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What is VanillaSoft?
VanillaSoft is a solution for managing inside sales and lead management processes. The vendor says typical CRM software requires manual intervention and decision making by salespeople before they ever pick up the phone or send an email. In comparison, the vendor says VanillaSoft facilitates faster, more productive sales conversations.
The vendor’s value proposition is that data-driven workflows and automated functionality let salespeople focus on selling -- not operating software. According to the vendor, efficiency-boosting features include:
- progressive auto dialing
- real-time, next-best-lead routing
- logical branch scripting
- voice mail drop
- email - templates, nurturing, blast
- lead scoring
- inbound web lead capture
- live monitor & eavesdrop
- call recording
Additionally, the vendor says that with VanillaSoft, typical clients see a 94% increase in productivity and that customers also report an overall improvement in follow-up attempts and response times to leads. A free trial is available.
VanillaSoft Features
- Supported: Lead & Sales Tracking
- Supported: Auto Dialing
- Supported: Call Recording
- Supported: VoIP
- Supported: Scripting
- Supported: Appointment Setting
- Supported: Lead Routing & Integration
- Supported: Email & SMS Marketing
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VanillaSoft Integrations
- DocuSign
- VerticalResponse, from Deluxe
- SalesForce
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VanillaSoft Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 50% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 40% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 10% |
VanillaSoft Technical Details
Deployment Types | SaaS |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
Supported Countries | All Countries |
Supported Languages | English |
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Easy to use & highly customizable software
- Run multiple campaigns simultaneously for calling
- Easily customize data fields
- Routing & prioritization of leads
- Reporting, especially custom reports, is difficult to set up
- Integration options are limited compared to other software
- The system freezes sometimes but usually it is running again in a few minutes
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- Building custom reports.
- Toggle between campaigns with 1 click.
- Intuitive and user friendly.
- Integrations lack a little bit.
- Reporting can be tricky to set up.
- Would like customizable data tables.
VanillaSoft: Streamlined CRM for all needs
- Automated dialing.
- Easy to use interface.
- Flexible set up options.
- I wish there was a way to do mass updates.
- I'd like to see more available space provided for document upload.
- Online training
- in-person training
- no training
Great for small sales biz!!
- Email templates.
- Calendar functionality.
- Search-ability of contacts.
- Ability to search all notes in a contact.
- Ease of adding images in email template.
- More dialer integrations.
Outstanding Tool for Remote Teams
We also use VanillaSoft Connect to track and record all of our calls which is essential for our QA.
- Provides comprehensive company snapshot.
- Allows for one-click dialing.
- Automatically puts certain tasks on the calendar and sends email to easily add events on Gmail calendar.
- Ability to shorten or lengthen the bottom sections where comments are located.
- Edit script section for free.
- Pre-check phone numbers that are out of service.
If you are looking for a customizable sales engagement platform, VanillaSoft is the one!
- Customizable lead management.
- Progressive dialing.
- Stages including MQL/SQL.
- Customization.
- Salesforce integration.
VanillaSoft - Efficiency for our Sales Department
- Sends emails automatically.
- User friendly.
- Allows sales department to prioritize based on data points.
- Tracks our calls.
- Organized.
- Slows down occasionally.
- Reports could be better.
- Sometimes logs out.
Vanilla Soft. Not the ice cream but the call tool.
- Leads management.
- Email follow up and integration.
- Auto dialing.
- It can have a visual lead management tool.
- Support can be better.
- Cost definitely can be better as compared to competitors.
VanillaSoft FTW
- Power dialing.
- Logging call activity.
- Easy to use.
- Easy to implement.
- Reporting on key metrics.
- Integration with CRMs.
User friendly CRM
- User friendly.
- Exporting data quickly.
- Importing data quickly.
- Telephone numbers should contain dialing code in same column when exporting.
- Should be easier to import dialing code for telephone numbers by country code.
