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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Channelscaler

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Channelscaler is the product resulting from the combing of Allbound and Channel Mechanics. It is a cloud-based channel sales and marketing platform that allows organizations to give real-time access to sales enablement, marketing tools and resources in one mobile-friendly place.N/A

    Salesforce Experience Cloud

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement (formerly Salesforce Experience Cloud or Salesforce Community Cloud) is an online forum powered by Salesforce that enables businesses to connect with their employees, customers, partner organizations, and prospects. Designed to help facilitate communication and information sharing, customers can ask questions and request help, administrators can integrate data from third-party apps, and employees can collaborate across projects and…N/A
    Pricing
    ChannelscalerSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChannelscalerSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ChannelscalerSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Channelscaler
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    ChannelscalerSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Channelscaler and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Channelscaler
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Channelscaler and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Channelscaler
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Channelscaler and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Channelscaler
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Channelscaler and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Channelscaler
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Channelscaler and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Channelscaler
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Digital Experience Platform
    Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Channelscaler and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Channelscaler
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Campaign management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud enablement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content aggregation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content classification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer data analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-website management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Digital asset management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Editorial workflows and task management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ChannelscalerSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChannelscalerSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Channelscaler
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce Experience Cloud is well-suited for organizations that have clients who periodically or routinely need to access historical data or documents. The product also offers an exceptionally effective tool to engage with customers around support/service issues and the entire Case management functionality built into the Salesforce platform. The product might be less well-suited in environments where there is exceptionally high staff turnover within customer accounts, or where there is a substantial lack of very basic computer skills.
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    Pros
    Channelscaler
    • Content Management including sales & marketing resources, calendar items, distributor and partner communications, and news for partners
    • Deal registration and MDF management--providing an easy to use system for partners and Cambum administrators to enter and review requests.
    • Increasing partner engagement--providing an easy way to update the portal frequently keeps our partners coming back to see the latest and greatest resources and benefits
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    Salesforce
    • Complete integration with the Salesforce ecosystem. Data displayed in your Community portal reflects records from a Sales Cloud organization
    • Highly customizable. A Community Cloud portal can be totally customized both visually and with different funcionalities with little to no coding skills required
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    Cons
    Channelscaler
    • The fact that you can't make payouts to partners within the platform itself is super frustrating and that would be a huge improvement.
    • The ability to track clicks, page views, etc is not available like on other partner platforms like Tune, Impact, and Cake. It would be awesome to see that tracking data for the content being shared.
    • Having more integrations with platforms like Zuora which we use for payments would be great.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Channelscaler
    Allbound is so easy to use as an administrator and provides human support and a resource for its customers to learn about the features and tools available. Our partners consistently provide feedback to us about how much they absolutely love our partner portal, which Allbound provides the structure and functionality to allow us to over amazing things to thousands of partner globally. Almost every person who provides feedback says some iteration of "this is the best partner portal i've ever used."
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    Salesforce
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    Usability
    Channelscaler
    It is by far the easiest system to administrator that I have either had experience doing or demoed from other vendors. No coding skills needed. Simple interfaces for everything. And the Allbound University and live support are great!
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    Salesforce
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    Performance
    Channelscaler
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    Salesforce
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    Support Rating
    Channelscaler
    Allbound has a support team that is easy to contact right through the PRM interface. Additionally, we have a dedicated account manager and development team who are super responsive and helpful. Allbound has a ticketing system for support as well, which keeps you up to date on status of your support requests.
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    Salesforce
    We have weekly calls with our Salesforce reps. They bring new ideas to the table and help with taxonomy builds. They have also answered many questions and connected us to the right people for us to grow our knowledge and utilization of the platform. They are a good partner overall in comparison.
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    Implementation Rating
    Channelscaler
    Regular meetings, lots of UAT, quick responses, and adherence to our timeline made implementation a breeze -- even though we had some really complex processes we needed to support.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Channelscaler
    They are different in the sense that Allbound allows you to loop in different parners to a degree that HubSpot doesn't outside smaller extensions and portals. More visbility into interactions with HubSpot, but it's truly built for marketing vs a sales forward/partnership management tool.Extensions from Allbound into Google could be helpful
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Channelscaler
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    Salesforce
    • Improved online admission application completion rates from mid-60%s to mid-80%s.
    • Positive user experience from start-to-finish to leverage one data system for all prospective student data
    • Fewer data integrations transforming and loading sensitive student data by leveraging Salesforce Community Cloud to access already existing data
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