ClearSlide vs. Groove, a Clari company

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ClearSlide
Score 6.3 out of 10
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ClearSlide enables sales and marketing teams to find content, communicate it whether in-person, on the phone or through email, and get insights into how customers engage, with the goal of helping sales and marketing teams make every interaction count and create amazing customer experiences. ClearSlide is a system of engagement for sales, marketing & services teams. For managers and leaders, ClearSlide provides engagement dashboards to improve deal visibility, coaching, and stronger…N/A
Groove, a Clari company
Score 6.2 out of 10
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Groove is a sales engagement platform that enables sales leaders to execute their strategy in a smarter and more adaptive way. With Groove, revenue leaders can use automation to do more with less, with the goal of driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the customer lifecycle. Groove states they enable more than 75,000 users at ADP, Google, Uber, iHeartMedia, Capital One, and other large enterprises.N/A
Pricing
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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Community Pulse
ClearSlideGroove, a Clari company
Considered Both Products
ClearSlide
Chose ClearSlide
They all have different use cases. Go To Meeting and Go To Webinar are the best for large groups, but has its limitations. Google Hangouts is great for internal or less formal meetings, but can be glitchy. Zoom is a platform most clients are familiar with and rarely has tech …
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide is amazing for the ease of sharing decks across the org and the ability to pull slides from other users decks to integrate into your own. The tracking features are a gamechanger to provide insight to when and how many times a client has viewed material. I do …
Chose ClearSlide
It is easier to see the full spate of files with Clearslide vs. Dropbox, and each slide shows individually in Clearslide vs. other products that just provide a file in name only. In addition, Clearslide provides direct intel on how customers view and interact with the content …
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide was far and away, the best choice for our organization. Since we were using Google Docs and emails before signing up for ClearSlide, it was an easy choice. We reviewed a few competitors but were sold pretty quickly. Our head of Sales Planning had also used ClearSlide …
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide is better than Groove but it also provides different values. Groove is good for clicks but ClearSlide is better to determine if your content is useful and relevant to the client.
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide was far and away the best in terms of analytics that it provided. We really wanted to see where we were losing prospects. It is also easy to use, and easy to share screen. The issue with us became that we could not allow prospects to use browsers other than Google …
Chose ClearSlide
Clearslide is probably the best choice of the different programs I've used specifically for engagement tracking and presentation insights.
Chose ClearSlide
I like Salesloft and Yesware's ability to alert me when an email is opened, however, they can't say how long someone looks at any attachments. This gives ClearSlide the step up in that category. Salesloft also has very shoddy reporting and can't differentiate between an open …
Chose ClearSlide
SalesLoft better. They have more cadences set up and the information received after emails sent is more in-depth and more accurate.
Chose ClearSlide
If you are looking for a true sales enablement platform that improves the efficiency and effectiveness of your sales staff, curates content based on a seller's deal stage, and provides actionable analytics and intelligence, then I would go with Seismic/SAVO. That is the only …
Chose ClearSlide
They each have their own unique benefits. Clearslide bundles a lot of offerings in one tool. Email tracking, screen sharing, and meeting scheduler. It does each of these things well, but don't have all the features that you would expect in one tool that specializes in one …
Chose ClearSlide
I like that ClearSlide has a screen share option.
Chose ClearSlide
We actually chose to pick up SalesLoft to do a lot of the things ClearSlide can do or said they could do. For example, with SalesLoft, not only can we create and store email templates, but we can blast them out to a mass amount of contacts. The data provided on email replies, …
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide stacks up to be as good as any of the aforementioned tools. We selected Clearslide because of its ease of use and implementation. It did not take our team too long to get acclimated with how ClearSlide works and how they would be using it, allowing them to generate …
Chose ClearSlide
WebEx is another screen sharing too but does not give any insight or data about emails. WebEx is only one thing while Clearslide does it all.
Chose ClearSlide
It wasn't really a choice in my case. Our company contracted with Clearslide.
Chose ClearSlide
I find Clearslide to be much more user-friendly and the login process for the viewers to be very very intuitive. Other products make the login process and access code entry difficult. It was about 50/50 if all the viewers would be able to even get connected with other products. …
Chose ClearSlide
I'm not overly familiar with Skype's presentation capabilities but we utilize it for internal communications (instant messaging) and occasionally video conferencing. Not sure if Clearslide has these capabilities or if Skype has the presentation capabilities of ClearSlide, but …
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide is much more robust. While webex and Skype for biz are both great for giving presentations, neither provide the email or reporting tools, nor the content management system that is present with ClearSlide.
