Lead Liaison vs. OutboundEngine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lead Liaison
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Lead Liaison is a cloud-based sales and marketing automation solution. This solution provides equal focus to sales support with solutions such as a hot-lead dashboard, Buy Signals and a live ticker alert of businesses on the customer's website.
$250
per month
OutboundEngine
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
OutboundEngine provides a hands-off way for small business owners to market and grow their business. The product aims to provide small businesses with what big companies have achieved with marketing automation. The service aims to help users keep in touch with clients and prospects with professionally designed, branded campaigns. Benefits include: driving engagement, surfacing warm leads from current contacts, generating referrals and repeat business from their existing contacts, social…
$199
per user
Pricing
Lead LiaisonOutboundEngine
Editions & Modules
Inbound Marketing
$250
per month
Sales Enablement
$450
per month 5 users
Omnibound Marketing
$780
per month
Lifecycle Marketing
$1,500
per month
Event Lead Management
starting at $2000
Essential
$199
per user
Value
$299
per user
Premium
$499
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lead LiaisonOutboundEngine
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$499 Depends on package$99 per user
Additional DetailsMore information is available on the vendor's website.
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Community Pulse
Lead LiaisonOutboundEngine
Features
Lead LiaisonOutboundEngine
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Lead Liaison
8.8
Ratings
15% above category average
OutboundEngine
8.1
Ratings
10% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization9.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting9.30 Ratings7.90 Ratings
List management8.80 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Lead Liaison
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
OutboundEngine
5.8
Ratings
15% below category average
Lead nurturing automation9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks8.80 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Lead Liaison
8.9
Ratings
18% above category average
OutboundEngine
-
Ratings
Calendaring8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Lead Liaison
8.8
Ratings
16% above category average
OutboundEngine
7.9
Ratings
18% above category average
Social sharing and campaigns9.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Social profile integration8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Lead Liaison
9.2
Ratings
23% above category average
OutboundEngine
-
Ratings
Dashboards9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Lead Liaison
8.5
Ratings
13% above category average
OutboundEngine
-
Ratings
API8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Lead LiaisonOutboundEngine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
7.9
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lead LiaisonOutboundEngine
Likelihood to Recommend
You get dedicated support from Lead Liaison when onboarding and they are extremely helpful and patient. I don't know of too many organizations that have this type of dedicated support at the ready. However, on the downside, they seem to be enamored with rolling out updates constantly, and on many occasions, it doesn't seem to have any tangible benefit.
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OutboundEngine does a referral campaign and I've been able to close a couple of deals based on getting in touch with people who engage with this campaign and state they could use my services in the next 6 months. This is a great follow up tool for those you may or may not know are going to be needing your services.
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Pros
  • The form customization is perfect. Very easy to use.
  • The insight we get from the form's (GPS) data is nice as we do not have to mandate fields anymore.
  • The ability to pass thru a lot of data on the back end works for our process. The internal receiver (customer service or sales reps) of the form data knows exactly what campaign the lead came from, what clinical specialty is tied to the prospect and what product is of interest. All seamlessly.
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  • The content that they generate to send to our clients is relevant and the clients want to engage with us. It makes us appear more professional and consistent, even though we are a smaller company.
  • It helps us stay in touch with clients and helps us stay top of mind. We are able to generate more new business leads if we are in consistent contact with current, former, and potential clients.
  • Their customer service and support is outstanding. All my questions were answered and I went into the program feeling confident and knowledgeable.
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Cons
  • Sadly the data is bad. Real bad. We had 2600% ROI from a competitor product that only identified visitors by IP address. Where as LeadLiaison (offering this feature plus many others) did not fully give a return on investment in 12 months.
  • The platform is confusing and not cohesive.
  • The platform tries to do many things. They keep rolling out features but do not perfect them.
  • The landing pages features is dreadful and needs to be much stronger for this type of product.
  • The normally friendly face of the company turns against when you wish to cancel and stop using them.
  • The platform is very closed off to integrations in comparisons with other solutions we've evaluated before and since.
