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    LeadCandy

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALeadCandy is a lead generation and sales intelligence software - The vendor says it is powered by reliable business data, with 95% email accuracy guarantee. Key capabilities and benefits include: Find your target customers - 25 Million decision makers from 12 Million companies Deep search filters for Industry, Company Size, Revenue, Location, Titles, etc. Get full profile information, including verified email addresses,…

    $99

    per year

    Meltwater

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMeltwater Media Intelligence platform is a set of public relations software tools for media monitoring, social media monitoring, and collecting brand insights. The four areas of functionality are Monitor, Analyze, Distribute, and Engage. (Note that this product combines features from the vendor Meltwater's former Buzz, Press, and News products.)N/A
    Pricing
    LeadCandyMeltwater
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $99
    per year
    Standard
    $399
    per year
    Plus
    $599
    per year
    Gold
    $999
    per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    LeadCandyMeltwater
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSign up with 5 free credits today. No credit card required. 1 credit = 1 verified email lookup. Pay only for correct emails.—
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    LeadCandyMeltwater
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    LeadCandy
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    Meltwater
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    63%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    62%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    69%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    LeadCandyMeltwater
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of LeadCandy and Meltwater
    Feature
    LeadCandy
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Meltwater
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    Ratings
    Advanced search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    LeadCandyMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
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    6.1
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    Vendor post-sale
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    1.0
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    LeadCandyMeltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LeadCandy
    LeadCandy is well suited in both the front and back of the office, along with the staff that is consistently involved in other activities around our school site. It is not as appropriate when the staff does not need to do a lot of searching for emails.
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    Meltwater
    Meltwater is well-suited for agencies that have an engagement team who is looking to service a variety of client needs such as social media reporting, public relations outreach, and community management. If you're looking to have a platform serve just one need, you can still use Meltwater but will get more bang for your buck if you are needing a variety of tools.
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    Pros
    LeadCandy
    • Speed- the process from start to finish is rather quick.
    • Innovative-there are a lot of features on LeadCandy that are not on other apps!
    • Remarkable- the feedback from the staff has only consisted of "how nice it is we’ve needed a program like this".
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    Meltwater
    • Media research - you can search for relevant publications and journalists to add to your media list.
    • Earned media coverage - you can search for coverage of your brand and find news stories that also include data that may be useful (how many people did the story reach for example).
    • Building media lists - if you have no current existing list, you can build and export one in Excel for example.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    LeadCandy
    • Some older staff aren't as receptive to new products and softwares.
    • Had to relearn and teach staff- teaching the staff the new program is time consuming.
    Incentivized
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    Meltwater
    • The dashboards are not user-friendly, customizable (color, font size, etc.), or worthy of presenting to a client. All of the insights from a dashboard get pulled from the platform and placed into a more client-friendly presentation.
    • Paywalls for certain publications connected to who-knows-what. DowJones racket limits media monitoring capabilities and results in manual searches for a growing number of publications.
    • TVeyes, the broadcast monitoring arm of the media monitoring capabilities, just needs TLC and to become more client-facing. Currently, the links produced to share clips look sketchy, and they have a relatively short shelf life.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LeadCandy
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    Meltwater
    Meltwater works well for our organization and has allowed us to meet our internal goals. We are always open to new products and services that may be able to provide similar or better features; however, our experience has been that many of Meltwater's competitors are not up to the task.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    LeadCandy
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Once you get some basic training it's pretty easy to use. I would like to see training manuals, or instructional videos to help me explore features I'm not currently using.
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    Support Rating
    LeadCandy
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Our account rep at Meltwater went dark for a long time. Then, a couple of weeks ago, our new account manager reached out to set up a meeting. Apparently, they had a big shakeup in the company, and there were some personnel changes. Our new account rep was great in discussing the platform's capabilities that were available to us and even offered to schedule a follow-up meeting with his technical team to introduce our new social media team members to the platform and how it could help them with their jobs.
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    In-Person Training
    LeadCandy
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    Online Training
    LeadCandy
    No answers on this topic
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    Implementation Rating
    LeadCandy
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    Meltwater
    You are only allowed 15 users, so make sure you've identified who will have access to use the tool.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LeadCandy
    They are similar in many ways, LeadBot uses conversations, not forms, so all of the lead qualifications you need to do can happen in real-time while someone is live on your website. LeadCandy instead helps you build and find people which then leads to conversations. I feel like LeadCandy is the complete package, where they help you from start to finish.
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    Meltwater
    I was looking for a full-service option. I did some research. What really sold me was the presentation. They offered products that were helpful, and I wasn’t even aware of them. It is more expensive than the other products that are out there, but you get more. The other companies are good, but Meltwater Media Intelligence is more full service.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    LeadCandy
    • Effectiveness- the amount of email lists we received in the database!
    • We've received the database quickly and efficiently.
    • Neatness of website and app- the website was easy to manage.
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    Meltwater
    • As a PR firm, we rely on the media databases that [Meltwater Media Intelligence Platform] supplies to deliver the media exposure that they expect from us.
    • We utilize their tracking of media hits for our overall reporting to our clients.
    • Both of these are advantageous in helping us to not only keep our existing clients happy but also to gain new clients (and, in turn - revenue), as well.
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