Chose ClearSlide
I've sometime used GoToMeeting as an alternative when setting up demonstrations. It's far more complicated and the user experience is much more antiquated. Google Hangouts also works for online meetings but also harder for prospects to figure out and the video chat is …
Chose ClearSlide
The team at ClearSlide was more responsive and did a better job of articulating our needs and requirements. We also felt the UI of ClearSlide was far superior to Docsend. All in all, we are very satisfied with ClearSlide as well as our account and support teams. There were some …
Chose ClearSlide
ClearSlide's integration and support team was fantastic in setting up the technology in our department. It integrates seamlessly into Salesforce and is very user friendly.
Chose ClearSlide
I have tried their online call conferencing but found that service too was inferior to other call conferencing software and services out there.
Groove, a Clari company
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I had less issues with logging with he other two, compared to Groove, a Clari company.
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Gong, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Trello, Atlassian Confluence, Calendly and Zoom
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Groove is at the top of my list in comparison to others in the market.
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I prefer Groove because of its seamless integration with Salesforce and Gmail, and the User Interface is much more simple and user friendly,
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Didn't choose as this was a company wide decision, but outreach is less user friendly and the UI on Groove is better overall
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Groove's integration with Salesforce is its primary differentiator. Outreach/Salesloft cater to all CRMs and their sync with SFDC has a delay, requires additional configuration, and is often frustrating for admins.

Salesforce Sales Engagement (formerly High Velocity Sales) also …
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I have not used other products like Groove before in the past.
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Orum is better for calls, Groove is better for emails (my opinion, others may see it differently).
Chose Groove, a Clari company
It's not that Hubspot is better than Groove, it's that our data does not pull over to groove very well from hubspot.

So, if you are going to attract hubspot customers, you need to have a better process for moving your data over
Chose Groove, a Clari company
We demo'd Ourtreach and Outplay. Outreach would never really focus on what I, as a salesperson, was looking for - they liked to talk about the features geared to management and marketing in regards to reporting and the dashboard. They didn't have a trial either - and I would …
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I have not tried others
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I used Outreach at a previous company, and Outreach works very well. The fact is, when we were looking at programs like Groove, we were, and still are, comparatively, pretty small. Price was a big factor in our decision and what had us in the end going with Groove. Yay!
Chose Groove, a Clari company
We used 2 other products not listed above and both were awful, especially Zynbit (crashed my computer any time i used it).
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Groove.cm is a feature-rich online software option for marketing and CRM-related purposes for any business. I may not able to compare it to other products but I know Groove gave me a chance to perform more efficiently since I don't need to check my email from time to time. As …
Chose Groove, a Clari company
Groove is definitely more user friendly than SalesLoft
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I have used Dialpad.

Dialpad is great, and Groove in my opinion does everything Dialpad does. Dialpad lacks the automation, which makes me feel that Groove is much better.
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I would prefer Groove over RingDNA because when I used RingDNA before I was totally lost. The design was not on point so you really have to navigate and explore it.
Chose Groove, a Clari company
I selected Groove as the best application for our daily job since it gives us a lot of help when we can't reach our client by phone calls and also helps us to monitor our emails, meeting schedule, updates, and client meetings and the very important is we can monitor our sales.
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User Ratings
ClearSlideGroove, a Clari company
Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
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4.9
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Likelihood to Renew
7.7
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8.9
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Usability
6.3
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5.4
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Availability
7.9
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9.1
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Performance
10.0
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9.1
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Support Rating
6.8
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4.5
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In-Person Training
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4.7
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Online Training
8.0
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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9.0
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Configurability
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8.9
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Ease of integration
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9.1
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Product Scalability
9.1
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9.1
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Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
ClearSlideGroove, a Clari company
Likelihood to Recommend
ClearSlide is quite easy to use and effective when presenting information and sharing screen. It's also easy for the prospect to access your site; they just click on a link. If an inside sales manager was looking to find out where his/her team might be losing prospects, Clearslide would be a great choice because the analytics show exactly how engaged a prospect is and at what point they start to lose interest. There is a monthly cost/annual contract involved to Clearslide, so for a startup that is very cost-conscious it might be best to investigate free conference/screenshare options, but the case could be made that the analytics will earn back the fee.
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When Groove was able to notify me that the other party already seen the email is pretty nice. It help us a lot to prepare what they will have to say. It will also help our business to grow more since they know that we are professionally waiting for them to reply.
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Pros
  • Email Functionality - Creation of general templates to be constantly used as well as allowing the team to gain insight as to who is opening and viewing the material. That makes the follow up much easier to have.
  • Presentations - Very easy to provide customers with a source link of where to view our presentation and also very easy to provide them with the ability to show their screen if needed. The fact that we can have several people on the presentation is helpful as well.
  • Salesforce Integration - Very important in our organization as we like to have any and all activity pertaining to customers housed in our CRM.
