Maestro vs. Poll Everywhere

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Maestro
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Maestro is an employee performance and talent mangement software solution offered by Madison.N/A
Poll Everywhere
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Poll Everywhere is an event management software system offered by Poll Everywhere.
$42
per month
Pricing
MaestroPoll Everywhere
Editions & Modules
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Engage
$42
per month
Teams
$84
per month
Present
$120
per year
Enterprise
9,999+
Intro
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MaestroPoll Everywhere
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
MaestroPoll Everywhere
Considered Both Products
Maestro
Chose Maestro
I haven't used other software dedicated to Quality Assurance, but we did use Google sheets, it was easier to use, faster too, but the process of linking one specific flag to an specific admin to provide personalized feedback to them was hard and lengthy, now with Maestro it is …
Chose Maestro
Maestro is the first lodging software I have reviewed. I do not have much other experience with lodging software so I am unable to compare. I do really like that Maestro has the support we need in an ever challenging customer service world. Thanks for being a great tool for …
Poll Everywhere
Chose Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere has been magnificent for us so far. Students are more engaged and this works better us than clickers. Students can use their laptops and phones to provide their responses, therefore, they don't need to buy any additional devices.
Chose Poll Everywhere
Qualtrics - Great data collection tool for emails or websites with a lot of question logic and back end analytics. But it takes time and planning to set up, the UI is not particularly strong, especially on the back end data. It is better for people who understand excel and …
Chose Poll Everywhere
  • Turning Technologies - has its own clicker or has a mobile option, good support
  • iClicker - has its own clicker or has a mobile option, clunkier for faculty to use
  • Pearson's Learning Catalytics - has phenomenal analytics, can be used outside of Pearson, no clicker option
Chose Poll Everywhere
Other than Google Forms (which I utilize heavily, but for different reasons and during different areas) I find Poll Everywhere to be the best at what it offers and does. Options to lock questions, hide or show responses, varying questions/response types, and the ability to let …
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User Ratings
MaestroPoll Everywhere
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
7.0
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Usability
7.0
(0 ratings)
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Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
MaestroPoll Everywhere
Likelihood to Recommend
Maestro is great for managing my membership and is terrific with reservations. At this time I am not sure if there is any scenario where it is less appropriate. I guess it doesn't work well as an interface for a golf shop, for tee times, etc. And, any golf product we get doesn't speak well with Maestro, so maybe golf. But, they may have a solution for that too.
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It's very handy in a classroom style setting. I'm interested in playing around with other features such as word clouds and other voting methods in order to catalyze more webinar discussion and participation. I think that it is a useful tool in enhancing and supplementing presentations, though with that said, it's only really handy when presenting new information or making a point in real time. Some business-related scenarios don't really lend themselves well to live response and too much of this I think could get distracting from an actual lecture or presentation (since you're ENCOURAGING attendees to be on their phones/computers).
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Pros
  • Customer Support - I appreciate that I always get a quick response, if not immediate with easy to follow solutions to my concerns/issues. Their customer support team is always positive, friendly and helpful!
  • Easy to Learn and Understand - I am not great with technology but I find Maestro easy to learn, use and navigate. It is very user friendly.
  • Ability to Easily Update Charges - I appreciate the ease of access to Member and guest billing and folios and how easy it is for me to post, remove or reverse charges as need be.
  • One Interface - I appreciate being able to track member information and reservations in one area! What a great tool.
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  • Easy to use and get up and running. You can quickly set up a poll everywhere question or survey in a matter of minutes.
  • Fun and creative. Poll Everywhere allows users to interact via text message on their phone or through the web app/site. Great for student engagement.
  • Saves the results. One of the best features is that you can take the results from the poll or survey away with you to check back on at a later date. This is perfect for teachers to be able to assess and modify their lessons.
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Cons
  • No ability to view contact information from a home screen (must click into profile to see phone number)
  • Feels a bit archaic
  • Would be nice to see "flags" or ways to mark students for calling
  • Wish that the 'attempted call' option turned a student yellow instead of keeping them red
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  • Free option needs to add more options
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Likelihood to Renew
Maestro is what we are comfortable with and probably what we'll stay with, but it can be slow at times and lacks certain functionalities
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Usability
It's easy to use, easy to access, and everything, but some action buttons don't have too much contrast and it's hard to find them between a bigger set of possible actions in the screen, for example the edit score button seems hidden in the screen, it should be more visible.
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Support Rating
I love Maestro support! They are always available or get back to you quickly. The employees that work at Maestro must get treated well because they are always positive and patient on the phone with me. And, even though I am not great with technology they always help me find a solution.
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Alternatives Considered
I haven't used other software dedicated to Quality Assurance, but we did use Google sheets, it was easier to use, faster too, but the process of linking one specific flag to an specific admin to provide personalized feedback to them was hard and lengthy, now with Maestro it is so much easier to provide that feedback or coaching to an specific admin, and to take it back if there was a judgement error.
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Qualtrics - Great data collection tool for emails or websites with a lot of question logic and back end analytics. But it takes time and planning to set up, the UI is not particularly strong, especially on the back end data. It is better for people who understand excel and parsing large quantities of data. No PPT or LMS integration. Google Polls - Pretty basic tool, not very engaging or fun. Doesn't have any of the features like Word Clouds or Competitions. Lack of LMS integration. Top Hat - Not as good in really any way. The student pay subscription model was a deal-breaker for me.
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Return on Investment
  • At one point our step pricing was not working properly so we did lose some room revenue. Maestro helped us get this resolved.
  • Maestro saves time, which saves money, by having all of our member billing, reservations and more in one location.
  • No other impacts that I can think of.
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  • We were facing an unplanned $20k yearly expense if we had stayed with our previous clicker provider
  • Poll Everywhere made it so we did not have to increase student fees or find another way to fund the initiative; we had enough in current fees to cover the usage
  • In pilots, students preferred using Poll Everywhere to clickers
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