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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Piano Amplifier

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA solution to amplify content with AI-powered social publishing. Used to grow and engage an audience through real-time data and machine-learning optimization, guiding users to content, and to just the right place in the social conversation. Socialflow was acquired by Piano in 2022, and is now a Piano solution.N/A

    Sitecore Search

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASitecore Search (or Sitecore Discover, formerly Reflektion), is a customer centric personalization platform that optimizes customer experiences on an individual basis in real time.N/A
    Pricing
    Piano AmplifierSitecore Search
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Piano AmplifierSitecore Search
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Piano AmplifierSitecore Search
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Sitecore Search
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam4.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Sitecore Search
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Sitecore Search
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    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories4.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Sitecore Search
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.7
    3 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Sitecore Search
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    Twitter5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Sitecore Search
    -
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    Campaign success analytics5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Piano Amplifier and Sitecore Search
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    7.1
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Sitecore Search
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    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Algolia
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Algolia
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Algolia
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Piano AmplifierSitecore Search
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Piano AmplifierSitecore Search
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Piano Software
    SocialFlow is well suited for Platform & keyword research : 1. In-depth research to identify requisite platforms & channels and the pertaining keywords, followed by query building to create search profiles & topic tags Social mediaplatforms Professional review forums Industry-focused discussion sites E-commerce websites Content streaming platforms data extraction​ 2. Setting up processes and tools for data extraction such as –-Social intelligence tools-Web scraping-Custom crawlers-Manual minimum (if applicable)
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    Sitecore
    Reflektion is very well suited for ecommerce sites that are looking to provide their customers meaningful product recommendations tailored to their specific user experience on our site. We are also beginning to use Reflektion for search results. If you find that your customer base uses your search bar or is having issues with their search experience, Reflektion offers a great auto complete search results feature. We have a sister site that only offers a small catalog of products and we do no use the auto search results feature on this site. If your company has a small catalog the search results tool may not be as effective. I cannot think of a scenario in which an ecommerce site would not find it helpful to provide customized product recommendations to their customers.
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    Pros
    Piano Software
    • Posts without human input.
    • Monitors algorithms.
    • Easy to use interface.
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    • Reflektion provides individualized results based off each customer's unique browse experience on the site. This is beneficial because it gets more accurate results than segmenting customers by certain behaviors consistent with other customers.
    • Reflektion is responsive to our business. They treat each request with professionalism and work to find solutions quickly.
    • Reflektion has several beneficial features to further enhance the customer experience through a learning environment. Reflektion learns synonyms and is able to adjust for more accurate results. They also provide full page results with faceted navigation which leverages the individualized learning into the product results specific for each customer in a seamless integration with the site.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Piano Software
    • I'd like to open up windows for more than one account/platform at time.
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    • While I mentioned that training our team in using the Reflektion dashboard was quite pain free, the dashboard can get a little overwhelming to a first time user. There are a lot of options and customization features available that can be intimidating at first.
    • There isn't really too much for us to criticize with Reflektion. As I said, we switched from another product to Reflektion and so far have had almost no issues. When they do come up, the Reflektion team has been very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Piano Software
    • Clarity of communication
    • Quality of product
    • Its sheer utility
    • How we now rely on it greatly
    • Reasonable price point
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Piano Software
    I give this rating as an outcome to understand competitor social strategy to improve strategic positioning. Drive improvement by benchmarking and serving to compete on content Identify trends, topics/themes, potential threats, etc. Improve campaigns by measuring and comparing audience reach, Interaction, etc. Measure engagement rate to analyze audience association.​ What themes/topics are generating higher engagement Insights to assist marketing teams in planning future campaigns
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    Sitecore
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Piano Software
    They don’t seem to understand the issues when we explain them.
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Piano Software
    We've also evaluated HootSuite and Sprout Social, and we used both in the past. SocialFlow is superior in its content system for creating, editing, and publishing posts. It's ideal for a team of our size. The cost is fair. It was overall the best option in all of the categories we were looking for.
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    Reflektion is a very cost-effective, complete solution providing individualization for preview search, product recommendations, full page search, and content. Compared to the other services they offered more features utilizing SOLR results but with continued learning. Other services didn't have the full list of capabilities or were much more expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Piano Software
    • Increased engagement
    • ROI
    • Efficiency
    • Transparency/data/insight
    Incentivized
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    Sitecore
    • Increasing conversion rate is almost always the goal when we start a new project and it is safe to say that Reflektion has helped us increase conversion rate for customers clicking through product recommendations.
    • With our previous recommendations engine, tweaking and customizing the recommendations on our site was not nearly as effective or easy as it is with Reflektion. This has saved us countless hours in dev and manual operations work.
    • We have not seen any negative impacts of Reflektion and hope this continues.
    Incentivized
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