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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Keap

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AKeap is a small business-focused, comprehensive sales and marketing platform which combines basic contact management, CRM, marketing automation, and e-commerce capabilities into a single, subscription-based SaaS product.

    $199

    per month

    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System (formerly SambaSaaS) is cloud marketing software that includes tools that let users automate search engine optimization (SEO), schedule social media marketing posts across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, manage business reputation across 100+ directories by responding to reviews, as well as create and send email newsletters. It also enables users to publish content; broadcast press releases; track inbound phone and form leads; monitor Google Ads…

    $99

    per month per installation

    Pricing
    KeapSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $199.00
    per month
    Max
    $289.00
    per month
    Max Classic
    Contact Us
    per year
    Call tracking & Dynamic Number Insertion
    $5
    per local number
    Standard monthly license
    $109
    per domain
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KeapSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$299 per installation
    Additional DetailsAll plans with 1 user and 500 contacts. The price is $30.00 for each additional user.You can take advantage of many SeoSamba's Marketing Operating System (MOS) features regardless of your website platform. However, MOS offers even more functionalities when your website is also powered by WordPress, SeoToaster CMS, SeoToaster E-commerce or SeoToaster Ultimate CRM. SeoSamba offers migration package with or without look & feel re-design, but always including a comprehensive search engine optimization process that is implemented on your behalf. What's unique about it? SeoSamba benchmarks your existing search ranking positions, and offers a 60 days post-release improvement guarantee. Migration packages costs vary usually between $1500 and $2500 range or most small businesses clients.
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    Community Pulse
    KeapSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Considered Both Products
    Keap
    No answer on this topic
    SeoSamba
    Chose SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Both Infusionsoft and SambaSaaS are popular email marketing tools. However, I chose SambaSaaS because it helped me manage multiple websites, social media accounts and create SEO-friendly landing pages.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    71 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    KeapSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    7.7
    29 Ratings
    14% below category average
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated CRM activity logging6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales pipeline management9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    7.0
    150 Ratings
    16% below category average
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.947 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Landing pages5.9134 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    A/B testing6.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization6.3124 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting7.5149 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.4147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.049 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    7.3
    151 Ratings
    12% below category average
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation7.5146 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading6.2128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management6.7129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.3138 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Automated follow-ups9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    7.7
    89 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Calendaring8.388 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    5.2
    148 Ratings
    28% below category average
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Dashboards7.255 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Standard reports3.6144 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Custom reports4.7136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    5.5
    142 Ratings
    39% below category average
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    API4.7126 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals6.4108 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Customizability5.4138 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for sales & marketing automation5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Keap and SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Feature
    Keap
    -
    Ratings
    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KeapSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (209 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (40 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KeapSeoSamba Marketing Operating System
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Keap
    Keap is very good at contact management and automation creation but weaker at email campaign creation. I was particularly interested in a function where when manually entering a new contact, you are then able to email that contact using a premade HTML template. It will currently not do this. There is a workaround, but it is unnecessarily ponderous.
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    SeoSamba
    I highly recommend SambaSaaS to businesses managing multiple websites and social media accounts. I also recommend it for entrepreneurs who need to manage international branches and international clients
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Keap
    • Pricing: Keap Max Classic (formerly Infusionsoft) is affordable for nonprofits and small businesses and includes all the automation features we need!
    • Customer Support: Our onboarding and success coaches have been so helpful, taking into account some unique processes we have and finding solutions.
    • Updates: Keap is constantly providing more and better solutions!
