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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ion Interactive

    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Ion is an enterprise-grade content experience platform that empowers modern marketers and designers to create no-code interactive content experiences integrated with their CRM or marketing automation tools.N/A

    UserGems

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AUserGems is a pipeline generation platform for go-to-market teams. Its AI agents automatically surface high-intent buyers, prioritize them, and deploy personalized outbound and ABM to drive more pipeline at scale.N/A
    Pricing
    Ion InteractiveUserGems
    Editions & Modules
    Managed Services + SaaS
    Custom
    per year
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ion InteractiveUserGems
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$5,500 per customerNo setup fee
    Additional Detailsion’s Build Anything SaaS platform provides organizations with an entirely new and agile interactive content marketing capability. It enables non-technical marketers and designers to create, test and measure an unlimited number of all types of interactive content marketing experiences. It includes unlimited seats, experiences, tests, customization, phone and email support, analytics and more.—
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    Features
    Ion InteractiveUserGems
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    7.5
    105 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UserGems
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation10.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration5.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    8.7
    120 Ratings
    11% above category average
    UserGems
    -
    Ratings
    Content hub10.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content10.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs10.0108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution8.093 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion8.086 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation6.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    8.5
    118 Ratings
    14% above category average
    UserGems
    -
    Ratings
    Audience profiling and targeting6.091 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics10.0116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard10.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    -
    Ratings
    UserGems
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Syndicated content00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Personalization00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Engagement data tracking00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    -
    Ratings
    UserGems
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Contextual advertising00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Ad reporting and analytics00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    -
    Ratings
    UserGems
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    ABM sales intelligence00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Intent Data
    Comparison of Intent Data features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    -
    Ratings
    UserGems
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    32% below category average
    3rd party intent signals00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Downstream intent signals00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Account identification00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    ABM Integrations
    Comparison of ABM Integrations features of Ion Interactive and UserGems
    Feature
    Ion Interactive
    -
    Ratings
    UserGems
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Automated workflow & orchestration00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8 out of 10
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    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Ion InteractiveUserGems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (135 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (17 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ion InteractiveUserGems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ion Interactive LLC
    If you want to choose a quick start template and fill in the fields with your content, Ion will be fantastic for you. We've done this with whitepapers and quizzes and it's been great and extremely easy to use. If you have an exact idea of what you want, and a background in web development, you may get frustrated. Ion has some quirks that make it tricky to fully customize - everyone once in a while I really just want to go into the HTML and make some changes, but can't. If you are looking to reuse a piece of content for specific targeting (industry or account-specific), Ion is great. The dynamic substitutions are great and very helpful.
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    UserGems
    - win back campaigns - low hanging fruit outreach, where the prospect is already familiar with our product - connecting us to leads who are directly within our ICP and based on a recent new hire or promotion, are likely to be in the market for a product like ours
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    Pros
    Ion Interactive LLC
    • Quick Starts make it so easy to get started.
    • Real-time updates are awesome and save a ton of wasteful process.
    • The combination of user friendliness for simple things and the flexibility to do more complex things is great.
    • Chat support is excellent and deeper-dive support has been super helpful.
    • The ability to use these tools in the cloud or embedded has given us tactic flexibility.
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Ion Interactive LLC
    • Ion University, while stacked with a wealth of information, is difficult to navigate from a troubleshooting perspective. The tutorial videos are all very helpful, but they are also very long. Sometimes I would want to search for how to address a particular issue I was struggling with and it would be a two-minute segment buried in a 45-minute video.
    • Again, getting back the self-guidance side of things. I think a lot of the tutorials are set up in a way that makes sense to Ion, but not as much to the end user.
