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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Prezly

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Prezly is presented as all-in-one public relations management tool that helps PR teams organise their workflow, collaborate and save time. Accessible through any browser, Prezly's key features are divided between three main areas: Contact management Full PR CRM for managing contacts Automated contact enrichment and flagging for out-of-date contact details At-a-glance comms timeline per contact showing emails sent/received, added…

    $50

    per month per user

    Signal

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ASignal is an open source cross-platform messaging app featuring end-to-end encryption to keep conversations private and secure, boasting no ads, no affiliate marketers, and no creepy tracking in Signal. Users can focus on sharing the moments that matter.

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    Pricing
    PrezlySignal
    Editions & Modules
    Starter Plan
    $50
    per month per user
    Core Plan
    $90
    per month per user
    Premium Plan
    $140
    per month per user
    Enterprise Plan
    custom
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PrezlySignal
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrezly also offers a yearly payment option with a 20% discount. Additional seats are available for each plan, and additional newsrooms are available for Core Plan and above. For larger/global clients, Prezly offers an Enterprise Plan that accommodates 10+ seats and more customizable functionality; Enterprise Plans are priced based on an organization's requirements.—
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    User Ratings
    PrezlySignal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    PrezlySignal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Prezly
    Since this platform is so easy to use when creating or managing communication workflows, it is recommended to work mostly with scenarios that generally require several processes to complete each group management, for example, to cover from the follow-up of employees within the communications team to the management of the team's communication processes.
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    Open Source
    Signal is great for high-security applications where privacy is a concern, perhaps because of the sensitive nature of the materials being communicated. For instance, if you are sending sensitive information about a film that hasn't been released yet, and you want to make sure that paparazzi and fans don't get access to spoiler information, Signal is a great way to communicate.
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    Pros
    Prezly
    • Press releases with photos, videos, clean, attractive layout
    • Contact management with tags and segments for media outreach
    • Click rates/open rates to help target our followup outreach
    • Full HTML press releases dropped into email instead of attached PDFs that don't get opened
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    Open Source
    • Encryption end to end
    • Audio quality
    • Ability to permanently delete messages and history
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    Cons
    Prezly
    • The contact management system is a little wonky but it has improved over the last two years and I expect that trend to continue.
    • The grouping system (segments) and tagging is not intuitive. I've had many missteps in trying to get content to particular segments while deselecting individuals.
    • You cannot add another group of people to a distribution without going back and recreating the same distribution. you can add individuals but not groups.
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    Open Source
    • Backup functionality on iOS devices
    • Sometimes messages can be delayed
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    Support Rating
    Prezly
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    I've never contacted support but I see that they are on the ball for bug fixes, highly communicative in release notes, and continually releasing updates to Signal that address common user complaints. Given how responsive the development team is, and how they are continually improving Signal, I think their support is top notch.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Prezly
    Prezly is much more user-friendly than Cision but isn't as robust. The pricing is similar and I believe Prezly beats it out a bit. Overall, the UI is much better in Prezly giving it the edge.
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    Open Source
    Signal is far and away better and more feature-rich. Skype is no longer the app it used to be before Microsoft acquired it, and WhatsApp, while trying to be much like Signal with claims, has too many features that lead to a sense of insecurity as it's too widely used and used for too many things.
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    Return on Investment
    Prezly
    • We have taken into account our net profit rates during the time of using Prezly, and therefore we decided that the platform is useful when generating work formations that result in higher profits. Prezly has proven to be an excellent investment, which has satisfied our team.
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    Open Source
    • Communication is crucial to accomplishing our mission
    • Cost of similar commercial apps could be very prohibitive
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    Screenshot of Prezly's dedicated CRM and rich contact profilesScreenshot of Prezly's contact list import, which is also used to merge duplicates and weed out bad emailsScreenshot of Prezly's tags, which are used to organize contacts into dynamic media lists that always stay up to date.Screenshot of a Prezly multimedia campaignScreenshot of Prezly's story editorScreenshot of Prezly's reporting, which can display which stories get the most coverage, and which journos are the biggest fans