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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

    SellHack

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASellHack is a sales intelligence software solution offered by SellHack.N/A
    Pricing
    MeltwaterSellHack
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MeltwaterSellHack
    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
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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
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    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
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    Features
    MeltwaterSellHack
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Meltwater and SellHack
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    SellHack
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings10.01 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 SellHack
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    SellHack
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Meltwater and SellHack
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    SellHack
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterSellHack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 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
    MeltwaterSellHack
    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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    SellHack
    SellHack is great for anyone who is in sales or whose work requires the need to build lists or to search for missing email addresses. Many businesses and social media sites provide email addresses, but of course depending upon industry many do not, so SellHack is my go to tool when I absolutely have to find an email.
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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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    SellHack
    • Often I'll be searching for an email address, so I'll go to LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, Sales Navigator. These are all services the my firm pays for me. But inevitably I will need another sure fire source and SellHack is my go to tool, it will find email addresses often when I can't find them anywhere else.
    • I use Hunter also, but many times I found addresses on SellHack that I couldn't find on Hunter.
    • I love that you can subscribe and purchase various levels of searches per month, or if you want you can buy x amount of searches that don't expire.
    • SellHack has a nice Chrome extension that stays on top so when I'm searching I can click on it from the pull down and enter the data and copy/paste the results into my CRM.
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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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    SellHack
    • I wish they had a roll over feature for unused credits on the subscription.
    • SellHack is great for list building, and export to popular CRMs like Salesforce.
    • If you have an email address and you're not sure if it's accurate, SellHack will verify the address and give you a percentage rating on their confidence that the address works (a percentage rating is given for all email searches).
    • I love their referral program: Give 50, Get 50: Refer a friend and you both get 50 free credits! I've used this many times.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SellHack
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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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    SellHack
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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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    SellHack
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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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    SellHack
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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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    SellHack
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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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    SellHack
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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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    SellHack
    Hunter and ZoomInfo are two services that I also use to find email addresses. Generally if I can't find it on one of those SellHack will find it for me, never the other way around. I use them all, but SellHack is my secret weapon.
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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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    SellHack
    • It's been vital. I've made too many contacts to mention because I was able to source the correct email address for C-suite executives (which are my target prospects).
    • The cost of the service has been affordable. I work inside sales and so I have to be selective on which tools I pay for because the ROI must fit within my budget. I've used SellHack since day one in this role and I use it every month.
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