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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Keap

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AKeap is a small business-focused, comprehensive sales and marketing platform which combines basic contact management, CRM, marketing automation, and e-commerce capabilities into a single, subscription-based SaaS product.

    $199

    per month

    Agentforce Marketing

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMarketing Cloud is a cloud-based digital marketing platform, used by marketers can segment their audience, deliver personalized messages, track campaign performance, engage leads and accounts, and optimize strategies based on real-time insights.

    $1,250

    per month per installation

    Pricing
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $199.00
    per month
    Max
    $289.00
    per month
    Max Classic
    Contact Us
    per year
    Account Engagement
    $1,250
    per month
    Engagement
    $1,250
    per month
    Intelligence
    $3,000
    per month
    Loyalty Management
    $20,000
    per month
    Personalization
    $100,000
    per year
    Data Cloud for Marketing
    $108,000
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans with 1 user and 500 contacts. The price is $30.00 for each additional user.—
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    Community Pulse
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    Considered Both Products
    Thryv
    Chose Keap
    Keap is a cost-effective, powerful CRM and marketing automation tool for those who have the time and resources to learn all of its intricacies. For any other system, you will be paying for a better user interface, better reporting and visualizations, more intuitive everything, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Keap
    As an agency, we use all of these tools for various clients. Keap is our preferred solution because it has the most customization for any business model, makes marketing automation so easy, and keeps ample customer data that can be used for marketing and sales alike. It has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Keap
    We chose Infusionsoft because we wanted an all in one... unfortunately it did not deliver and caused much more effort because it was not as customizable. Now we recommend the other solutions that we came from (MailChimp or Salesforce)... yes, there are more solutions, but they …
    Incentivized
    Chose Keap
    The others are not trying to be all things to all people. The others don't pretend their solution is the end-all-be-all to save small business owners. They are not all in one and don't pretend to be, regardless of the price points, from lower to higher. We used Infusionsoft …
    Salesforce
    Chose Agentforce Marketing
    I think overall Pardot is a more complete product. It is definitely easier to implement, learn and use. Infusionsoft's learning curve is quite tough. So I really saw how we assimilated Pardot easier and faster than Infusionsoft. The fact that is deeply integrated with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Agentforce Marketing
    As a user of Infusionsoft and SharpSpring, I wouldn't say that Pardot is the best. Infusionsoft is better overall. Pardot is used by one client of ours. Pardot's lack of good email builder is what puts it lower on the totem pole. It is a bit stronger with reporting and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Agentforce Marketing
    I've used both Infusionsoft and Marketo in previous roles to aid in marketing automation. Infusionsoft is much more small business and is great for that market. Marketo, although appropriate for a variety of company sizes, is less user friendly and requires more developed …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    74 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    84 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    73 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    72 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    89 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    58 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    7.7
    29 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated CRM activity logging6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales pipeline management9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    5.9
    152 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.3
    171 Ratings
    6% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.050 Ratings7.4122 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.947 Ratings8.1153 Ratings
    Landing pages4.0136 Ratings7.6121 Ratings
    A/B testing6.410 Ratings7.0151 Ratings
    Mobile optimization4.5126 Ratings6.7111 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting4.5151 Ratings7.3132 Ratings
    List management4.5149 Ratings8.1129 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.049 Ratings7.295 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings6.3112 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    5.5
    153 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    8.1
    124 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation5.0148 Ratings8.8109 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading4.0130 Ratings8.1110 Ratings
    Data quality management4.5131 Ratings7.3116 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks5.0140 Ratings8.2101 Ratings
    Automated follow-ups9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    8.0
    90 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.3
    114 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Calendaring9.089 Ratings7.3103 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings7.497 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    6.4
    150 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.6
    124 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards7.255 Ratings8.1118 Ratings
    Standard reports4.0146 Ratings7.3123 Ratings
    Custom reports8.0137 Ratings7.3100 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    5.7
    144 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.5
    124 Ratings
    2% below category average
    API8.0127 Ratings6.790 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals4.5110 Ratings6.689 Ratings
    Customizability5.0140 Ratings6.9111 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.31 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Mobile app for sales & marketing automation5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.6113 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings8.611 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Keap and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Keap
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.4
