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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Monetate

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMonetate (formerly Kibo Personalization, powered by Monetate and Certona) is an ecommerce personalization software for consumer-facing brands. Monetate enables brands to create individualized experiences for site visitors, with the goal of improving engagement and business performance. Founded in 2008, Monetate services Adidas, Lufthansa, Office Depot, Reebok, Wolseley, and other companies.N/A

    Piano Amplifier

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA solution to amplify content with AI-powered social publishing. Used to grow and engage an audience through real-time data and machine-learning optimization, guiding users to content, and to just the right place in the social conversation. Socialflow was acquired by Piano in 2022, and is now a Piano solution.N/A
    Pricing
    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Considered Both Products
    Monetate
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    Piano Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    82%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    84%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    72%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings4.62 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings4.62 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    5.7
    3 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Monetate and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Monetate
    -
    Ratings
    Piano Amplifier
    7.1
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
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    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Small Businesses
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    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Dynamic Yield
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Dynamic Yield
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.4
    (117 ratings)
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (24 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (17 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.8
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MonetatePiano Amplifier
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Monetate
    Monetate is a fully functional space to generate multiple marketing campaigns for your company on the web, many of the functions found in this program are a contribution to manage your content correctly and give it the space you are looking for, we We recommend it one hundred percent. We feel very comfortable with everything we have been able to achieve thanks to this program.
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    Piano Software
    SocialFlow is well suited for Platform & keyword research : 1. In-depth research to identify requisite platforms & channels and the pertaining keywords, followed by query building to create search profiles & topic tags Social mediaplatforms Professional review forums Industry-focused discussion sites E-commerce websites Content streaming platforms data extraction​ 2. Setting up processes and tools for data extraction such as –-Social intelligence tools-Web scraping-Custom crawlers-Manual minimum (if applicable)
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    Pros
    Monetate
    • Audience segmentation is relatively painless. They provide a robust way to granularly target visitors by device type, location, weather, demographics, etc.
    • Our CSM has been very engaged and detailed in supporting our partnership. She provides very prompt responses and clearly works hard to push the Kibo team when possible.
    • The User Interface to develop new actions is not terrible.
    • Supports Single Sign On, which is the preferred method of managing users at my organization.
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    Piano Software
    • Posts without human input.
    • Monitors algorithms.
    • Easy to use interface.
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    Cons
    Monetate
    • We'd like to be able to use the Monetate resources to help us set up tests that require web dev (to get it out of our backlog), but they also have wait times similar to our internal ones. I realize resources are hard to come by, but this is an area we'd love to be able to utilize more if the turnaround were quicker.
    • IE is always a problem. I know it's not Monetate-specific though, and many tools struggle with IE.
    • We have a large percentage of our users who use IE, and I'd like to provide more experiences in IE without and additional hassle.
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    Piano Software
    • I'd like to open up windows for more than one account/platform at time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Monetate
    I had never worked within a company that had a tool like this. It made my life as a designer and a creative manager much easier with it's easy to use interface and limitless possibilities in terms of creative. I would highly recommend taking Monetate for a test drive, you will not be disappointed.
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    Piano Software
    • Clarity of communication
    • Quality of product
    • Its sheer utility
    • How we now rely on it greatly
    • Reasonable price point
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    Usability
    Monetate
    Part of what I love about Monetate is how intuitive the tool is. Very very easy to use - based on the basics - Who/What/When/Where concept. Anyone can jump right in and start using the tool. And very easy to copy campaigns and tweak to continue to build experiences. We recently added Monetate on mobile and similar experience - easy to jump back and forth between platforms. Also love the analytics dashboard...easily quantifiable and easy to get tidbits that are digestible for others not as familiar with tool.
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    Piano Software
    I give this rating as an outcome to understand competitor social strategy to improve strategic positioning. Drive improvement by benchmarking and serving to compete on content Identify trends, topics/themes, potential threats, etc. Improve campaigns by measuring and comparing audience reach, Interaction, etc. Measure engagement rate to analyze audience association.​ What themes/topics are generating higher engagement Insights to assist marketing teams in planning future campaigns
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    Support Rating
    Monetate
    Monetate support team meets with use weekly, answers emails daily and promptly. They are proactive about getting answers for us when we need it and offering suggestions based on observations they have or learnings they want to share from other partners. Monetate's support is top notch.
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    Piano Software
    They don’t seem to understand the issues when we explain them.
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    Implementation Rating
    Monetate
    Monetate installs easily and sets up personalization with just a few clicks. We never used the recommendation engine but the multivariant testing was great.
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    Piano Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Monetate
    At the time of selection, it was the best tool to fit our business needs. The day-to-day users were able to create some experiences on their own and did not require much oversight. We also had developer support built into our contract along with internal developer support so most experiences were achievable. We believed it was as good and in some ways better than the other comparable tools on the market.
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    Piano Software
    We've also evaluated HootSuite and Sprout Social, and we used both in the past. SocialFlow is superior in its content system for creating, editing, and publishing posts. It's ideal for a team of our size. The cost is fair. It was overall the best option in all of the categories we were looking for.
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    Return on Investment
    Monetate
    • We are really starting to understand our audience and what they prefer on our website. One example is on our product display pages, we learned that our visitors convert about 35% more when content is laid out in one fashion versus another. Another example is our promotional banners perform better when it takes up the width of the page versus the margins pulled in more.
    • At first, Monetate was a negative ROI - we were paying for a service we weren't getting, and not understanding the full power of the program. With the new optimization firm however, we are now really able to churn out more tests, have a clean and direct test plan, and finally seeing tangible results.
    • As an aside, Monetate has helped us just save time and money on creating our promotional banners now so we don't have to get with our development team each time we want to put one up. Even without running a test, it has let us add content to our site when we need to (as we already have the experiments set up as we need it to and we can quickly duplicate it) without our developers getting in there to make those short-lived changes.
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    Piano Software
    • Increased engagement
    • ROI
    • Efficiency
    • Transparency/data/insight
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