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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

    UpLead

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AUpLead is a B2B data provider and technology company based in Southern California providing access to verified B2B contacts with direct email addresses. Search by industry, location, sales volume, number of employees, public vs private, contact title, job function, management level, technologies used and more to find customers. API and CRM integrations available.

    $99

    per month

    Pricing
    MeltwaterUpLead
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $99.00
    per month
    Plus
    $199.00
    per month
    Professional
    $399.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MeltwaterUpLead
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    MeltwaterUpLead
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Meltwater and UpLead
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    9.4
    42 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings9.842 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.641 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings9.642 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings9.942 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings9.342 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Meltwater and UpLead
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    9.6
    41 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings9.441 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings9.641 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings9.741 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Meltwater and UpLead
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    8.7
    40 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings8.537 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings7.834 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.130 Ratings
    Company/business profiles00 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings9.337 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh00 Ratings8.736 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings9.236 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings9.639 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Meltwater and UpLead
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    UpLead
    7.9
    30 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings7.729 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterUpLead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    9.7
    (42 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.7
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterUpLead
    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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    UpLead
    UpLead is well suited for environments where there is a lot of accurate contact information to research mainly generating sales for a business. On the other hand, businesses that don't require searching up a huge amount of contact data and that doesn't add up to the sales of a business do not need to use this software.
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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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    UpLead
    • UpLead is one of the best B2B platforms available in the market which deals in offering the highest quality contacts and different companies’ data.
    • It has the best and updated real-time email verification, having contacts worldwide, technology tracking, account-based marketing, and robust API.
    • The integration of UpLead with other platforms is up to the mark. It allows users to integrate UpLead with other renowned software to have the best possible workspace to work on.
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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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    UpLead
    • More data on small and start-up companies, but this situation is understandable.
    • Collecting a long list of contacts, especially of overseas companies, can sometimes take a while as UpLead is verifying the data. But the wait is typically understandable and worth it.
    • Sometimes I struggle with translating job functions in a foreign language, but this is easy to overcome.
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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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    UpLead
    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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    UpLead
    The tool is robust, it's powerful, it's accurate, and it's extremely helpful and pivotal in my current banking sales role. I could not succeed without UpLead's accurate data and contact information. I'm thankful that such an incredible service exists at such a fair and reasonable price, thank you for the value that you provide your customers and thank you for making me a very successful salesman and wealthier man
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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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    UpLead
    i like their support bot.
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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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    UpLead
    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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    UpLead
    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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    UpLead
    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.
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    UpLead
    UpLead costs a bit more, but I found the data on UpLead to be well worth it in comparison and it was easier to transfer to our CRM (HubSpot). I like how they also provide useful API integration into UpLead and I hope they begin to offer more automation in the future.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    UpLead
    • I haven't been using UpLead long but I have generated interest in our company with several large accounts. Each one of them can add several million in revenue to our company.
    • A huge time saver is to be able to send out email blasts to potential clients I've downloaded from UpLead.
    • Securing any one of the prospects I'm working on through UpLead can easily pay for the investment 10 times over.
    • Most of the salespeople in our company are asking me where I'm getting my leads from.
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