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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Planhat

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/APlanhat is a post-sale customer platform designed for enterprise B2B organizations to aggregate customer data, automate lifecycle workflows, and monitor account health. As a dedicated Customer Success platform, it evaluates product usage telemetry, communication logs, and financial metrics to proactively manage customer health and support value realization.N/A

    Agentforce Marketing

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMarketing Cloud is a cloud-based digital marketing platform, used by marketers can segment their audience, deliver personalized messages, track campaign performance, engage leads and accounts, and optimize strategies based on real-time insights.

    $1,250

    per month per installation

    Pricing
    PlanhatAgentforce Marketing
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Account Engagement
    $1,250
    per month
    Engagement
    $1,250
    per month
    Intelligence
    $3,000
    per month
    Loyalty Management
    $20,000
    per month
    Personalization
    $100,000
    per year
    Data Cloud for Marketing
    $108,000
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PlanhatAgentforce Marketing
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PlanhatAgentforce Marketing
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    Planhat
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    84 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    72 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    89 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    58 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    PlanhatAgentforce Marketing
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    7.5
    13 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    7.6
    13 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.5
    124 Ratings
    0% below category average
    API8.112 Ratings6.790 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com7.09 Ratings7.6113 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings6.689 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings6.9111 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings8.611 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Customer Data Extraction / Integration
    Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    8.2
    14 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    Product usage8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk / support tickets8.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Success Management
    Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    8.0
    14 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    -
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    NPS surveys7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sponsor tracking8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer profiles9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflow6.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal collaboration8.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer health scoring7.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer segmentation7.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    CSM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    6.9
    13 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    Customer health trends6.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement analytics6.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Revenue forecasting5.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboards8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.3
    171 Ratings
    5% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.4122 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.1153 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings6.4112 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings7.6121 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings7.0151 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings6.7111 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.3132 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.1129 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.295 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    8.1
    124 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.8109 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.1110 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings7.3116 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.2101 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.3
    114 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings7.3103 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings7.497 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.4
    88 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.383 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings7.539 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Planhat and Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    Feature
    Planhat
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
    7.6
    124 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.1118 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.3123 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.3100 Ratings
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PlanhatAgentforce Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (14 ratings)
    8.2
    (329 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (114 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (36 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (17 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (40 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PlanhatAgentforce Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Planhat
    For someone working in the Customer Success team, Planhat is a must-have software. All your client-level data can be easily managed, stored, and reviewed at any point in time by Planhat. It also helps the management and the leadership team better see each account and its usage. It also helps in identifying potentially risky customers and taking the required actions to engage and retain the account. It also gets integrated easily with other meeting recording tools wherein the summary from the tool gets easily synced with Planhat
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    Salesforce
    I think the product, by definition, is meant for marketing — and we use it exactly for that, for running campaigns. That’s the best-suited use case for the product. I don’t think it’s really meant to be used for anything else — that’s just not how it’s designed.
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    Pros
    Planhat
    • Reporting - you can set up filters with boolean criteria to give you insight into everything you need to know.
    • Playbooks - these are very good for less-experienced CSM's who need a step-by-step guide on how to deal with different stages of the customer lifecycle. More experienced CSM's may not need the playbooks.
    • Usage data for customers - there's a wide range of charts in Planhat that tell the story of client consumption.
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    Salesforce
    • Filter relevant content so you can priorize those that are more relevant and resolve it first
    • Measure the traffic in the different social networks, as well as the response rate, average response time and other relevant metrics
    • Configure automation rules to order the work of those who must interact with the customer
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    Cons
    Planhat
    • Allow for cc'ing of AEs or others within the same organization from the messaging center. When I went to send a message from within Planhat, I had to manually type out the AE's email address every time if I wanted them cc'd.
    • The fonts were funky if I went to add text into an existing email template. For example, if I added in an extra sentence or paragraph, in Outlook on the recipient's end, the font was different despite looking the same within Planhat. Gmail was all consistent, Outlook was showing a different font.
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    Salesforce
    • The email builder does not offer any way to catch/check bugs across different email service providers
