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    Bombora

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ABombora provides Intent data for B2B marketers. Bombora’s data promises to align marketing and sales teams and enable them to base their actions on the knowledge of which companies are in market for products and services. Bombora’s Company Surge™ data reports on changes in consumption of specific product related topics from within businesses. The source of this data is a co-operative of premium B2B media companies in the world. Members contribute content consumption and behavioral data about…N/A

    D&B Hoovers

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AD&B Hoovers delivers sales intelligence data for millions of companies globally.N/A
    Pricing
    BomboraD&B Hoovers
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BomboraD&B Hoovers
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBombora is based on: - The volume of Intent data needed - Preferred integrations or partner platforms - The level of support needed to get started—
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    BomboraD&B Hoovers
    Considered Both Products
    Bombora
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    Dun Bradstreet
    Chose D&B Hoovers
    I have only used D&B hoovers so far. Our company has had no reason to switch to something else.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
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    Features
    BomboraD&B Hoovers
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Bombora and D&B Hoovers
    Feature
    Bombora
    7.7
    35 Ratings
    6% below category average
    D&B Hoovers
    8.3
    97 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Contact information3.01 Ratings7.889 Ratings
    Company information10.035 Ratings8.697 Ratings
    Industry information10.030 Ratings8.595 Ratings
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Bombora and D&B Hoovers
    Feature
    Bombora
    -
    Ratings
    D&B Hoovers
    8.3
    98 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings8.294 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings7.788 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings8.488 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings8.385 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings8.994 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Bombora and D&B Hoovers
    Feature
    Bombora
    -
    Ratings
    D&B Hoovers
    8.1
    94 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings7.362 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings7.970 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings7.949 Ratings
    Company/business profiles00 Ratings8.489 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings8.364 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings7.875 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.768 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings8.756 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings8.874 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Bombora and D&B Hoovers
    Feature
    Bombora
    -
    Ratings
    D&B Hoovers
    9.5
    43 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings9.043 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BomboraD&B Hoovers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (41 ratings)
    9.4
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.9
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    5.2
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BomboraD&B Hoovers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bombora
    Bombora is the perfect tool for anyone looking to understand their B2B customer and their buyer's journey better. Companies produce tons of content - and pay lots of money creating and then amplifying it too. But is it really what the customer is interested in? Now you don't have to guess, you can know thanks to company surge data.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    Prospecting corporate accounts near a hotel location. Our sales manager wants to generate a list of companies within a 5 mile radius that may need regular lodging for employees or contractors. D&B Hoovers will allow her to filer by geography, industry, company size and employee count. Then she can view detailed company profiles and contact decision-makers.
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    Pros
    Bombora
    • Intent topics, as well as the clusters tied to them, have enabled our PMMs to be more granular with specific workloads that are based on industry.
    • The "Account Intent" option within the "Insights" tab allowed us to look specifically into historical data tied to current activities that we were experiencing with that account.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    • The D&B Hoovers platform enables our team to customize, giving us the ability to fine-tune our searches
    • D&B Hoovers integrates very well Salesforce, our CRM system, streamlining the workflows of sales teams and ensuring the verified transfer of data between platforms
    • D&B Hoovers provides highly accurate and reliable business data
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    Cons
    Bombora
    • Downloading intent data and trying to use it outside of their environment is tricky because the data is essentially one large worksheet. We want to overlay the data with our own data but joining it all together is tricky. Our data comes from D&B so the names provided by D&B don't always match what we get from Bombora so account matching is not very clean.
    • Customer service is a bit hit or miss. I worked with an account rep to try and resolve it but she couldn't. However, she did open a ticket with the Bombora help desk to try and get me answers. I waited more than a week and got no answer. I followed up and the reply was the original owner of the ticket is out and the new ticket owner was wondering if I had rerun the report to see if the problem went away.
    • Despite having a self-service type set up for the dashboards and reports, trying to understand what exactly needs to be filled in isn't always easy. The data doesn't match up with what we download so trying to compare the dashboards/reports to the extract is next to impossible?! It shouldn't be this way.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    • I think maybe if they vetted the contacts that they're providing for those companies, it would be beneficial because I do use other avenues to vet the contacts because a lot of times I found that it is outdated information in D&B Hoovers, so that would be beneficial to us.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bombora
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    Dun Bradstreet
    I use D&B Hoovers very frequently and could not do my job as efficiently without it. I think there is room for improvement, but it is effective enough that I feel as though I will continue renewing by subscription. I highly recommend D&B Hoovers and find it very accurate and easy to use.
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    Usability
