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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Birdeye

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ABirdeye is a reputation management and digital customer experience platform for local brands and multi-location businesses. Birdeye’s AI-powered platform is used by brands to engage with customers, drive loyalty, and excel in local markets.

    $299

    per month

    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System (formerly SambaSaaS) is cloud marketing software that includes tools that let users automate search engine optimization (SEO), schedule social media marketing posts across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, manage business reputation across 100+ directories by responding to reviews, as well as create and send email newsletters. It also enables users to publish content; broadcast press releases; track inbound phone and form leads; monitor Google Ads…

    $99

    per month per installation

    Pricing
    BirdeyeSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $299.00
    per month
    Professional
    $399.00
    per month
    Premium
    Custom Pricing
    Call tracking & Dynamic Number Insertion
    $5
    per local number
    Standard monthly license
    $109
    per domain
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BirdeyeSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$299 per installation
    Additional DetailsYou can take advantage of many SeoSamba's Marketing Operating System (MOS) features regardless of your website platform. However, MOS offers even more functionalities when your website is also powered by WordPress, SeoToaster CMS, SeoToaster E-commerce or SeoToaster Ultimate CRM. SeoSamba offers migration package with or without look & feel re-design, but always including a comprehensive search engine optimization process that is implemented on your behalf. What's unique about it? SeoSamba benchmarks your existing search ranking positions, and offers a 60 days post-release improvement guarantee. Migration packages costs vary usually between $1500 and $2500 range or most small businesses clients.
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    Community Pulse
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    Birdeye
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    126 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    105 Answers
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    Features
    BirdeyeSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Birdeye and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Birdeye
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Dynamic content00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Birdeye and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Birdeye
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Birdeye and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Birdeye
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Birdeye and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Birdeye
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Birdeye and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Birdeye
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Birdeye and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Birdeye
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BirdeyeSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (166 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (78 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (69 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BirdeyeSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Birdeye
    For businesses that have customers or clients or patients with several different locations, Birdeye is essential to help with the reviews and messages received through Google and other platforms. For businesses with only 1 single location, Birdeye could still be useful but wouldn't be as essential as it would be for other businesses.
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    SeoSamba
    I highly recommend SambaSaaS to businesses managing multiple websites and social media accounts. I also recommend it for entrepreneurs who need to manage international branches and international clients
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Birdeye
    • Their customer service is always very helpful and ready to give you the personal attention that you require.
    • They connect many different sources and funnel them straight to you so you can easily capitalize on multiple platforms and information streams.
    • They are constantly innovating and improving their systems with real-time feedback from their customers.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    • Automates multisite SEO, so we can stay focused on great content that attracts the right audience for our two entirely different strategic business units.
    • Eliminates the surprises we used to get with other plugins when Wordpress makes unannounced changes that crash other plugins.
    • Agile, easy to use, and saves hours of time and creative resources
    • Automates metric capture: site analytics, keyword/phrase capture, search engine page results etc...in an online dashboard (and it's free).
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    Cons
    Birdeye
    • The sentiment feature is just okay. It requires custom adjustments and time to understand where it is working well and where it is not in order to get the most out of it, while other features require very little user input.
    • Social listening needs work. I often receive notifications for unrelated terms because of their similarity in spelling to my organization's name, so I don't use this feature.
    • Birdeye could have more built-in features to create digital content from the reviews.
    • Birdeye could also have additional reputation tools to strengthen GMB listings and to combat negative press. Review listings and rich snippets in search are great, but having a tool that measures and helps to improve overall brand health/search results would be amazing. My CEO isn’t looking at what is going right. He looks at what is going wrong. We may have thousands of positive reviews on Google, but the bad article with false information is still showing up on page one of search results. That makes for an unhappy CEO.
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    SeoSamba
    • It has a lot of features. So, it's kind of difficult to get started and to learn every feature in the software. However, once you get used to SambaSaaS, it's fairly easy to navigate.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Birdeye
    I think it is a good tool overall, there are some hiccups but what program doesn't have them. I think we should be notified of more things, specifically broken integrations. There have been instances where I don't notice for MONTHS a client it's having requests sent out because they are organically still getting reviews.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Birdeye
    I think it is very easy to figure out very quickly by just playing around in the dashboard. If you have a question you can reach out to our contacts and they do a very good job of figuring out if or what is the problem and getting back to us fast.
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    SeoSamba
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    Support Rating
    Birdeye
    Support is really responsive for the most part. I don't feel like they explain it the best for people who aren't as tech-savvy. I have recently had trouble with a more difficult integration and it is hard to pinpoint who I need to reach out to.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Birdeye
    Let Birdeye do what they do
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    SeoSamba
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    Alternatives Considered
    Birdeye
    Our choice of reputation management platform came down to two contenders, Birdeye and Listen360. Ultimately we chose Birdeye because of their ethical review gathering process. Listen360 had review-gating built in as part of their process, which is against Google's terms of service. We wanted to be very careful to gather reviews in an ethical way, and Birdeye was better for our needs.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    Prior to SeoSamba we were making manual changes. Then we started researching several possible other plugins but the reviews all said the same - that if WP made significant enough changes those plugins would become ineffective. SeoSamba's ability to automate optimization and keep up with/stay ahead of those changes was the deciding factor for us.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Birdeye
    • SEO has increased due to online rep increasing
    • Review count has come up significantly due to having a platform that helps
    • The system puts reviews and where they are coming from into perspective to try and obtain more in other ways
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    SeoSamba
    • It helped me automate my email marketing campaigns, so that I could generate more leads for my business.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Birdeye Screenshots

    Screenshot of Birdeye’s local business listing management tool, used to show up everywhere customers search for improved SEO and a better rank.Screenshot of a visualization of the customer experience. This helps to understand the performance of every customer interaction and touch point with actionable reports.Screenshot of Birdeye Insights AI, part of the BirdAI platform, which uses generative AI to analyze reviews, surveys, and listings data, providing actionable recommendations for business growth.Screenshot of Birdeye’s AI-powered review generation, management, and reporting platform.Screenshot of Birdeye Social, which is designed from the ground up for multi-location businesses. Generate social posts, monitor engagement, and track performance from a single dashboard.

    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System Screenshots

    Screenshot of User dashboard. Top screen.Screenshot of Social media marketing calendar monthly viewScreenshot of Content curation for social mediaScreenshot of Social media marketing publishingScreenshot of Automated search rankings positions reportScreenshot of Search Rankings Keywords data