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    Quadient Inspire

    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Quadient Inspire offers a customer experience management portfolio that provides human-centric communication solutions that span the entire customer lifecycle, to help organizations to create meaningful connections with their customers, wherever, whenever they prefer.N/A

    SALESmanago

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    SALESmanago is a Customer Engagement Platform for eCommerce marketing teams, including AI-driven solutions that boast users among 2000+ mid-size businesses in 50 countries, as well as global brands such as Vodafone, Lacoste, New Balance and Victoria’s Secret. SALESmanago aims to improve eCommerce KPIs by leveraging three principles: (1) Customer Intimacy to create authentic customer relationships based on Zero and First Party Data; (2) Precision Execution to provide superior…

    $499

    per month

    Pricing
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $499
    per month
    Professional
    $1,999
    per month
    Enterprise
    $4,000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsThe solution is highly modular. Pricing may differ a lot depending on usage and configuration.—
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    Community Pulse
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Considered Both Products
    Quadient
    No answer on this topic
    SALESmanago
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Quadient Inspire and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Quadient Inspire
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    8.2
    35 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.835 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.932 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings7.131 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.827 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Quadient Inspire and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Quadient Inspire
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.830 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Quadient Inspire and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Quadient Inspire
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    4.3
    25 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings6.223 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings2.521 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Quadient Inspire and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Quadient Inspire
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    2.6
    18 Ratings
    98% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings2.517 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings2.617 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Quadient Inspire and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Quadient Inspire
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    7.3
    35 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.935 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.934 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.128 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Quadient Inspire and SALESmanago
    Feature
    Quadient Inspire
    -
    Ratings
    SALESmanago
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    9% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.830 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings2.414 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Small Businesses
    GoTo Connect
    Score8 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    GoTo Connect
    Score8 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (38 ratings)
    8.9
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (22 ratings)
    7.8
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Quadient InspireSALESmanago
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Quadient
    Scenarios where Quadient Inspire is well suited - When we want to create some content which can be reused, as we create blocks in Quadient which has some data in it, and these blocks can be reused. When we want to create consistent content and want to deliver it through omni-channel medium in large volume, as Quadient Inspire makes delivery of large volume communications possible, and it does so in mere seconds. Scenarios where Quadient Inspire is less appropriate - sometimes it feels like editing in a Word document is easier than Quadient Inspire, e.g., when we need to add bullet points in the content.
    Incentivized
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    SALESmanago
    I find SalesManago to be a good tool for email marketing and automation processes. They live chat service allows fast and direct communication with customers. Website personalisation (tools like pop-ups and browser notification) work fine but I'd like to have a bit more personalisation options to be avalaible to users.
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    Pros
    Quadient
    • Highly flexible data ingestion
    • Clear and powerful workflow design that makes support easy to understand as teams evolve
    • Great internal debugging tool that simplifies and accelerates the development cycle
    • Powerful scripting structure available at nearly every aspect of data management, composition, and finishing allowing for specialized requirements not available in the standard toolset to be met
    Incentivized
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    SALESmanago
    • Segmentation - you can segment people in many ways (e.g using tags, rfm matrices, sales funnels, dynamic segments).
    • Automation flows - using workflows, automation rules, and website automations you can automatically do marketing actions after a trigger and in specific conditions. You have a lot of events, conditions and actions
    • Product Recommendations - this tool allow you to recommend products on your website. Maybe it's not quick to prepare it but the results at the end are awesome
    • RFM Segmentation - this is a great tool to segment and reach people according to their RFM profile
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    Cons
    Quadient
    • Within CJM: Not easy to share maps with a large group of people, still needs to be done on an individual basis which is time-consuming.
    • Not able to unload all file types into maps. It would be great to have video.
    • There are a lot of third-party suppliers that make up the full services in Inspire. This limits the development that Quadient can do to.
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    SALESmanago
    • Their expansion into the US has not been very successful, and if you are a West Coast customer want training, be prepared to get up at 4 a.m.
    • While their functionality is comparable to competing products there is nothing particularly unique to what they offer
    • Their instructional literature was obviously not produced by people for who English is a first language and they are not particularly English proficient.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Quadient
    We are using Quadient Inspire products since last 5 years. And we are able to achieve everything with respect to the customer's needs and desired output. Quadient is adding new very important features every day that make document structure very easy for developers and end users. We would like to stick with Quadient for a long time.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Quadient
