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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Outgrow

    Score7.5 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Outgrow enables marketers to create calculators, recommendations, quizzes and polls to better acquire, qualify, and monetize leads. Outgrow is designed so marketers can build these tools without a developer or a designer in minutes. Common Examples of interactive content that you can build with Outgrow include: ROI calculators Cost Calculators Sales lift calculators Graders Knowledge tests Fun quizzes Product recommendations

    $22

    per month per user

    Shoutlet (Discontinued)

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AShoutlet 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
    OutgrowShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Freelancer Plan
    $22
    per month per user
    Freelancer Pro
    $45
    per month per user
    Essentials Plan
    $115
    per month for 3 users
    Business Plan
    $720
    per month
    Enterprise Plan
    Custom Pricing
    Agency Plan
    Custom Pricing
    per Client
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutgrowShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsOutgrow also offers the option to build interactive content including calculators, quizzes, recommendations, polls and graded tests for clients. Pricing varies based on the number of experiences built and the complexity of each experience.—
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    Community Pulse
    OutgrowShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Outgrow
    No answer on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    OutgrowShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    6.2
    32 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation7.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval workflows6.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration5.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    6.8
    38 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Content hub5.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content7.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs6.134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion7.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    6.3
    39 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Audience profiling and targeting6.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting6.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics5.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard5.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analytics7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    2% 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 Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    12% 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 Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    8% 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 Outgrow and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Outgrow
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    OutgrowShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OutgrowShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Outgrow
    Well suited: When you want (potential) customers to quickly determine if your product or service is right for them. I noticed that we could make a very honest calculation tool that shows how quickly our car sharing service is beneficial to customers. These types of calculations are difficult to convey in text. Less appropriate: The length of your calculation has to be in line with what the engagement people have with your product or service. We want to determine if a shared car is interesting, so we don't want 10+ questions. But if you're selling a house you can include more questions.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Outgrow
    • Outgrow provides a comprehensive knowledge base, which allows you to quickly become adept at using their platform.
    • They don't make any assumptions. When your quiz or calculator is ready to go live, they offer you an in-depth checklist of ideas to promote it.
    • They ensure that you have a high degree of creativity.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Outgrow
    • The UI is a bit elaborate, it seems a bit too much when I want something basic
    • The results emails were a bit confusing to setup but support was great in getting this fixed
    • Only one Admin can use the basic service
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • 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
    Outgrow
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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
    Outgrow
    It is a no code platform that makes content creation very easy with pre-built templates and strong lead generation tools. However, customisation options are limited , complex logic can be tricky and better content organisation is needed for a large scale use. Overall, it's user friendly but needs improvement in scalability and flexibility.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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
    Outgrow
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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
    Outgrow
    Support is very responsive and is quick to respond to questions and problems. Outgrow sometimes changes their pricing and plan structures and add/remove options without properly relaying the info to customers. They could do a better job with communications and being upfront with the pricing plans people sign up for.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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
    Outgrow
    The previous tools we used had no ability to make numerical calculators and limited logic jump features within surveys (if someone answers question one a particular way, skip question two, etc.) and more limited ability to direct people toward different outcomes based on how they answered questions in the surveys. Many of them didn’t have native integrations with Marketo either. These were critical features that we needed so we decided to switch to outgrow.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Outgrow
    • Outgrow has helped me sell more life insurance through the use of interactive calculators.
    • Outgrow has helped me attract more referral partners thus helping my agency grow.
    • Outgrow saved my agency money because I was able to cancel subscriptions to other services which offered fewer features.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • 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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    Screenshot of Results Page of a Calculator with Lead Generation form and CTAScreenshot of Analytics Tab: Funnel Visualization of a Completed QuizProduct screenshot