Groove, a Clari company vs. Kixie

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Kixie
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Kixie is a telephony and VoIP software solution from Kixie.N/A
Pricing
Groove, a Clari companyKixie
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Groove, a Clari companyKixie
Considered Both Products
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.
Kixie
Chose Kixie
Kixie is easier to navigate versus Aircall and Zoominfo. Kixie has clearer audio versus Aircall and Zoominfo. Zoominfo's dialer only dials numbers on their database, and does not allow you to manually dial numbers, unlike Kixie. Also, Zoominfo's voicemails can only be …
Chose Kixie
I am not the decision-maker, [but] I believe we went with Kixie because of the price. Kixie does the bare minimum, but [I] would love more analysis.
Chose Kixie
Kixie integrated much better with our CRM (Zoho) than CrazyCall. In addition, Kixie had increased reporting features that CrazyCall did not offer--CrazyCall's reporting was limited and not detailed enough for our purposes. Lastly, at the time, CrazyCall did not have the inbound …
Chose Kixie
Good for the price and Pipedrive integration. In my opinion, less relaible than others
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User Ratings
Groove, a Clari companyKixie
Likelihood to Recommend
4.9
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Likelihood to Renew
8.9
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Usability
5.4
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9.0
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
4.5
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In-Person Training
4.7
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Online Training
9.1
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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Configurability
8.9
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Ease of integration
9.1
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Product Scalability
9.1
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Groove, a Clari companyKixie
Likelihood to Recommend
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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For me, the best kind of services are the ones that you forget about because they work so well in the background. This is what Kixie does so well once it's installed; it's unobtrusive, simple, and does what it is supposed to do in the background. My sales staff no longer has to worry about tracking and logging their outbound or inbound calls because Kixie is installed on their phones and computers.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Kixie integrated well with our HubSpot CRM
  • Kixie provided call logs and call recordings for each call
  • Kixie customer support is very good and very responsive
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Cons
  • 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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  • "Power Dialer" doesn't work all the time.
  • Only records; doesn't give any type of analysis.
  • Getting your account set up correctly can be confusing.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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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Kixie provides a nice user interface. There is a bit of a learning curve to load leads but it's not difficult. It's just learning where to go and how to load lists for the reps. Once you have it figured out, it's easy to get lists loaded for reps and give them the ability to manage those leads
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Reliability and Availability
Our organization has not experienced any availability issues with Groove
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Performance
Everything is good
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Support Rating
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
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
Easy to use
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Implementation Rating
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
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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I am not the decision-maker, [but] I believe we went with Kixie because of the price. Kixie does the bare minimum, but [I] would love more analysis.
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Scalability
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 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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  • from 29% to 47% on qualified leads
  • Reduced cost on marketing campaigns by taking outbound approach
  • Increased our agents visibility by connecting with more customers.
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Kixie Screenshots

Screenshot of the Kixie revenue communications platform designed to help teams connect with customers at the perfect moment with the right message. Whether in Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, or RevOps, Kixie empowers revenue teams with AI-driven automation and communication tools to enhance engagement and streamline workflows.Screenshot of Kixie’s multi-line PowerDialer, which dials up to 10 phone numbers simultaneously, and automatically. It features AI Human Voice Detection, so users engage with real people while bypassing IVRs and voicemail boxes.Screenshot of some of Kixie's available integrations.Screenshot of Kixie's DNC list compliance is boosted with automated do-not-call regulations, eliminating manual checks and keeping agents focused on conversions.