    • I think the controls admins use when creating new users could be a bit more straightforward.
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Ion Interactive LLC
    We use it for every landing page and we plan on only doing more dynamic content creation. We dont see that option coming in-house any time ever in the future. ION has a very robust platform for us to work with that really allows us to do more for our customers in regards to having the one-to-one conversation.
    Incentivized
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Ion Interactive LLC
    Usability is straightforward, with extensive documentation and tutorials provided to ensure landing pages are built to specifications and can be optimized for performance. Built-in platform funnels give insight into customer dropoff, success/failures, and conversions (at a glance). Setting up a landing page can be done quickly and easily, with numerous integrations (CRMs like SalesForce, for instance) supported
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    UserGems
    Because it's well automated, it's very easy to use for our scope. However, because it's so automated, at times I feel like I'm not getting the full picture. I also feel like there should be more training for admin in their actual platform. Even though they help us set up the automations, more training on using the platform might empower us to better understand how to get more out of the platform.
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    Performance
    Ion Interactive LLC
    Sometimes the editor can be a little slow.
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Ion Interactive LLC
    The ION support team is amazing. There has not been a single issue they they could not solve for me. If there is a feature or request that they do not have, they have even, on occasion, created custom scripts for our team. *Update 6/5/17 - ION has continued to delight on multiple occasions. I appreciate their attention to detail and ability to solve whatever issue I have. After 3+ years of use and support, ION still has my full endorsement.
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Ion Interactive LLC
    They offer a great amount of online training, videos, articles, etc. There is usually an answer available if you run into an issue. I would recommend taking advantage of the online training they offer. I wish I would have done it sooner.
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Ion Interactive LLC
    There were a lot of things we learned about the tool once we really got in and got our hands dirty. Being hands-on was essential for our team to be able to utilize ION in the most effective manner.
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Ion Interactive LLC
    I was not the decision maker to choose this over Uberflip, but the UI is much more appealing to me. It's incredibly easy to use, clean, and from a backend standpoint, it requires little to no tech savvy'ness. Our team has really enjoyed using it and has required no training what-so-ever.
    Incentivized
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    UserGems
    UserGems gives us the most relevant data specifically as it comes to job changes
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Ion Interactive LLC
    Separate client portfolios enable scalability, however, some elements are still grouped for all accounts so it's difficult to scale for an ad agency with multiple clients. Would prefer totally separate sections of the platform for all clients with each element housed separately.
    Incentivized
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    UserGems
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Ion Interactive LLC
    • Though we have not had the service long enough to see any measurable outcomes, we've been able to create interactive web content faster than ever before
    • The speed with which we can build interactive pages and re-use assets has been critical as projects we've done with Ion have made their way around and more and more internal clients have said "me too" for their own projects
    • It is very pricey at $28K for the base annual subscription (dropping to $24k after the first year), so depending on your budgetary situation, that may make no sense for your team--but we had contract money set aside for a company to build us a microsite for around the amount, so we just used it for Ion instead and will now be building the microsite ourselves using it
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    UserGems
    • has given us a better segment of leads to priortize. This specifically helps me be able to better guide my team on where to spend their time
    • the UserGems workflows are efficient and can be automated, which is ideal for my team's efficiences
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Ion Interactive Screenshots

    Screenshot of ion empowers your other marketing technologies to deliver higher fidelity, data-driven scoring, targeting, segmentation and personalization.Screenshot of The types of interactive experiences the ion platform can create is near-endless. These are the most common types used by our customers: Assessments, Calculators, eBooks, Interactive Infographics, Interactive White Papers, Landing Pages, Lookbooks, Quizzes, Resource Library, Solution Finder.Screenshot of See what our customers are saying about our platform and services!Screenshot of Starting at $2,000 per month, you get an unlimited, scalable interactive content platform with our full feature set. Including: Unlimited experiences, unlimited use of Quick Starts, Unlimited Seats/Users, Unlimited A/B/n Testing, Unlimited Sell-Side Experiences, Unlimited Phone, email & chat support, unlimited analytics... PLUS a FREE custom-branded theme that can be applied to all of your experiences.Screenshot of You have the option to start from a template or entirely from scratch. Our Quick Start template library includes more than 100 fully tested, responsive and flexible interactive experiences you can brand, customize and launch.Screenshot of ion is the only interactive content platform that provides the scalable foundation to grow from one interactive experience to one thousand interactive experiences. With ion, interactive content development complexity, long timelines, high costs and maintenance problems are replaced with freedom and agility.