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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Smartlook

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 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

    Thrive Leads

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AWordpress specialist Thrive Themes offers Thrive Leads, providing opt-in forms and conversion optimization functionality.N/A
    Pricing
    SmartlookThrive Leads
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $55
    per month 5000 sessions
    Free
    Free forever
    per month 3000 sessions
    Enterprise
    Custom pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SmartlookThrive Leads
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll Smartlook packages support both web and mobile app platforms.—
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    Community Pulse
    SmartlookThrive Leads
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    Smartlook
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    Thrive Themes
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    113 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    101 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    114 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    104 Answers
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    SmartlookThrive Leads
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    Hotjar
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Lucky Orange
    Score3.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SmartlookThrive Leads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (141 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (75 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (107 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SmartlookThrive Leads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Smartlook
    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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    Thrive Themes
    I have yet to find a similar system that is as easy to use and comes with the type of support that Thrive Leads does. Sometimes support is a bit slow, but they always get back to you and nine times out of ten they can fix any problems on the first go. The flexibility of the form plugin itself is also excellent.
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    Pros
    Smartlook
    • 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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    Thrive Themes
    • Easy to use
    • Beautifully designed for excellent customer experience
    • A/B testing capabilities
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    Cons
    Smartlook
    • I feel nickel and dimed with the events and funnels.
    • We came from sessions being 30 mins of inactivity and now it's 5-10 mins. Session count has gone up significantly which we weren't prepared for.
    • Recording playback isn't as clean and maneuverable like FullStory.
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    Thrive Themes
    • Experienced a few bugs and slowdowns on high traffic sites
    • Could use more flexibility for tagging leads in our email provider
    • Occasionally stopped working in the back end — needed customer support to help
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Smartlook
    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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    Thrive Themes
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    Usability
    Smartlook
    Every page, the tool setup pages and dashboards are built very well, the site structure is perfectly designed and intuitive to use. All functions are well documented and the help sections are really everywhere, you don't have to search for answers, as they are just popped up or max. a click away for your service.
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    Thrive Themes
    Thrive Leads can be easily used by anyone who has the basic skills to work within the WordPress environment and who has the knowledge about lead capture and segmentation. As a lead capture tool, I think it's use is restricted to obtaining contact information in different settings, which it does flawlessly.
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    Support Rating
    Smartlook
    Sofia P. is being our point of contact with the issues we faced. I was unsure about how to explain to her what was going on with the recording numbers (the recording has stopped before we were expecting to), but she readily understood and came with a solution for us in the same day. The problem was blocking our developer to test the integration, so it was great to have support so fast that he could continue his work.
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    Thrive Themes
    In general, the support is great. When living in a different time zone, the support can seem slow but it's not. Most of the time, any issues I have get sorted out quickly and if it's not the first time, it generally gets fixed on the second go. Their knowledge base is good too although sometimes it's hard to search. Not usually their fault, more that users don't title their problems better.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Smartlook
    It has been a year between the time when I last used Hotjar and first started using Smartlook. I would say both tools are more or less equal when it comes to features, the only 2 differences I can think of are - price and customer support. Smartlook is cheaper and has superior customer services. You have the feeling when interacting with them that they genuinely care.
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    Thrive Themes
    I've used Optin Monster and Poptin on other projects. Both are good software for different use cases. Poptin is great if you are scrappy, just getting started, and you need a proof of concept and want to keep costs low until you've tested the market. Poptin isn't anywhere near as easy to use as Thrive Leads, but that $0 price tag is meaningful while you are just getting started. OptinMonster isn't as easy or intuitive to use as a builder, but the advantage is that more VAs have used Optin Monster as have used Thrive Leads, so you often don't have to do as much training. I would consider OptinMonster in cases where a website isn't build using Thrive Themes and where an incumbent VA is already well versed in the software.
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    Return on Investment
    Smartlook
    • Smartlook is used by different individuals from different organizations to have insights into different parts of products. It is used as the sole developer of our website as well as marketing campaigns.
    • Smartlook has an amazing feature which is tracking the activities of return users.
    • It gives reliable and efficient services.
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    Thrive Themes
    • Grew our email list quickly through opt in offers
    • Decreased time to build campaigns manually
    • Increased donations from email subscribers
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    Screenshot of HeatmapsScreenshot of RecordingsScreenshot of DashboardsScreenshot of EventsScreenshot of FunnelsScreenshot of Analytics for websites & mobile apps