CloudTalk vs. ConnectAndSell

CloudTalk

ConnectAndSell

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
CloudTalk	Score 7.2 out of 10	N/A	CloudTalk is cloud-based call center software for sales and support teams of all sizes, looking to improve customer experiences through more personalized, data-driven customer interactions. The vendor aims to help teams communicate clearly and efficiently. With CloudTalk users can get local, mobile or toll-free numbers from more than 140+ countries across the world. The vendor says they offer integration with important tools (such a CRM, Helpdesk, or…	$27 per month per user
ConnectAndSell	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	ConnectAndSell takes the problem of getting decision makers on the phone and makes it go away. A typical Sales Rep will have more sales conversations using ConnectAndSell in one hour than they would typically have in an entire week.	N/A

Pricing

CloudTalk

ConnectAndSell

Editions & Modules

CloudTalk Lite: $27
per month per user
CloudTalk Essential: $39
per month per user
CloudTalk Expert: $69
per month per user
CloudTalk Custom: Custom Pricing
per user or company/month (invoiced annually)

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
CloudTalk	ConnectAndSell
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

$6,000 Diagnostic Evaluation incluses unlimited use for two named users for one month.

Additional Details

A discount is offered for annual billing.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	CloudTalk	ConnectAndSell
Considered Both Products	CloudTalk Zuzana Hasko Head of Marketing Chose CloudTalk We were recommended CloudTalk basically from everybody in our network so we reached out directly to them at first and since they had everything we were looking for, feature-wise, and also were in our budget, we didn't really consider other vendors on the market. The … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk There were several services suitable for our needs. CloudTalk was chosen because of its simplicity, complexity, and brief time needed to use this service. No broad technical knowledge is required to start and operate CloudTalk. Incentivized Helpful? Matej Kukucka Founder Chose CloudTalk Better value for the money (by far). And besides that, all the features we needed, CloudTalk has them. Shoutout to their support for answering all the questions we had and to their CSM team for giving us a quick demo on the same day when we requested it. Recommended solution! Incentivized Helpful? Martin Kováč Marketing Specialist Chose CloudTalk Cloudtalk is well-priced for what we need from it. The fact that it has many features that we plan to use in the future is a deciding factor, and that gives it a big advantage. So the biggest impact was the comprehensiveness of the solution and the integration with the CRM. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk Twilio, Aircall and Talkdesk Incentivized Helpful? Marc Louis-Boyard International growth marketing specialist / Lead generation & International PR Chose CloudTalk We tried dealing with Aircall, but their solution didn't seem so flexible and the initial adoption cost was way out of our context. We learned later that the solution was in fact more flexible than we thought, but were disappointed by the little quality of their before-sales … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk So much better, much cleaner design. Much less complicated setup process. Has a much more up-to-date program. You can use the browser version or the stand-alone app, both are far more fleshed-out pieces of software. It is also much more reliable, haven't had the app crash even … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk CloudTalk is a lot more intuitive and provides more features and analytics than 3CX. The fact it allows for integration as well means we can stay on top of all of our missed calls and know exactly what client rang linking them to their company account. Incentivized Helpful? BM Bobbe Marvin Setter Team Manager Chose CloudTalk RingCentral has major issues syncing in real-time. The Web app and the desktop app never showed the same numbers. Often I'd have to wait hours for reports to update and then still had no confidence in the information presented. Incentivized Helpful? TN Trevor Nicholson CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Chose CloudTalk CloudTalk is significantly more affordable, easy to setup and the trial month was very helpful to ensure it was what we needed. AirCall can probably do a lot more but I cannot tell you what and I don't believe we need more as we are not a complex business that needs multiple … Incentivized Helpful? SS Samantha Semuhin Senior Support Manager Chose CloudTalk The pricing is more interesting and the fact they have a product easy to use with integrations with both our Sales and Support CRM's made us chose them. We were also told that a lot of the features we needed would be implemented in the soon future so let's see if it happens. Incentivized Helpful? FR Frederico Rocha CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose CloudTalk Availability of a Portuguese phone number and voice call quality. Incentivized Helpful? Diana Furikova Sales Manager Chose CloudTalk I have been using WhatsApp quite often for private and sometimes professional usage and in the past Skype and ICQ. WhatsApp is for free but I would say that CloudTalk provides a higher quality while talking so if I should choose between them for messages is WhatsApp very easy … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk The first thing is cost. CloudTalk was a lot cheaper than others. The other thing I noticed is that there were a lot of unwanted or unnecessary features with the other ones that didn't really matter to us, but were more [than] able to ask a higher price per seat. However, the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk We used local VOIP provider, but it was slow, manual-based and expensive solution. Incentivized Helpful? Logan Brown Head of Sales and CS Chose CloudTalk It was a gamble if I'm being honest, plus this is a very nuanced and intricate topic. We didn't necessarily substitute one for the other, it was a much needed state of affairs where we needed the call monitoring and agent tracking pros of CloudTalk more so than ever before. Incentivized Helpful? PR Pablo Ritchie Product Manager Chose CloudTalk The integration of CloudTalk with Pipedrive makes the native Pipedrive call system practically unnecessary. The latter does not allow searching for calls or generating indicators as well achieved as in CloudTalk. Incentivized Helpful? Balder Goyo Coordinador de ventas