    • Creating SQL is not as easy as drag-and-drop; a lot of technical knowledge is required
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud is sold as a marketing tool, but to be honest, you need a LOT of technical IT support to run the tool
    • Einstein metrics are across the board; if you have multiple audiences in one instance of Salesforce Marketing Cloud you can't segment the data.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    As of right now we have not seen any other program that integrates as seamlessly into our Salesforce platform. We have barely scratched the surface of all the features and use cases. It would be irresponsible to make a move to another platform in the near future. We have not come up against any limitations that would prompt a need to switch
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    Usability
    Planhat
    It takes a while to learn Planhat even for experienced users. It has limitations in terms of what data you can present where, but its important to set internal guides outside Planhat as well so everybody working collaborative. But as CSM Planhat is a great- and critical tool which I use daily to optimise my work schedule and customer interaction with various topics.
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    Salesforce
    You won't find another solution that has as many features as Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio. We all know Salesforce, we all know how big they are and it's not for nothing... Their tools do most of the things you want, need and even imagine. Using it is complicated, but the usability is infinite.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Upgrades and timing of the upgrades were communicated well and planned during off hours for our work. If we did have a campaign scheduled during that time, it would kick-off after the system was back active. There were a few unplanned system down times, but it was a rare occurrence and those times were also short in duration.
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    Performance
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Though the make up of MA apps is not built this way today, it would be nice to see them become more real-time. The integration between Salesforce and Pardot is not a true real-time integration. If I modify something in Salesforce, those changes are not automatically reflected in Pardot immediately. There is a delay of about 15 minutes before the systems sync. This delay, although not long, is less than ideal We would love the systems to be integrated real time such that changes are propagated from one system to the other immediately.
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    Support Rating
    Planhat
    The support team couldn't be better. They are quick to respond, very helpful, and thorough. Our CS manager was always happy to schedule calls to go through specific feature queries and she ensured we had a smooth and quick setup.
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    Salesforce
    They are really responsive and more than not solve the problem or give you insight to how you can manage the solution yourself. I do find however sometimes a long delay on the more complex issues when they need to loop in other departments. but overall a good experience with support
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    In-Person Training
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The trainers at the Pardot user conference (Elevate and Connections) were very knowledgeable and presented the material well. Again, the content was targeted to more of a new user audience, and was not really relevant for folks who had been using the product for 2+ years.
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    Online Training
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Pardot's online training touches on all topics briefly and vaguely without much indepth exploration into how a final outcome could look, such as Nurturing Campaigns, Email templates, landing page templates, etc... The only true way to uncover Pardot's full capabilities is to have Front End design and coding experience. Without this key skill set, I would not recommend Pardot to another business.
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    Implementation Rating
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    From an IT perspective, once you set up the Javascript beacon and start collecting data there is a waiting game. During this time you can start labeling your site actions which can be labor intensive for a single person, but you don't really have the final end-users on the platform yet. We did a lot of training so users were experienced, but it wasn't until they had their first tasks to accomplish that they started using the system and had questions. I'd recommend setting up some immediate goals for an end-user to start segmenting for the purpose of displaying message campaigns so you can jump start end-user action.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Planhat
    I was not the person involved in choosing Planhat, but it seems to me that Planhat is much better suited to an account management style role, whereas Hubspot is closer to a sales CRM instead. In my position, Planhat is better suited as it is more graphical, more flexible, and easier to find information on.
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    Salesforce
    We use Salesforce Marketing Cloud for lead management, generating reports, tracking customer and dealer information, inputting orders, and more. I prefer HubSpot for email marketing and automation because it is easier to use and the emails are designed much better. We currently use Salesforce and HubSpot, and we are very happy to have both, as they have different pros/cons.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    was not involved with this part but i have not heard about clompaints
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    Scalability
    Planhat
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Prior to this, we had no solution and literally were doing things on paper in a world where technology is outpacing paper. Having this process optimized has made it easier for the sales and marketing people to change information. From the training perspective, it has allowed us to see holes in where we could create additional support training, so the ROI here has been a lot more than just the optimization of a process.
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    Return on Investment
    Planhat
    • Planhat has, for the first time, given us a 360-degree view of all our customers and access to all the different types of communication we have with them across different departments and functions.
    • The ability to automate workflows, tasks, and assign playbooks to the various phases of our customer lifecycle has aligned all our departments.
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    Salesforce
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to more efficiently reach out to a higher number of prospects.
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to nimbly communicate important messages in a timely fashion to facilitate conversion.
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to track who is opening our messages so that we can stop sending to those not interested and focus on the most engaged audiences.
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    ScreenShots

    Planhat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Insights identify outliers in a portfolio to help users understand risks and opportunities.Screenshot of Displays clients through any filter to shows only the information that matters.

    Agentforce Marketing Screenshots

    Screenshot of Pardot Analytics - Pardot's reporting and analytics can be used to perform true revenue impact analysis and closed-loop reporting.Screenshot of Pardot Email Analytics - The reach and impact of  email marketing efforts are displayed in real-time with advanced reporting and analytics by device, and email client.Screenshot of Pardot Forms and Landing Pages - Pardot's form and landing page builders are used to turn online traffic to leads with targeted offers and content marketing.Screenshot of Pardot Email Marketing - Lead nurturing flows are defined via an interface that enables definition of the simplest or most complex segmented and targeted campaigns.