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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PhoneBurner

    Score5.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    PhoneBurner is an automatic phone dialing system. It provides the ability to load a list of contacts and includes a built-in contact manager. It allows users to record a voicemail message and to choose which contacts to call.

    $165

    per month per user

    VanillaSoft

    Score3.7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    VanillaSoft is a lead optimization platform designed to assist fast-response sales teams in maximizing their conversion rates. By providing a structured and efficient approach to lead management, VanillaSoft aims to ensure that every potential customer receives the attention they deserve. This platform is beneficial for sales teams that operate in high-pressure environments where timely follow-ups can significantly impact sales outcomes. The primary audience for VanillaSoft…N/A
    Pricing
    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $165
    per month per user
    Professional
    $195
    per month per user
    Premium
    $215
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details15% discount available with an annual contract. No setup fees. No per minutes fees. No credit card free trial. Admin account is free unless engaged in dialing.VanillaSoft offers several add-ons to use in conjunction with our base platforms including: Auto Dialing Call Recording VoIP SmartCaller ID SMS
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    Community Pulse
    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Considered Both Products
    PhoneBurner
    No answer on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    Chose VanillaSoft
    I don't think that there's a perfect CRM. There may be some that I evaluated before that are less expensive but VanillaSoft is close to what we need at the moment.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    82 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    65 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    81 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Preview Dialer
    Comparison of Preview Dialer features of PhoneBurner and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    PhoneBurner
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    1% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Contact preview8.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer-CRM integration6.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call notes & tags5.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic call logging8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Core Dialer
    Comparison of Core Dialer features of PhoneBurner and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    PhoneBurner
    9.2
    8 Ratings
    18% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Outbound dialing9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inbound routing8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom caller ID9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recorded voicemail drop9.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer contact import9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign & list management9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance
    Comparison of Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance features of PhoneBurner and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    PhoneBurner
    9.2
    8 Ratings
    18% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Follow-up calls9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer reporting & analytics8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dialer compliance9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
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    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Small Businesses
    Dialpad Sell
    Score8.7 out of 10
    HubSpot Sales Hub
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Nooks
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mixmax
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Dialpad Sell
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Groove (legacy product)
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (8 ratings)
    8.3
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PhoneBurner
    I like that you can dial out so many leads and double the efficiency of the agent. The only thing that bothers me is sometimes, system down issue.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    VanillaSoft is well suited for any marketing operations or sales operations team looking for a tool to help them efficiently reach prospects and engage with them through a streamlined method. This can be a great way to manage that engagement, measure it, and keep track of various aspects of prospects.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    PhoneBurner
    • PhoneBurner connects to Hubspot so that my team doesn't have to go back and forth.
    • The amount of time it takes to get through a list of calls has almost been cut in half.
    • The opportunity to do leave a voicemail without having to leave it on each call is a huge time saver.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    • Our employees love it - very user friendly, easy to grasp, very little down time to learn it. They feel very confident immediately.
    • Great technical support - I can get solutions to customer problems that make our company look more responsive to our clients. Our clients appreciate our solving their problems immediately.
    • Because of the real time analytics - we can address immediate issues with marketing campaigns to make our client's personnel look great to their superiors.
    • Because of all the functionality - we can provide a turnkey approach from a small company with big company capabilities.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    PhoneBurner
    • Could be a little better on the pricing.
    • Could offer a better central administrative function.
    • Could provide more updates to the app.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    • It really needs an "undo" button. I can't tell you how many times I was typing notes etc and hit a wrong button and all was gone so I had to start over.
    • This may be the way we have it set up....we have term codes which are how the callers terminate a call they were on. They finish the call, then type notes in the notepad section of what happened, then they terminate the call. But there are times that I need to go onto a record and just leave a note but don't need to terminate it as anything. If there is a way to do that, it would make my life a lot easier.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    We have no reason not to renew. VanillaSoft has been the best CRM (for us) that we have ever used. The value is great, we love the system, and it's easy to get assistance from VanillaSoft team when needed. Our team is so used to the calling and admin functions there is no desire to change.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    PhoneBurner
    PhoneBurner as I said before, has an excellent graphical interface, super friendly, with menus that the user can easily find and program the calls. The layout is good, fast, and has little delay and errors. I really like the tool and from the beginning, I had no difficulty with the usability.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    The entire system is set up so perfectly. It makes training callers much quicker, and admin tools are so easy to navigate when you get used to using it. Also, if there is ever something I cannot figure out, I can get support from VanillaSoft very quickly to resolve and get my task accomplished.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    It is very rare that we have system issues. Maybe a handful of times over the years, we had to contact support about being unable to access. It was always a quick response from the VanillaSoft team, and they would clearly explain the issue and usually give time frame on fixing, or have it fixed immediately.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    I work on all aspects for VanillaSoft for our company. The pages overall do load very quickly. Reports are amazing, I can get quick report, customized reports, and anything I may need to present to client in very little time. It has made my job so much simpler. As far as I know, integration goes smoothly as well.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    PhoneBurner
    Every interaction I have had with any member of their support team has been pleasant. Issues are quickly addressed and their response time is excellent through the chat service.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    Response time was acceptable for the relatively few problems any of our users may have encountered. Fortunately, such occasions were rare.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    It was very helpful and informative. The learning of the tool is something anyone can do, as the setup is so well thought out.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    It was very thorough. VanillaSoft team did not rush us. They explained the various functions clearly and were open to any and all questions we had as we began to learn the system. Also, once training completed, if we encountered anything we could not figure out, the support team was fantastic in helping us out.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    Our implementation was very easy.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    PhoneBurner
    We selected PhoneBurner because it is very easy to integrate with Zoho CRM and if you have a silver plan, you can do a lot such as Sending SMS and unlimited calling, you can also record and drop voicemail, timezone calling is automatic. It is a good dialer to use if you are part of sales.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    VanillaSoft stacks up against Microsoft Power BI very well by allowing the data visualization in a more effective way, Power BI has positioned itself as one of the more robust and intuitive tools for business intelligence and data presentation. VanillaSoft and Microsoft Power BI are a great bundle for the report and analytics team.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    PhoneBurner
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    VanillaSoft has been great. The flexibility of the system is wonderful. The scalable software options are impressive as well. I would strongly support VanillaSoft's capabilities in this area. You really can do just about anything to get the setup and or integrations you may desire for your company needs.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    PhoneBurner
    • [I believe] it has cost me a fortune in wasted time trying to make the Hubspot integration [work] (to no avail).
    • [I believe] if the Hubspot integration actually worked, we would probably get decent ROI from the speedier calling.
    Incentivized
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    VanillaSoft
    • Ability to contact more clients each day.
    • The ability to save my correspondence and notes on each interaction allowing for the appearance to the customer that I am very engaged when we are speaking.
    • Increased sales from the calendar setting and saving my notes.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    PhoneBurner Screenshots

    Screenshot of the dialing interfaceScreenshot of PhoneBurner's spam flag and answer rate solutionScreenshot of an overview of PhoneBurner's lead routingScreenshot of an illustration of a call workflowScreenshot of PhoneBurner's inbuilt analyticsScreenshot of Connect Scores pickup probability

    VanillaSoft Screenshots

    Screenshot of the VanillaSoft Call Activity Dashboard, used to to monitor sales campaigns.Screenshot of where to build reports using the VanillaSoft Web Reports Wizard.Screenshot of where VanillaSoft offers the ability to arrange modules into four panels for access to almost everything in one screen.Screenshot of VanillaSoft's caller screens, which can be displayed in three panels.