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Ion, by Rock Content

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ion, by Rock Content

    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    		Ion is an enterprise-grade content experience platform that empowers modern marketers and designers to create no-code interactive content experiences integrated with their CRM or marketing automation tools. Ion helps enterprises to build brand awareness and increase conversions and lead generation enriching their contact database with declared, high intent data. Ion helps brands launch quizzes, ROI calculators, assessments, interactive infographics, and other interactive formats in…N/A

    Salesforce Sales Cloud

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/ASalesforce Sales Cloud is a platform for sales with a community of Sellers, Sales Leaders, and Sales Operations, who use the solution to grow sales and increase productivity. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in, so that companies can sell faster, sell smarter and sell efficiently. Salesforce Sales Cloud is used for, and supports: Buyer Engagement Sales Engagement Enablement Sales AI Sales Analytics Team…

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Ion, by Rock ContentSalesforce Sales Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Managed Services + SaaS
    Custom
    per year
    Starter
    $25.00
    per month per user
    Professional
    $80.00
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165.00
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330.00
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1 Sales
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ion, by Rock ContentSalesforce Sales Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$5,500 per customerOptional
    Additional Detailsion’s Build Anything SaaS platform provides organizations with an entirely new and agile interactive content marketing capability. It enables non-technical marketers and designers to create, test and measure an unlimited number of all types of interactive content marketing experiences. It includes unlimited seats, experiences, tests, customization, phone and email support, analytics and more.—
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    Community Pulse
    Ion, by Rock ContentSalesforce Sales Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Rock Content
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    The ion interactive just offers so many more options for customization. You can make the pages you create truly beautiful. Act-On has worked well for simple, straightforward pages and emails, but it ultimately just cannot accomplish the same results as ion without the use of an …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    The ion platform is easy to use and quick to create websites. Using ion allows us to not need developer resources to create the websites. It is cost effective. The decision to use ion was made prior to my arrival at the company.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    ion is a comparable product to WordPress in some aspects of user experience and versatility. We've integrated elements of ion with Salesforce, which has given certain groups more flexibility in their day-to-day tasks. There are pros and cons when comparing Ion to Drupal, and …
    Incentivized
    Benjamin Hale
    Digital Marketing Analyst in Marketing at Orbis Education (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    It works well for A/B testing and data collection. Additionally, our Salesforce integration is critical for our team. With Ion Interactive, we are able to reliably retain all lead information, and pass it into Salesforce. This includes UTM information as well as proprietary ID …
    Incentivized
    Leah Jakaitis
    Senior Data Analyst at Level Interactive (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    I was not involved in the decision to adopt ion at my current agency. However, clients occasionally use other landing page tools and we have overall found ion to be the best choice in its class: its reporting, design capabilities, ease of deployment, and integration suite makes …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    No other products like Ion Interactive.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    I was not involved in the selection process for ion interactive, however I am happy with the service.
    Incentivized
    Matthew Lloyd
    Paid Social Manager in Marketing at Pluralsight (E-Learning, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    Ion Interactive appears to be a more robust platform than the others we viewed and we love the sync with Marketo and Salesforce. Also, the interface appears to be intuitive and, once you've got it down, fairly easy to use and to build out professional looking interactive …
    Incentivized
    Avinash Singh
    SEO Web Developer in Marketing at SurePayroll (Financial Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    Used more for email automation. Liveball has more flexibility when it comes to building pages.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    Styled Marketo landing pages need to be outsourced to a designer and HTML writer, ion interactive has allowed us to create pages that mirror the look and feel of our website while giving us the flexibility to optimize.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    Don't know of any other tools like ion interactive, outside of creating custom web pages.
    Incentivized
    Ken Ugel
    Web Designer in Marketing at Performics (Marketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    The ability to edit the original creative and create many variations of those gives this a much higher capability than other sites and programs.
    Incentivized
    Timothy Murray
    Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at Excellus BCBS (Insurance, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose Ion, by Rock Content
    We have always developed from the ground up. This is a welcome relief.
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Verified User
    Chose Salesforce Sales Cloud
    SFDC is the top choice if you need the customization it can give you and already have a MAP. If you don't need such customization, it
    still might be the best option at the basic offering.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Ion, by Rock ContentSalesforce Sales Cloud
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    7.5
    105 Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation10.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration5.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    8.7
    120 Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Content hub10.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content10.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs10.0108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution8.093 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion8.086 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation6.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    8.5
    118 Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Audience profiling and targeting6.091 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics10.0116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard10.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.4
    261 Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.3261 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.3252 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.7204 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.7253 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.7238 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.9209 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.7192 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.8223 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    7.9
    99 Ratings
    Case management00 Ratings8.397 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.878 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings7.482 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.4
    239 Ratings
    Lead management00 Ratings8.5234 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.2201 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.4
    242 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings8.9231 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.774 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.6195 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.3
    255 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.1223 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.1242 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.8252 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.7
    246 Ratings
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.0244 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings9.0233 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.2173 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.6203 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.9
    247 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.9215 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.8219 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.8
    156 Ratings
    Social data00 Ratings8.9154 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.7152 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    8.2
    212 Ratings
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.4208 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.0142 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Ion, by Rock Content and Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Ion, by Rock Content
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    7.9
    227 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.9227 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Ion, by Rock ContentSalesforce Sales Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (135 ratings)
    8.7
    (392 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (22 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (17 ratings)
    9.4
    (121 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (27 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (92 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    2.4
    (18 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (52 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (8 ratings)