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    CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACAKE’s Affiliate Marketing Software is offered to ensure accurate measurement, data security and support to attract new partners and build profitable relationships. CAKE's solution is designed to allow users to optimize an affiliate marketing program through real-time insights into partner and campaign performance, customizable alerts, granular data and unique commission structures to reward partners. CAKE is a Perseus Group company, of Constellation Software.N/A

    Impact

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AImpact Radius is a partner management platform from the company of the same name in Santa Barbara, California. The platform touts tag management without technical assistance for marketers, tracking of all media channels for multi-channel and mobile marketing, call tracking for inbound calls, and affiliate / partner program management capabilities. Central to the platform is the Partner Manager, with its pay-for-performance affiliate management capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareImpact
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareImpact
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareImpact
    Considered Both Products
    CAKE
    No answer on this topic
    Impact
    Chose Impact
    Impact is a far more fleshed-out version of Cake, with better partner recruitment capabilities and better reporting.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareImpact
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software and Impact
    Feature
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software
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    Ratings
    Impact
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Partner performance analytics00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software and Impact
    Feature
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software
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    Ratings
    Impact
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Content sharing00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Partner collaboration tools00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Partner Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Partner Lifecycle Management features of CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software and Impact
    Feature
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software
    -
    Ratings
    Impact
    6.4
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Lead distribution00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Co-op advertising00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Partner discovery and onboarding00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Referral tracking00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Journey builder00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareImpact
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    1.0
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    User Testimonials
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareImpact
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CAKE
    CAKE is great for affiliates, but not the best for a large company with different types of offers and traffic
    Incentivized
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    Impact
    Any publisher looking to monetize their blogs would be a great fit. The size of the publisher probably doesn't matter. They have a wide selection of advertisers and publishers can sign up for free. Advertisers that are looking for great partners for their affiliate programs would be good fits. One of the benefits is that Impact really focuses on recruiting high-quality publishers.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    CAKE
    • Reporting across multiple verticals
    • Conversion data
    • Tcpa
    Incentivized
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    Impact
    • There are no hidden charges and tracking is instant and automated.
    • As an affiliate, Finding relevant offers and managing the programs is quite easy.
    • It has a great user interface which is quite easy to use and manage.
    • There is nearly zero downtime, which makes it much more efficient and reliable.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    CAKE
    • It’s a little outdated in terms of UI
    • There’s a bit of a learning curve
    • Refreshing from the browser tab
    Incentivized
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    Impact
    • User interface could be improved a little, as it is a quite difficult task to find the content or links
    • Approval from the advertisers sometimes takes a huge amount of time. If they can somehow reduce the response time, it will be great
    • New affiliates might find the onboarding process a little difficult
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    CAKE
    No answers on this topic
    Impact
    Impact has had a major impact on our business. It is pretty easy to use if you don't have multiple accounts with them, so be sure you keep things streamlined. Otherwise, it can be confusing if you have to bounce between different accounts you've applied to. While they are managed under a single login, they can be difficult to distinguish between when trying to see how successful your campaigns are.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    CAKE
    No answers on this topic
    Impact
    We've been reaching out requesting support for two months and no one has responded. They completely ghosted us. We've emailed the original sales rep, our account manager, our sales rep and account manager's bosses, and others. Still no response, though I can see the emails have been opened multiple times. I've never experienced worse support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CAKE
    There’s no comparison between the two, Looker is amazing and blows CAKE out of the water
    Incentivized
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    Impact
    First promoter has been a phenomenal affiliate platform to use. It has everything I need from a reporting perspective. It has everything I need from a payout perspective. It has all the links, tips, and tools I need for promoting products. Overall it is a far better tool to use
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    CAKE
    No answers on this topic
    Impact
    • By using Impact we were able to increase the number of advertisers on our platform.
    • Delayed payments on the part of advertisers or Impact creates so many execution issues.
    • Multi regional campaigns helped us to increase our presens in the market.
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