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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

    Rapport Originations, from Solifi

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ARapport is an equipment finance origination platform providing deal flow automation for lenders in this space, from Solifi (formerly IDS), headquartered in Minneapolis.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MeltwaterRapport Originations, from Solifi
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    Meltwater
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    62%
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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
    MeltwaterRapport Originations, from Solifi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
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    Usability
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
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    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
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    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterRapport Originations, from Solifi
    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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
    Rapport works great when used directly with AVImark for patient communication logs. Other systems do not integrate well and you have to copy and paste text message conversations into the patient's chart. Rapport works great for appointment confirmations and automated reminders. Text messages with links to our online forms that get sent with appointment confirmations have reduced the amount of paperwork being completed in the hospital, speeding up the exam times. Rapport does not work well for longer text messages / conversations. The dashboard is hard to view what messages have already been read and responded too, as you have delete conversations on every individual computer. The character limit for text messages also makes messaging annoying for clients to receive multiple texts, and they are not always in order. Scheduling appointments from a client's perspective is also more difficult than with other platforms we have used. It is hard to find the app and get the account set up for a lot of people.
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
    • Being able to have an unlimited number of message templates (others do not)
    • Linking text/email/phone communications directly into the patient's chart in Avimark
    • Appointment confirmations and reminders
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
    • Text messaging dashboard
    • Text character limits
    • Layout / design
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
    The closest match to Rapport we have used in the past is PetDesk (not an option above). We chose to switch to Rapport because we had limited templates with PetDesk and the communications were not directly entered into the patient's chart with that platform
    Incentivized
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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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    Solifi (formerly IDS)
    • Reduced lobby wait times (forms being completed prior to check in after being automatically texted to client) > better service to clients
    • Increase in in-house pharmacy purchases: texting clients links to our own online store when we receive faxed prescription requests
    • Slightly cheaper than previous client communication system
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