Critical Mention vs. RepuGen

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Critical Mention
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Critical Mention headquartered in New York offers their eponymous media monitoring platform for public relations and crisis management.N/A
RepuGen
Score 10.0 out of 10
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RepuGen is a healthcare reputation management software for medical groups, multi-location hospitals, urgent care centers and dental practices that is designed to help them in aggregating patient feedback and reviews, manage it from a dashboard and measure customer and employee satisfaction. RepuGen increases a company’s online reviews through automated patient outreach process. Users will be notified the moment a patient has a negative experience, so they can reach out to perform…
$79
per provider/per month
Pricing
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6-9 Provider
$79
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2-5 Provider
$99
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1 Provider
$129
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Critical MentionRepuGen
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$99 per provider
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User Ratings
Critical MentionRepuGen
Likelihood to Recommend
1.6
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
9.0
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Availability
8.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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User Testimonials
Critical MentionRepuGen
Likelihood to Recommend
Critical Mention is excellent for media monitoring across platforms including TV, radio and online. It is easy to grab and tailor video clips and share. The reporting function makes creating thorough reports simple. Most importantly, the customers service is unparalleled. Any time I've ever had a question or challenge, it has been handled quickly. I would suggest that you make sure to take the time to thoroughly set up your searches to be sure you don't miss anything.
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RepuGen is well suited for any business looking to up their online reputation presence. It helps get great reviews while filtering out clients who may possibly leave negative reviews
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Pros
  • Monitor media mentions and send alerts: it's great because I don't have to go in and search every day. I am set in the morning and afternoon with alerts.
  • Online media reports: it's great because it helps me create my own personal reports in a format that my clients love.
  • Customer service: our account team dedicated to us is amazing. There has never been a time that they let us down.
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  • Identifies unhappy customers so that we have the opportunity to make things right and convert them to a happy customer.
  • Invites only happy customers to review online.
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Cons
  • The media database was not as robust as our proprietary one, it contained a key journalist that had been dead for 3 years for example, others that retired or moved to other outlets. Its influencer list was dismal. Fortunately when I complained (which I did the first time I used it) they removed it from our subscription and did not charge us. They said we could add the updates or add our contacts - not sure why they thought someone would pay for a service and then give valuable information to the company that would then be shared with competitors. They removed it from our bill so that at least was positive.
  • It only tracks hashtags across social media accounts that have been added to its system. Right from the beginning, just by running a hashtag search on IG, we could see missing posts. They said we could add all those in batches or manually one at a time which was work we were hoping to avoid with this subscription. Basically, it becomes a service that prepares nice-looking reports, not one that monitors mentions on public accounts.
  • They should allow a trial demo period.
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  • I cannot think of any cons.
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Likelihood to Renew
I gave this a 5 only because I do not make the decisions to renew. When I used this at my previous company, I also recommended to the decision maker to renew this tool as it was a crucial piece to the overall client objective
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Usability
It's great for quickly looking up a specific clip, but this platform makes it difficult to select and accurately report on a high volume of clips
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Support Rating
Look, Critical Mention follows up on an or phone call immediately or in the AM the following business day. I have called them after hours and get a live person to work through any issues that may have come up. Support seems to be job one with Critical Mention.
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Great customer service. I talked to a few reps getting set up and they were friendly and easy to connect with. After signup I had a few questions and was able to get help quickly.
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Implementation Rating
Critical Mention implementation was easy and fast. Their support and training were awesome.
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Alternatives Considered
I am not one to bash a competition product, but I have used several other similar products from different vendors. It has mostly been a disaster. Poor customer service to poor software interface has led me to Critical Mention. It's the first time I have ever stayed with a product beyond one year. One company only ever reached out to me when it was time for a renewal despite repeated reach-outs on my part during the year.
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RepuGen was, by far, easier to use and I got more responses with it compared to the other company.
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Return on Investment
  • Every week the department I am a part does dozens of searches on Critical Mention. We use it as our primary search engine for all things broadcast.
  • One negative aspect is that we do not know where Critical Mention gets their audience viewing numbers from so we just have to take it as their word.
  • Another negative aspect is that we are limited on the amount of time that one clip can be so we have to share several clips of the same show with our clients.
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  • Customers see our positive online reviews and end up choosing us, ROI is high.
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Screenshot of Receive instant feedback from your patientsScreenshot of Intercept Unhappy Patients Before they post reviews onlineScreenshot of Perform patient Service recovery and retain them as patientScreenshot of Access patient satisfaction reports and more from one intuitive dashboardScreenshot of Screenshot of Understand patient sentiment by provider or location