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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Shorthand

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AShorthand enables the user to create interactive multimedia stories for any online audience — all with no code. The vendor boasts that Shorthand is used by hundreds of publishers, brands, non-profits, and more — including the BBC, Honda, Business Insider, and Doctors Without Borders.N/A

    Sprinklr Marketing

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASprinklr Marketing is a unified marketing and advertising platform that brings together planning, publishing and reporting for campaigns across 30+ channels, with workflow automation, integrated collaboration, unified reporting and AI-powered campaign optimization. Supports end-to-end content planning, production and distribution on a single platform for lower content production costs and faster go-to-market. Content planning and scheduling…N/A
    Pricing
    ShorthandSprinklr Marketing
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    Pricing Offerings
    ShorthandSprinklr Marketing
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ShorthandSprinklr Marketing
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Shorthand and Sprinklr Marketing
    Feature
    Shorthand
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Sprinklr Marketing
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Content collaboration9.01 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Ideation00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Shorthand and Sprinklr Marketing
    Feature
    Shorthand
    6.8
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Sprinklr Marketing
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Content hub9.01 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs7.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Content distribution6.01 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Content promotion5.01 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Shorthand and Sprinklr Marketing
    Feature
    Shorthand
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    Ratings
    Sprinklr Marketing
    8.5
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings9.67 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
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    ShorthandSprinklr Marketing
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ShorthandSprinklr Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ShorthandSprinklr Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Shorthand
    Shorthand is ideally suited to visual stories where you have a good number of images and/or embeds or video to include. It is well-suited to long-form stories, where you wish to keep the readers' attention longer than usual. It can help to differentiate particularly important or intriguing stories from others on your website - and for this reason, it could be used as a premium content tool, perhaps for subscribers. It can also be used to showcase stories about awards you've organised, giving them special treatment. It is less suited to breaking news, or very time-sensitive news stories, as it can take some time to prepare, post or update shorthand stories. And it doesn't work well for stories with strong accompanying imagery
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    Sprinklr
    Sprinklr is well suited for several teams working together to all use one tool. It's helpful for brands running several paid initiatives on several different platforms for monitoring or turning ads on and off quickly if a PR issue arises. You can have ads set up for timely/seasonal scenarios to quickly take advantage of messaging that's relevant for geo-targeted locations. If you're looking for a very simplified quick step process, Sprinklr is too robust and costly for that.
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    Pros
    Shorthand
    • Enabling visual storytelling with multiple pictures
    • Embedding rich media within a story, including video
    • Engaging readers for longer than average dwell times
    • Making it easy to create striking article design without coding experience
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    Sprinklr
    • Great personal attention from our account executive. They tried their best to coach and onboarding.
    • Sprinklr is really user friendly. The navigation is intuitive and simple to learn.
    • Their knowledge base of articles and user generated tips was really awesome and complete. You can find anything you need in there.
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    Cons
    Shorthand
    • Additional flexibility in how text is overlaid on pictures would be welcome so that there are more choices on what images to use with particular layouts
    • Enabling users to control the path of text - for example, enabling runaround - could enable some excellent designs
    • Adding additional section templates could speed up design
    • More flexibility in caption placement would be helpful
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    Sprinklr
    • It can be overwhelming when you first start. There is so much functionality. Go to a formal training to see all of the things it can do and pick what you need. Once you learn it, it is a great tool, but it is a lot to learn!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Shorthand
    I have never known it to be down during my use of it. All you require is an internet connection to log in and you can use it on multiple devices. Adding ease of accessibility, there are simple ways to log in. I've also never known a Shorthand story to go down once live on our site.
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    Sprinklr
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    Performance
    Shorthand
    Due to the integration with our content management software, there is a short delay on our site while it loads, which may cause some readers to drift away. However, I've seen other sites where it instantly loads articles, so I believe this to be down to the content management software behind our site more than Shorthand itself. Once that brief initial period is over, it doesn't require additional loading time.
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    Sprinklr
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    Support Rating
    Shorthand
    No answers on this topic
    Sprinklr
    We do not have the closest relationship with our Sprinklr representative. It would be nice for them to be more proactive like our other platform reps who are in constant communication when it comes to new products and launches within the platform. I usually sign up for webinars in order to learn about new products.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Shorthand
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    Sprinklr
    We are using different platforms for different clients. It depends on how the client's budget and what they can invest in their reporting tool. Sprinklr is the most complex, biggest, and most customizable. We say if Brandwatch is LEGO Duplo, then Socialbakers is LEGO Classic and Sprinklr is LEGO Technic. I really love the Powerpoint export from reports from Socialbakers because it saves me a lot of time (one of their best selling points) & the integration of competitors and their metrics is very helpful. But their publishing tool does not work well. If we want to have the cheapest version, we implement a simple Google Data Studio dashboard.
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    Scalability
    Shorthand
    As a web-based service, it is easy for users to log into from anywhere. Content can easily be shared, as you can set up teams that enable access to each other's work as required. And content can be reviewed by others before publication using the sharing function. You can also view how an article will look on different devices.
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    Sprinklr
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    Return on Investment
    Shorthand
    • Helped us create one of our top 10 most-read and most-shared stories in the last year
    • Enabled us to elevate key pieces of content, boosting dwell time on our site
    • But can also be time-consuming to adopt for some stories, meaning you need to choose well what stories really deserve the investment in time
    • Boosted collaboration between teams via its ability to share, including offering the chance for others to preview content prior to publication
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    Sprinklr
    • Time saved on reporting: no need to request any reports from social media agencies anymore
    • Time saved on optimisations thanks to AI optimisations available on the platform
    • Increased team collaboration: local users have visibility on the best performing content across all the markets
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of Easily add sections and adjust styling.