Invoca vs. Marchex

We are able to reduce non-sales calls by being able to attribute [the source of incoming calls]. But it needs patience and a long time to get the benefits of its AI capabilities. So RoI could be a longer run. It is expensive if we needed a simple call tracking solution only.

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Marchex does a fantastic job of offering stable and consistent Call Analytics data along with friendly, helpful, and prompt service reps. Where Marchex falls short is the lack of great user experience and intuitive design.

Incentivized

• From an accounting perspective, Invoca makes it easy for us to determine where our call revenue is coming from and what call type generated the paid call.
• Their dashboard is very user-friendly. I like how you can see everything from the top level and see total call volume, commission paid, and conversion rate. But you can easily drill down into each campaign level too.
• Lastly, you can easily create call campaigns and create individual phone numbers. I especially like how we're able to create a ring pool that allows us to track exactly where the call is coming from, and it's not difficult to setup.

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• Marchex is really great at recording calls. Our clients can see if there are any internal issues to address with their own employees and systems in place. Many clients believed that the message was the issue but once they were able to listen to their calls, they saw that they needed more internal training on closing leads and making sales.
• Marchex is a really great solution to gauge the effectiveness of a message and which medium was more effective in delivering that message. For instance, we can let our clients know if their sales pitch worked best for driving leads through radio, tv, internet, etc.

• Learning Invoca can be a bit of a challenge, as many items are hidden in various views.
• It does lack the ability to speak with 3rd party software with Zapier
• In certain ways, too much functionality for basic campaign setup.
• They do not try to take a business development role with their users to help them grow their business.

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• because I had a change in our team's contact person, I had to reexplain our business model and it took some time
• business model changed since I first worked with Marchex

Incentivized

We renew Marchex each year, we love it! It's a great investment. It's woven into a few of our products that we offer our clients so we wouldn't stop using it any time soon. The clients are big fans of it

Invoca's client success team is great to work with, which is a nice value proposition for their business (many SaaS providers struggle with this). Their support team is very talented and fully capable of addressing the vast majority of questions that they receive. I haven't encountered any negative experiences when requesting assistance.

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We used Convirza for a long time and had a pathetic experience as we were paying a high price for nothing special. Convirza was not so good in call tracking and had fewer features as compared to Invoca, and Invoca’s price is also amazing. It has all the essential features that we were looking for, like call scheduling and call recording, that are essential for marketing campaigns too. Its reporting dashboard is our least favorite thing about it.

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I believe that the way in which Marchex solutions are shown leaves you with a secure feeling that the service is accessible and easy to understand. This makes you choose it even among other platforms with more marketing disclosure. Undoubtedly, it is the service that makes you sure of the purchase.

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• It is really useful to set a price you will pay for inbound calls, and let Invoca manage that tracking system.
• We were able to run campaigns that could not have run otherwise because we had the call tracking for those calls.

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• Overall, like all call tracking, Marchex allows for determining what, if any, leads are coming through from channels. It hasn't lead to increasing ROI, just tracking it.
• The cost for Marchex is generally more expensive than other call-tracking software in the space. That being said, some of their features maybe a good addition for these businesses. However, the cost isn't as competitive.
• I do not have any complaints with the performance of Marchex, only with their on-rails experience, which tries to drive more people into more features than are necessary.

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