Sales Engine International vs. Wishpond Propel IQ

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
Wishpond Propel IQ
Score 1.6 out of 10
N/A
Wishpond's Propel IQ marketing automation platform is designed to make it easy to generate, manage and nurture leads. Business users can automatically score and segment leads into lists based on activity and personal details. They can also send personalized emails after interest is shown in their products or to reach out after a period of inactivity. Wishpond has a number of tools including: Landing Pages, Website Popups, Forms, Contests & Promotions, Marketing Automation, Email…
$69
per month
Pricing
Sales Engine InternationalWishpond Propel IQ
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$69
per month
Pro
$119
per month
Growth
$199
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Sales Engine InternationalWishpond Propel IQ
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsYearly plans are 36% off.
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Community Pulse
Sales Engine InternationalWishpond Propel IQ
Top Pros
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Features
Sales Engine InternationalWishpond Propel IQ
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
2.3
1 Ratings
109% below category average
Wishpond Propel IQ
1.4
10 Ratings
138% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor2.01 Ratings1.27 Ratings
Landing pages4.01 Ratings1.28 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting1.01 Ratings2.48 Ratings
List management2.01 Ratings2.210 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings1.19 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings1.29 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings1.210 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings1.29 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings1.29 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
2.3
1 Ratings
108% below category average
Wishpond Propel IQ
1.1
10 Ratings
147% below category average
Lead nurturing automation1.01 Ratings1.19 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading2.01 Ratings1.210 Ratings
Data quality management2.01 Ratings1.28 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks4.01 Ratings1.17 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.0
1 Ratings
154% below category average
Wishpond Propel IQ
-
Ratings
Calendaring1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing1.01 Ratings00 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
Wishpond Propel IQ
1.3
9 Ratings
139% below category average
Social sharing and campaigns1.01 Ratings1.39 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.0
1 Ratings
153% below category average
Wishpond Propel IQ
2.1
9 Ratings
110% below category average
Dashboards1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports1.01 Ratings2.19 Ratings
Custom reports1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Sales Engine International
1.5
1 Ratings
134% below category average
Wishpond Propel IQ
1.2
9 Ratings
142% below category average
API1.01 Ratings1.37 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals3.01 Ratings1.36 Ratings
Customizability1.01 Ratings1.18 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sales Engine InternationalWishpond Propel IQ
Likelihood to Recommend
3.1
(3 ratings)
1.1
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Sales Engine InternationalWishpond Propel IQ
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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Wishpond
It's a great platform if you're looking for something to run contests that provide leads and drive user engagement, but if they also incorporated social media management and scheduling, Wishpond would be a 10 by far. It's definitely worth looking into specifically for running contests throughout the year, for a wide variety of companies and industries.
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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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Wishpond
  • Very small learning curve, thanks to wonderful real-time tutorials and help, and drag-and-drop editors.
  • Easy to navigate - there are only 3 main sections of the site (content, lists, and emails).
  • Excellent customer service. I've always gotten prompt answers to any questions I've had.
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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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Wishpond
  • They added keywords to campaigns we'd specifically said not to.
  • They should tweak campaigns with a 0.06 ROAS.
  • They should provide the services that are promised.
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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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Wishpond
No answers on this topic
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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Wishpond
No answers on this topic
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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Wishpond
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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Wishpond
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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Wishpond
There is no support at Wishpond. I contacted my project manager's manager over a week ago without a reply. When I responded to the automated 'How is your experience' email saying how awful it was there was no follow-up. When I had trouble and had to escalate things it resulted in some new procedures being put in place that changed nothing and they never checked in to see if things were fixed.
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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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Wishpond
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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Wishpond
No answers on this topic
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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Wishpond
We choose Wishpond as our first option since we were a startup e-commerce. Klaviyo was a little bit expensive for us and Wishpond really suits pretty well in our budget. Besides, if you don't have so many clients, at a first glance, there are a lot of features that would not be taken advantage of. That is why Wishpond was a better option when we started.
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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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Wishpond
  • Negative google ROI.
  • A few conversions in September on paid social then none - negative ROI.
  • Between ad spend and Wishpond fees every month is negative ROI. Can’t wait until I can get out of this contract.
  • Emails don’t perform as well as my own for open rates or clicks.
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ScreenShots

Wishpond Propel IQ Screenshots

Screenshot of Mobile-responsive Landing Pages, optimized with A/B split tests.Screenshot of Leads Insights - Displays their website activity, emails they’ve opened, etc.Screenshot of Personalized emails to Leads based on their activity and personal detail.Screenshot of Website popup forms to convert leads.Screenshot of Facebook Sweepstakes, Photo Contests, and Instagram Hashtag Contests.