very broad amount of users. There may be other CRM platforms out there that are more prevalent, but I have found them to be much more clunky and less intuitive than Sage CRM.
Excellent integration with the most important social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter) to get leads. The mobile app is quite useful for speeding up the tasks at hand and not relying on the computer or being in the office to get them done.
Sage works very quickly based on the network you are using it on. It is internet based so if your network is slow, it will perform slowly. Reports seem to run reasonably fast, if there is too much information it is trying to populate that could slow it down a little. When Sage CRM is integrated with a Sage ERP product it doesn't tend to slow down either system at all
The InboundWriter support is certainly sufficient for the type of troubleshooting you may encounter when using the tool. There are chats and forums available with best practices or knowledge share. For bigger issues, even WordPress can serve as a support system for getting to the answer quickly. Luckily, you're more likely to find that it is a very intuitive tool that is easy to use.
Support team is really slow and they need to work on this really. Sometimes it takes days to resolve a simple query and there is no way to get it expedited. Rest the product is is amazing but the team should look into the costumer support and get it working
The implementation and upgrades were rather quick and straight forward. Attempting to link Sage CRM with Sage 100 ERP however was a nightmare and will be avoided by us in the future due to numerous issues.
While Yoast is also very useful as a free WordPress plugin that helps up your SEO game, where it stops at just providing direction for your meta data, like titles and descriptions, InboundWriter takes your search engine reach a bit further and helps you create relevant content for your industry that targets the right keywords and topics.
Whilst SAGE CRM was selected around 10 years ago and we became a partner, the main contenders would have been at the time Sales Logix and MS CRM 4.0. However, we had extensive experience of the mid-market CRM's and decided on SAGE CRM since it had a clean, easy to understand interface and importantly offered both workflow automation and Self Service capability, all of which across both the Case and Sales and Marketing functionality was seamless and saved time. As it was pure browser based, access was from anywhere we wanted. In my view, SAGE CRM still stacks up well against all the other mid-market CRM systems and offers good value for money, but more importantly, it is an easy to operate and customisable solution which user like. Again, we can teach administration users very quickly to support and customise themselves since the admin. function are clear as well.