    88 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.283 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings7.539 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    Small Businesses
    SharpSpring (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.3
    (210 ratings)
    8.2
    (329 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (40 ratings)
    8.1
    (114 ratings)
    Usability
    5.2
    (28 ratings)
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.6
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    7.0
    (36 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    3.0
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (40 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KeapAgentforce Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Thryv
    Keap is very good at contact management and automation creation but weaker at email campaign creation. I was particularly interested in a function where when manually entering a new contact, you are then able to email that contact using a premade HTML template. It will currently not do this. There is a workaround, but it is unnecessarily ponderous.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I think the product, by definition, is meant for marketing — and we use it exactly for that, for running campaigns. That’s the best-suited use case for the product. I don’t think it’s really meant to be used for anything else — that’s just not how it’s designed.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Thryv
    • Pricing: Keap Max Classic (formerly Infusionsoft) is affordable for nonprofits and small businesses and includes all the automation features we need!
    • Customer Support: Our onboarding and success coaches have been so helpful, taking into account some unique processes we have and finding solutions.
    • Updates: Keap is constantly providing more and better solutions!
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    Salesforce
    • Filter relevant content so you can priorize those that are more relevant and resolve it first
    • Measure the traffic in the different social networks, as well as the response rate, average response time and other relevant metrics
    • Configure automation rules to order the work of those who must interact with the customer
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    Cons
    Thryv
    • More articles and videos on how to use the various functions of Keap
    • Having representatives designated to certain regions or companies for a point of contact when help is needed
    • More options when building the emails. While the click and drop options can be a plus, they can also be negative because you are limited to image and text sizing and positions
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    Salesforce
    • The email builder does not offer any way to catch/check bugs across different email service providers
    • Creating SQL is not as easy as drag-and-drop; a lot of technical knowledge is required
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud is sold as a marketing tool, but to be honest, you need a LOT of technical IT support to run the tool
    • Einstein metrics are across the board; if you have multiple audiences in one instance of Salesforce Marketing Cloud you can't segment the data.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Thryv
    We have invested a lot into Infusionsoft and are using it to automate our processes and marketing. Changing CRMs would have a HUGE cost for us and based on our evaluations, the grass isn't greener elsewhere. Infusiosoft fits most of our needs and is slowly getting better each year. Their support is great and we will continue to use them until something much better comes around or our company outgrows a small business CRM.
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    Salesforce
    As of right now we have not seen any other program that integrates as seamlessly into our Salesforce platform. We have barely scratched the surface of all the features and use cases. It would be irresponsible to make a move to another platform in the near future. We have not come up against any limitations that would prompt a need to switch
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    Usability
    Thryv
    You do need to spend some time on-boarding and implementing the software in order to have full functionality. We were lucky - we had colleagues at the university with experience with Keap and then hired an intern familiar with the software to get us set up and ready to use it. We've had some functionality issues with it along the way and that has frustrated myself and the other uses in our department.
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    Salesforce
    You won't find another solution that has as many features as Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio. We all know Salesforce, we all know how big they are and it's not for nothing... Their tools do most of the things you want, need and even imagine. Using it is complicated, but the usability is infinite.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Thryv
    There have been few outages since we became a customer, and when they have technical issues they are typically resolved rapidly.
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    Salesforce
    Upgrades and timing of the upgrades were communicated well and planned during off hours for our work. If we did have a campaign scheduled during that time, it would kick-off after the system was back active. There were a few unplanned system down times, but it was a rare occurrence and those times were also short in duration.
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    Performance
    Thryv
    OMG, it's all in one and that compromises everything, fundamentally. If you want a race car, invest in a race car. If you want a dune buggy, get that. If you want a boat that floats, go for it.
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    Salesforce
    Though the make up of MA apps is not built this way today, it would be nice to see them become more real-time. The integration between Salesforce and Pardot is not a true real-time integration. If I modify something in Salesforce, those changes are not automatically reflected in Pardot immediately. There is a delay of about 15 minutes before the systems sync. This delay, although not long, is less than ideal We would love the systems to be integrated real time such that changes are propagated from one system to the other immediately.
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    Support Rating
    Thryv
    Generally, very responsive support for even our more complicated issues. We do have some open issues that we need resolutions on and that I understand are complicated and will take longer to resolve but the open issues are significantly impacting to our business.
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    Salesforce
