Ceros Studio vs. Outgrow

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ceros Studio
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Ceros Studio is a content marketing software platform that enables designers and marketers to create interactive web content, without the need for coding or developers.
$36,000
per year
Outgrow
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Outgrow enables marketers to create calculators, recommendations, quizzes and polls to better acquire, qualify, and monetize leads. Outgrow is designed so marketers can build these tools without a developer or a designer in minutes. Common Examples of interactive content that you can build with Outgrow include: ROI calculators Cost Calculators Sales lift calculators Graders Knowledge tests Fun quizzes Product recommendations
$22
per month per user
Pricing
Ceros StudioOutgrow
Editions & Modules
Annual Subscription
36,000
per year
Freelancer Plan
$22
per month per user
Freelancer Pro
$45
per month per user
Essentials Plan
$115
per month for 3 users
Business Plan
$720
per month
Enterprise Plan
Custom Pricing
Agency Plan
Custom Pricing
per Client
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ceros StudioOutgrow
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOutgrow also offers the option to build interactive content including calculators, quizzes, recommendations, polls and graded tests for clients. Pricing varies based on the number of experiences built and the complexity of each experience.
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Community Pulse
Ceros StudioOutgrow
Features
Ceros StudioOutgrow
Content Creation
Comparison of Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Ceros Studio
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Outgrow
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Ideation10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Approval workflows4.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Content collaboration9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Network for content licensing/production9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Publishing
Comparison of Content Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Ceros Studio
5.7
Ratings
35% below category average
Outgrow
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Content hub9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Forms / Gated content3.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Embedded CTAs8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Content distribution4.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Content promotion8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Content automation2.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Ceros Studio
3.7
Ratings
72% below category average
Outgrow
8.8
Ratings
12% above category average
Audience profiling and targeting1.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Closed-loop tracking and reporting1.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Content performance analytics5.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard2.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Competitive analytics9.70 Ratings7.30 Ratings
User Ratings
Ceros StudioOutgrow
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ceros StudioOutgrow
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want to publish original content quickly without development, Ceros is the perfect tool. If you want a page super optimized for search engine crawlers, there's nothing better than a simple text page - which is not what Ceros is for. We've used it for shoppable catalogs and gift guides, collection launch landing pages, shopping guides that live continuously on the site, and even for hosting video content, so we don't have to have a large video file within our site that might slow it down
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Outgrow is a better choice compared to its competitors if you don't want to end up promoting their product with your quizzes and calculators. I appreciate that they respect my ability to recommend their platform to peers rather than end-users. That said, Outgrow is a powerful suite of creative tools, and it's likely not a good choice for anyone who's planning to make just one quiz or calculator and then move on.
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Pros
  • Custom content creation
  • Easily managed custom content
  • Awesome customer service
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  • It engages potential customers.
  • It's a sort of "pick your own adventure" which appeals to a lot of people.
  • Outgrow has a number of different ways you can formulate the quiz, so there are different options to fit various styles you want to present to people.
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Cons
  • Significant investment
  • Some version and preview limitations
  • Lack of integrations (currently, anyway)
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  • The UI is a bit elaborate, it seems a bit too much when I want something basic
  • The results emails were a bit confusing to setup but support was great in getting this fixed
  • Only one Admin can use the basic service
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Usability
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It is a no code platform that makes content creation very easy with pre-built templates and strong lead generation tools. However, customisation options are limited , complex logic can be tricky and better content organisation is needed for a large scale use. Overall, it's user friendly but needs improvement in scalability and flexibility.
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Support Rating
Our CSMs have always been 100% and their support team typically responds within an hour or two. Their design/build team also worked with us on perfecting several experiences and are always mindful of how a project is going. One of their designers didn't really understand one of our requests and the project took more rounds of revisions than in previous projects, but they rectified the issue and the project came out well in the end. That outcome probably only happened in the time it did due to our CSM consistently checking in and getting feedback throughout the project - unfortunately, not something that happens enough with all our partners.
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Support is very responsive and is quick to respond to questions and problems. Outgrow sometimes changes their pricing and plan structures and add/remove options without properly relaying the info to customers. They could do a better job with communications and being upfront with the pricing plans people sign up for.
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Alternatives Considered
Ceros takes what would be difficult to accomplish in the Adobe suite of products and makes it easy. When it comes to user experience, user interface and customization options, Ceros is a much better alternative than Adobe. However, Adobe is the trusted name and some may be more comfortable with Adobe products
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Limited functionalities, and limited design options. I really only want to implement a solution if it truly fits with the rest of my website and the level of quality of the rest of my products. When looking at the features and usability of Convertcalculator I felt that it did not perform as well as Outgrow. Another reason was the number of resources in their Help Center. I did not start a chat with them, so I can't comment on their customer service. I feel like there is no real competition out there, or I've been searching in the wrong places.
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Return on Investment
  • Increased win rate during presentations.
  • Elevated content appearance.
  • Engaged audience more.
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  • Outgrow has helped me sell more life insurance through the use of interactive calculators.
  • Outgrow has helped me attract more referral partners thus helping my agency grow.
  • Outgrow saved my agency money because I was able to cancel subscriptions to other services which offered fewer features.
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