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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Shoutlet (Discontinued)

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AShoutlet is a cloud-based social relationship platform that enables marketers to publish, engage and measure social marketing campaigns and activities on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Google+, and YouTube. The product’s focus is on quantifying return on social, integrating social data into business and scaling social across the enterprise. Features include tools for social CRM, creative design, social listening, ads, workflow management, contest design…N/A

    Smarsh

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Smarsh Enterprise Platform is a unified, cloud-native solution designed to future-proof enterprise communications data strategies. Its technologies include elastic compute, natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.N/A
    Pricing
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)Smarsh
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)Smarsh
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)Smarsh
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and Smarsh
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and Smarsh
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and Smarsh
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and Smarsh
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and Smarsh
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and Smarsh
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)Smarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.3
    (24 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)Smarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I think Shoutlet is an excellent tool for any mid-sized to larger company looking to improve their social strategy. While it does have some minor improvements that can be made, it's overall an impressive way to mass post to multiple networks and interact and engage with your followers in the social space. I feel at this time that a smaller company could probably benefit from a lesser in-depth version of this tool at this time
    Incentivized
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    Smarsh
    This appliance is well suited for organizations that have a need to monitor, moderate, or log social networking site use or the use of any website. It is a very solid tool for any information security department to have at their disposal.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • The ability to manage and publish to various social accounts from one platform. This feature helped us to have a cohesive social strategy and saved us a lot of time having to go back and forth between accounts.
    • The module that allowed us to build contests and custom landing pages was perhaps my favorite part. For the contests, it proved to be ultra convenient to be able to build, host and run social promotions through the same platform that housed our social accounts and lists. From a landing-page-design standpoint, it was also wonderful and time-effective for each individual department to be able to build professional and dynamic pages themselves rather than tasking it to our web designers who really didn't have the time.
    • I was also very pleased with the customer service we received from the Shoulet team. From the original demo, to the training sessions, all the way through to back-end service maintenance, everyone we dealt with was available, accommodating and friendly. Not entirely common in this day in age.
    Incentivized
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    Smarsh
    • Discovery: It allows for easy discoveries by the compliance and cyber security departments.
    • Ethical walls: This keeps certain departments from talking to each other.
    • Very granular control. This is a big product meaning you can get very detailed with it.
    • Once it's configured and running, we hardly ever have any issues.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I would like to see Shoutlet improve the usability of their "Shoutlet Profiles" module. It has improved over time, but I would like to see more individual user metrics such as affinity, time spent engaged per user, and monthly interactions by user.
    • I would also like to see Shoutlet redesign their "manage urls" module and URL shortener. The shortener works well, but I would like the interface to be more user friendly, and be able to access it throughout the rest of the tool. Perhaps in a slide out drawer.
    • Unfortunately, Shoutlet does not offer a Pin scheduling tool at this time. This would be a HUGE asset for them to have.
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    Smarsh
    • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I do not have direct control over the renewal of our contract, I am definitely lobbying to not only renew the contract, but expand our contract with Shoutlet to include more of our company's accounts in our Shoutlet account for the many reasons already stated. By pulling all of our accounts, pages and platforms into one media management tool, we'll be able to better serve our fans, members, patients and employees. It will cut down time it takes for us to post across our entire company's breadth of social media options while sharing more easily between locations and entities. For medium and large scale enterprises, Shoutlet is hard to beat.
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    Smarsh
    It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While some things do require a little training, a quick phone training session or reading an online guide usually suffices. I've never needed multiple training sessions for any part of Shoutlet. As someone with very little coding/programming background (read: absolutely none), I am always able to accomplish what is needed without feeling over my head or needing help.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    In general, the software works really well. I get weird errors for time to time. Tech Therapy does a great job helping when things go awry
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I feel that the level of support I get from Shoutlet is far beyond the level of support I've received from other companies in a variety of services. It would be nice to have a regular update from Tech Therapy that lists out any potential bugs they're working to fix for the various browsers they support. Sometimes I wonder if I'm experiencing an issue simply because I use Firefox vs. Chrome.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Shoutlet is infinitely more advanced than SocialMadeSimple. It is a much more complex and in-depth platform. We actually changed to SocialMadeSimple after Shoutlet and I miss how easy to use and advanced it was in comparison. It was a money decision but if they were the same price, I would absolutely insist we go back
    Incentivized
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    Smarsh
    This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Allows our small staff to provide our clients with world-class service and data.
    • Exponentially improved fan base expansion for our clients.
    • Rapid response for customer service issues for clients - allowing us to help our clients prevent their social media presence from becoming the Complaint Department, rather a true community of fans and supporters of a brand.
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    Smarsh
    • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
    Incentivized
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