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    Pendula

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APendula drives the shift from broadcast to conversation by enabling two-way messaging and workflow at scale, allowing users to create, manage, and optimise digital customer experiences across every channel. With no coding knowledge required and built on Zuora & Salesforce, Pendula supports automated two-way communication across SMS, email, social messaging and fax. It also enables outbound posts. Customers can see and take action on messages, whenever and wherever they…N/A

    Smaply

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Smaply app enables teams to digitize, centralize and standardize their customer experience insights. Teams can together work on journey maps, personas and stakeholder maps, collect feedback from others, and create professional exports. Its training program helps teams to understand and apply human-centered approaches.

    $19

    per month per user

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    PendulaSmaply
    Editions & Modules
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    0 EUR
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    Basic
    19 EUR
    per month per user
    Pro
    29 EUR
    per month per user
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    PendulaSmaply
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    PendulaSmaply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    PendulaSmaply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pendula
    We used Pendula as part of our re-engagement program. This was valuable, as we were able to connect with 40,000 or more names. Knowing that either a significant telesales team effort--too expensive and not enough people--would be implausible. We designed an interactive SMS journey that allowed us to begin the process of taking the 40.000 and discovering those who were willing to shop with us again automatically. We also found that promotions and blasts worked really well, were very easy to set up and run, and then the automation on the back to create the Salesforce opportunity. We have also engaged with custom objects and were able to trigger events on internal activities and sales status, such as shipping notifications.
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    Smaply
    The solution is suitable for complex journeys with many touchpoints.
    The tool has the advantage of being easy to use.
    On the other hand, I have not found any data import solutions avoiding re-entering all the data from Excel for example. It could save a lot of time. Indeed, for me, the tool is a tool for formalizing discoveries but other solutions can be used before
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Pendula
    • EOFY campaigns that drove limited time, limited release offers. We could segment our targets and engage those most likely to respond well.
    • Limited release wine offers, again targeting the right buyers, and then designing a series of interactions with them. This enabled sales reps to speak to those most warm.
    • Customer re-engagement. We have very many historical customers. We were able to reach 30,000 or so people and then lead them through several steps towards re-engagement.
    • Targeting smaller customer segments was made easy due to the deep integration with Salesforce. We could create campaigns to account owners of contacts that met criteria--which provided a deeply personal experience.
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    Smaply
    • User journey map
    • Personas templates
    • Stakeholder maps
    • Free online courses
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Pendula
    • Navigating a variety of journeys can get tricky. They have been steadily improving the interface here.
    • Managing launch times and turning campaigns on and off can be cumbersome.
    • Naming, tagging, and cross-journey reporting would be great.
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    Smaply
    • Global look and feel
    • Export format
    • Text formating in sticky notes
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
    We found the user interface, the customer service, and the feature sets worked very well for us. Pricing was also affordable.
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    Smaply
    It’s [easier] to deal with user journey and persons thanks to Smaply. Templates and already created and there is a lot of functionalities to make a complete journey map. It’s very intuitive and we can send it easily to our team. Stakeholder map is a feature that [not many software] have and that is very useful so I’m happy to have it in Smaply
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Pendula
    • We were able to activate a large number of old customers
    • We generated significant revenues and fast sales
    • We have been able to run multichannel campaigns to great effect
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    Smaply
    • Time saving
    • Clarity for stakeholders
    • Sharing best practices
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Trigger Actions in Zuora & Salesforce based on customer responseScreenshot of Create stronger experiences with customers through Subscriber Engagement

    Smaply Screenshots

    Screenshot of Airport Experience Example Journey Map in Smaply EditorScreenshot of Airport Experience Example Journey Map ExportScreenshot of Airport Experience Example Journey Map A4 ExportScreenshot of Persona EditorScreenshot of Persona ExportScreenshot of Stakeholder Map Editor