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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OutboundEngine

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOutboundEngine provides a hands-off way for small business owners to market and grow their business. The product aims to provide small businesses with what big companies have achieved with marketing automation. The service aims to help users keep in touch with clients and prospects with professionally designed, branded campaigns. Benefits include: driving engagement, surfacing warm leads from current contacts, generating referrals and repeat business from their existing contacts, social…

    $199

    per user

    PartnerStack

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/APartnerStack is a partnerships platform and network built for SaaS, designed to deliver predictable revenue and accelerate growth for software businesses and their partners. The vendor states companies like Apollo, Webflow and Monday.com use PartnerStack to manage and scale their partner programs, automating partner onboarding, training, payments and more to drive their partners' success. They further state that in the past year alone, partners in the PartnerStack Network have generated…N/A
    Pricing
    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $199
    per user
    Value
    $299
    per user
    Premium
    $499
    per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$99 per userNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMore information is available on the vendor's website.—
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    Community Pulse
    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Considered Both Products
    Elm Street Technology
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    PartnerStack, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of OutboundEngine and PartnerStack
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    5.9
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    PartnerStack
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.643 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting3.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management6.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of OutboundEngine and PartnerStack
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    5.3
    38 Ratings
    23% below category average
    PartnerStack
    -
    Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks5.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of OutboundEngine and PartnerStack
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    10.0
    48 Ratings
    36% above category average
    PartnerStack
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns10.048 Ratings00 Ratings
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    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Small Businesses
    HighLevel
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    LocaliQ
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (61 ratings)
    8.5
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (24 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    OutboundEnginePartnerStack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Elm Street Technology
    OutboundEngine does a referral campaign and I've been able to close a couple of deals based on getting in touch with people who engage with this campaign and state they could use my services in the next 6 months. This is a great follow up tool for those you may or may not know are going to be needing your services.
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    creating co-branded gateway pages with your branding to collect leads from channels or referrers without having them leave your current website. managing all element of the referral programme, including authorising new partners, tracking connections, and emailing referrals. integrating with already-existing programmes like GitLab, Salesforce, and MailChimp to provide a smooth user experience. PartnerStack has the essential components needed for any Partner Program and can be integrated with your current infrastructure. With the help of the platform PartnerStack, we can create and oversee your whole relationship strategy. Manage our partners and rewards in one location by using the PartnerStack platform. build specialised partner experiences Use competitions, leaderboards, and gamification to inspire our teammates. give partners customised marketing materials (like swag) and incorporate tracking of their usage with PartnerStack
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    Pros
    Elm Street Technology
    • The content that they generate to send to our clients is relevant and the clients want to engage with us. It makes us appear more professional and consistent, even though we are a smaller company.
    • It helps us stay in touch with clients and helps us stay top of mind. We are able to generate more new business leads if we are in consistent contact with current, former, and potential clients.
    • Their customer service and support is outstanding. All my questions were answered and I went into the program feeling confident and knowledgeable.
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    • This is the best tool so far which helps me to manage the business relations, through this software I have got more power to control my various channels.
    • it is my everyday need to manage the tasks that are associated with my partners who own a particular platform like my Omni channels. It is handling everything in appropriate way.
    • Now I feel more confident in analyzing the on-boarding working of my partners and I am not at all worried about the payouts and compliance. This tool has helped me to better engage with them.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Elm Street Technology
    • I do not like the use of drawings to attract new customers, and they have ignored my requests to eliminate that for my personal emails.
    • I do not like it when a competitor in my immediate market has the same posts. It cheapens the service or makes it appear that I am simply sharing another's post.
    Incentivized
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    • They don't provide any html or iframe script which most of the similar websites provide which I can easily add into my website
    • They have very few programs into their network when compared to other similar networks. It would be great if they could add more programs into their network.
    • Wish it had a filter for the marketplace? There are programs which pays per lead where as some pays per sale. And some pays % and some pays $.
    • About a month ago my account was suspended and I contacted them about it and was told that due to some violations of their "Terms of Service", it was suspended. And I tried contacting them but after that email they just ignored my email. No reply after even 5 - 6 emails so I stopped emails also. Few days ago I received mail from them saying my account was mistakenly suspended in a effort to remove fraudulent activity from their network & now I have started working again with them. After I got access to my account again, all of the programs I had joined were removed from my account and now I have to apply to every program once again. It would be great if they could do something from their end and join me to all those programs from their end easily rather then me applying to everyone once again.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Elm Street Technology
    The biggest issue is poor ROI. The second biggest issue is rigid customer service process, lack of a sense of urgency, and inability to reach out to upper management with issues.
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    Because it delivers what they promise.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Elm Street Technology
    Overall, OutboundEngine is very user friendly. It is simple to set up and explore, and if there are any issues or questions, the customer service team and account managers are always available to help. They are very knowledgeable and were able to explain everything in detail to me. The program is easy to navigate and helps me stay organized, and an uncomplicated and straightforward solution was exactly what I was looking for
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    Usability is the best part about PartnerStack. It's simply great!
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Elm Street Technology
    I haven't had to contact Outbound Engine because I haven't had any application errors or unplanned outages. I basically have had such a trouble free experience with them that I haven't had to call. Everything is automated and I get a notice to review every isse. I suppose if I personalized the newsletter a bit more and added some of my own articles, I would need to contact them, (which I should really start to do) but so far things have been so on point, I haven't felt the need.
    Incentivized
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Elm Street Technology
    The customer service was excellent! Everyone I spoke to was kind and knowledgeable. My account manager was easily reachable. Setup of the OutboundEngine program was explained really thoroughly, and we knew how we could best use the product to meet the needs of our clients and get our online and social media presence off the ground.
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Elm Street Technology
    I selected it for the ability to have an automated system do 3 things all at once, social media posts, emails and the instant communication with the chat box. I have never seen a chat come through that lead to a helpful client touchpoint. I have never used another product but have since begun to weigh some of the less expensive options.
    Incentivized
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    PartnerStack provides a faster interface and seems to be less confusing to use. In turn, this saves us time, especially if we just need to get a quick snapshot of the programs we're a part of and their overall health. Reporting is good for the metrics we need, but I would love more advanced reporting at some point and to see where we send the most traffic from - social, website, etc.
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    Return on Investment
    Elm Street Technology
    • One client identified how one article I sent that he read saved him from having to replace his entire AC system.
    • One client actually thought I was sending this to him personally because I valued him
    • One of the above transacted with me twice for over $3M in sales
    Incentivized
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    PartnerStack, Inc
    • We have had the option to keep up with our snap rates and have brought in a lot of cash by this setup.
    • Accomplices like PartnerStack in view of the straightforwardness with which they can get their installments and the straightforwardness with which they can follow the progress of their references.
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    OutboundEngine Screenshots

    Screenshot of Automated Social Media MarketingScreenshot of A personalized snapshot of your account activity and warmest leads.Screenshot of Personally designed, tested, and automated emails

    PartnerStack Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of the PartnerStack dashboard; from here, users manage can all partner programs and see their impact.