Sales Engine International vs. Vbout

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sales Engine International
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Sales Engine International is a new company resulting from the merger of Manticore and Sales Engine in 2012. The product has email marketing and landing page functionality with strong template libraries. The product provides connectors to both Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce.com. Primary customers are SMBs.N/A
Vbout
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Vbout is a marketing automation solution focused on agencies. Features include email marketing, lead scoring, social media management, and behavioral marketing.N/A
Pricing
Sales Engine InternationalVbout
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sales Engine InternationalVbout
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Sales Engine InternationalVbout
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
2.3
1 Ratings
107% below category average
Vbout
9.3
5 Ratings
20% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor2.01 Ratings9.25 Ratings
Landing pages4.01 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting1.01 Ratings8.55 Ratings
List management2.01 Ratings9.25 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
2.3
1 Ratings
109% below category average
Vbout
9.7
4 Ratings
22% above category average
Lead nurturing automation1.01 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading2.01 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Data quality management2.01 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks4.01 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.0
1 Ratings
153% below category average
Vbout
8.8
5 Ratings
16% above category average
Calendaring1.01 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing1.01 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.0
1 Ratings
153% below category average
Vbout
9.1
4 Ratings
19% above category average
Social sharing and campaigns1.01 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Social profile integration00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.0
1 Ratings
152% below category average
Vbout
9.1
5 Ratings
21% above category average
Dashboards1.01 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Standard reports1.01 Ratings8.55 Ratings
Custom reports1.01 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.5
1 Ratings
133% below category average
Vbout
9.5
5 Ratings
24% above category average
API1.01 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals3.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Customizability1.01 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM1.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Third-party software integrations00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sales Engine InternationalVbout
Likelihood to Recommend
3.1
(3 ratings)
9.2
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sales Engine InternationalVbout
Likelihood to Recommend
Sales Engine Media
We used the Manticore Marketing Automation solution for almost/just over 2 years, and initially, it was a great solution. Everything just seemed to work. When Manticore Technology, Inc. and Sales Engine International merged on May 31st of 2012, the overall product quality began to decline. As browsers and other programs (like our CRM environment) went through updates and new releases, Manticore just didn't keep up. Parts of the program became incompatible with certain browsers, forcing us to change where and how we logged into the back-end of the system. It was a silly workaround, but not the end of the world. When we learned that other client-facing portions didn't work with certain browsers, we brought it to their attention, and were told that we needed to find some way to work with it, and that the changes to the system were not possible. We ended up having to change our 200+ landing pages/forms, and could no longer have the State/Province field as a required field for registrations. That is just one example of our experience, and there have been others that are just as troublesome.
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Vbout.com
To Automate your social media presence by bulk scheduling content. Create multiple drip email marketing campaigns to support different marketing promotion initiatives. Visualize your marketing funnel. Learn what is your best referral traffic source per each initiative (for example, I learned that Quora was bringing us highly qualified leads). Create lead scores and start qualifying your prospects. Create multiple landing pages to promote your product to different audiences.
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Pros
Sales Engine Media
  • Awesome integration with CRM/SFDC.
  • Support is US-based, free with subscription, and very helpful.
  • Best workflow capability (drag and drop) I've seen in any comparable product.
  • Custom templates are available for purchase and are great for branding.
  • Easy to use landing pages.
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Vbout.com
  • On email marketing, it has petty good recommendation for sending methods.
  • The landing pages can be fully customized with code editor and works with Bootstrap frameworks.
  • The automation comes in handy since it works on all Vbout tools.
  • We can also install the Tracking Code on external websites to utilize Vbout tools.
  • Awesome support team!
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Cons
Sales Engine Media
  • List Building for Resends - I like to resend my email campaigns to non-openers and there is no easy way to pull this list within Manticore (If did not open this email is not an option). Typically I pull the report for the campaign, then re-import my list of non-openers to create a new list.
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Vbout.com
  • Since their team is so focused on being the best, they occasionally have small feature appearance issues
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Likelihood to Renew
Sales Engine Media
I've been incredibly pleased with Manticore/SEI and have selected them at several companies now. It's worked in a variety of different business environments, both big and small, and everyone on both the sales and marketing side have been extremely pleased with the results
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Vbout.com
The better relation quality / features / pricing in the market
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Usability
Sales Engine Media
Some of the actions require you to be in a specific section before actions are available to you, like adding a list. You first have to navigate to that section for options to be available to you
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Vbout.com
Great experience so far. Vbout has low learning curve. It's a user-friendly product with comprehensive knowledge base. Even if we meet a blocker, their team is ready to help us solve the issue. Their keep the dashboard straightforward that contains all tools, so we can access each one of them right away.
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Reliability and Availability
Sales Engine Media
Manticore hardly ever has "product down time" and almost never during a normal work day for our company
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Vbout.com
No answers on this topic
Performance
Sales Engine Media
Email campaigns are deployed instantly when you launch, unlike other Marketing Automation tools I've used in the past that queue emails in batches and can take hours to complete a send
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Vbout.com
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Sales Engine Media
The Manticore team is very knowledgeable, I haven't had an issue where a ticket was left unanswered or unresolved
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Vbout.com
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Sales Engine Media
Training was done online, but was one-on-one, giving me a lot of time to ask very specific product questions. They also walk you through setting up a test campaign, email, and landing page
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Vbout.com
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Sales Engine Media
It was the easiest integration and implementation that I've ever experienced. I've implemented other CRM integrated services before that provided the same services as Manticore that were extremely technical and expensive to integrate with Salesforce.com or Microsoft CRM Dynamics, or just plain couldn't integrate
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Vbout.com
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Alternatives Considered
Sales Engine Media
We migrated to Marketo approximately 6 months
ago, and were extremely happy with the change. Besides the higher sticker
price and the "everything's a sales pitch" communications from
Marketo, we can't find any fault.

Sales
Engine International - Manticore (commonly referred to as Manti-beast
internally) created many problems for us. And while they did integrate
with our Microsoft Dynamics environment, the software quickly ate through our
purchased storage and forced us to constantly purchase more. That alone
cost us many hundreds of dollars in Microsoft Dynamics CRM storage every year.
And, when confronted about it, Manticore support flat out lied about how
much storage their activities were taking up in our system. So, while it
integrates, it's a very poor integration.
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Vbout.com
Vbout offers a very robust overall solution, with a more basic solution, and a much lower price point than the Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM solution.
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Return on Investment
Sales Engine Media
  • Errors in forms led to a decrease in registrations - found workaround to correct it, but was never informed of certain incompatibilities
  • Reports have been inaccurate and very inflexible, and have not allowed for reliable forecasting/planning
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Vbout.com
  • The platform has saved us a lot of money
  • It's highly functional and allows us to do a lot more than Marketo
  • It's easy to manage, and it saves us a lot of time on a regular basis.
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