  • There is no community support, so all support has to come directly from Lead Liaison. This slows down solving problems even though their support is good. We suffered particularly due to being in a different time zone (we are in the UK).
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  • Logging into Outbound Engine on my phone is difficult because I can't save the login name and password. Being able to save it would be very helpful.
  • Posting my new listings on social media would help if that's possible.
  • Being informed of what you're posting on social media and when would also be helpful.
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Likelihood to Renew
Why move from a product that is help grown the speed on Marketing ROI? We see that the dashboards, flexibility and tracking are meeting and exceeding the business needs we had outlined. The support they provide is consistent, available and responsive. They will work with you until your issue is resolved.
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AS my business is beginning to change and with volatility in the market, I have to rely seriously on a budget. That and nearing retirement consideration has me more likely to opt out in the near future.
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Usability
One item you did not ask, but should be in around customer support. They do a great job of working with you, training and ongoing questions. Lead Liaison is always available and easy to get answers. The dashboards are great to gain business trends. The social media management is easy and a great way to ensure content is being tracked. The ability to gain tracking code for additional tactics. Our team enjoys the easy access and useability. We work with our clients to make sure they have a tool that we can use to scale for their needs. Lead Liaison makes it easy for us to help clients understand that Marketing ROI is closer to their finger tips than ever before.
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Overall, OutboundEngine is very user friendly. It is simple to set up and explore, and if there are any issues or questions, the customer service team and account managers are always available to help. They are very knowledgeable and were able to explain everything in detail to me. The program is easy to navigate and helps me stay organized, and an uncomplicated and straightforward solution was exactly what I was looking for
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
I don't recall having any issues needing to contact OutboundEngine. I believe maybe I once emailed about an issue and got a quick response. I also believe I may have messaged through the app and gotten a response. To my knowledge, there has been nothing like app errors or outages.
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Support Rating
Lead Liaison has tremendous support. I''ve never gone more than a hour or so without a response. They are quick to understand my request, review the options for solution and deliver the best option with the best outcome. Also, the good part is that I don't need support all the time because the product is so easy.
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The customer service was excellent! Everyone I spoke to was kind and knowledgeable. My account manager was easily reachable. Setup of the OutboundEngine program was explained really thoroughly, and we knew how we could best use the product to meet the needs of our clients and get our online and social media presence off the ground.
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Implementation Rating
Any issue with the adoption of the product were on our end. I wish we had the band width to run faster so we can know more faster. Our team enjoys the dashboards and ease of using the product. I know our clients are appreciating the results of the information as well.
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Alternatives Considered
We were poached from a competitor where we were getting 2600% ROI. This was a bad business decision on our part. Lead Liaison promised the same level of visitor identification with many more extra features but it never stacked up. After 12 months we actually did not see a return on investment greater than the original investment. Conversely the competitor has seen a 1700% ROI just in month 1 upon returning to them. So having using Lead Forensics before and after using Lead Liaison it's clear what the variable is.
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I selected it for the ability to have an automated system do 3 things all at once, social media posts, emails and the instant communication with the chat box. I have never seen a chat come through that lead to a helpful client touchpoint. I have never used another product but have since begun to weigh some of the less expensive options.
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Return on Investment
  • Ability to attract more targeted prospects.
  • Deepen the relationship with existing clients AND increase the amount of revenue from clients as this is an added service in addition to our online marketing services.
  • One client paid for my costs!
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  • Outbound Engine keeps me top of mind by automatically sending articles to my database and posting to my facebook.
  • I spend zero time researching and writing articles.
  • I spend zero time taking great pictures.
  • I spend zero time dealing with mailing lists.
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ScreenShots

Lead Liaison Screenshots

Screenshot of Lead Liaison DashboardScreenshot of Lead Liaison Content CreationScreenshot of Lead Liaison Video Marketing

OutboundEngine Screenshots

Screenshot of Automated Social Media MarketingScreenshot of A personalized snapshot of your account activity and warmest leads.Screenshot of Personally designed, tested, and automated emails