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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

    Vbout

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AVbout is a marketing automation solution focused on agencies. Features include email marketing, lead scoring, social media management, and behavioral marketing.N/A
    Pricing
    OutboundEngineVbout
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $199
    per user
    Value
    $299
    per user
    Premium
    $499
    per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutboundEngineVbout
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    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
    OutboundEngineVbout
    Considered Both Products
    Elm Street Technology
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    Vbout.com
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    OutboundEngineVbout
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of OutboundEngine and Vbout
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    5.9
    50 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Vbout
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Mobile optimization8.643 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting3.050 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    List management6.044 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of OutboundEngine and Vbout
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    5.3
    38 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Vbout
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Automated sales alerts and tasks5.338 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of OutboundEngine and Vbout
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    10.0
    48 Ratings
    36% above category average
    Vbout
    9.4
    4 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns10.048 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of OutboundEngine and Vbout
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of OutboundEngine and Vbout
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of OutboundEngine and Vbout
    Feature
    OutboundEngine
    -
    Ratings
    Vbout
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    OutboundEngineVbout
    Small Businesses
    HighLevel
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LocaliQ
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutboundEngineVbout
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (61 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OutboundEngineVbout
    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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    Vbout.com
    To Automate your social media presence by bulk scheduling content. Create multiple drip email marketing campaigns to support different marketing promotion initiatives. Visualize your marketing funnel. Learn what is your best referral traffic source per each initiative (for example, I learned that Quora was bringing us highly qualified leads). Create lead scores and start qualifying your prospects. Create multiple landing pages to promote your product to different audiences.
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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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    Vbout.com
    • On email marketing, it has petty good recommendation for sending methods.
    • The landing pages can be fully customized with code editor and works with Bootstrap frameworks.
    • The automation comes in handy since it works on all Vbout tools.
    • We can also install the Tracking Code on external websites to utilize Vbout tools.
    • Awesome support team!
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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.
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    Vbout.com
    • Since their team is so focused on being the best, they occasionally have small feature appearance issues
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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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    Vbout.com
    The better relation quality / features / pricing in the market
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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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    Vbout.com
    Great experience so far. Vbout has low learning curve. It's a user-friendly product with comprehensive knowledge base. Even if we meet a blocker, their team is ready to help us solve the issue. Their keep the dashboard straightforward that contains all tools, so we can access each one of them right away.
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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.
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    Vbout.com
    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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    Vbout.com
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    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.
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    Vbout.com
    Vbout offers a very robust overall solution, with a more basic solution, and a much lower price point than the Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM solution.
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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
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    Vbout.com
    • The platform has saved us a lot of money
    • It's highly functional and allows us to do a lot more than Marketo
    • It's easy to manage, and it saves us a lot of time on a regular basis.
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    ScreenShots

    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