PowerReviews vs. Sampler

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PowerReviews
Score 7.8 out of 10
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PowerReviews helps companies gather ratings and reviews from customers, build Q&A content, syndicate reviews across retailers and search engines, and measure results from these endeavors. The company also offers managed services to help businesses improve customer engagement. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Chicago.N/A
Sampler
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Sampler is a direct-to-consumer product sampling platform helping brands deliver samples online and gather the insights with consumers.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PowerReviewsSampler
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
Growave
Growave
Score 9.7 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Bazaarvoice
Bazaarvoice
Score 8.3 out of 10
Bazaarvoice
Bazaarvoice
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Bazaarvoice
Bazaarvoice
Score 8.3 out of 10
Bazaarvoice
Bazaarvoice
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
PowerReviewsSampler
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
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8.4
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Support Rating
9.0
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User Testimonials
PowerReviewsSampler
Likelihood to Recommend
PowerReviews is a great tool for outside customers to leave reviews, however, it is not very friendly for the team that is taking the information, analyzing it, and trying to learn from it. Their website can be much improved for ease of use, additionally, it may just be my server, but it takes a lot of time for information to load, even if the review volume is 0. Just all the baggage that comes with the page loading makes it slow
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The product can be returned if I don't like it without wasting the entire product. Business administrators can use it to make a perfect and appropriate purchase without missing a thing. A lot of the products sell out in seconds and the next batch comes a week later.
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Pros
  • Their flexibility with moderation options works well for our business. We can moderate immediately, or have PowerReviews handle the first round of moderation.
  • The back end reporting allows us to export and distribute review content on an automated schedule, helping our product managers get first hand feedback.
  • Easy for customers to leave reviews, with some customization by product type built in and configurable for our products.
  • Also relatively easy to drop visitors in to a review form for the exact product they've purchased.
  • Good value compared to the other major player in the consumer review space.
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  • Provides samples of different types of items ranging from food to beauty product.
  • Site GUI was straightforward and sign up was easy.
  • Getting samples of products help me determine if they are a right fit for my team.
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Cons
  • If you lack basic coding knowledge (or don't have someone on your team to set this up) it may be a bit of a challenge to get started.
  • The backend has a bit of a learning curve to it, but can be worked through easily with persistence.
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  • I saw some Sampler parcel boxes distorted when they were delivered to the subscribers.
  • Varieties of product samples that available for subscribers.
  • The questionnaire can be further flexible to accommodate the brand's needs.
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Support Rating
The team over at PowerReviews was always very helpful with us and our customer service team. They responded to any questions we had quickly.
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Alternatives Considered
PowerReviews provided the best balance of price and value. bazaarvoice is popular in the industry but when we compared pricing and features we did not see any compelling reason to spend more. PowerReviews also had the easiest team to work with in the sales process, and that has continued into the engagement.
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Sampler offered a more cost-effective and efficient option for us to do digital sampling and the base of subscribers looks wider comparing other service providers. If Sampler can provide more services that others are offering such as apps or more in-depth subscriber's behavioral studies, Sampler will be the only choice for us.
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Return on Investment
  • Custom components and PowerReviews API can display positive customer feedback from an element.
  • In return for honest reviews and answers to customer questions, we provide genuine and authentic feedback and let customers strain new products.
  • Syndicated reviews help customers see how products work in real life, which increases trust in our website/business and the products and boosts conversions.
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  • It has helped us to sort out our product discovery part
  • It has helped us to optimize the budgetary plannings when making any bulk purchase decisions
  • It has almost reduced our wastage of articles to 50% , as now our purchases happens with proper research
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