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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

    Squirrly SEO

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ASquirrly is an SEO plugin.

    $29.99

    per month

    Pricing
    MeltwaterSquirrly SEO
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $29.99
    per month
    Business
    $71.99
    per month
    Agency
    $75.99
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MeltwaterSquirrly SEO
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MeltwaterSquirrly SEO
    Considered Both Products
    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
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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
    MeltwaterSquirrly SEO
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Meltwater and Squirrly SEO
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Squirrly SEO
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Meltwater and Squirrly SEO
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Squirrly SEO
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Meltwater and Squirrly SEO
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Squirrly SEO
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterSquirrly SEO
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 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)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    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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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterSquirrly SEO
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Squirrly Limited
    It is lightweight, very efficient and can be integrated in WordPress as well. When organizations want to optimize their content online, Squirrly SEO is probably the best option. It shows you exactly what needs to be improved on your page and makes suggestions. Moreover, the Focus Pages feature scans your pages and provides you with a probability of your ranking for the specific keyword.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Squirrly Limited
    • Content optimization
    • Provide SEO tasks for a beginning user to follow.
    • WordPress site optimization.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Squirrly Limited
    • Separate the marketing emails from the knowledge based emails.
    • Fix it so the plugin just works... like Yoast does.
    • Get live chat.
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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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    Squirrly Limited
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Squirrly Limited
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Squirrly Limited
    Whilst no live chat, you do get an answer.
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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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    Squirrly Limited
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    Squirrly Limited
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Squirrly Limited
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Squirrly Limited
    It just works even a no tech like me can figure it - takes a while to learn but worth it for sure
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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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    Squirrly Limited
    • It has allowed tasks to be completed in a timely and efficient manner.
    • The software has increased the rankings and reach of the organization, thereby increasing the number of people visiting the company's website.
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