NextBee vs. Shoutlet (Discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NextBee
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
NextBee headquartered in California offers a referral marketing and customer loyalty platform supporting incentive management with rules configurator and reward distribution, and program management console with segmentation and campaign analytics.
$149
per user/per month
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
Score 2.0 out of 10
N/A
Shoutlet is a cloud-based social relationship platform that enables marketers to publish, engage and measure social marketing campaigns and activities on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Google+, and YouTube. The product’s focus is on quantifying return on social, integrating social data into business and scaling social across the enterprise. Features include tools for social CRM, creative design, social listening, ads, workflow management, contest design…N/A
Pricing
NextBeeShoutlet (Discontinued)
Editions & Modules
NextBee
$149
per user/per month
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NextBeeShoutlet (Discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
NextBeeShoutlet (Discontinued)
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
NextBee
-
Ratings
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
8.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
NextBee
-
Ratings
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
8.3
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
NextBee
-
Ratings
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
NextBee
-
Ratings
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
8.7
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Lead generation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
NextBee
-
Ratings
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
NextBee
-
Ratings
Shoutlet (Discontinued)
7.7
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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NextBeeShoutlet (Discontinued)
Small Businesses
OutboundEngine
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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OutboundEngine
OutboundEngine
Score 8.2 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Influitive
Influitive
Score 9.0 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
NextBeeShoutlet (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(7 ratings)
8.0
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.3
(24 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(4 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NextBeeShoutlet (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
NextBee
I took this to encourage our work to share the social media and generate discussion concerning them. In a relaxing manner, the Overall task was performed hassle-free. A 360-degree solution that included retention, improving lifetime value, and much more was quite realistic to achieve the business goal.
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Spredfast
I think Shoutlet is an excellent tool for any mid-sized to larger company looking to improve their social strategy. While it does have some minor improvements that can be made, it's overall an impressive way to mass post to multiple networks and interact and engage with your followers in the social space. I feel at this time that a smaller company could probably benefit from a lesser in-depth version of this tool at this time
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Pros
NextBee
  • One of the best workflows management available
  • It offers omni-channel marketing
  • Best UX/UI available to work with
  • Very easy to use
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Spredfast
  • The ability to manage and publish to various social accounts from one platform. This feature helped us to have a cohesive social strategy and saved us a lot of time having to go back and forth between accounts.
  • The module that allowed us to build contests and custom landing pages was perhaps my favorite part. For the contests, it proved to be ultra convenient to be able to build, host and run social promotions through the same platform that housed our social accounts and lists. From a landing-page-design standpoint, it was also wonderful and time-effective for each individual department to be able to build professional and dynamic pages themselves rather than tasking it to our web designers who really didn't have the time.
  • I was also very pleased with the customer service we received from the Shoulet team. From the original demo, to the training sessions, all the way through to back-end service maintenance, everyone we dealt with was available, accommodating and friendly. Not entirely common in this day in age.
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Cons
NextBee
  • Interface can run a bit slow at times
  • Constant improvement of the platform is a good thing, but it requires ongoing learning
  • The platform is weak on workflow process establishment
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Spredfast
  • I would like to see Shoutlet improve the usability of their "Shoutlet Profiles" module. It has improved over time, but I would like to see more individual user metrics such as affinity, time spent engaged per user, and monthly interactions by user.
  • I would also like to see Shoutlet redesign their "manage urls" module and URL shortener. The shortener works well, but I would like the interface to be more user friendly, and be able to access it throughout the rest of the tool. Perhaps in a slide out drawer.
  • Unfortunately, Shoutlet does not offer a Pin scheduling tool at this time. This would be a HUGE asset for them to have.
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Likelihood to Renew
NextBee
No answers on this topic
Spredfast
While I do not have direct control over the renewal of our contract, I am definitely lobbying to not only renew the contract, but expand our contract with Shoutlet to include more of our company's accounts in our Shoutlet account for the many reasons already stated. By pulling all of our accounts, pages and platforms into one media management tool, we'll be able to better serve our fans, members, patients and employees. It will cut down time it takes for us to post across our entire company's breadth of social media options while sharing more easily between locations and entities. For medium and large scale enterprises, Shoutlet is hard to beat.
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Usability
NextBee
No answers on this topic
Spredfast
While some things do require a little training, a quick phone training session or reading an online guide usually suffices. I've never needed multiple training sessions for any part of Shoutlet. As someone with very little coding/programming background (read: absolutely none), I am always able to accomplish what is needed without feeling over my head or needing help.
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Performance
NextBee
No answers on this topic
Spredfast
In general, the software works really well. I get weird errors for time to time. Tech Therapy does a great job helping when things go awry
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Support Rating
NextBee
No answers on this topic
Spredfast
I feel that the level of support I get from Shoutlet is far beyond the level of support I've received from other companies in a variety of services. It would be nice to have a regular update from Tech Therapy that lists out any potential bugs they're working to fix for the various browsers they support. Sometimes I wonder if I'm experiencing an issue simply because I use Firefox vs. Chrome.
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Alternatives Considered
NextBee
I use NextBee because i found it more helpful and full of incredible features which requires for a business to work with and increase there customer base and profitability. So i strongly recommend NextBee for large, medium and small size businesses who are looking for a remarkable software for social Engagements and reward programs.
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Spredfast
Shoutlet is infinitely more advanced than SocialMadeSimple. It is a much more complex and in-depth platform. We actually changed to SocialMadeSimple after Shoutlet and I miss how easy to use and advanced it was in comparison. It was a money decision but if they were the same price, I would absolutely insist we go back
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Return on Investment
NextBee
  • Nextbee is a marvelous piece of software that supports businesses in creating a community based on our specialization.
  • A 360-degree strategy is used, which includes increasing lifetime value, new acquisitions, and far more.
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Spredfast
  • Allows our small staff to provide our clients with world-class service and data.
  • Exponentially improved fan base expansion for our clients.
  • Rapid response for customer service issues for clients - allowing us to help our clients prevent their social media presence from becoming the Complaint Department, rather a true community of fans and supporters of a brand.
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