- Data should automatically mark other contacts closed when an appointment is scheduled with that company (should say 'having appt').
Efficiently increase engagement
- Automate workflows.
- Lead management.
- Reaching multiple leads simultaneously.
- User experience.
- Learning curve.
- Customer support response time.
Great call center solution
- Integrated VoIP with voicemail drop.
- User friendly interface.
- Lead prioritization.
- A user level queue view is needed.
- Add alternate outbound email addresses.
- Needs a time out period customization option.
Great for early sales development
- The routing capabilities make VanillaSoft stand out from other platforms as you have the ability to customize how a lead/contact is progressed through your funnel.
- Integrated VoiP with voicemail drop improves the efficiency and quality of the calls being made and helps your agent keep up their energy level and professionalism.
- Intellective Routing capabilities allow agents to prioritize calling based on any data point.
- The disconnect on Call Recordings being appended to the record if they do not result within a specific time-frame is a bit of a challenge, as sometimes it takes the agent more time to complete their notes and fill/edit important information.
- Besides the Routing Queue functionality, perhaps there is a way to set Call 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5's or any number of calls in a cadence to a specified pattern. Such as call 2 comes 18 hrs later, call 3, 48 hours afterwards, etc.
VanillaSoft implementation
- VanillaSoft allows you to mold it to your business, by giving you as many custom fields as you want.
- It has smart marketing technology, where giving specific results guides how a constituent is contacted and managed in the future.
- VoIP line management and assignments are unwieldy.
- Granular permissions and controls for user access don't exist and should.
Great overall sales engagement platform and CRM!
- Texting clients brief updates, status requests.
- Allowing for ease of making phone calls.
- Three-way calling where I am calling the insurance carrier with the customer on the line.
- Automated texting.
- Bulk text message capability.
- Sending physical thank-you cards, birthday cards, etc. like other CRMs do.
VanillaSoft is user friendly and promotes employee productivity.
- Tracking.
- User friendly.
- Automatic reports.
- Can't close some accounts.
- Only certain # of users.
- Defaults back to previous account when making updates.
Straightforward and effective tool for outbound calling
- Support outbound calling.
- Handling scripts.
- Organize data profiles.
- Poor performance in Google Chrome browser. Seems like it's off and on.
- Make a one-on-one data export of routing filters.
VanillaSoft the Perfect Agency Product
- Customer service.
- Project setup.
- Reporting both query and new reporting.
- Import of lists.
- Integrate calling within the product (ConnectMeVoice should be behind the scenes).
- Copy reporting from one project to another.
- Copy result codes from one project to another.
Excellent CRM
- Integration with our email.
- Follow ups and call backs.
- Easy of use.
- Calendar.
- Tracking.
- Connectivity from time to time.
VanillaSoft makes our business run!
- Good database structure.
- Makes it easy to do telemarketing calls efficiently.
- The email component is great - we send emails following most calls.
- Email deliverability has been an issue - we are working on this with them.
VanillaSoft not so vanilla for higher education fundraising
- Autodial for calling.
- Ability to track results.
- Has a texting feature.
- More stable platform for calls.
- Priority to whitelist outbound numbers.
- More appealing display.
Smart CRM with Call Priority System Perfect for Call Centers
- Auto-routing of call list.
- Customer information management.
- Click-to-call function.
- Saving customer's data.
- Transferring calls between users.
- SMS function for Australia users.
VanillaSoft: As Simple as the Name to Implement and Use!
- Easy to set up projects, add lists, and add users.
- Reports are easily obtainable and can be customized.
- Support is outstanding, they are always there for you when needed.
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I hope to be back soon.
- The ability to reach out several times a day to a new lead.
- The ability to touch leads with calls, text and email.
- The reminders to follow up with prospects.
- Sending drip texts to larger groups.
- Sending drip emails
Great tool for fundraising
- Customize fields.
- Segments prospect lists.
- WYSIWYG script design.
- API's to databases (such as Little Green Light).