GrowSurf vs. Yotpo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GrowSurf
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
A tool that helps automate customer acquisition, for B2C and B2B tech companies GrowSurf offers a referral program software that helps them get new customers on autopilot. With it, users can launch a customer-to-customer referral program to incentivize word-of-mouth referrals and grow organically. The vendor states GrowSurf customers enjoy results approaching 312% return on investment, 30% of new leads from referrals, 15% of ARR from referrals. GrowSurf is presented as best suited…
$179
per month
Yotpo
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Yotpo, an eCommerce marketing platform, helps brands accelerate direct-to-consumer growth. The single-platform approach integrates data-driven solutions for reviews, loyalty, SMS marketing, and more. The vendor states that brands with Yotpo are empowered to create smarter, higher-converting experiences that spark and sustain customer relationships. Yotpo integrates with everyday tools including Google, Instagram, top eCommerce platforms, and other tools in the tech stack.
$799
per month
Pricing
GrowSurfYotpo
Editions & Modules
Startup
$179
per month
Business
$449
per month
Custom
Contact Sales
per year
Premium
$799
per month
Free
Free
Includes 50 Monthly Orders
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GrowSurfYotpo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUp to a 30% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
GrowSurfYotpo
Considered Both Products
GrowSurf
Chose GrowSurf
We selected GrowSurf because of their pricing and ROI calculator present on their website today. It made the decision clear and easy for our finance and business stakeholders. Overall, the tool is great. It is easy to use, manage and train others on. It's a great starting point …
Chose GrowSurf
I have used both PartnerStack and GrowSurf, and GrowSurf has been easier to implement. The UX and design are better to use, and there are better incentives in place for using GrowSurf for partners and affiliate management. Ultimately both are good solutions for handling …
Chose GrowSurf
Vyper is a great software no doubt but lacks support to a certain extent, we switched to GrowSurf as it provides faster support for integration as well as day-to-day concerns also pricing is comparatively similar to that of VYPER. It's great to have cool features but support is …
Chose GrowSurf
GrowSurf was recommended to us by a friend and we were impressed after the free trial so we decided to go with it. The price was right and it offered what we needed so we didn't feel the need to try out other programs before deciding to go with GrowSurf.
Chose GrowSurf
I used KingSumo before but they don't have enough options to give coupons or downloads, it was very basic compared to GrowSurf.
Yotpo
Chose Yotpo
Brands with Yotpo are empowered to create smarter, higher-converting experiences that spark and sustain customer relationships. Integrate with the tools you use every day, including Google, Instagram, top eCommerce platforms, and the rest of your tech stack. Yotpo is a Forbes …
Chose Yotpo
I've followed Yotpo for some time. What always held me back was the cost and year-long commitment. Ultimately, we selected Yotpo because of the syndication, which would allow us to use reviews on two different sites.
Chose Yotpo
I have only used one other service prior to Yotpo (I don't remember what it was) and Yotpo outperforms them. Yotpo is really intuitive and easy to navigate/install from a Shopify user perspective. When Pixel union releases their customer review service I may try it out since …
Chose Yotpo
We haven't worked with other loyalty or review platforms, however, we've worked with other SMS providers in the past. I feel that Yotpo's SMS Bump is much more robust and has better integrations than the other platforms. It's also much easier to manage than the other platforms.
Chose Yotpo
I have used in the past: Olapic, BazaarVoice, and Pixlee. The simple fact that the team at Yotpo has found a single view tool for ratings, reviews, and user photos has made a huge difference for my (very small) team. This allows for a one-stop-shop approach that we can view and …
Chose Yotpo
We like Yotpo because they offer all of the same features and suite of tools, and they do it at a fraction of the price. We see no benefits in paying a whole lot more money for no added benefit. Yotpo handles our customer reviews perfectly for our needs and gives us everything …
Chose Yotpo
The internal review features I've used sometimes don't allow a public direct response. We experienced glitches with Shopify's on a regular basis. Americommerce's internal review/correspondence management offered no reports, no "star rating" ability, and "went down" frequently.
Chose Yotpo
We used Disqus for a while, and it was pretty low-tech.
Chose Yotpo
A bit deeper understanding of patients and their needs in this platform, yet we are really focusing our Enterprise on the basics now ...reviews, loyalty, etc.
Chose Yotpo
Yotpo offers more features such as sharing to social media. It's a one stop place to work on reviews and just reviews - it's not as distracting as working on a site that's about a lot of things. I am focused on the reviews when I log in to Yotpo and I feel I get more done. …
Chose Yotpo
Within our business are those who like Yotpo more than okendo, others the other way round. For myself, Yotpo has much better value for money and is easier to configure, but I do prefer the okendo customer journey.
Chose Yotpo
We found these platforms to be fairly comparable. We ultimately chose Yotpo due to the flexibility around review moderation, and because of the possibility of adding on (and getting a price break for) Swell, for customer loyalty. We didn't decide to move forward with Swell at …
Chose Yotpo
