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DataBees

Score6.9 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is DataBees?

DataBees is a lead-generation startup based in San Francisco with a fully remote team spread across the globe.


Most companies tend to look through countless database tools to help them prospect. DataBees considers itself a PaaS (People as a Service) company that is pivotal when it comes to lead generation and enriching the user's outreach efforts.


DataBees presents an alternative to databases and AI/”machine learning” lead generation software as expensive, and time-consuming to find what is needed - not to mention that the data may be expired and inaccurate. They aim to solve this problem by using trained lead research specialists to find specific, fresh data that will enable the user to personalize outreach and enhance revenue.


DataBees' value proposition:

  • Find new accounts which fit exactly an ideal customer profile

  • Find contact information for relevant contacts at these companies

  • Validate and enrich existing accounts and contacts

  • CRM clean up

  • Any other manual research-based tasks that SDRs might be wasting their time on



Categories & Use Cases

Great option for anyone looking to strengthen their sales development team

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used DataBees with the specific purpose of lead generation. Basically outsourcing our research and lead generation process with them and having a manager taking care of our account.

This allowed us to reduce significantly the amount of time our BDR were spending in doing research on LinkedIn and other platforms to approach potential customers.

Pros

  • Lead generation
  • Customer services with one assigned manager
  • Data validation to target the people responsible for the decision making

Cons

  • You feel limited by the amount of hours in your package
  • The knowledge of our account lies in only one person on their team (manager)

Most Important Features

  • Personal manager assigned to our account
  • Pricing (subscription)
  • Efficiency in lead generation
  • Target the key decision makers

Return on Investment

  • Definitely a positive ROI since we are making sure that our expensive BDR are focused on selling and closing, not in doing research.

Other Software Used

HubSpot CRM, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, monday.com

Good service provider!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used DataBees to get a daily updates list with leads. With this fast growing company we needed enough new leads to keep on contacting ourselves. Because we want to be in control we didn’t want to outservice the entire lead generation process. That’s why we started working with DataBees.

Pros

  • Account Management
  • Listening
  • Working fast

Cons

  • Quality of leads
  • Quality of contact details
  • A fixed team working on your project to avoid double inputs

Most Important Features

  • Lead generation
  • Quick response time
  • Customizable packages

Return on Investment

  • On the short term it didn’t give us any ROI
  • On the long term, we keep using the leads list, so it’ll provide us with some potential ROI

Alternatives Considered

LinkedIn Sales Navigator and ZoomInfo SalesOS

Other Software Used

LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo SalesOS, HubSpot CRM

Easy to use and collaborate

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used DataBees to tackle a large administration task that we didn't have the resource to cover. It was a labour intensive task involving the updating of our customer database and the creation of a linked dataset. Doing this work in house would have delayed our project and inconvenienced our customers.

Pros

  • Labour intensive administrative task
  • Understanding the task required
  • Ask questions and respond to our queries

Cons

  • It took a bit of time to explain the detail of our project, but it was time well spent
  • We had a change of lead researcher, which was initially a concern but caused no problem long term
  • Pricing is on the high side

Most Important Features

  • Easy to contact
  • Understood our request
  • Asked questions and required clarification when needed

Return on Investment

  • Using DataBees allowed the running of the project and the updating of the data to run concurrently.
  • Our team did not have the resources to carry out the required tasks.
  • We achieved our updated system quicker than expected.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Dynamics 365, Informatica Cloud MDM - Customer 360 for Salesforce