    Bombora
    I give Bombora an 8 as they do intent well for now. Not a 10 because again its a one trick pony where there are other platforms like ZoomInfo that offer intent as well plus so much more. From an end user perspective, I'd like Bombora to build out first party intent data capabilities to combine into the scoring.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    Whenever I had to use D&B hoovers, I never had a hard time with getting what I need. Additionally, when I show the tool to others, they tend to understand the platform quite quickly. The tool itself is very good and straightforward when I use it to help me put analyses together.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Bombora
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    Dun Bradstreet
    The platform is generally reliable and accessible when needed, with minimal application errors or unplanned outages. There may be occasional maintenance or minor disruptions, but these are usually communicated in advance and handled efficiently. Overall, it offers a high level of availability, ensuring that you can count on it for your daily operations.
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    Performance
    Bombora
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    Dun Bradstreet
    While the platform generally functions well, with pages loading in a reasonable time and reports completing within a satisfactory timeframe, there is room for improvement. Performance can sometimes lag with more complex queries or during peak usage times. Additionally, when integrated with other software or systems, there can be occasional slowdowns. Overall, while it performs adequately, optimizing speed and integration efficiency could enhance the user experience.
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    Support Rating
    Bombora
    Our CSM team is always available for us to meet with via an outreach click to book an invite and we have standing meetings. They met with us on day 1 of implementation and had us up and running that evening. They even go to the lengths of matching industry tenured folks with us to help us move faster.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    I think it could be better, easier and faster. Whenever I chat with someone it takes so long to get to an actual agent, and then when I finally get to one, they oftentimes don't have the answers for me or do not understand what I am asking, which is very frustrating.
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    Online Training
    Bombora
    There is a room for improvement in a layman's perspective as it was difficult for our to understand things during training and had to rearrange sessions.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    The training sessions were well-structured and covered the key functionalities of the platform, making it easy to get up to speed. The trainers were knowledgeable and responsive to questions, which added value to the learning experience. However, a bit more in-depth coverage of advanced features and use cases would have made the training even more beneficial.
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    Implementation Rating
    Bombora
    Liked the implementation, however there is a still room for improvement for the support needed in overall implementation
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    Dun Bradstreet
    for our use case, the implementation was minimal and we did not need a lot of help. The D&B Hoovers platform is pretty intuitive and our account manager was ready for any questions that came up when we use the D&B Hoovers platform
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bombora
    Bombora doesn't give you a token for the number of accounts that are populated. You can search and request as many as you'd like. With other platforms, they provide you a token, and if you use all your tokens for the month, then you have to wait til next month.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    Finance Analytics provides a more thorough company credit report and is more in-depth than Hoovers. However, I use Hoovers for instances where I do not need that information because it allows unlimited queries, whereas you pay for a limited number of reports from Finance Analytics. Hoovers provides a better link between corporate family trees and finance analytics.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Bombora
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    Dun Bradstreet
    The pricing model is generally clear and competitive, but there could be more flexibility in terms of unit pricing or billing frequency to better accommodate varying needs. While the contract terms are straightforward, exploring more options or customizable plans might enhance the overall value.
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    Scalability
    Bombora
    Need improvement in places such as visualisation & UX
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    Dun Bradstreet
    D&B Hoovers is quite effective at adapting to the needs of different departments and locations, allowing for flexible deployment and integration across various parts of an organization. While it scales well and supports a broad range of users and functions, there might be some limitations depending on the size and complexity of the organization’s requirements. Overall, it provides a robust solution that can grow with your needs.4o mini
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    Professional Services
    Bombora
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    Dun Bradstreet
    very professional
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    Return on Investment
    Bombora
    • Bombora played a big role in us proving the effectiveness of ABM for our organization and had a huge impact on us gaining approval for a full ABM platform.
    • Bombora helped us identify key target accounts that brought great net new business to our company.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    • D&B Hoovers allows me to make the most of my time when searching for companies within specific industries. Once I find a company and examine their profile, I can then generate a list of employees in the purchasing and engineering departments. The profiles for each listed employee contain cell phone, Email address and LinkedIn profile. This information helps me to bypass the companies front desk and get directly to the people I need to speak with.
    • By knowing the specific job title for the people that I am contacting and then being able to click on their LinkedIn link to learn a little about them before I make the call, I come across as a sales professional instead of an impersonal cold-caller.
    • In cases where I do need to go through a front desk receptionist whose primary mission is to screen out sales people, I find that three out of four times the receptionist will connect me to the specific employee because I know their name, department, and job title. The Intel provided by D&B Hoovers makes it possible for me to get to the people I need to speak with.
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