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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Branch

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ABranch provides a cross-platform linking and attribution platform, offering solutions that unify user experience and measurement across devices and channels. Branch powers mobile links and cross-platform measurement to more than 3 billion monthly users across the globe. It provides cross-platform marketing, engagement and measurement solution for over 50,000 apps — including Reddit, Buzzfeed, Twitch, Groupon, and many more.N/A

    Kumulos

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AKumulos offers their mobile app development platform supporting mobile app marketing automation, mobile app performance, push notifications, and other features.N/A
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    BranchKumulos
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsOur main platform is free to all. Some of the free products that most apps find useful are content sharing, custom onboarding, referrals and organic app search. We have specialized products (Journeys (Smart Banner), Deep Linked Email, Dynamic Ads and Data Integrations) which are typically priced by volume of a company.
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    User Ratings
    BranchKumulos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    BranchKumulos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    Branch well suited: Branch links are perfecting for embedding into our email service provider (SendGrid), paid media channels (Facebook, Google, ASA), organic media (Instagram, Facebook, content marketing, referral) and push notification platform (OneSignal) to be able to evaluate actions taken from users that clicked on those branch links. No matter the data from these links, they are accurate and are easily exported to our database and CRM to determine ROI, and find weak points in our major funnels.
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    Kumulos ltd
    We have promotions that we want to tell our members or a specific subset of them like they have a chance of winning a raffle. We use Kumulos to fire off the message and notification. Our members get it in their app and we can tell how many of them received it. We can also use the messages to direct them to specific web pages if we want to give them more information. We also use Kumulos to send announcements about things that are happening around the resort. Since we are located near the airport, when heads of state arrive, there are times that the roads are closed to allow them to pass. We use Kumulos to fire off notifications early enough that they know to avoid the area at a particular time. Where it doesn't do as well is when you need the notifications to be received immediately. Since the notifications pass through the Google/Apple network, it may take time to arrive. Sometimes you get it quick, sometimes you don't. So if timeliness is critical, it won't work as well. Also if you're sending to a lot of people, the rollout of the messages may take longer.
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    Pros
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    • Click tracking: it integrated well with Facebook, Google, Clevertap, product, etc. to allow multiple stakeholders to use this one platform for tracking.
    • Sale attribution: it has a robust fraud detection and event deduplication in place to attribute sales correctly.
    • Smart URL: it offers different deeplinks to support basic user platforms, thus making the URL behavior smart and personalized for users.
    • Referrals: it's a ready-made platform to easily launch your refer and earn program, with all checks of fraud detection in place.
    • Social sharing: it offers various goats and cards for how a link will appear on various social media channels if shared, which is particularly helpful for marketing teams.
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    Kumulos ltd
    • Very, very easy to use - yet equally powerful
    • Personalization of messages
    • Data back feeds
    • Running mobile and web campaigns in one place
    • Awesome support
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    Cons
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    • Multiplayers redirection is important feature. In our marketing process for [our] Ace Tutor app https://www.acetutor.io, we have a referral reward campaign for which we want to aggregate clicks from lower level links to higher level links. For example, we created unique Branch Links for 10 marketing interns, and each intern wanted to create Branch Links for their own 10 delegates, the clicks of the Branch Links from these delegates would be automatically rolled up to the right intern's Branch Link, so we can make payment following the aggregation paths. Currently, Branch Links do not support this kind of multiplayer or multi-layer redirections.
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    Kumulos ltd
    • The UI could use a lot of improvement. It's not very intuitive.
    • Canceling of sent in-app messages can't be done through the dashboard. You have to contact support for them to do it.
    • To send the same message again, you have to recreate the whole thing instead of just resending it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
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    Kumulos ltd
    Kumulos is doing everything we need and more. The cost is also very reasonable. It has cut down our need for SMS and has lowered our OPEX because of this. We also love the analytics that it provides and it gives us insight into the usage and engagement of our app.
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    Usability
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    It's very usable. Multiple teams in the company are using it, and it never takes more than 5 mins to explain to someone how to use this.
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    Kumulos ltd
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    Support Rating
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    We have never had any issue with support response yet. In fact, they have a local POC in our city too, who routes the urgent matters to their escalation matrix.
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    Kumulos ltd
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    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    Branch's links are the most consistent in the mobile space. They work across desktop and mobile, where AppsFlyer and Deeplink's didn't consistently perform in both places. Branch's measurement is more consistent across all customer touch points as well, which gives our marketing and growth teams the answers they need without any struggle.
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    Kumulos ltd
    Kumulos is just much easier to install, configure, and set up. Ongoing running costs are much much lower, especially because we don't need the constant support of a developer to complete day-to-day tasks. Other systems required a lot of technical support, not just in the setup but also in the ongoing operation.
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    Return on Investment
    Branch Metrics, Inc.
    • Branch had given a profound impact on the way our users share their content.
    • Users now have more easy access to content created.
    • Users feel more motivated in creating content because they know that it is easy to share and get their content in the eyes of the target public.
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    Kumulos ltd
    • 81% increase in customer retention
    • 27% increase in daily active users
    • Cost of the system is very low compared to tangible financial benefits it as delivered
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    Screenshot of Kumulos Messaging DashboardScreenshot of Geofencing Set-UpScreenshot of Analytics DashboardScreenshot of Push Notification ComposerScreenshot of Crash Reporting DashboardScreenshot of In-App Messaging Composer