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    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

    SalesPanda

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASalesPanda is a sales enablement and acceleration platform that helps brands sell more via extended enterprise (Agents, Advisors, Distributors, Partners, Sales Teams, Branches etc.). The platform helps improve sales productivity and performance of partners and sales teams with effective digital automation and deep Analytics. It is integrated with modules that help brands recruit new potential hires, enable them with training, coaching materials, guides, videos and tools. Partners and sales…

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    Basic
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    Professional
    $99
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    Enterprise
    $199
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    MeltwaterSalesPanda
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$49 per month
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    69%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63%
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    Implementation went as expected
    81%
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterSalesPanda
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    Usability
    5.6
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    Availability
    10.0
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
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    In-Person Training
    8.0
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    Online Training
    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
    6.1
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    Ease of integration
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterSalesPanda
    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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    SalesPanda
    SalesPanda is great. It's a multifaceted user-friendly platform to find your target market, determine interest, and help drive your market. I've reviewed a LOT of software on this same platform and while I can sing the praises of this all day, it's not much different from the other software that's already readily available. I will say this is great for a mid-size agency, as there's no option to purchase separate components separately, and that can be a bit pricey.
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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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    SalesPanda
    • They offer a free trial – I know this sounds pretty basic, but not all software offers that. Especially in a market saturated with marketing campaign software, this is a HUGE plus.
    • SalesPanda offers training through online webinars – there isn't a need to go searching around on YouTube if you don't understand something. Additional plus!
    • Their customer support is top-notch. If we ever ran into an issue, we were never on hold for longer than a couple of minutes. Excellent attention to customer care.
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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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    SalesPanda
    • We didn't like that SalesPanda came as an entire package (which can be pricey). It would be nice if you could purchase different parts of it separately.
    • There's no A/B testing. This is something others offer that SalesPanda doesn't.
    • While customer service is great, their business hours are a little wonky. I'd prefer to have 24/7 customer care rather than 8-5.
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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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    SalesPanda
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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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    SalesPanda
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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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    SalesPanda
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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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    SalesPanda
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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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    SalesPanda
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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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    SalesPanda
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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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    SalesPanda
    Zoho Campaigns is super affordable, but very basic with what you get. SalesPanda is similar, and while that may be appealing to a smaller company, I would say take the leap and spend the extra money. SalesPanda isn't perfect, but it's the best bang for your proverbial buck. Our clients have been very happy with the results.
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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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    SalesPanda
    • SalesPanda has given us a stable platform to advertise our clients' strengths through its easy-to-use content marketing tool
    • They have templates that allow you to market initiatives to help boost productivity (by saving time). Definitely a plus.
    • SalesPanda focuses on content and generating leads...we use it to post our clients content to blogs, case studies, etc. Very nice!
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    ScreenShots

    SalesPanda Screenshots

    Screenshot of Home Page  with easy to navigate featuresScreenshot of Content Library with all the branded marketing content to share across different channels.Screenshot of Co-branding templates to share along with the content shared onlineScreenshot of Select Languages to access content in regional languages and share it with your end customers.Screenshot of A business microsite with necessary contact details, achievements, testimonials etc., for each salesperson and partner to create a credible online presence.Screenshot of Easily import phone contacts to share content and engage with customers.