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    Respond.io

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ARespond.io is a business messaging platform from the Hong Kong based company of the same name, that connects customers from any channel to every team. As consumers grow to demand personal communication on a wide variety of channels, businesses are looking to their software vendors and partners to innovate and deliver these customer experiences. Respond.io is designed to meet this challenge, simply.

    $99

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    Salesloft

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesloft’s Revenue Orchestration Platform uses AI to help market-facing teams prioritize and take action on what matters most, from first touch to upsell and renewal.N/A
    Pricing
    Respond.ioSalesloft
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $99
    per month
    Growth
    $199
    per month
    Advanced
    $349
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Respond.ioSalesloft
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUp to a 20% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Respond.ioSalesloft
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    Respond.io
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    95 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    74 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    73 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    12 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    65 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Respond.ioSalesloft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (13 ratings)
    7.9
    (325 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (12 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
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    7.3
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    Performance
    -
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    8.2
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.1
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    Online Training
    -
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    7.3
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.7
    (143 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
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    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Respond.ioSalesloft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Respond.io
    The company's sales funnel support is well represented in Respond.io. I like how its workflow is configured with the initial support bot. It filters and provides a summary of the customer's needs, making the advisor's job easier. Calls are something the platform is sorely lacking. I understand they are under development and something we're eagerly awaiting at the company to be able to track more efficiently on a single platform. La atención del embudo de ventas de la compañía está bien representada en Respond.io me gusta como se configura su flujo de trabajo con el BOT de atención inicial, filtra y me entrega resumen de la necesidad del cliente haciendo más fácil el trabajo del asesor. Las llamadas son algo que le hace mucha falta a la plataforma, entiendo que se encuentra en desarrollo y es algo que esperamos con ansias en la compañía para poder hacer un seguimiento más eficiente en una sola plataforma. This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
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    SalesLoft
    I find it to be the best resource for scheduling calls with clients. Specifically when the call includes multiple people using Salesloft, it's so simple and easy to use to send open times to client and then to be able to send active links to the client where with one click the calendar invite shows up on my calendar? it's the best most efficient tool I have in my toolbelt at the moment. When it comes to logging, it's also simple but I wish I could add a contact to SL from the Microsoft integration.
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    Pros
    Respond.io
    • Centralize multiple channels on a single platform: WhatsApp, Instagram/Instagram Messenger, Facebook Messenger, web chat, email, etc.
    • Respond.io allows us to configure AI agents to answer frequently asked questions, generate service tickets, and more.
    • Thanks to its interface and AI, it allows us to manage high volumes of messages.
    • Centralizar múltiples canales en una sola plataforma WhatsApp, Instagram / Instagram Messenger, Facebook Messenger, chat web, correo electrónico, etc
    • Respond.io nos permite que se configuren agentes de IA para responder preguntas frecuentes, generar tickets de servicio y demás
    • Nos permite gracias a su interfaz y a la IA gestionar altos volúmenes de mensajes
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    SalesLoft
    • Salesloft enables us to outreach at scale.
    • Salesloft helps us identify our warmest, most buyer ready prospects to streamline our outreach.
    • Salesloft helps us to identify quickly areas to course correct and provides the necessary data to do that.
    • Salesloft also surfaces data around outreach so we can ensure we are targeting our team with sensible KPIs that connect to our business goals.
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    Cons
    Respond.io
    • Improve the quality of calls via WhatsApp
    • Multimedia files are frequently affected
    • Sometimes contact channels do not allow sending or receiving messages using automated templates
    • Mejorar la calidad en las llamadas vía Whatsapp
    • Archivos multimedia frecuentemente se ven afectados
    • En ocasiones los canales de contacto no permiten enviar o recibir mensajes mediante plantillas automatizadas
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    SalesLoft
    • Would be nice to have custom reporting available. Coming from Salesforce, the included canned reports are useful but I like to roll my sleeves up and build exactly what I want.
    • Conversations will record meetings booked via MSTeams but requires the BDR/SDR to hit record. Other solutions (e.g. Chorus.ai) join as a participant and don't require a user hitting the "record" button. We have to change our flow to make this work and it is a bit clunky.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    SalesLoft is absolutely VITAL to our daily operations. We could not function without it or a program like it. Speaking as a Sales Person who has had to operate without a product like this, the difference is night and day. The ability to stay organized, automate tasks, easily log activities and notes, review calls, and coach team members is an absolute gamechanger.
