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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

    UpContent

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AUpContent is a content discovery tool that focuses on delivering quality results and helping users find precisely the content they need when they need it. The vendor says the that four filters included with their solution help users in the following areas: Recency - sorts content so the most recent is seen first Relevance - sorts content so what's most relevant to the topic is seen first Shareability - uses psychological…

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    MeltwaterUpContent
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
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    1 Topic
    Starter
    $7/Month
    3 Topics
    Engager
    $19/Month
    10 Topics
    Leader
    $45/Month
    25 Topics
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MeltwaterUpContent
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MeltwaterUpContent
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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%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    69%
    Happy with the feature set
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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
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    Features
    MeltwaterUpContent
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Meltwater and UpContent
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    Meltwater
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    Ratings
    UpContent
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Content hub00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterUpContent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    10.0
    (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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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterUpContent
    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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    UpContent
    UpContent is effective for helping you:
    • Gather information several different content sources
    • Leverage curated content with social media, email newsletters, and on your website to help you provide audiences with important information
    • Curate content topics by vertical for use in ABM -- you can give reps topic hubs to keep themselves up-to-date. Plus, it's a great way for them to find content to use as "conversation starters with their prospects.
    I love that UpContent integrates with HubSpot, Rasa.io, SocialBee and other tools that we use on a daily basis.
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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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    UpContent
    • Organize content from multiple sources
    • Helps you leverage curated content more easily for use on social media
    • Allows you to quickly share articles with your audience that you think will resonate with them
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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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    UpContent
    • I'd like an option to use UpContent to curate content into a blog post -- to make it easy to do "news round-up" type posts.
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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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    UpContent
    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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    UpContent
    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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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    UpContent
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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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    UpContent
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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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    UpContent
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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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    UpContent
    Scoop.it allows you to create blog posts that pertain to a specific piece of curated content. This is not a feature in UpContent.
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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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    UpContent
    • We are able to gain efficiency in our social media efforts
    • Improve productivity when it comes to developing newsletters
    • Help us build our thought leadership with curated content
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of UpContent's search results page - 3 columns.