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    • Automates multisite SEO, so we can stay focused on great content that attracts the right audience for our two entirely different strategic business units.
    • Eliminates the surprises we used to get with other plugins when Wordpress makes unannounced changes that crash other plugins.
    • Agile, easy to use, and saves hours of time and creative resources
    • Automates metric capture: site analytics, keyword/phrase capture, search engine page results etc...in an online dashboard (and it's free).
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Keap
    • More articles and videos on how to use the various functions of Keap
    • Having representatives designated to certain regions or companies for a point of contact when help is needed
    • More options when building the emails. While the click and drop options can be a plus, they can also be negative because you are limited to image and text sizing and positions
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    SeoSamba
    • It has a lot of features. So, it's kind of difficult to get started and to learn every feature in the software. However, once you get used to SambaSaaS, it's fairly easy to navigate.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Keap
    We have invested a lot into Infusionsoft and are using it to automate our processes and marketing. Changing CRMs would have a HUGE cost for us and based on our evaluations, the grass isn't greener elsewhere. Infusiosoft fits most of our needs and is slowly getting better each year. Their support is great and we will continue to use them until something much better comes around or our company outgrows a small business CRM.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Keap
    You do need to spend some time on-boarding and implementing the software in order to have full functionality. We were lucky - we had colleagues at the university with experience with Keap and then hired an intern familiar with the software to get us set up and ready to use it. We've had some functionality issues with it along the way and that has frustrated myself and the other uses in our department.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Keap
    There have been few outages since we became a customer, and when they have technical issues they are typically resolved rapidly.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Keap
    OMG, it's all in one and that compromises everything, fundamentally. If you want a race car, invest in a race car. If you want a dune buggy, get that. If you want a boat that floats, go for it.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Keap
    Generally, very responsive support for even our more complicated issues. We do have some open issues that we need resolutions on and that I understand are complicated and will take longer to resolve but the open issues are significantly impacting to our business.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Keap
    I have been to a number of in-person training sessions over the years with Keap and all of them have been FANTASTIC. They really put a lot of time and effort into these sessions. Staff and facilitators go out of their way to ensure that participants are getting what they need.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Keap
    The results of training online are often based on how people learn. The training was great but with feature updates, you just have to get in there sometimes and do it! The training definitely lays a firm enough foundation for you to be successful even if its can't be updated with every feature update.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Keap
    Don't let the fear of implementing a new software solution keep you from unleashing the power of automation that Infusionsoft provides. With the right implementation partner, the process can not only be smooth and painless, it can actually help you get a better understanding for how your current communication process can be improved upon.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Keap
    Keap is fast. The learning curve is shorter and they have an academy for learning with videos quite extensive that explain a lot of different scenarios, specially when you need to customize scenarios of automations and segments. Is cheaper if you consider that this services CRM + Mailing don´t come often in one package and the realiability to send mails is quite good.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    Prior to SeoSamba we were making manual changes. Then we started researching several possible other plugins but the reviews all said the same - that if WP made significant enough changes those plugins would become ineffective. SeoSamba's ability to automate optimization and keep up with/stay ahead of those changes was the deciding factor for us.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Keap
    You get a lot of features included, but you don't need to use them all at once to start seeing an effect. When you are ready to use them, they are there. It also scales without costing too much money.
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    SeoSamba
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Keap
    • Automation has allowed us to be more engaged and invested in our customers by reminding us about birthdays and other important events in their lives so that we can celebrate with them.
    • We lacked the manpower to sell and distribute orders online before setting up the payments and automation features. We now collect $5k+ a week in lost sales through online ordering.
    • List cleaning functionality and engagment settings have allowed us to run a 40-50% email open rate that allows us to create an engaged community around local events and opportunities as well as sales and special offerings.
    Incentivized
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    SeoSamba
    • It helped me automate my email marketing campaigns, so that I could generate more leads for my business.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Keap Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Keap invoiceProduct screenshotScreenshot of the entire sales pipeline displayed in one view.

    SeoSamba Marketing Operating System Screenshots

    Screenshot of User dashboard. Top screen.Screenshot of Social media marketing calendar monthly viewScreenshot of Content curation for social mediaScreenshot of Social media marketing publishingScreenshot of Automated search rankings positions reportScreenshot of Search Rankings Keywords data