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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HCL Unica

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AHCL Unica is available as a cloud or on-premise solution that provides fully integrated marketing automation software for enterprise. It includes enterprise marketing automation tools that optimize marketing activities, to ensure excellent customer experiences and data privacy.N/A

    MediaValet

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AMediaValet’s Digital Asset Management platform makes enterprise digital libraries accessible, discoverable, and shareable to the organization's entire ecosystem – globally.N/A
    Pricing
    HCL UnicaMediaValet
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL UnicaMediaValet
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HCL UnicaMediaValet
    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
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    MediaValet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    HCL UnicaMediaValet
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of HCL Unica and MediaValet
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    MediaValet
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.65 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Content analytics00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of HCL Unica and MediaValet
    Feature
    HCL Unica
    -
    Ratings
    MediaValet
    8.1
    18 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Uploading assets00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Downloading assets00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Categories00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
    Asset storage00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    Asset sharing00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
    Asset search00 Ratings7.617 Ratings
    Tagging system00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Content editing00 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Metadata00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Collections00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    User access00 Ratings8.315 Ratings
    DAM Integrations00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    DAM API00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Workflow automations00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Related asset discovery00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HCL UnicaMediaValet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.5
    (33 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HCL UnicaMediaValet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HCLSoftware
    I think it is wel suited for a business with a lot of one on one relations in the database. For example a supermarket that sells products to a client and gives a reduction on that product. It is nice if the selection process is not to complex and does not involve to many calculations. It is also nice if it is very clear what you want to follow up. In our environment we have lots of many-to-many relations. for example one product is held by more then one client. And that client might have more of those products with other clients. These kind of situation demands for a lot of calculations with derived fields(*), and there things go far too slow. Unica is probably not such a good solution for us, because our environment is too complex, and so is to process of creating the selection, we often have to change things in the selection flows. Because of the complexity it is difficult to see what the flow is exactly doing afterwoods, it also takes to much time to modify existing campaigns. The interface is not handy to work with, if you have long lists of variables, of tables or derived fields(*) you have to scroll through trough them, you can not really search them or reorder them. You can not drag and drop fields or other objects like derived fields in the flow, what would be easy if you have to make frequent changes to the proces flow. When you copy objects something the content of the object changes because the links with other objects or lost. (*) derived field: field to calculate something
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    MediaValet
    MediaValet is an exceptional tool for our end users. We upload the images and they find them. Most often with great ease. Had we known how many images we would be adding, and our different audiences from the start, we might have set up our file structure a little differently.
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    Pros
    HCLSoftware
    • Ability to translate Multiple SQL queries into a very easy to use visual GUI.
    • Provides the ability to pre-define segments, run them once in off hours, store them in their own system tables for quick youth and a significant reduction in CPU utilization on the database.
    • It’s use of Reusable objects. Including user variables to pre-define calculations one time, macros that you can create and pass values to parameterize the SQL code And the creation of templates to easily replicate work.
    • It’s ability to bring in external data on the fly that can very easily be mapped into any flowchart.
    • It’s flexibility and creating UNIX script via triggers to automate sending of files to multiple vendors with different FTP sites
    • It’s flexibility in the output layouts that it can create.
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    MediaValet
    • I love that we can add keywords. It makes finding assets very easy.
    • I love the fact we can make lightboxes. It makes sending assets to different people easy.
    • They are always adding more features to MediaValet to make it better.
    • I love that we're not limited to which types of files we can upload to MediaValet.
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    Cons
    HCLSoftware
    • Greater integration of real time (Interact) capabilities with outbound channels, in particular IBM eMessage Email & SMS delivery.
    • Additional outbound channels to be integrated into eMessage, including Facebook Fanpage & Twitter DM broadcasts. At the moment these are possible only through custom additional integration.
    • Support for additional marketing database technology, e.g. MySQL, Exasol, ParAccel, WX2.
    • Provision of database technology with software purchase, as Web technology (IBM WebSphere Express) is supplied for free, but no database is supplied - since IBM also market DB2, which is a supported technology it seems a shame.
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    MediaValet
    • More flexibility/features when using Lightboxes
    • Replace an old version of an asset with a newer one without having to check-out, then check-in
    • Sharing an asset or a set of assets via a share link -- would be great to generate shorter, dynamic URLs for sharing as opposed to the longer string URLs it currently generates
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HCLSoftware
    There are three main factors to renew a licence: 1) Cost to migrate to another platform would be rather expensive and time consuming, plus the requirement of retraining employees to use a new tool 2) It has been proven time and time again that it is a market leader in the space (10 years +) 3) It can be built upon, with the addition of additional IBM EMM modules - despite theories it does have very strong digital capabilities.
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    MediaValet
    It is not only likely, but we have been doing it for more than 6 years. We have even had the service since before I joined the company. The service works well for me and I hope that this service will continue to be renewed next year, as not having it would make my job more complicated.
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    Usability
    HCLSoftware
    I think it is easy to use, if you don't have to do to complex selections.
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    MediaValet
    New staff is able to use our DAM with an hour of training.
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    Support Rating
    HCLSoftware
    I didn't use the Unica support since it is with IBM, only before.
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    MediaValet
    The team is very responsive to requests and makes a point to provide feedback or status updates before confirming solutions.
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    Implementation Rating
    HCLSoftware
    - We had to rebuild a part of the datamart afterwards to tighten up and simplify the selection process. But as it was too time consuming to rebuild all the existing campaigns, we no run campaigns on different versions of the datamart. - The response tracking of the campaigns never worked out well, it was impossible to implement a direct response where there is a link between the lead and the response in our operational process
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    MediaValet
    I mainly use MediValet to send special medical images to our partners. Collaboration with other companies is very simplified through MediaValet. The qualitatively uploaded images can be excactly assigned and organised through various filters. It is much clearer and easier for our partners to understand when the images have been accurately labelled and assigned beforehand.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HCLSoftware
    The contact history and the response history are so powerful. You can track whatever you want to help the call center to push relevant offers to our customer. In addition, predictive models can be built, with patience, in IBM Campaign. If you have some complaints from the call center about any campaigns, you can easily validate it into the contact or response history.
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    MediaValet
    Asset sharing and organization is better, more user friendly, and more appealing within MediaValet. The layout and flexibility give these portals a much more professional look and feel. Both internally and externally we have appreciated the output of these specific portals much more than what we had been attempting to share with these other programs.
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    Return on Investment
    HCLSoftware
    • It helps my clients drive their business which in turn, drives more profit for them.
    • It helps my clients determine what works, and what doesn't work, in terms of their social marketing campaigns.
    • It helps navigate proper budgeting through determining what clients' users respond to, and what they find unique.
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    MediaValet
    • While we have had MediaValet only for a short period, we are already seeing improvements in how quickly certain projects can be completed.
    • I recently created an Annual Report which had a lot of big image files and data tables and using a Lightbox with our design agency to share these files saved us a huge amount of time.
    • As we roll out MediaValet to the teams, staff are becoming more aware of the quality, amount, and value of our best assets.
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