    There are parts of the product that are extremely easy to use, but it can be hard to build it up to get to that point. I'm a power user and I know I've only barely scratched the surface, but the transactional users barely have to lift a finger to get their letters out. There's a lot more that can be done if I had the time and resources to devote to improving our letters more and there are times when the interface is in my way as to meeting those goals, but by and large, it's a swift and easy to use program.
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    SALESmanago
    SALESmanago is a pretty big tool (with lots of features), but if you know the principles - everything is easy to find, and easy to understand. Of course there are some settings or funcionalities which needs to be updated but still using SALESmanago is totaly different experience than 5-6 years ago (in a good way)
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    Reliability and Availability
    Quadient
    I am giving this rating because Quadient products are highly available. Most of the time all Quadient products are available. In some cases Quadient always follows the planned schedule and maintenance. They always inform all the partners and clients a day or two in advance so that the clients can work accordingly.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Quadient
    I want you to rate the performance of the Quadient Inspire 9 out of 10. Because every time we work with Quadient products I never feel any sluggishness and any performance issue. Along with this, one thing that we all should understand is that the performance of any application also depends on the computer hardware. So along with the software application, your hardware should also meet the minimum requirements.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Quadient
    Overall Quadient team is very responsive and willing to come to the table and provide valuable information and resolution for problems. What tier of support you have would defiantly impact the experience you have. Had some challenges with a few members of the support team , but when brought up with the vendor it was quickly resolved
    Incentivized
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Quadient
    I had a couple of weeks of training back in 2005 on the Quadient premises in Hradec Kralowe. The instructor was just great! Besides showing as normal functionalities, he went so far to solve our concrete challenges. He actually encouraged me to become a "real" programmer. I have written my first lines of code in Inspire (GMC PrintNetT) and never looked back.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Quadient
    Quadient offers online training for all of its products (paid service). You can choose your pace and go through the material and then solve real challenges. At the end, you can choose to take a final assignment and get certification which is a really good thing to do. If you get stuck, the training team will answer any of your questions and give you guidance.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Quadient
    As you consider your digital transformation, think of the people who may object. They have valid criticisms, valuable insights and information critical to your success. Quadient’s advice is to build a strong internal team and confront these questions early. When everyone understands the project from their perspective, the project has a better chance of success.
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    SALESmanago
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    Alternatives Considered
    Quadient
    The above drop down would not allow me to pick the similar products that I have used previously. Planet Pres : Good in its time. Now very slow compared with Quadient. Compart: As quick... If not slightly quicker than Quadient. This does not counteract how difficult this software is to use. It has no GUI interface and even advanced programmers struggle to use it. Both of these products are inferior to Quadient when it comes to implementing within a normal organisation.
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    SALESmanago
    I use many marketing automation tools, and I choose the right tool for the right job. I like to use SALESmanago because of its great support and very good price for the product.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Quadient
    Not really. It's not cheap, but it's a great value for what you get. This is enterprise-level software and the cost reflects that. The pay-per-page aspect makes sense too. We get a lot of sheets included in our contract and we use them all. It's a good contract with pricing that makes sense.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Quadient
    I am giving this rating because Quadient products are very reliable. Quadient products can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed. We can integrate Quadient products with other applications and tools in a very effective, efficient and flexible way. We can deploy Quadient products in Cloud as well.
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    SALESmanago
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Quadient
    The PSO team is very involved and knowledgeable. Some times there are availability issues due to the number of companies they are supporting but they do their best to deliver on time. PSO cost aren't cheap, but they deliver a big bang for the buck especially on critical projects or involving them in strategic approaches/decisions.
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    SALESmanago
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    Return on Investment
    Quadient
    • Since purchasing Inspire we have won many business opportunities as it enables us to create documents we couldn't do before, for example: Council Tax Bills.
    • It is a lot faster at processing than our previous software. We had one job we had to extract addresses from, it was 56,000 records from a 5.5million line text file. Our previous software took 26 hours to pull out the addresses, Quadient Inspire took 43 seconds!
    • We are able to automate processes through Inspire via CLI batch files, where a job would normally take 30 minutes to set up and process, a bit of time spent on the workflow and automation script means we can just double click a batch file for repeat jobs and the print file is created in seconds.
    Incentivized
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    SALESmanago
    • The automated system has improved advertising campaigns.
    • We noticed an increase in customer activity.
    • We received valuable data about your users.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Quadient Inspire Screenshots

    Screenshot of Inspire's customer journey mapping , used to identify gaps and pain points in the customer journey.Screenshot of the Quadient Digital Advantage Suite, which enables users to develop personalized mobile and web experiences that are integrated with core systems and aligned with non-digital communication channels.Screenshot of Inspire’s omnichannel preview, which lets users see how the communication will look on a variety of devices and screens.Screenshot of the Inspire Interactive interface used to create personalized ad-hoc communications with pre-approved blocks of content.Screenshot of where users can accept or reject content changes via a ‘change tracking feature that maintains a real-time audit trail.Screenshot of Quadient-hosted public Container Registry, which allows users to download and configure pre-built container images of Inspire Flex, saving dev time.

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