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    InsideSales Playbooks

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AInsideSales Playbooks (formerly XANT Playbooks) aims to help SDRs and AEs quickly build closeable pipeline, by helping salespeople get a hold of more of the right people. InsideSales.com uses their A.I.-platform called Neuralytics to target likely buyers combined with their cadence engine to help sales reps consistently engage all of their prospects in a personalized way. Just like Waze from Google helps drivers get to their destination quickly based on the data from other drivers,…N/A

    Surfe

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASurfe is a lead gen tool used to add contacts, manage deals and pipelines straight from LinkedIn, and move this data into a CRM. Without tab-switching or manual data entry, Surf makes CRM fields accessible on LinkedIn, and users can input information, create new fields, and edit existing ones, while syncing this to a connected CRM in real-time. Surfe also helps users to save time by adding prospects from LinkedIn with a click of a button directly from their profile, and it does that without…

    $23

    per year per seat

    Pricing
    InsideSales PlaybooksSurfe
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    Basic
    $23
    per year per seat
    Professional
    $29
    per year per seat
    Business
    $59
    per year per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    InsideSales PlaybooksSurfe
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices are for annual subscriptions. Monthly subscriptions are available. No credit card is needed for the trial and free.
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    User Ratings
    InsideSales PlaybooksSurfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (128 ratings)
    10.0
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    Usability
    9.0
    (102 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    InsideSales PlaybooksSurfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    It is well suited for any sales department, to try to get ahold of the person you are trying to get ahold of. Playbooks has increased the number of decision makers that I can get ahold of on a day to day basis. This tool would probably be less suited for people that do not have calls to make outside of the company.
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    Surfe
    Surfe is really a great help/support for our marketing and data team. It saves plenty of time and manual work. We are totally happy with the product and also setup was done in 5 Min.
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • Playbooks does a great job of letting reps know when phone numbers are not a working number.
    • Playbooks does a great job being able to be tailored to your specific organization or business.
    • Playbooks does a great job of having a very friendly user experience.
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    Surfe
    • Easy to set up in both directions
    • Getting account data out of LinkedIn
    • Searching for Contact options, i.e. E-Mail and phone
    • Getting Company Data out of LinkedIn
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • The ability to filter specific plays or pieces of information so that it's more user-friendly for the overall organization. Essentially, more room to customize the organization of accounts and how you're working them.
    • The initial onboarding process of accounts results in high levels of tasks - the ability to break these down in an easier way to help with time management would be helpful.
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    Surfe
    • After installing the Chrome Plugin, LinkedIn is a bit slower than before
    • Pricing is okay, but import from Sales Navigator should be included in the Basic Package
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    Usability
    Aurea
    It only took a day to get comfortable with Playbooks. The ease of use and overall usability is fantastic in the sense that it's pretty straightforward once you get enough repetitions in the tool. I also like all of the videos and resources available if support is needed
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    Surfe
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
    The Insidesales Playbooks is by far more intuitive and organized than other programs I have used in the past. Unfortunately I have not had experience with other products that are available out there. I would hope we will see more improvements from the ISDC tool as we all use it more and provide feedback
    Incentivized
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    Surfe
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • 100's of hours back in our week due to Salesforce Integration!
    • We have more clients answering the phone due to creative caller ID solutions.
    • We can standardize our messaging by partnering with Marketing to help build plays and auto-enroll certain contacts based on messaging.
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    Surfe
    • Saves time in research
    • Getting data and helping to build a database out of a paid platform
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    ScreenShots

    InsideSales Playbooks Screenshots

    Screenshot of Playbooks DashboardScreenshot of Editing a RecordScreenshot of Creating an EmailScreenshot of Adding NotesScreenshot of Scheduling a CallScreenshot of Viewing Task List

    Surfe Screenshots

    Screenshot of Adds contacts to a CRM, and exports whole SalesNav contact lists in one go to save time.Screenshot of Finds emails and edit CRM fields. Automatically sources verified emails, and keep contacts updated.Screenshot of Syncs messages with a CRM, and offers reuseable personalized message templates on LinkedIn.Screenshot of Deal management and pipeline access from LinkedIn, with a side panel to create and configure deals.Screenshot of Keeps contacts updated, and sends notifications when someone in the associated CRM changes their position & company.Screenshot of Task creator, to keep track of a to-do list by creating tasks as reminders for specific CRM records