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    Usability
    Respond.io
    It has been very useful for us with very innovative functions and it has the ability to adapt to our operation according to the needs that our administrator indicates to them, and that is very efficient. Besides, it is easy for users to adapt; the functions are very intuitive and easy to implement.
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    SalesLoft
    Drift was extremely easy for both our demand gen team and SDR to jump right into. It was feature rich and purpose-built for marketers—it was remarkably easy to connect our marketing automation, CRM, and more to the platform and get everything to work together. Now the ability to create digital experiences and conversation landing pages is democratized—empowering our team to do better work and provide better prospect/customer experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    The availability is pretty good, we do sometimes have errors or delays in syncing activities but nothing that has been too detrimental to our workflow. Most recently we had an issue with Lofting through Outlook due to a change in security token that took a few weeks to resolve but it is fixed now.
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    Performance
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    Yes timely and easy to use. The only delays we have are when we run our big month sales blitz and activities take some time to sync to the reporting as well as SalesForce
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    The support team was very responsive but at the end of the day they took a long time to fix our issue. The issue did get fixed, though, so that is what matters. Very nice people who are there to help in any way they can.
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    Online Training
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    We had some virtual training with our CSM which was very well constructed. It took some time to get into the full swing of things but with a few weeks of hands on experience I was feeling confidant. The SL team was always available to answer questions or jump an a call to walk us through stuff. I also used the Customer Help Center for a few self guided learnings on how to use specific features related to reporting and team management.
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    Implementation Rating
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    must invest time and effort in define the best way to integration with Salesforce in order to get data visualization
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    Alternatives Considered
    Respond.io
    In my opinion, Respond.io is by far the most user-friendly platform out of other similar products. Other advantages rely on features such as AI Agents and automated workflows that are easily adaptable to our company's needs. Lastly. customer support from the Respond.io is admirable, being at all times better than their competitors.
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    SalesLoft
    Salesloft blows outreach out of the water in all aspects. One of the biggest issues I had was their unwillingness to listen to customer feedback. I had requested several small changes to be made when I had previously used the platform that unfortunately fell onto deff ears. I am much happier using Salesloft and the positive results I've experienced are a direct result of that.
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    Scalability
    Respond.io
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    The scalability was pretty good, we started with 4 or 5 users on one team and scaled into 30+ members across 3 teams
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    Return on Investment
    Respond.io
    • The cost of the solution, as compared to our previous solution, has meant that we now pay 50% less than our previous solution for a MUCH superior offering.
    • We are able to have a single agent (versus multiple agents previously) in our busy season and they are able to keep up with the load of queries being sent through.
    • The setup time, and integration of new channels into the mix has meant that Respond.io keeps up with the market trends, and we don't have to search for other solutions to engage with our customers - This has saved major amounts of time.
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    SalesLoft
    • I have been with a company that was using Salesloft, but moved to a competitor. I can't say it was exactly the competitors fault, as a lot of other internal changes were happening, (hence leaving the system that was working well), but we had the worst sales year in company history that year. Reps who consistently performed at or above quota were suddenly struggling to keep their pipelines in order, and the middle of the pack reps were going on PiPs and being let go.
    • Is it the dialer, or the leadership? You decide.
    • But the leadership also changed the dialer - so maybe it's both?
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    ScreenShots

    Respond.io Screenshots

    Screenshot of Unified Contact Management. This is the location to manage all customer profiles on a single page and track their details across all connected messaging channels. Merge, filter, or edit contacts from one centralized location.Screenshot of the Omnichannel Messaging Inbox. A single customer story containing every message, call, email, web chat and internal discussion.Screenshot of the Supervisor Dashboard. It is a daily dashboard for managers to pick up on conversation or agent anomalies at a glance. Identify conversations that have been on hold or unresolved for too long and monitor agents’ performance and workload in real time.Screenshot of Mobile Messaging. The native mobile app can be used to sell and chat with customers on the go.Screenshot of workflows. These automate tasks and streamline processes with customizable workflows, boosting efficiency and ensuring smooth operations by handling repetitive tasks.Screenshot of Data-Driven Insights. These comprehensive reports track key metrics, monitor trends and visualize performance data. Viewers can analyze conversations and team productivity.