MobileMonkey vs. VistaCreate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MobileMonkey
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
MobileMonkey, headquartered in Boston, offers their social media messaging marketing tool to marketers and agencies, featuring chatbots, landing page creation, integration with social ads, and an emphasis on Facebook. They offer a free plan and a paid plan with more advanced features (e.g. bot analytics, drip campaigns, etc.). MobileMonkey acquired ChattyPeople to extend their chatbot building capabilities.
$21.75
per month
VistaCreate
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
What is VistaCreate (ex-Crello)? VistaCreate is an online visual editing tool for creating videos, animations, graphic designs for social media, print, websites, or virtually any kind of static and animated design for commercial, business, or personal needs. On October 27, 2021 Crello joined the Vista group of companies and changed its brand name to VistaCreate. It includes 50,000 professionally designed templates that are already preformatted and…N/A
Pricing
MobileMonkeyVistaCreate
Editions & Modules
Pro
$21.75
per month
Unicorn
$51.00
per month
Team
$299.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MobileMonkeyVistaCreate
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
MobileMonkeyVistaCreate
Likelihood to Recommend
6.5
(3 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MobileMonkeyVistaCreate
Likelihood to Recommend
MobileMonkey
MobileMonkey would be great if you have a really strong social media presence and want to capitalize on people visiting your pages. It's great if you have a tech friendly audience who is not afraid to talk to a chatbot. If you have an audience where they might be uncomfortable or more of an "uptight" audience then it might not be fore you. It's also not great for heavy B2B if your focus is on high level targets as they're likely not logged in to Facebook at work. B2C is probably the best function for MobileMonkey, although it could be used to help field support messages.
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
For creative and captivating presentation slides where you are pitching your ideas to the team, for quick and well-presented pamphlets for the event board, irrespective of university or workplace. I would definitely recommend using existing templates from VistaCreate instead of AI-generated images that are messy and crowded, so you connect with the audience better, and also, of course, people will take it seriously as well..
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Pros
MobileMonkey
  • For small businesses on zero budget - provides a free.
  • A Facebook group community with peers and experts helping each other.
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
  • Certificate design
  • Social media communications
  • Conversion of designs into various file formats e.g. mp4, jpg, pdf
  • PowerPoint designs
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Cons
MobileMonkey
  • Terrible marketing ethics!
  • 6am phone calls to my cell trying to up-sell me
  • Spam galore! I have replied more than 5 times to be unsubscribed, yet they still spam me
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
  • Difficult to design content on mobile phone
  • Mobile designs do not sync with desktop app
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Usability
MobileMonkey
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
It's a fantastic tool, be it the free or paid version. You can choose different templates from many listed categories and change styles with palettes, add music to your images, and choose from a variety of fonts. All these features are for free users. You unlock gold if you have a paid version of VistaCreate. Some additional useful features like background remover, AI writer, object remover, resize, and many varieties of templates are only for premium users. I give 9 because additional premium useful features are not available for free users
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Support Rating
MobileMonkey
MobileMonkey support is second to none when you have a paid plan. Always willing to help and make your life a lot easier when you're facing any technical difficulties or frustrations. When I was on the free plan, I found plenty of useful resources that helped me solve my problems, and I could still contact support for help.
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
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Alternatives Considered
MobileMonkey
MobileMonkey is a lot less expensive than both Olark and Drift. We chose MobileMonkey because we were hoping the familiar interface and integration between social and the website would drive more interest which would lead to conversion and revenue. It's more of a chatbot than Intercom in that Intercom is really good for customer support, but MM is a nice way to get people interested by sharing high level data through a conversation that doesn't require a real person. However, Olark, Drift, and Intercom all integrate with the major CRMs and marketing automation platforms which gives them a real edge over MobileMonkey at this time.
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
I like to give a chance to other products and try them out. As far as my experience is concerned, I liked the feature of VistaCreate, with palettes, which totally changes the mood and tone of the image. That's something I didn't find in Canva. Additionally, the simplicity and user-friendliness of VistaCreate instead of being crowded with too many features. It's simply the best.
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Return on Investment
MobileMonkey
  • It has become a quick sunk-cost due to the amount of time I had to spend ignoring/blocking their unsolicited marketing/communication attempts.
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VistaCreate (ex- Crello)
  • Improved communication with staff
  • Improved brand presence on social media
  • Ability to appeal to all age groups
  • Improved staff morale
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