Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM vs. SeoSamba Marketing Operating System

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
Score 8.4 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Constant Contact delivers for small businesses with tools to simplify and amplify digital marketing. Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM is a marketing and sales platform developed to help businesses build their pipeline, nurture leads and close more deals. The tools are designed to help businesses attract the right leads, nurture them with personalized content, and grow with better conversion. Attract - Acquires hot leads faster with email & social marketing, plus retargeting…
$449
per month
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System (formerly SambaSaaS) is cloud marketing software that includes tools that let users automate search engine optimization (SEO), schedule social media marketing posts across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, manage business reputation across 100+ directories by responding to reviews, as well as create and send email newsletters. It also enables users to publish content; broadcast press releases; track inbound phone and form leads; monitor Google Ads…
$99
per month per installation
Pricing
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRMSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
Editions & Modules
Lead Gen & CRM
Starting at $449
per month
Call tracking & Dynamic Number Insertion
$5
per local number
Standard monthly license
$109
per domain
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRMSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequired$299 per installation
Additional DetailsAbove pricing based on 5000 contacts.You can take advantage of many SeoSamba's Marketing Operating System (MOS) features regardless of your website platform. However, MOS offers even more functionalities when your website is also powered by WordPress, SeoToaster CMS, SeoToaster E-commerce or SeoToaster Ultimate CRM. SeoSamba offers migration package with or without look & feel re-design, but always including a comprehensive search engine optimization process that is implemented on your behalf. What's unique about it? SeoSamba benchmarks your existing search ranking positions, and offers a 60 days post-release improvement guarantee. Migration packages costs vary usually between $1500 and $2500 range or most small businesses clients.
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Features
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRMSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
7.5
508 Ratings
4% below category average
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
8.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.8468 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content7.4452 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content6.6433 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages6.3440 Ratings8.21 Ratings
A/B testing7.5395 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization4.1426 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting9.0496 Ratings00 Ratings
List management9.3498 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences9.3473 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
8.8
497 Ratings
13% above category average
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
8.2
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Lead nurturing automation9.5484 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading8.6490 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management8.4466 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks8.9462 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
8.1
400 Ratings
6% above category average
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
8.2
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Calendaring8.0338 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing8.2318 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
7.3
377 Ratings
3% below category average
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
9.1
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Social sharing and campaigns7.2316 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Social profile integration7.5362 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
8.5
494 Ratings
13% above category average
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
8.6
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Dashboards8.4486 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Standard reports8.5486 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Custom reports8.8447 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM
7.8
466 Ratings
3% above category average
SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
7.7
1 Ratings
1% above category average
API7.9364 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals7.9403 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Customizability8.5439 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com8.1217 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.298 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM7.391 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRMSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(522 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(32 ratings)
-
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Usability
6.7
(70 ratings)
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Availability
7.8
(2 ratings)
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Performance
3.2
(2 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.1
(71 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
4.5
(2 ratings)
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Product Scalability
2.9
(2 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
1.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Constant Contact
SharpSpring is great for creating and tracking campaigns that span multiple channels. With the Salesforce integration, we are able to keep our Sales team focused inside Salesforce without them needing to learn a new tool. Our Marketing team uses SharpSpring to nurture leads before handing them off to the Sales team. Though the features are available, SharpSpring would not be suitable for social media management or blogs; our third-party tools do a better job at that.
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SeoSamba
I highly recommend SambaSaaS to businesses managing multiple websites and social media accounts. I also recommend it for entrepreneurs who need to manage international branches and international clients
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Pros
Constant Contact
  • Their Emailers are very easy to construct and user-friendly. It takes your Newsletter and sales emails to the next level, especially with the action groups and trigger functionalities.
  • The life of the lead functionality allows you to see when leads get warmer, so you know when to send them what. Helps improve conversions.
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SeoSamba
  • Automates multisite SEO, so we can stay focused on great content that attracts the right audience for our two entirely different strategic business units.