Chose CloudTalk Before CloudTalk, we used Pipedrive. It also works really well, but it does not have the option of analytics. You could not check things like how many calls were made during the day or a specific time period. That, for me, is the most valuable feature of CloudTalk--all the data … Incentivized Helpful? JM juan meier lend officer Chose CloudTalk It's the perfect complement to the other services we use as it permits us to get in contact with our clients in order to not only have good communication inside of the company but also outside the company with our clients. It really rounds up the whole package. It's just the … Incentivized Helpful? Ian Moro Investment Advisor Chose CloudTalk Can't elaborate on this one. Incentivized Helpful? SM Siddharth Malhotra Business development Chose CloudTalk N/A Incentivized Helpful? Stasia Blake Administrative Strategist Chose CloudTalk CloudTalk service is immediately available once a profile is created and payment is made. Five9 indicated it would take up to 2 weeks to have full access to the service. Incentivized Helpful? Alex Peralta Partnership Manager Chose CloudTalk Though it was not my decision from switching from Circleloop, when we had originally used CircleLoop it gave some issues with internal transfer and taking calls which heavily affected us. With CloudTalk we can now successfully make outbound calls without any problems. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk CloudTalk has a better value for the money spent and has been easier to set up than other peers in that regards as well as better overall integration with already existing Software that we have been using for years in our company. At the end, the communication with CloudTalk … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose CloudTalk CloudTalk is much more configurable. It is very easy to send proactive SMS messages with CloudTalk whilst with Zendesk Talk this can only be done through a workaround. Zendesk does not provide Chinese virtual numbers either and outbound calls were not working to Chinese numbers … Incentivized Helpful?	ConnectAndSell Verified User Anonymous Chose ConnectAndSell We have moved to Salesloft. Salesloft gave us greater visibility into performance metrics and integrated with more software which in turn helped streamline our business. Incentivized Helpful? LW Leo Woods Senior Director Corporate Sponsorship Chose ConnectAndSell It is very similar to competitors. Some better, some worse. But the core abilities it has, it does well. If you are in the market for a sales dialer, this is a good one to go with. Contact them, ask them good questions. The product is sound, but be ready for a significant … Incentivized Helpful? Allyn Scott Sales Development Representative Chose ConnectAndSell The auto dial feature is much better than single dials. Although inside salsa.com has easy email options. Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Knudsen Enterprise Account Development Manager Chose ConnectAndSell This product really can make a strong business impact if you implement it correctly. The struggle we faced was making sure that all the data was correct and that it was updated the data the way we wanted it. We considered using connectleader which had a similar look and feel … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ConnectAndSell With Outreachr, you have the old school version of dialing, waiting, hanging up etc. ConnectAndSell is a much more efficient tool when it is running in full swing. Unfortunately, the implementation team spent the majority of the introduction trying to teach us how to sell … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ConnectAndSell We did not compare alternative solutions to ConnectAndSell. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ConnectAndSell Ultimately, it comes down to quantity vs. quality. While you can absolutely develop great quality pipeline using ConnectAndSell, its biggest value is in generating a huge quantity of opportunities for your sales reps. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ConnectAndSell Lightning has a better success rate for connecting (in terms of it takes less time to connect using Lightning) but Lightning was definitely using shadier connecting tactics and also required the user to be focused intently when it connected you with a prospect. When using … Incentivized Helpful? Steve Richard Founder Chose ConnectAndSell None Helpful?

Features

CloudTalk

ConnectAndSell

Contact Center Software

Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
	CloudTalk 9.8 Ratings 17% above category average	ConnectAndSell - Ratings
Agent dashboard	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Validate callers	9.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Outbound response	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call forwarding	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)	9.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Warm transfer	9.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Predictive dialing	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Interactive voice response	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
REST APIs	9.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call scripts	9.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call tracking	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multichannel integration	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
CRM software integration	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings

Workforce Optimization (WFO)

Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
	CloudTalk 9.9 Ratings 19% above category average	ConnectAndSell - Ratings
Inbound call routing	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Recording	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Quality management	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call analytics	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Historical reporting	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Live reporting	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customer surveys	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics	9.90 Ratings	00 Ratings

Preview Dialer

Comparison of Preview Dialer features of Product A and Product B
	CloudTalk - Ratings	ConnectAndSell 5.0 Ratings 36% below category average
Contact preview	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Dialer-CRM integration	00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Call notes & tags	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Automatic call logging	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Core Dialer

