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    Piano Activation

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APiano Composer, from Piano Software in New York, allows users to design, test, deploy, and manage audience experiences based on scenarios, rules, triggers, and conditions, all without IT. It presents out of the box loyalty and engagement solutions, and allows users to engage customer segments on the content they find most interesting and valuable - based on page attributes, metadata, or URL conditions.N/A

    Textedly

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ATextedly is an SMS marketing communications platform from the company of the same name in Nashville, that enables users to advertise, promote, announce, and engage with audiences.

    $24

    per month

    Pricing
    Piano ActivationTextedly
    Editions & Modules
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    Bronze (1,200 messages)
    $24
    per month (billed annually)
    Plus (2,400 messages)
    $39
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise (4,200 messages)
    $50
    per month (billed annually)
    Elite
    $70
    per month (billed annually)
    Business (12,000 messages)
    $140
    per month (billed annually)
    Silver (18,000 messages)
    $210
    per month (billed annually)
    Premium (30,000 messages)
    $350
    per month (billed annually)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Piano ActivationTextedly
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Piano ActivationTextedly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.4
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    Piano ActivationTextedly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Piano Software
    Piano Composer is well suited to news publishers in particular currently, but in theory this tool could be used by any organisation that relies on a paywall or advertising to generate revenue. Their increasingly powerful segmentation tool would also be very useful to many companies, as you can target particular users very easily or rely on their algorithms to do it for you and learn to optimise over time. I also think that if you have a sales pipeline/funnel that you want to nurture users through, Piano Composer can help you to do that.
    Incentivized
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    Textedly
    I have used Textedly for several years. But recently, in my opinion their commitment to customers and customer service has dramatically declined. They made recent updates to their platform and dramatically increased prices without contacting existing customers. The price of my existing plan increased a significant amount. I have requested that the messages I have purchased be made available to my business and they will not release them until a certain date. When I contacted customer support and ask for resolution, the staff do not answer my questions or offer alternative solutions. I have requested that my account be closed and a refund of the 11 months that I have not used. They will not work with me and only offer that I pay for a higher priced plan or purchase additional messages at a very, very high rate. Please do not use this company. They are no longer considering the needs of customers that have been with them for several years.
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    Pros
    Piano Software
    • Very easy to use interface
    • Powerful algorithms to improve targeting
    • Great engagement with clients about improvements and future roadmaps
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    Textedly
    • Ease of Use!!
    • Great customer service when I've had to contact them.
    • Great analytics.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Piano Software
    • Acquires companies often and integration of these sometimes cause bugs and outages
    • Can be slow to load sometimes
    • Any custom work you need done by their developers takes far too long
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    Textedly
    • Would like the ability to send longer messages.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Piano Software
    No answers on this topic
    Textedly
    From my experience, their customer service has been disappointing. They have not been willing to work with me and my needs. When pricing was significantly increased, I was not informed of this in advance. It simply increased and I discovered it by accident while reviewing my subscription.
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    Usability
    Piano Software
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    Textedly
    Sometimes I wonder if I'm just overlooking something because it's so easy to use. It literally took no time to be up and running with this program.
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    Support Rating
    Piano Software
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    Textedly
    When I ask questions to customer service, the questions are not all answered. They do not come back with alternative suggestions for me and my subscription. They are not rude but only provide standard "answers" that it appears they have been coached to give
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    Alternatives Considered
    Piano Software
    Optimizely is a great platform for A/B testing with multiple variants and across a range of devices, browsers etc. What makes Piano Composer different is that you can add tests within your flows - specifying exactly where and why you want things to happen, whilst still building the rest of your experiences around this. The other huge benefit to Piano Composer is that it contains their Customer Segmentation engine and processing this data with their proprietary algorithms, so it is taking everything it knows about your users and including this in the segmentation process, which I think it much more powerful.
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    Textedly
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Piano Software
    • Increased digital subscriptions substantially
    • Enables quick and easy testing, which saves lots of time
    • Is quite expensive as a tool overall, so you need to balance the benefits to the number of users you have
    Incentivized
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    Textedly
    • Instant updates to clients.
    • Clients can get info without searching our website.
    • Sign up is easy even for the most technologically illiterate.
    Incentivized
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