  • Eliminates the surprises we used to get with other plugins when Wordpress makes unannounced changes that crash other plugins.
  • Agile, easy to use, and saves hours of time and creative resources
  • Automates metric capture: site analytics, keyword/phrase capture, search engine page results etc...in an online dashboard (and it's free).
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Cons
Constant Contact
  • The landing page builder is a bit hard to use. Doesn’t have much flexibility.
  • Sometimes confusing between types of workflows to use. Opportunity versus visual.
  • If you imported contacts that weren’t formatted correctly. It is hard to delete a bull amount. Need to type DELETE for each one manually. No bull options to make changes.
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SeoSamba
  • It has a lot of features. So, it's kind of difficult to get started and to learn every feature in the software. However, once you get used to SambaSaaS, it's fairly easy to navigate.
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Likelihood to Renew
Constant Contact
We have been very impressed with all aspects of this software and the potential for it to radically change how we operate is huge! Support has been exceptional and we have discovered many extra uses for the software than originally thought. Not only will it give us benefits for our company's growth, but for our client's growth as well.
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SeoSamba
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Usability
Constant Contact
This rating is coming from an administrative perspective. With so many features, workflows, dashboards, and more, there is certainly a lot going on, and even the most savvy software user can get a little overwhelmed when trying to decide how to best implement and utilize the platform to its full potential. That being said, the SharpSpring platform is well-implemented and well-organized, with most solutions being fairly intuitive, once you have a grasp of the software. It is fairly easy to learn, but difficult to master. Just like any powerful platform, however, the complexity is worth it, and once you are comfortable navigating and problem solving within SharpSpring, it becomes a great marketing and sales tool which can do virtually anything you need it to.
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SeoSamba
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Constant Contact
The support is great which really helps overcome challenges if you become stuck and the training videos are great too. Same-day replies are great and I even got some help with some CSS code on the chat. Not many organizations would do this or even respond.
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SeoSamba
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Constant Contact
Overall I would say to be patient and bring everyone who will be touching the platform to the onboarding sessions. The Virtual Classroom lets you onboard as quickly or slowly as you want. Sales, marketing, design, account management, get 'em all in on it. For the most part, they will be happy to use this platform. I recommend getting as many people as possible to see the SharpSpring demo.
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SeoSamba
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Alternatives Considered
Constant Contact
We use different CRMs for different clients, mostly due to budget and other requirements. SharpSpring from Constant Contact is in the middle, price-wise, but is slightly more user-friendly than ActiveCampaign when it comes to certain things, such as drip campaigns and workflows. Though the price can be prohibitive to some clients, it is extremely robust. I definitely prefer the list-building, the ability to send smart emails and the WYSIWYG editor.
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SeoSamba
Prior to SeoSamba we were making manual changes. Then we started researching several possible other plugins but the reviews all said the same - that if WP made significant enough changes those plugins would become ineffective. SeoSamba's ability to automate optimization and keep up with/stay ahead of those changes was the deciding factor for us.
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Return on Investment
Constant Contact
  • Streamlined Processes - sales and marketing are now all in the same place.
  • Reduced Number of Platforms/Tools - CRM/lead management, email, automation, landing pages, forms, etc are all in the same place rather than using multiple tools.
  • Time-saving - sales pipeline is very easy to use for sales. For marketing, we have dozens of workflows that eliminate much of our manual processes from the past.
  • Return on Investment - We're more focused on moving the building the business than ever before because SharpSpring has simplified so many of our business operations and we're seeing massive results!
  • Lead generation - Up SIGNIFICANTLY (between 3x & 4x) since setting up SharpSpring.
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SeoSamba
  • It helped me automate my email marketing campaigns, so that I could generate more leads for my business.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of User dashboard. Top screen.Screenshot of Social media marketing calendar monthly viewScreenshot of Content curation for social mediaScreenshot of Social media marketing publishingScreenshot of Automated search rankings positions reportScreenshot of Search Rankings Keywords data