Comparison of Core Dialer features of Product A and Product B
	CloudTalk - Ratings	ConnectAndSell 4.7 Ratings 48% below category average
Outbound dialing	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Inbound routing	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings
Custom caller ID	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Click-to-call	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Recorded voicemail drop	00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Dialer contact import	00 Ratings	2.00 Ratings
Campaign & list management	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance

Comparison of Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance features of Product A and Product B
	CloudTalk - Ratings	ConnectAndSell 5.7 Ratings 28% below category average
Follow-up calls	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Dialer reporting & analytics	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings
Dialer compliance	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	CloudTalk	ConnectAndSell
Small Businesses	Nextiva Contact Center Score 9.6 out of 10	Salesmate Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Nextiva Contact Center Score 9.6 out of 10	CloudTalk Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprises	Google Cloud Contact Center AI Score 7.0 out of 10	Dialpad Sell Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
	CloudTalk	ConnectAndSell
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	5.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.2 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.7 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	3.6 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.2 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	CloudTalk	ConnectAndSell
Likelihood to Recommend	Cloudtalk is by far the best value-for-price software out there for call center solutions. Packed with features, very accessible, kind and accessible customer support, and cheap, especially when compared with their competitors for the same range of features. Easy entry-level software, especially if you're a startup that doesn't want to make big initial commitments but needs a solution that scales with the business. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	ConnectAndSell is incredibly helpful when it comes to getting people on the phone. In the world of sales, dials and connects are king and connect and sell works great to hit these two points. The ability to create lists is great, however, I would like to see more customizable options available for end-users to play around with. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Very easy to setup and configure. It took literally a few minutes to start making our first calls. Integrates with many CRM systems. We've connected with Zendesk for calls and texts to generate tickets automatically. Great selection of virtual numbers for international calls. Great customer support team with quick replies. Call quality is generally good, especially for the price. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The amazing piece is that you can leave a voicemail with each of those calls and really only need to focus in on the calls that patch through. One thing that has been absolutely amazing about Connect and Sell is the amount of call volume you can get in a single day. We used to start out by having 40 calls a day to now exceeding 200 calls going out. It's been a product that we weren't sure of the business impact but we've already seen results from producing more conversations and being able to follow up with greater ease. Incentivized Kevin Knudsen Enterprise Account Development Manager Read full review
Cons	A lot of features are still missing, some of which are pretty basic like being able to select multiple filters instead of one. Desktop app has had some instability issue. IVR needs to be self-recorded which can lead to a lower quality. Incentivized SS Samantha Semuhin Senior Support Manager Read full review	ConnectAndSell sounds way too robotic when the prospect answers the phone The implementation team is terrible. Donny was a horrible leader and did a terrible job of getting us going They have way too many bugs they need to fix at this point Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	It is working and affordable Incentivized TN Trevor Nicholson CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Read full review	For the right reps who are good at talking to prospects who aren't expecting their call, this is a no brainer. Steve Richard Founder Read full review
Usability	CloudTalk is super easy to use and has a great quality. It helps to communicate with the clients easily and we can feel that the sound quality is high, while speaking to the client and while listening to the recordings. This is for our department essential in our day to day work. IL Ieva Lukstiņa Customer Support Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	They are skilled, experienced, and anytime I need something and contact the support time, I get the right person who understands my needs and reacts to them accordingly. So far I was only pleasantly surprised by the level of support these guys provide and coming from a customer service oriented background myself, I can only say keep it up guys, you are doing a fantastic job! Stanislav Bouda Account Manager Read full review	I have had a few support calls with their people. They are totally reachable and helpful, sharing screens, controlling my screen, showing why things happened, not just correcting it. If you have an issue with the software, let them help. They are there for you, and they are friendly, accessible, and happy to do their job. Incentivized LW Leo Woods Senior Director Corporate Sponsorship Read full review
Alternatives Considered	It was a gamble if I'm being honest, plus this is a very nuanced and intricate topic. We didn't necessarily substitute one for the other, it was a much needed state of affairs where we needed the call monitoring and agent tracking pros of CloudTalk more so than ever before. Logan Brown Head of Sales and CS Read full review	Lightning has a better success rate for connecting (in terms of it takes less time to connect using Lightning) but Lightning was definitely using shadier connecting tactics and also required the user to be focused intently when it connected you with a prospect. When using lightning, you needed to immediately speak and know your talking points while ConnectAndSell gives you better time to prepare. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	With helping us gain a US number, it's made us able to call candidates and clients which we've completed multiple deals Being able to integrate CloudTalk with Salesforce, saves us a lot of time typing in numbers individually in which we can make more calls Incentivized Zak Weller Senior Recruitment Specialist Read full review	It is a little expensive. It does require management to keep lead lists lean and workable. It is tough to keep sales people motivated on it. It can feel overwhelming. Incentivized LW Leo Woods Senior Director Corporate Sponsorship Read full review
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