Gist

Gist

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Gist

Overview

What is Gist?

Gist is a unified marketing, sales, and support platform. It includes live chat, a help desk, knowledge base, email marketing, marketing automation, opt-in forms, and more.
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Stefan Glumpler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Stefan Glumpler
COO (Chief Operations Officer)
ScubaClick (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 1-10 employees)
Verified User
Director in Marketing
Printing Company, 1-10 employees

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Professional

$29.00

Cloud
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Premium

$99.00

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting / Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Gist?

Gist is a unified marketing, sales, and support platform that helps organizations engage and lead their audience through the entire journey from website visitor to happy customer.

The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution is an affordable product on the market that ties live chat, a help desk, knowledge base, email marketing, marketing automation, opt-in forms, and more into one easy-to-use tool.

Gist Features

  • Supported: Live Chat
  • Supported: Email Marketing
  • Supported: Marketing Automation
  • Supported: Help Desk
  • Supported: Knowledge Base
  • Supported: Meetings
  • Supported: Chat Bots
  • Supported: Opt-in Forms
  • Supported: Event Tracking

Gist Screenshots

Screenshot of Live ChatScreenshot of Email MarketingScreenshot of Marketing Automation WorkflowsScreenshot of Knowledge BaseScreenshot of Meetings

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Engage and Lead your Audience through the Entire Customer Lifecycle with a Single Source of Truth.

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Gist Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesAll
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

Gist is a unified marketing, sales, and support platform. It includes live chat, a help desk, knowledge base, email marketing, marketing automation, opt-in forms, and more.

Intercom, Drift, and HubSpot Marketing Hub are common alternatives for Gist.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Gist are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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May 07, 2021

A great all in one marketing communication tool

Laszlo Csukas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Laszlo Csukas
Co Founder & UX designer
Endorphyn (Design, 1-10 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using it as an all in one marketing communication package. The advanced email automation (that just got a new function of graphical campaign builder) is very handy. Also, my subscription includes a live chat and a chatbot and both works well with my sites. Also, we are using the knowledge base as an internal knowledge sharing tool. It's a good alternative for other Saas solutions.
Pros and Cons
  • The email marketing is for our email communication.
  • The marketing automation tool is very useful for campaigns.
  • The live chat is for lead generation.
  • It's very complex so it's takes a little time until we can use it in full glory.
  • We experienced a few mail delivery issues but it's already fixed.
  • However, the interface is looks good but sometimes it's hard to find a particular feature.
  • I'd like to see it have multiple knowledge bases.
Likelihood to Recommend
It definitely works great for email marketing campaigns with automation and emails. These are the basic features and if you are looking for excellent service, then it's a great tool. If you're only looking for knowledge base software, then this service is a bit overkill.

I like I got almost all the must have tools in one pack for communication. Advanced email automation that is just got a new function of graphical campaign builder. Also, my subscription is include a live chat and a chat bot and both works well with my sites. No slowing down or other script issues that are not common in this kind of services.
If I had an issue the team was super responsive and helpful, that is essential for every business. The email delivery is great, so virtually no email has landed into spam folder.
Finally, the knowledge base is an excellent alternative for other Saas solutions. We just started to use this feature and our team is very satisfied with the results.
Interface: I like the UI that is modern, simple but highly usable. The developer is keeping taking care of it and the user experience is constantly evolving.
Most Important Features
  • Email marketing automation
  • Chat
  • Knowledge base
Return on Investment
  • We can build advanced marketing automations and save time and money.
  • The email builder is very basic so we are using an other solution for build them, then import into Gist.
  • It's easy to integrate some other Saas services like invole.me and Convertful into the Gist ecosystem.
Alternatives Considered
Well, honestly the main differentiator was the friendlier pricing. Gist does not have the same heavy foundation as ActiveCampaign has but Gist is constantly evolving so we can't complain.
Also, the super responsive support is helping us to trust in the company and its future.
The powerful feature set and the implementation is sometimes over deliver than we excepted.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
2
Company marketing with email automation and live chat window. It's maintain the contact with the current and the potential future clients. Also, the knowledge base is helping our internal team members and the clients keep aligned with the most important topics. It's super helpful in the situations when someone has questions but our support is out of office.
Support Headcount Required
2
For the email marketing automation, the basic skills are the empathy (it's a soft skill), excellent writing skills and precise analytic mind to check the results. The chat function needs superb writing skills in English and patience to understand the people on the other side of the line. The knowledge base is also need this writing skills but more importantly to know the support topics in depth.
Business Processes Supported
  • client communication
  • sharing knowledge
  • newsletter
Innovative Uses
  • using internal and external knowledge base to spread informations
Future Planned Uses
  • We don't know yet
Likelihood to Renew
9
Gist is a quite reliable service with a lot of added values. We don't need to pay for different Saas for these important features. If I had an issue the team was super responsive and helpful, that is essential for every business. The email delivery is great, so virtually no email has landed into spam folder.
Products Replaced
Yes
Intercom was our chosen chat service but with Gist we can get this feature with other helpful functions in one package. We needed an all in one solution instead of a plethora of different services. Also, we don't want to pay for unnecessary amount of money so Gist was an obvious choice.
September 05, 2019

Great all-in-one tool

Yamin Ismail | TrustRadius Reviewer
Yamin Ismail
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
CyberWebPAGE (Internet, 1-10 employees)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Gist for day to day support with clients and website visitors. We utilize this all-in-one marketing automation software on 3 of our websites tackling anything from websites issues to lead generation and answering product related questions. We also use it to communicate and interact with users on a regular basis.
Pros and Cons
  • Awesome online support team.
  • Wordpress integration.
  • Excellent knowledge base functionality.
  • Improve the email editor. The text sometimes has different text size proportions (links).
Likelihood to Recommend
Gist is a perfect all-in-one marketing tool with great ease of use that will be very favourable for any company wanting to offer support via website. The chatbot and knowledgebase tools are very useful for my services.
Return on Investment
  • Easier to access on a smartphone.
  • Ability to share data with co-workers.
  • Affordable.
Alternatives Considered
All in one tool for my marketing requirements under one portal.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
1
Client support and generally attending to site visitors requests.
Support Headcount Required
1
Business Processes Supported
  • Email marketing.
  • Knowledgebase.
  • Support.
Likelihood to Renew
7
I need these tools to market my services and build my list for promotional offers.
Products Replaced
Yes
I have used Mailchimp and GetResponse previously and both lacked the combination of tools provided by Gist.
Key Differentiators
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
The cost of Gist software made it the most valuable provider in comparison to the other vendors.
Support Rating
10
Whenever I contacted Gist, I received a prompt reply. I receive periodic emails to my issues should the Gist agent be busy or not available, and overall the agent is readily available to answer my questions.
Bug Resolution
No
Exceptional Examples of Gist Support
Prior to my switch to Gist's all-in-one platform, I was on the support plan and the agent who attended my email marketing issue assisted me and explained me to why some of my required functionality was not available on my initial plan choice and why I should opt for the all-in-one plan to cater to my requirements best.
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