    They are really responsive and more than not solve the problem or give you insight to how you can manage the solution yourself. I do find however sometimes a long delay on the more complex issues when they need to loop in other departments. but overall a good experience with support
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    In-Person Training
    Thryv
    I have been to a number of in-person training sessions over the years with Keap and all of them have been FANTASTIC. They really put a lot of time and effort into these sessions. Staff and facilitators go out of their way to ensure that participants are getting what they need.
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    Salesforce
    The trainers at the Pardot user conference (Elevate and Connections) were very knowledgeable and presented the material well. Again, the content was targeted to more of a new user audience, and was not really relevant for folks who had been using the product for 2+ years.
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    Online Training
    Thryv
    The results of training online are often based on how people learn. The training was great but with feature updates, you just have to get in there sometimes and do it! The training definitely lays a firm enough foundation for you to be successful even if its can't be updated with every feature update.
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    Salesforce
    Pardot's online training touches on all topics briefly and vaguely without much indepth exploration into how a final outcome could look, such as Nurturing Campaigns, Email templates, landing page templates, etc... The only true way to uncover Pardot's full capabilities is to have Front End design and coding experience. Without this key skill set, I would not recommend Pardot to another business.
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    Implementation Rating
    Thryv
    Don't let the fear of implementing a new software solution keep you from unleashing the power of automation that Infusionsoft provides. With the right implementation partner, the process can not only be smooth and painless, it can actually help you get a better understanding for how your current communication process can be improved upon.
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    Salesforce
    From an IT perspective, once you set up the Javascript beacon and start collecting data there is a waiting game. During this time you can start labeling your site actions which can be labor intensive for a single person, but you don't really have the final end-users on the platform yet. We did a lot of training so users were experienced, but it wasn't until they had their first tasks to accomplish that they started using the system and had questions. I'd recommend setting up some immediate goals for an end-user to start segmenting for the purpose of displaying message campaigns so you can jump start end-user action.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Thryv
    Keap is fast. The learning curve is shorter and they have an academy for learning with videos quite extensive that explain a lot of different scenarios, specially when you need to customize scenarios of automations and segments. Is cheaper if you consider that this services CRM + Mailing don´t come often in one package and the realiability to send mails is quite good.
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    Salesforce
    We use Salesforce Marketing Cloud for lead management, generating reports, tracking customer and dealer information, inputting orders, and more. I prefer HubSpot for email marketing and automation because it is easier to use and the emails are designed much better. We currently use Salesforce and HubSpot, and we are very happy to have both, as they have different pros/cons.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Thryv
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    was not involved with this part but i have not heard about clompaints
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    Scalability
    Thryv
    You get a lot of features included, but you don't need to use them all at once to start seeing an effect. When you are ready to use them, they are there. It also scales without costing too much money.
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    Salesforce
    Prior to this, we had no solution and literally were doing things on paper in a world where technology is outpacing paper. Having this process optimized has made it easier for the sales and marketing people to change information. From the training perspective, it has allowed us to see holes in where we could create additional support training, so the ROI here has been a lot more than just the optimization of a process.
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    Return on Investment
    Thryv
    • Automation has allowed us to be more engaged and invested in our customers by reminding us about birthdays and other important events in their lives so that we can celebrate with them.
    • We lacked the manpower to sell and distribute orders online before setting up the payments and automation features. We now collect $5k+ a week in lost sales through online ordering.
    • List cleaning functionality and engagment settings have allowed us to run a 40-50% email open rate that allows us to create an engaged community around local events and opportunities as well as sales and special offerings.
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    Salesforce
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to more efficiently reach out to a higher number of prospects.
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to nimbly communicate important messages in a timely fashion to facilitate conversion.
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to track who is opening our messages so that we can stop sending to those not interested and focus on the most engaged audiences.
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    Keap Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Keap invoiceProduct screenshotScreenshot of the entire sales pipeline displayed in one view.

    Agentforce Marketing Screenshots

    Screenshot of Pardot Analytics - Pardot's reporting and analytics can be used to perform true revenue impact analysis and closed-loop reporting.Screenshot of Pardot Email Analytics - The reach and impact of  email marketing efforts are displayed in real-time with advanced reporting and analytics by device, and email client.Screenshot of Pardot Forms and Landing Pages - Pardot's form and landing page builders are used to turn online traffic to leads with targeted offers and content marketing.Screenshot of Pardot Email Marketing - Lead nurturing flows are defined via an interface that enables definition of the simplest or most complex segmented and targeted campaigns.