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Act-On Software vs. Pulsar CORE

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Act-On

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Act-On is an adaptive marketing platform designed to drive personal and purposeful multi-channel marketing. Its foci are inbound and outbound marketing, for enabling a tighter alignment with sales and turning data into actionable insights.

    $900

    per month

    Pulsar CORE

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APulsar is a social media monitoring platform offering social listening, owned channels analytics, and social CRM. Customers use Pulsar for brand tracking and campaign measurement. The platform includes 4 tools: TRAC: Social media listening across topics, audiences and content diffusion. CORE: Owned channels analytics to measure your content performance and audience growth. FLOW: Social customer relationship management and social media publishing. TEAM: Analyse your internal social networks…

    $1,200

    150,000 mentions

    Pricing
    Act-OnPulsar CORE
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $900
    per month
    Enterprise
    $2,000+
    per month
    TRAC (starter package)
    $1,200
    150,000 mentions
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Act-OnPulsar CORE
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe Professional package starts at 2,500 active contacts, 3 marketing users, 50 sales users and 30,000 API calls per day. The Enterprise allows for much more customization, the package starts at 2,500 active contacts, 6 marketing users, 100 sales users and 30,000 API calls per day. Annual contract required for all packages.Prices listed are on a 'starting from' basis. All TRAC packages have unlimited user log-ins, unlimited search queries and are charged on the amount of mentions pulled in. Bespoke packages are available.
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    Features
    Act-OnPulsar CORE
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Act-On Software and Pulsar CORE
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    8.6
    113 Ratings
    Pulsar CORE
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor9.1112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content9.192 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.292 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages8.2108 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing9.195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.1102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.1112 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management9.1111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.287 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Act-On Software and Pulsar CORE
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    8.6
    113 Ratings
    Pulsar CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation9.1104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading9.1104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management9.1102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.395 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Act-On Software and Pulsar CORE
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    7.1
    77 Ratings
    Pulsar CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring6.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Act-On Software and Pulsar CORE
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    9.1
    71 Ratings
    Pulsar CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns9.169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration9.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Act-On Software and Pulsar CORE
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    8.5
    114 Ratings
    Pulsar CORE
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.2109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.1112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.284 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Act-On Software and Pulsar CORE
    Feature
    Act-On Software
    8.3
    107 Ratings
    Pulsar CORE
    -
    Ratings
    API9.167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals9.171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.389 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com9.165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM8.135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM7.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Act-OnPulsar CORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (219 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (112 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (39 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.3
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)