Lead Forensics vs. Smartlook

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lead Forensics
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
UK company Lead Forensics offers their eponymous platform for lead generation and web analytics.N/A
Smartlook
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Smartlook is an analytics solution tool for websites, iOS/Android apps, and various app frameworks, that answers the "whys" behind users' actions. It helps users understand precisely how customers interact with website and app — watch recordings, create heatmaps, use automatic tracked events, and build conversion funnels. Data is seen on one central dashboard, which enables sharing and collaborating with colleagues. This is to support clear, data-driven decision-making for product managers,…
$55
per month 5000 sessions
Pricing
Lead ForensicsSmartlook
Editions & Modules
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Pro
$55
per month 5000 sessions
Free
Free forever
per month 3000 sessions
Enterprise
Custom pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lead ForensicsSmartlook
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsAll Smartlook packages support both web and mobile app platforms.
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Community Pulse
Lead ForensicsSmartlook
Features
Lead ForensicsSmartlook
Web Analytics
Comparison of Web Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Lead Forensics
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Smartlook
-
Ratings
Lead Conversion Tracking7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Bounce Rate Measurement7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Device and Browser Reporting8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Pageview Tracking8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Event Tracking7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting in real-time8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Referral Source Tracking8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Dashboards8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Lead ForensicsSmartlook
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.9
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Usability
9.1
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10.0
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Availability
-
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9.1
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Performance
-
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8.2
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Support Rating
8.1
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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7.3
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Configurability
-
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8.2
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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8.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lead ForensicsSmartlook
Likelihood to Recommend
When you have people coming to your website and you want to know which pages they look at, how long they are there, and when they leave. Also when you want to know their industry, their company, and what led them to your website. You can really get a customer profile.
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Smartlook is best for screen recordings. Especially when you are running MVPs. However, its pricing is very high. If your daily visitors are too much then either you will have to lose many of your recordings or you will have to pay too much money.
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Pros
  • Lead Forensics helps us see which companies are visiting our site, even if they don’t fill out a form. This gives us a chance to reach out to businesses that are already showing interest but might not have contacted us yet.
  • Instead of cold-calling random prospects, we can see which pages a company has viewed and how often they return. This helps us tailor our conversations based on what they’re actually interested in.
  • The Lead Forensics support team has been great whenever we’ve had questions. They’re quick to respond and always ready to help, whether it’s troubleshooting an issue or offering advice on how to get the most out of the platform.
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  • Funnels are both easy to configure yet comprehensive enough to detect complicated customer journeys.
  • Real-time recording provides exceptional insights to our design & engineering teams.
  • Session recording is surprisingly lightweight and seems to cause no substantial performance degradation for our customers.
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Cons
  • Better updates on companies' current names. Often if a company was a different company years ago it still says the old company name which is confusing.
  • Better identifying the correct location. Sometimes it seems like that the location coming up is the wrong location.
  • Giving a better understanding of how they got to the website would help too. Often is says "direct" but I would like to know if it was via a link from an email or what
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  • Events -- but I think this is something that we could improve ourselves in our system.
  • Create some suggestions for funnels and heatmaps.
  • Give general insights for a certain period of time, e.g. from Oct. 7th to 12th, 75 users left the checkout step and 60% of them left due to a payment issue. IDK just bringing some ideas!
  • Send an e-mail with main insights.
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Likelihood to Renew
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As my ratings show, I have been absolutely delighted with Smartlook in terms of usability, cost, support, and its benefit to our organization. I have given it such high ratings because I think it has really benefitted our organization and I think it could do the same for other companies too.
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Usability
Lead Forensics dashboard is fantastic. Lets me see what companies are hitting what parts of the website so I know what to offer them. Often times I’ll offer one thing, only to get told no. Then the client goes to the website and pokes around at other things we offer. Then they reach out to me asking about different services, or next time I reach out I can offer what they were looking at.
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Smartlook is very intuitive and simple for an average programmer (I don't know if it will be as simple for a normal user). We have never had to resort to looking for information on the web or ask for help for something we didn't understand or didn't work as expected.
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Support Rating
[Their] support is great, [whether] you call or send in an email. They are always friendly and willing to help. Anytime I can’t figure something out and need to reach out, I always get a response back quick[ly] - and they will always offer to go in and make the change, but I like when they show me so I can do it next time.
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I am always very happy when a company offers the option to use online chat, as I do not like to call customer support and writing an email is just too slow and cumbersome. I did not even expect a reply right away, yet it took the customer support team less than a minute to respond to my problem.
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Alternatives Considered
I’ve used SalesIntel primarily for contact data, but I haven’t explored its web tracking features. What sets Lead Forensics apart is how quickly it delivers actionable insights from site visits. It helps me identify engaged accounts and prioritize follow-up without extra effort. For our needs, Lead Forensics offered a more immediate impact on sales productivity and customer engagement.
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Like I mentioned, Smartlook is younger than FullStory and it seems like they're trying to improve. The dashboards are lacking. I wish I had more control over what I see there instead of the standard. We use the API to determine customer name and company and I'd like to see some custom dashboards.
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Return on Investment
  • We are still in the very early stages of using Lead Forensics for our agency, but I can see that it could already be very useful to us as we haven't had insights like this previously.
  • Our very first use case with Lead Forensics was with a brand-new client and I would say it went exceptionally well. We were running a large media campaign for them, and it was very insightful to see how those specific businesses were getting to the site and what page they were going to. Like mentioned previously, this helped their very small sales team to go after businesses they know were interested in them.
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  • We have increased the conversion rate from the beginning till now with 120%.
  • We redesigned our landing pages and decreased the bounce rate by 41%.
  • We rethinked and redesigned our menu structure and internal site linking to increase the time users spent on our site based on the data we got from Smartlook analysis.
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ScreenShots

Lead Forensics Screenshots

Screenshot of Lead Forensics' insight with regard to who is visiting a website, where they have come from, how visits trend over time, what they have looked at on the site, as well as detailed firmographics about each and every business visitor identified. This is presented at a glance insight for marketers to understand website performance, weak spots, campaign effectiveness and market engagement.Screenshot of a view of which businesses are visiting a website, in real-time. Users can categorize visitors according to their stage in the sales pipeline and create actions based upon each visitor profile to commence further engagement, understand what each visit is interested in by reviewing the time they have spent on each page, and use this information to start valuable conversations, and review the contact information to commence pro-active engagement to give each customer and prospect an exceptional first impression.Screenshot of marketing campaign analytics that help locate which are driving high value opportunities to a website. Users can track changes over time to understand the success of specific campaigns and monitor the performance of social media, PPC, SEO and any other referring source, to optimize campaigns and invest marketing budget where campaigns are driving maximum engagement and return.Screenshot of detailed firmographics relating to each visiting business, used to qualify and score a visitor, according to their 'fit' for a business. This helps users to understand the size and scope of each visitor, identify where they are located and get their contact information. Automated lead scoring against any specific criteria can be used to focus on the highest priority opportunities, in order to acquire new business, expand existing customer revenues and deliver excellent levels of customer service.

Smartlook Screenshots

Screenshot of HeatmapsScreenshot of RecordingsScreenshot of DashboardsScreenshot of EventsScreenshot of FunnelsScreenshot of Analytics for websites & mobile apps