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    KickFire

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AKickFire’sB2B solutions provide account-level information such as industry, revenue, employee count, and more based on an IP address. KickFire’s proprietary TWIN Caching® technology and robust firmographic database deliver business intelligence for first-party intent, content personalization, account-based marketing, predictive/intent, data enrichment, and much more. KickFire offers IP address intelligence and B2B firmographic data through its LIVE Leads platform, API, and integrations…N/A

    PFL Direct Mail Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APFL helps businesses deliver authentic moments by creating impactful direct mail that is data-driven, bringing measurement, personalization, and predictability from digital to direct mail. PFL offers direct mail that is... Simplified: PFL simplifies direct mail execution by managing the entire process under one roof from strategy and production to delivery and measurement. Engaging: Supports engagement that results in action by paring digital tactics with memorable…

    $40,000

    per year

    Pricing
    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$10,000
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    Community Pulse
    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
    Considered Both Products
    KickFire
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    PFL
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    84%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    Features
    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of KickFire and PFL Direct Mail Platform
    Feature
    KickFire
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    PFL Direct Mail Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Identification of new leads9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of KickFire and PFL Direct Mail Platform
    Feature
    KickFire
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    PFL Direct Mail Platform
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    Contact information6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of KickFire and PFL Direct Mail Platform
    Feature
    KickFire
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    PFL Direct Mail Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
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    User Ratings
    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (33 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KickFirePFL Direct Mail Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    KickFire
    For small businesses that don't have big budgets for marketing automation, VisiStat is an ideal first step. For companies that have sophisticated systems in place, VisiStat will augment your analytics and provide a deeper dive into your website activity. Since the implementation involves adding javascript to your site, the user should be familiar with how to do this
    Incentivized
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    PFL
    The reason it's not a seven or above is purely because of the timing of a solution we had requested originally back in August 2023. It's now February 2024, and we're waiting for a wow-factor pitch deck. Previously, we only received a demo recording and an order form quote. These truthfully aren't helpful enough to convince and sway our senior leaders into spending the $35k+ investment into the PMC.
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    Pros
    KickFire
    • De-anonymizes website activity at the account (company) level.
    • Identifies net new target accounts.
    • Displays click path, time on page, time per session, and engagement level of each de-anonymized website visit.
    • Gives great daily insight on watchlists you've set up.
    • Delivers every possible de-anonymized visit with little filtering for accuracy.
    • More on the watchlists. I really love that you can receive immediate alerts on website visits from accounts you've listed on your watchlists. This way, you never miss the window of opportunity to reach out to your key targets while they are currently on your site.
    • Salesforce integration is good. KickFire pushes most recent website visits, pages visited, website click path, activity percent change, and more to the given account in Salesforce. You can then create reports and run them regularly to see which accounts are surging in website activity. This is also great for account prospecting, and for planning your sales outreach plan of attack. You can see which bits of your website content are most interesting to the company, and which products they are most interested in.
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    PFL
    • Personalization: It allows us to create highly personalized direct mail pieces tailored to individual recipients. For instance, we can include the recipient's name, relevant product recommendations, or even custom images that resonate with their preferences.
    • Multi-Channel Integration: The platform seamlessly integrates with our existing digital marketing tools and CRM systems. It enables us to orchestrate cohesive campaigns that combine email, social media, and direct mail to reach our target audience through multiple touchpoints.
    • Automated Workflows: PFL offers robust automation capabilities, streamlining the entire direct mail process. We can set triggers, such as website visits or email engagement, to automatically trigger the sending of personalized direct mail pieces, ensuring timely and relevant outreach.
    • Variable Data Printing: The platform simplifies variable data printing, enabling us to print custom content for each recipient efficiently. This is particularly useful for A/B testing different messaging or designs within a single campaign.
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    Cons
    KickFire
    • Some outdated information and your credits will be used
    • Credit package sizes are not very customizable
    • A tad pricy comapred to simillar prospecting tools I've seen
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    PFL
    • There is no built-in functionality to automate direct mail; this has to be created through triggers in Salesforce.
    • The sales cloud integration didn't give us the syncing or reporting we thought would be available.
    • We would like to see more support from team members in the post-onboarding process.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    KickFire
    We've been happy customers of VisiStat for many years. I've used the service at multiple companies and you can't beat it.
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    PFL
    I will continue to use the platform as long as my employer provides access, but I do not have purchasing power myself.
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    Usability
    KickFire
    It was designed for people who are business users, not tech users.
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    PFL
    The UI is friendly, clear, and accessible, and I access it directly through the interface (Salesforce) that I perform my function in every day. It is intuitive to navigate, and I am able to find most functionalities I need without the need to consult an admin and/or support teams.
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    Reliability and Availability
    KickFire
    We've never had any outages in the 7+ years using the system.
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    PFL
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    KickFire
    The system is very responsive, and when there are times in which data is loading, the VisiStat system provides humorous loading messages.
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    PFL
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    KickFire
    They are very good at solving cases that I bring to them. I'd like to see more proactive support to make sure we are getting the full value out of the solution.
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    PFL
    Only thing holding me back from a perfect 10 would be the timelines for involving the technical team on occasion. There have been a few times where the PFL technical support team has been booked up for days or more than a week out which can delay our project timelines. This doesn't happen often, let me be clear. But when it does, it's usually at the worst time for our campaigns.
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    Online Training
    KickFire
    The tutorials are very good and they explain how to get started using the system. The online webinars are very good for advancing your knowledge of the product.
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    PFL
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    KickFire
    Don't hesitate to contact VisiStat support. They are extremely helpful.
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    PFL
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    Alternatives Considered
    KickFire
    I covered this pretty extensively in the cons. The key differentiator here is that KickFire serves up almost all the data (or so it seems) to the end client. The client then has to do their own work on interpreting it. This is good because it means we don't miss out on any website activities, but it's bad because we get a lot of false positives. 6sense uses the confidence score approach I mentioned in the Cons section, which means the match rates of the data we get are much higher. Our experience with Clearbit comes from other tools that are built on it (Bombora, Drift, etc.), and it has not been great. We've seen many more inaccuracies with Clearbit.
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    PFL
    JourneyMail is one I have evaluated. It did not seem as full featured as PFL Direct Mail Platform, nor did it integrate with the rest of the Salesforce products like PFL Direct Mail Platform (journeymail ONLY integrates to marketing cloud). My customers tend to be cross-cloud and own multiple products and want solutions that can integrate across their stack easily.
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    Scalability
    KickFire
    We've gone from a few thousand unique visitors per month to nearly 200,000 unique visitors. VisiStat doesn't miss a beat.
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    PFL
    It does take a while to launch or re-launch a campaign, which can make it difficult to pivot quickly. However, if you're integrated with Marketo, then PFL is as scalable as your database and marketing strategy! The sky is the limit in terms of creativity. Post launch, the program is hands-off apart from report monitoring and potential optimization tweaks.
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    Return on Investment
    KickFire
    • Faster lead conversion
    • Less time on LinkedIn trying to figure out DM (decision maker)
    • Increased employee efficiency
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    PFL
    • We've sometimes struggled to maintain a positive ROI due to some issues with packages not arriving, arriving broken, or including the wrong items.
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    ScreenShots

    KickFire Screenshots

    Screenshot of KickFire features a RESTful API builder and JSON schema that makes it simple to query by IP, domain, or company.

    PFL Direct Mail Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Custom kits available for useScreenshot of Entering the sender addressScreenshot of Personalization at scale with custom messaging and signaturesScreenshot of Product selection with product details, template data, and advanced options