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    Insocial - Feedback Solutions

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMeasure moments that matter Insocial provides multiple ways of gathering feedback via different survey skins (surveys designed for any device) and invite methods across different channels (such as email, SMS, livechat, social media and even chatbots. With business rules and a connection to a CRM system, users can decide exactly when a customer should receive a survey from an organisation, to keep the frequency low and the quality of feedback high. Gain actionable…N/A

    Podium

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APodium, formerly Repdrive, is a ratings and review management platform from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah.N/A
    Pricing
    Insocial - Feedback SolutionsPodium
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices are based on the amount of the different touchpoints, channels and locations you want to measure.—
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    Community Pulse
    Insocial - Feedback SolutionsPodium
    Considered Both Products
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
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    Podium
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    58%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    52%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    59%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Insocial - Feedback SolutionsPodium
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Insocial - Feedback Solutions and Podium
    Feature
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Themes10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Insocial - Feedback Solutions and Podium
    Feature
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Podium
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    Ratings
    Changes to live survey10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Question design help7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple question types8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Insocial - Feedback Solutions and Podium
    Feature
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Insocial - Feedback Solutions and Podium
    Feature
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Podium
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    Ratings
    Response tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data export10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Insocial - Feedback Solutions and Podium
    Feature
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Podium
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    Respondent restrictions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Insocial - Feedback SolutionsPodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Insocial - Feedback SolutionsPodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    We are an international organization that operates in multiple geographies and for us the solution works quite well. Insocial - Feedback Solutions itself is still a relatively small organization, but that has actually not been an issue at all. They're very flexible and helpful as a supplier. There was a close cultural fit between our 2 organizations, which made it into a success. If you are looking for a solution and partner to capture recurring customer sentiment and measure things like NPS, NLS, CSAT, CES and open feedback by using short and concise surveys that also drill down on those scores Insocial - Feedback Solutions can be a great fit.
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    Podium
    Podium is well suited for several types of businesses. If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, Podium would be a great way for you to ask that customers leave you a review online sharing their awesome experience. For medium to large businesses, Podium review invites can be automated through the company's customer management system, allowing the use of Podium to be simple and not timely, even with a large customer base. It may not be appropriate for a large company to manually send out individual review invites
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    Pros
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    • Great customer / end user experience. Nice Look & feel
    • Excellent customer service and support
    • Continuously working on improvements based on customer feedback
    • Nice reporting
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    Podium
    • Maintains conversations indefinitely, so we are able to go back to confirm details from conversations.
    • Provides the ability for our company to have a 'team' messaging platform where we can communicate with one another via single person to a single person, groups where we can add/subtract members of the group... this is invaluable to our organization.
    • Until today(!), we could 'share' or forward a message to one another; oddly, that feature disappeared just today, so I'm hoping it's a glitch!
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    Cons
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    • Survey creation could be easier, although as a customer I did not really feel this pain as our CSM [...] fully unburdoned us
    • I had some comments about the closed loop feedback process and email notification look&feel, however they've already addressed this feedback in the last year with product updates.
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    Podium
    • Account manager communications: I had been asking my Podium account manager for integration with our CRM tool for over 8 months before my account manager fell silent. After another 6 months, I proactively reached out only to find out that the integration had been in Beta for months and 8 other companies had already integrated. It was frustrating that my account manager did not remember a key request and make the Beta available to me the minute that it was open.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
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    Podium
    Again, Podium has been so wonderful in the year and a half we have been using it, we are able to integrate it with our CRM and use alot of the available features. The most helpful has been getting TONS of reviews on MULTIPLE sites through Podium!
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    Usability
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    In general it is a very intuitive platform that does not require much training to start working with. Especially for reporting users that are focussed on the results and insights. The CSM team and support department are also very helpful in case you do run into any questions.
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    Podium
    While giving our clients the ability to leave a review was there, we had much worse results and got fewer reviews through the Podium portal than we did by sending our clients simple email requests, or simply having our service staff ask for a review while still on the clients' job sites.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
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    Podium
    We haven't had any outages or issues whenever we need it over the last few years of use
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    Performance
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
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    Podium
    It moves quickly and has no issues with delays. Performance is good as it is a web-based tool
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    Support Rating
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    I have to send an email to get information. They have a chat system but I end up having to go through my rep for account questions. It was a little frustrating to not have a direct phone number to call with questions. I would like to see a helpline added.
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    Implementation Rating
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
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    Podium
    We only had a hard time getting our technicians to remember to send the review invites.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    There are multiple solutions that offer similar things. In the end the cutural fit with the vendor made the difference. As a foundation for future collaboration this felt as the best choice and it has proven to be a great choice since. Developments in the product have proven to be fast and based on our feedback, which makes for a great partnership and experience.
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    Podium
    We use Digital Air Strike at our two GM dealerships because it is one of a small list of reputation management companies authorized by GM as part of their SFE program. Digital Air Strike surveys our customers and invites them to write a review about our dealership. It is not as effective or flexible as Podium so we have been using Podium at those dealerships alongside Digital Air Strike. We also recently started a trial use of ReplyPro which is a service that monitors review sites and writes customized responses to positive reviews and suggested responses to negative reviews. I'd like to see Podium add this as part of their service so we can consolidate 3rd party vendors and manage every aspect of online reputation management from one place.
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    Scalability
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    Podium
    Its easy to scale to different departments as needed. We initially began using it to solve one problem and as new features became available it was easy to scale this and include other departments who could benefit from its tools
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    Return on Investment
    Insocial - Feedback Solutions
    • We have been able to track an upward trend in our global NPS where we could not do this before.
    • We now have more insights on amazing CSAT scores on our services, which also increase Employee Experience
    • We have been enabled to act more directly on customer feedback that drives customer satisfaction and sales or prevents churn
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    Podium
    • I am glad there are card readers now, sales team members too often try to just send a request instead of taking payment onsite.
    • It's made capturing messaging leads much easier.
    • It's worth the cost but if it did a few more things it would be worth a lot more to us. Document signatures, surveying after jobs, even geotagging of photos/reviews for SEO
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