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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Node.io (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANode.io was a sales intelligence platform, providing access to correlative insights and "cloned" ideal customers built upon Node's database of companies and individuals, acted upon by AI. Node.io was acquired by SugarCRM August 2020, to bolster the company's CX capabilities and predictive insights. Node.io is no longer available standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
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    Meltwater
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    62%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    69%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Meltwater and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Meltwater
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    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Meltwater and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Meltwater
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    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Meltwater and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Meltwater and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterNode.io (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Earlier this week, we had a mishap where a client's birth certificate went missing while being transferred between departments. This could have been disastrous for both our employees and the client, but Sugar allowed for quick detective work that let us track the document's passage between specific employees, and the item was located and returned!
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    Pros
    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Customer profile and sales analyst features provide relevant information for sales calls.
    • Node allows me to bring more vendors and more contacts in, allowing me to expand lists and connect with more accurate contacts.
    • Node's collaborative nature is very appreciated when they keep on asking for feedback for improvement.
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    Cons
    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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    • More focus on the display of scanned documents
    • Easier recall and presentation of scanned documents
    • Lag times between entering an Action and seeing it appear
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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    Usability
    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
    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
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    Online Training
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    Implementation Rating
    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
    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    Node excels when it comes to lead intelligence like account-level and market insights. Its lead management module gives better segmentation and account identification. It is a good choice for mid-size companies (50-1000 employees) and their quality of support is very satisfactory. Its searchable data gives accurate results and its ease of integration with Salesforce is an added advantage over its competitors.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • Our company has increased profits 20% from last year after implementing Sugar
    • Our transfer to largely remote work has been hugely simplified by Sugar
    • Despite an industry-wide "pandemic slump", the ease of use brought by Sugar has allowed us to remain a major player in tax assistance even as other companies have struggled
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