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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    kvCORE

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AThe kvCORE platform is described by the vendor, Inside Real Estate in Draper, as a next-gen solution for modern brokerages and enterprises to run their entire business on one platform.N/A

    PlanPlus

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    PlanPlus Online is planning and organization software that integrates productivity tools into a complete customer relationship management solution.

    $34.99

    Per User per Month

    Pricing
    kvCOREPlanPlus
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    PlanPlus Online Professional Edition
    $34.99
    Per User per Month
    PlanPlus Online Planner Edition
    $69.99
    Per/Year
    PlanPlus Online Business Edition
    $199.99
    per 5 users/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    kvCOREPlanPlus
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$1,500 Up to 12 hours of Account Configuration Assistance Setup Include: Provision accounts and licenses (1hr), Kick-off Call (1 hr), and 10 additional hours of account configuration assistance to be used toward the following items, as needed by customers internal administrator: User Setup, Record Access, & Personal Preferences; Data Migration; Custom Fields & Page Layouts; Web-forms & Surveys; Views & Reports; Standard Sales Processes; Project Templates. Exact accomplishments may vary from this list based on Administrator's skills and requirements.
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    Community Pulse
    kvCOREPlanPlus
    Considered Both Products
    Inside Real Estate
    No answer on this topic
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    56%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    68%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    54%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    kvCOREPlanPlus
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of kvCORE and PlanPlus Online
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    PlanPlus Online
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    kvCOREPlanPlus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.9
    (25 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    kvCOREPlanPlus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Inside Real Estate
    I think if you have a very large brokerage and can afford to pay for a fully customized set up then it may be worthwhile. I would make sure you have a dedicated support team, not an account manager. In my opinion, the account managers are worthless and will not respond most of the time. We are on our second account manager in 9 months of using the system and cannot get in touch with him. In my experience, the account managers have no knowledge of how the system works or how anyone in real estate would want it to work. Obviously, I can only say this for the two managers we have had so far. I would steer clear of this system unless you want to spend a few thousand a month for a system that, I feel, will impede your business rather than improve it.
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    PlanPlusOnline
    I would recommend this for businesses that have the time to invest in doing things the right way. Garbage in equals garbage out. If you can get over the somewhat steep learning curve and adopting their process this product would be a good fit. If you are short on time (and maybe cash) you may want to look for a simpler and less expensive solution.
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    Pros
    Inside Real Estate
    • Not one thing!
    • It sends unwanted canned responses to potential clients that you haven't approved. You must figure out how to use it to make them stop. This was day 1.
    • If you like to learn using many many different videos to learn a product, then this maybe for you.
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    PlanPlusOnline
    • Weekly and Monthly Planner is very productive.
    • Task Delegation and Pipeline Tracker are easy to use and efficient.
    • Goal Planning helped us as well to identify our chances.
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    Cons
    Inside Real Estate
    • Their support is good, but wait times can be long. They want you to use their chat, but then when you ask your question, it can be a several hour wait time between responses. The people are nice and resolve your issue. But I think chat is for quick back and forth communication, not something with a long delay. Also, you can only really do it effectively on your computer, not on your phone.
    • It's proving very tough to track leads from campaigns we are running ourselves. If your website converts a lead, it really just gives you the website source, and even that only some of the time. It would be great to create custom sources and have kvCORE track that traffic and lead via some sort of UTM tag or URL parameter.
    • Some of the load times aren't great. When I load up my database, it takes a while to actually display. Also, when a lead is claimed in a pond, you have to refresh to be able to contact them. Then once you add a campaign, you have to refresh again to see the tasks that fire. This is a bit clunky.
    • The app is great, but there is still some limited functionality. It would be great to access and claim leads from a pond on the mobile app. Also if you could get push notifications when new leads are added. Our time to lead sucks, and that's because kvCORE doesn't alert you super quickly.
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    PlanPlusOnline
    • When it came time to move on due to larger issues the friendliness was not there from the account reps. We did not leave due to them, but due to our growth and need for more.
    • The inability to make personalized the labels for our insurance terms.
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    Usability
    Inside Real Estate
    It doesn't deserve a zero because you can access contacts and get reminders to contact them. In my experience, you can not use the system for proper communication with both prospects and their spouses.
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    PlanPlusOnline
    It's great once you get the hang of it. I feel like it could be cleaned up a little. Some elements could be moved around or hidden. Overall it's a solid UI
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Inside Real Estate
    I love kvCORE's support. Having the little chat feature in the bottom right of my screen the whole time I'm working takes away any stress or worry about using it. When I first started using it, I learned its features by clicking and trying things, and more than once I had to go into the chat support and ask how to undo or fix what I had done. I don't think I've ever waited more than 5 minutes to get a reply back and it being almost instant and right there on my screen allowed me to continue working and know immediately when my question had been answered.
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    PlanPlusOnline
    There are some cases where we just need something simple to get the job done. In our case, we needed a solution with a lot features for our complex setup. A lot of CRMs fell short. PlanPlus Online didn't. They had everything we needed. We didn't have to rely on multiple disparate solutions, and it was within our budget.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Inside Real Estate
    Konversion and BoomTown are the only two I have used. Both have their things to recommend. Since I used Konversion, using kvCORE was simpler and I was able to upload my contacts seamlessly. This made adopting a new system easier and less likely to have a gap in contacting customers.
    Incentivized
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    PlanPlusOnline
    PlanPlus Online is much nicer than Salesforce and also much faster.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Inside Real Estate
    • Because I am an EXP agent, I receive kvCore for $50/month so I have a $1550/month positive over any non-EXP agent.
    • Great new lead follow up with automatic and realistic contact for a higher conversion rate that I couldn't do by myself.
    Incentivized
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    PlanPlusOnline
    • Better lead management
    • Increased lead efficiencies with drip programs
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    kvCORE Screenshots

    Screenshot of IDX websites for all agents - with behavioral intelligence & chat.Screenshot of Smart CRM bubbles up top priorities each day in 1 dashboard.Screenshot of Agents wake up to warm leads right on their phone.Screenshot of Mass Email + Text, Video Messaging, Power Dialer, Pond Accounts + MoreScreenshot of Drive listing exposure with seamless social media sharing.Screenshot of Tight transaction and business analytics integration.

    PlanPlus Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mobile interface on iPadScreenshot of Mobile interface on iPhoneScreenshot of Desktop browser interfaceScreenshot of Another screenshot of desktop browser interface