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  • Groove lets us know real-time when a client has checked an email we sent them.
  • Groove helps us streamline our day-to-day events, meetings, and tasks with the help of the Calendar Booking feature.
  • Groove helps us save a lot of time on typing long letters when we explain our products to our customers with the help of their Templates feature.
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Cons
  • I don't love the conference line. The recording message at the beginning is particularly annoying.
  • I also wish it were easier to share multiple links quicker. It's somewhat of a cumbersome process.
  • It can occasionally be challenging to find the right materials to share at the moment quick enough.
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  • The footprint of the person who lasts touches the information.
  • The footprint of the person who edited the information.
  • Date and time of the modification of the account owner.
  • Date and time of the modification of the last person touching the account.
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Likelihood to Renew
This has become a vital tool for our sales process and as we grow as an organization, the ability to deliver content efficiently and effectively will become a key performance indicator in measuring our business goals for the coming fiscal year.
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Groove is integral to our process and we're glad the price is affordable. The only way we would replace Groove is if the price went up or our C-suite decides to want a took that goes beyond Sales Enablement and Sales Automation
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Usability
Its easy to use from a presenter's perspective. Its web based so anyone who can navigate Facebook can open a live pitch or shared file. This makes it easy to give live demos, share files, and share screens with out downloading any software or installing java patches
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Groove is incredibly easy to use, and is flexible enough to use in a way that suits each rep. With the Omnibar, it can be used directly from Outlook, or reps can use it directly in the Groove platform itself. You can use their built-in dialer, email functionality, and even some LInkedIn messages.
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Reliability and Availability
It wasn't 100% but it was better than our experience with GoToMeeting.
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Our organization has not experienced any availability issues with Groove
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Performance
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Everything is good
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Support Rating
I was mostly involved in the implementation process and syncing ClearSlide with Salesforce, and I would say the support was mostly average. It took a few times to get everything scheduled, and a lot of the process was left up to me. I was reading through the documents that they supplied. It wasn't complicated, but more direct support would have been appreciated.
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Our Groove representative has been very attentive the the needs of our sales teams. They are always available to provide training for new employees and refreshers for members of the team who have been slow to adopt. The online support is also very good, I have had several questions answered quickly using the online support chat function.
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In-Person Training
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It was okay. But, just the once. I had to figure it out with help of others on my team.
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Online Training
They do a good job
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Easy to use
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Implementation Rating
Web based so easy for them to configure account
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At Nearpod, I have been impressed with the internal expertise and support around Groove as a key tool for the Sales and Customer Success business systems and operations.
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Alternatives Considered
It is easier to see the full spate of files with Clearslide vs. Dropbox, and each slide shows individually in Clearslide vs. other products that just provide a file in name only. In addition, Clearslide provides direct intel on how customers view and interact with the content you send them, which other products don't provide.
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Groove's integration with Salesforce is its primary differentiator. Outreach/Salesloft cater to all CRMs and their sync with SFDC has a delay, requires additional configuration, and is often frustrating for admins. Salesforce Sales Engagement (formerly High Velocity Sales) also has a native integration (with no sync), but Groove is easier to use for the typical sales manager/sales rep end user. With Sales Engagement, I would be needed to help build functionality and alleviate issues, whereas with Groove, our users are much more self-sufficient.
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Scalability
This product ROCKS!!!! ClearSlide shortened my sales cycle by over 50% by enabling to jump right into a LIVE demo on an initial client call so I don't have to waste time scheduling a demo at later date. People are busy and finding a time to schedule a call can take days or weeks
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Our organization was able to quickly scale Groove from a pilot group of a few users to a department-wide solution
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Return on Investment
  • Reduced the amount of time that our sales staff have to spend searching for content or collateral. Everything is available in one area and can be surfaced as long as you know the keywords of the collateral you would like.
  • CS doubles as a conference line and online presentation platform, which is incredibly helpful. Rather than having to use multiple systems or launch an application that requires a plugin, CS launches right from my browser. Prospects that are viewing our presentations have the same ease of use with CS as well.
  • The integrations with Outlook, Gmail, and web browsers are a dual-edged sword sometimes. They do make it easier to link documents to emails, but they also tend to crash or cause issues with other software. I would say that overall the savings in terms of efficiency are greater than what has been caused by glitches, but not by much.
  • The tracking details on collateral sent to prospects are incredibly insightful and help us improve our future communication strategy. This has made us smarter about our future engagements by providing targeted information that the client cares about.
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  • Reduced several hours a week of logging time in Salesforce that either wouldn't get done or would have been done to the detriment of more value add activities.
  • Saves hours per week by delivering actionable/useful info from Salesforce into Gmail
  • Gives me valuable insight on what emails are being opened and read. This helps plan targeting.
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