PhoneBurner vs. VanillaSoft

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PhoneBurner
Score 8.3 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.
$149
per user, per month
VanillaSoft
Score 8.5 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
VanillaSoft is a solution for managing inside sales and lead management processes. The vendor says typical CRM software requires manual intervention and decision making by salespeople before they ever pick up the phone or send an email. In comparison, the vendor says VanillaSoft facilitates faster, more productive sales conversations. The vendor’s value proposition is that data-driven workflows and automated functionality let salespeople focus on selling -- not operating software.…N/A
Pricing
PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
Editions & Modules
Unlimited - 1 user
$149.00
per user, per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo contracts. No setup fees. No per minutes fees. No credit card free trial. Save 15% with an annual plan. 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.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PhoneBurnerVanillaSoft
Preview Dialer
Comparison of Preview Dialer features of Product A and Product B
PhoneBurner
7.4
8 Ratings
5% 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 Product A and Product B
PhoneBurner
9.2
8 Ratings
21% 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 Product A and Product B
PhoneBurner
9.2
8 Ratings
21% 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
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Score 9.8 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Implementation Rating
PhoneBurner
No answers on this topic
VanillaSoft
Our implementation was very easy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ScreenShots

PhoneBurner Screenshots

Screenshot of PhoneBurner's automatic distribution of leads to a team.Screenshot of the dialing interface, where users can dial up to 80 contacts per hour.Screenshot of the contact records, that include history, activity, build a bigger, more engaged sales pipeline.Screenshot of the customizable rules used to automatically distribute leads.Screenshot of the reports used to track agent and team performance, with real-time and historical analytics.Screenshot of dialer buttons, which can be customized to perform any desired actions based on any call result. These can be used to leave voicemails, send emails and SMS, apply tags, move contacts into folders or add to a do-not-call list.

VanillaSoft Screenshots

Screenshot of The VanillaSoft Call Activity Dashboard makes it quick and easy to monitor your sales campaigns.Screenshot of Easily build your own reports using the VanillaSoft Web Reports Wizard.Screenshot of VanillaSoft offers the ability to arrange modules into four panels for access to almost everything in one screen.Screenshot of VanillaSoft caller screens can be displayed in three panels