Post Affiliate Pro is designed to run an entire affiliate program from top to bottom, with the exception of processing the financial transactions. However, most payment processors and shopping carts can be fully integrated with Post Affiliate Pro. According to the vendor, this solution is intuitive, fast, effective, and infinitely expandable, and designed to grow with the user’s needs. This solution is targeted for any merchant or business who wants to start a successful affiliate program.
$129
per month
Springbot
Score6 out of 10
N/A
Springbot aims to bring all the marketing capabilities large retailers have to small businesses at a fraction of the cost. Through Springbot, online stores will be able to leverage automated marketing on channels such as email, SMS, social and online ads. Business owners and marketers who find themselves wearing many hats can still send the right message at the right time with confidence. With an all-in-one marketing automation platform designed with ease of use in mind, business…
$199
for up to 5,000 subscribers (includes email marketing, social hub, reporting and dashboards, signup forms, automations, account management, support and onboarding. See website for additional package options.
Pricing
Post Affiliate Pro
Springbot
Editions & Modules
PRO
$129
per month
ULTIMATE
$249
per month
NETWORK
$599
per month
STARTER
$4,900
one-time fee
ELITE
$12,900
one-time fee
NETWORK
$24,900
one-time fee
Platform Base Package
$199/month
for up to 5,000 subscribers (includes email marketing, social hub, reporting and dashboards, signup forms, automations, account management, support and onboarding. See website for additional package options.
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Post Affiliate Pro
Springbot
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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See website for pricing calculator for additional pricing options.
More Pricing Information
Features
Post Affiliate Pro
Springbot
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Post Affiliate Pro and Springbot
Feature
Post Affiliate Pro
-
Ratings
Springbot
4.4
3 Ratings
55% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
Dynamic content
00 Ratings
4.23 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content
00 Ratings
2.72 Ratings
Landing pages
00 Ratings
8.21 Ratings
A/B testing
00 Ratings
4.23 Ratings
Mobile optimization
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
List management
00 Ratings
4.23 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Post Affiliate Pro and Springbot
Feature
Post Affiliate Pro
-
Ratings
Springbot
6.6
3 Ratings
18% below category average
Lead nurturing automation
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading
00 Ratings
9.11 Ratings
Data quality management
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks
00 Ratings
9.11 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Post Affiliate Pro and Springbot
Feature
Post Affiliate Pro
-
Ratings
Springbot
5.2
3 Ratings
37% below category average
Calendaring
00 Ratings
4.03 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing
00 Ratings
6.41 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Post Affiliate Pro and Springbot
Feature
Post Affiliate Pro
-
Ratings
Springbot
2.7
2 Ratings
95% below category average
Social sharing and campaigns
00 Ratings
2.52 Ratings
Social profile integration
00 Ratings
3.02 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Post Affiliate Pro and Springbot
Feature
Post Affiliate Pro
-
Ratings
Springbot
4.2
3 Ratings
56% below category average
Dashboards
00 Ratings
4.23 Ratings
Standard reports
00 Ratings
4.23 Ratings
Custom reports
00 Ratings
4.23 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Post Affiliate Pro and Springbot
Post Affiliate Pro is suitable for any online business that's interested in more sales that come from affiliate partners (and are willing to pay them commission from sales).
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
The demographic data was great. I could see how many males vs. females, ages, income, married, with or without children. It gave me a good idea of who my customers were.
Using their tracking URLs in all of our campaigns allowed us to get a better idea of what exactly was driving revenue.
Not only could I see top performing products, which I can do within Magento, I could also see top selling categories and colors.
I can pull a Coupon Usage report our of Magento, but Springbot gave me additional info like AOV and ROI on those codes.
Springbot also gave me a lot of info about our abandoned carts. It shows us which products are most abandoned along with views, conversion rates, etc.
Springbot gave us an Instagram Shop page that allowed us to curate social shares and then tie them to products on our site.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
After our purchase, I let spring or know that I was currently too busy to implement the system and to put things on hold. They ignored this request and kept charging us a monthly fee without using any of their systems. I have only logged in once. Nothing has been set up. They can see that from their side.
After multiple emails back and forth their out was in the user agreement. I never asked for my money back only credit so I can regroup and when I have time get on to implant the systems. They tell me they don't do that.
They don't care about any of the customer's needs. They only care about charging you that monthly fee. Terrible bus plan. With enough bad feedback, they will suffer from such a narrow plan.
I wish we had actual information about the cons using the system. Unfortunately I was not given the opportunity to do unless I wanted to keep paying while not using the system.
It takes some time to learn how to use it. I do believe it could be a little more usable, but the support helps every time. Even new partners learn to use it relatively fast, and as the time goes by, you can help them yourself and they do not need to reach reach out to customer service.
Post Affiliate Pro has excellent support. It has improved over time and has a great customer support, if you have any problems. They respond quickly and so far have solved all of our problems. There could be more languages besides English, but it still works great. I can tell that the costumer service staff has a lot of experience.
We have raved about Springbot's support because they always get back with us so quickly. Our rep, Jared has been phenomenal in helping us, always being available to chat with us and explaining some of the metrics with us so we can better understand. He completely handles our ads, checks on them, and lets us know when to update and why.
Basically both are great. Post Affiliate Pro has more integration features with CMS and Payment solutions (Joomla, Drupal etc.) but has the drawback of not integrating with Salesforce and required PHP knowledge in some cases. On the other hand, Referral Rock integrates well with Salesforce and required no coding knowledge as far as I know.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Springbot gave us a better idea of who our customer was. We just launched in January 2015 having been B2B previously. So we weren't really sure who we were marketing to.
I only paid $200/month for the service so I didn't waste a ton of money trying it out. They have a 30 day cancellation policy so I wasn't stuck in a year long contract.
It was a let down because I had such high hopes of everything it would allow me to do and see with one platform. Give them a couple more years and I think they will work out the kinks.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
