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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sugar Market

    Score2.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Sugar Market (formerly Salesfusion) is a marketing automation solution built to work for the user. With a curated toolset that includes intuitive campaign builders, automations and reporting, the vendor says they focus on what matters most to marketers -- streamlining campaign creation, understanding engagement, improving conversion, and driving more revenue. Salesfusion was acquired by SugarCRM May 2019.

    $750

    per month

    Vero Cloud

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AVero Workflows is an email marketing solution built to make customer engagement simpler with features such as in-app behavior tracking, audience segmentation, and workflow automation.

    $54

    per month

    Pricing
    Sugar MarketVero Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $1,000
    Database size
    Starter
    $54
    per month
    Pro
    $219
    per month
    Growth
    $549
    per month
    Enterprise
    $1,429
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sugar MarketVero Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices listed are monthly subscription rates. Our packages include live support and training. Additional charges apply for contact databases above 10k, dedicated IPs, CRM integration and sandboxes. Please complete the form on our site to request a quote based on your specific needs.15% discount applied with an annual subscription, paid upfront.
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    Features
    Sugar MarketVero Cloud
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Sugar Market and Vero Cloud
    Feature
    Sugar Market
    4.4
    4 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Vero Cloud
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor3.03 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Dynamic content5.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content4.02 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Landing pages6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization1.03 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting7.04 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    List management4.04 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences6.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Sugar Market and Vero Cloud
    Feature
    Sugar Market
    5.3
    4 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Vero Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Sugar Market and Vero Cloud
    Feature
    Sugar Market
    6.5
    3 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Vero Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Sugar Market and Vero Cloud
    Feature
    Sugar Market
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Vero Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sugar Market and Vero Cloud
    Feature
    Sugar Market
    2.3
    4 Ratings
    106% below category average
    Vero Cloud
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Dashboards5.04 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Standard reports1.04 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Custom reports1.04 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Sugar Market and Vero Cloud
    Feature
    Sugar Market
    4.8
    4 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Vero Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    API5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Sugar MarketVero Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sugar MarketVero Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SugarCRM
    Salesfusion is a marketing automation platform more appropriate for small companies considering the limited functionalities are limited. The email builder tool is easy to use and ideal for someone with no coding knowledge
    Incentivized
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    Vero
    Vero tends to play nice with companies that have their websites as the primary source of truth. This allows them to send as many events as they need and develop more complex workflows that introduce conditionality into Vero emails. However, for those that rely more on Salesforce, it might have more limited applications. The product is fairly easy to use, so it's easy for multiple people on the team to pick it up and do what they need for their respective groups. On the other hand, creating email templates will require some knowledge of HTML/CSS, unless those are copied from another source. That would require another product of course that provides more robust layout editing features and templates.
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    Pros
    SugarCRM
    • It was easy to navigate.
    • I liked that I could click on a link to email a potential client and that it would track/link that email back to the Salesfusion profile.
    • I liked the reporting features so that I could see exactly how many cold calls resulted in appointments, with whom I last left voicemail or need to follow up with.
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    Vero
    • Email template editor allowed our developers to design emails to looks like beautiful marketing emails or basic personal emails.
    • The Vero API allowed our developers to connect triggers and events from our visitors to kick start campaigns.
    • Campaign flows were fairly easy to create and define.
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    Cons
    SugarCRM
    • The user interface is somewhat cumbersome and not intuitive at times.
    • Additional user education available through downloads for existing customers rather than scheduled webinars would be helpful.
    • Custom reporting is complicated to set up.
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    Vero
    • While Vero offers some WYSIWYG editing, it's on the limited side, as it mostly allows you to edit copy, but not necessarily the layout.
    • The UI/UX has improved dramatically over the course of the last few years, but it can still lag from time to time and experience sluggishness.
    • While reliability is really good, it does have lapses from time to time that will introduce delays into emails being sent out. Once or twice, the system went completely down for a period of time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SugarCRM
    We've been very happy with SalesFusion since day 1. We've also created a new website during the time period that we've had SF and everything carried over great to our new website!
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    Vero
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SugarCRM
    The support team has always been helpful, friendly, prompt and knowledgeable. They follow-up on all my tickets promptly and when needed are available for screen sharing to illustrate solutions for more complex problems. The support department at Salesfusion is one of my favorite things about the platform.
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    Vero
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    SugarCRM
    I was using Net-Results and it seemed more geared for an experienced marketer who was familiar with HTML and didn't need as much training. I found the system frustrating and didn't have much success when I called in for training. I was brand new to automation marketing and needed more hand-holding than Net-Results was able to provide
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    Vero
    Vero's price tag is far more attractive but for what you will find to be clear and obvious reasons. Vero has no CRM unlike HubSpot and Infusionsoft. Vero also has limited tracking unlike the seemingly endless possibilities offered from HubSpot which as we all know comes with at a significant cost, often not feasible by a small startup company.
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    Return on Investment
    SugarCRM
    • Increased employee efficiency
    • Better customer service
    • The ability to send email campaigns from a specific user and not "from" the organization title. We use this funcationality a lot and it was not available with other software so this is huge.
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    Vero
    • The overall costs of using Vero have been much lower than using two comparable products that handle transactional emails and newsletters, respectively. MailChimp has relatively recently integrated their Mandrill product for transactional emails, so that's worth looking at as well.
    • Using a single product for many things lowers the learning curve, as team members only have to learn one product well, rather than several.
    • While infrequent, Vero's outages have impacted our operations at times. If absolute reliability is crucial to your business, then you may have to find a larger provider with a more robust infrastructure. As mentioned, though, it hasn't been a big problem for us.
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