Yotpo beats [the alternatives] in almost every mark. It is easy to install if you have Magento 1.9x. cost is still acceptable. For an industry like us (drone and fpv), our consumers are very vocal, this is a great fit as we provided another way for consumers to communicate …
Chose Yotpo
Yotpo is a good tool at a great price. Their service has been helpful rather than delightful and it serves our purpose for the time being. Review syndication, additional automation and better-developed reporting and statistical output would be large growth areas for them. Many …
Chose Yotpo
We experimented briefly with the Shopify Reviews app, but saw almost no response as the emails had to be sent manually or otherwise automated. Yotpo made it super easy and our response rate is very good now. You can do the math for your business, but if it helps drive X …
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User Ratings
GrowSurfYotpo
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GrowSurfYotpo
Likelihood to Recommend
GrowSurf has been responsible for the highest return in effort spent doing referral marketing and overall just tracking data to make sense of our acquisition efforts. If you have a business that relies on acquisition heavily from various sources, GrowSurf makes it very easy to track everything from referrals to organic leads, to paid marketing leads, visualize such data, and even pay out affiliates.
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If you have an ecommerce website Yotpo does the job. It's dependable, easy to install, and you can set up a funnel to get the customer to review your site or product, then ask them to post a review on social media by offering an incentive. If you're a small business this can work as a set it and forget it system that just needs to be checked once in awhile if you are short on time. When you do check in you can push the reviews yourself to social sites. The free version does not do this automatically as far as I know
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Pros
  • easy step by step set up
  • easy editing once a campaign is made
  • easy personalization of the campaign
  • tips on why and how to use each feature
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  • It provides a nice, user-friendly tool for online reviews.
  • It allows us to send automated emails to customers to help generate reviews.
  • It makes it easy for us to respond to negative reviews so we can resolve issues and turn bad outcomes into good ones.
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Cons
  • A team dashboard will be a great feature to have with more levels of access.
  • Filter and parameters can be added into dashboard.
  • Template UI customization can be enhanced.
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  • The customer photos are too small. We'd like to be able to display the photos that customers upload as much larger. They're almost thumbnails.
  • Yotpo widgets slow down site speed so we can't use any of them. The only one we can use is the reviews page.
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
Our organization is very lean and agile and does not have the resources to staff either a Marketing or Customer Service Team member on reviews full time. We know and understand the value of such an individual but are unable to staff a position at this point. This reduces the value of the tool in our eyes.
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Usability
No answers on this topic
I think the platform back end could be easier and more intuitive, but we are able to get around and accomplish what we need to with minimal training or guidance. Specifically, we had complications with trying to do something as simple as sending ourselves test emails and adjusting image sizes pulling from our product catalog so that the review request email images would be clear.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
Live chat is always ready to help. Even when they do not have an immediate answer, we hear back from them within a reasonable time frame. Communication from the account manager is great as well. The team has been very supportive in listening to new ideas, needs, and updates based on real-time on-site data.
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Alternatives Considered
We selected GrowSurf because of their pricing and ROI calculator present on their website today. It made the decision clear and easy for our finance and business stakeholders. Overall, the tool is great. It is easy to use, manage and train others on. It's a great starting point for someone new to digital marketing and it's a great arrow in the quiver for our most seasoned team members.
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We like Yotpo because they offer all of the same features and suite of tools, and they do it at a fraction of the price. We see no benefits in paying a whole lot more money for no added benefit. Yotpo handles our customer reviews perfectly for our needs and gives us everything that we need to manage, respond, and gather reviews for our products and website.
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Return on Investment
  • Around 30% growth in new user onboarding.
  • Less cost of marketing then ad programs.
  • Less time consuming and requires less team size
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  • We got complaints about not having enough pictures of projects. Yotpo completely negated that complaint with the UGC implementation on our website.
  • If my memory serves me right, 98% of our customers directly interact with some Yotpo widget on our site. That's a lot.
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ScreenShots

GrowSurf Screenshots

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Yotpo Screenshots

Screenshot of Mail After PurchaseScreenshot of Yotpo DashboardScreenshot of Showcase your best reviews & ratings on siteScreenshot of Use analytics to measure & improve performanceScreenshot of Turn every purchase into a reviewScreenshot of Moderate & comment with ease