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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Certainly

    N/AN/ACertainly is a Conversational AI Platform made for ecommerce and customer service. The solution aims to help companies deliver exceptional experiences and scale their growth. Insights from zero-party data from conversations with visitors target fewer product returns, lower cart abandonment and higher customer lifetime value. Certainly is on a mission to help businesses build awesome user experiences by creating a digital twin of their best salesperson, and aims to improve how companies…

    $650

    3 live* bots, All essential features

    Gist

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AGist 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.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    CertainlyGist
    Editions & Modules
    Certainly ESSENTIAL
    $650.00
    3 live* bots, All essential features
    BotXO BUSINESS
    $1200
    6 live* bots, All essential features +
    Certainly ENTERPRISE
    Quote
    10 live* bots, All essential features +
    Professional
    $29.00
    per month
    Premium
    $99.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CertainlyGist
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$650 3 live* botsNo setup fee
    Additional Details* “Live bots” means bots in production on your website, in your app, on Social Media, etc. Additional live bots are available on Enterprise. On all plans, you can build as many bots as you want inside the Certainly Platform.
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
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    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Certainly and Gist
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    Ratings
    Gist
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Chat reporting00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    User Ratings
    CertainlyGist
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    9.5
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
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    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CertainlyGist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Certainly
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    Gist
    If your marketing model is selling products, services, or SAAS where you are doing inbound marketing and your website will do most of the lead generation and conversion, this is a great product. From live chat, support, event tracking, and automation, you could almost put your entire business on autopilot. If your marketing model is mostly outreach to cold leads and conversion, this software currently does not have any type of sales stages or task generation. I would still use Gist for website inbound but use another software for outreach and cold leads then when they become a lead put them into Gist for marketing automation.
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    Pros
    Certainly
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    Gist
    • Customer service via a unified inbox so you dont have to separately monitor your twitter, Facebook or IG account for consumer communication there. Gist unified all into one inbox, better than anyone else I've seen in the market. They archive all communications and tie them back to a single user so you get unified customer history / data.
    • Marketing segmentation and automation: they track user history and behavior across the site and have super detailed segmenting capability, on par with ActiveCampaign's, but better I'd say. Better UI for the marketing admin person, and more unified data than in AC.
    • Live chat and chatbot. Usually it's either one or the other but with Gist you can do both seamlessly.
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    Cons
    Certainly
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    Gist
    • Plan limits can be confusing. For example, there is a monthly charge for support and a monthly charge for "growth," plus there's a separate charge depending on how many contacts and seats you have. Perhaps this is normal in the industry, but it can make it a little challenging to understand the bill every month.
    • The vast amount of features means development will never be as fast as you'd like it to be (even though they release updates all the time). This may not actually be a valid concern, and it certainly isn't unique to Gist (who doesn't have a wishlist they're waiting on their favorite SaaS to get to?), but I do believe the likelihood of being stuck without your desired feature being developed goes up a lot as the product gets bigger and bigger.
    • Email deliverability has been less than perfect in the past, but it has improved drastically in the last year.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Certainly
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    Gist
    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
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    Usability
    Certainly
    No answers on this topic
    Gist
    It’s pretty simple, but it does a lot so there are more complicated features which depend on an individuals ability for software implementation. I am not an IT expert and I’ve managed to implement everything myself, others that are more tech-minded may find everything easier.
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    Support Rating
    Certainly
    No answers on this topic
    Gist
    Fantastic support. Ask a question, get an answer within 24 hours every time. And sometimes within a few minutes. They've always come through for me, helpful and, even when it's an issue on my end, they point me in the right direction.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Certainly
    No answers on this topic
    Gist
    Gist combines all our previous products into one application and adds many more features that would require more apps. Gist is excellent and a no-brainer all-in-one application when compared to having to manage multiple applications at higher cost. The support from the whole Gist team has been extremely responsive.
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    Return on Investment
    Certainly
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    Gist
    • They are perfect for me as a someone who needs a lot of bang for the buck. The chat messenger device on my website alone has brought me new prospects that I did not have to spend money recruiting.
    • I am able to save hours of time with the automated emails that are GDPR compliant.
    • I don't have to pay for a designer to have excellent looking emails either.
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    ScreenShots

    Certainly Screenshots

    Screenshot of The BotXO PlatformScreenshot of The BotXO Platform - Add DomainScreenshot of The BotXO Platform - NLU Import DomainsScreenshot of BotXO - Integrations

    Gist Screenshots

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