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We performed a comparison between impact.com and PartnerStack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The deal registration portion of the portal has been very valuable. It connects directly with our Salesforce, so it is super easy.""The most valuable feature is definitely the deal registration component and the fact that it is reflected on the dashboard. It's nice that our partners have visibility into where the deals they submit stand, in terms of the sales process...""I like the fact that I can go into Allbound and quickly update what I need to update. And I like that when we have a new initiative, something that is really important for our partners to understand, I can feature it in different places on the portal.""The referral functionality has been the most valuable for us, meaning our partners can submit leads to us via Allbound. That is really critical for us because that is how we generate new business. When a partner submits a lead to us via Allbound, it's a really hot lead for us to work on and convert.""What is important to us are our partners and clients. The user experience for those partners and clients, that they're able to quickly use it, is what I like about it. It's very simple to use.""The self-serve deal registration is excellent; companies can register for deals themselves, and the process is managed through our system.""Since launch, our most valuable feature has been getting individual users to sign up and use our deal registration program, as well as providing a place to see all of our events globally.""What is our primary use case? Allbound is a partner relationship management tool. We use Allbound to manage content resources, playbooks, commissions, etc. Our enablement schedule is exclusively posted in Allbound. We're also evaluating Allbound's Marketing Development Fund module. We have around 150 users in multiple locations. How has it helped my organization? Business partners are critical for achieving growth, so a PRM solution is essential. It creates a platform for partners to deal with us and access work. They can register an account, log into Allbound, and get a commission. Partners can see important announcements and look at the playbooks. The number of partners has increased significantly, and partner engagement has improved by 10 to 20 percent. Business partners can filter and customize the profile set for them. We can log their activity to see what they have been using. That's a helpful feature we haven't leveraged much because most of our partners sell a whole suite of products. As we evolve and get more partners who specialize in a particular industry or subsection of our product, we will need to add the option to allow partners to filter the most relevant content. Customizing content isn't too difficult or easy. You need to build a case and send it to the Allbound team. We must schedule a call, and it might take one or two sessions to implement customization. Hypothetically, Allbound enables partners to rebrand white-labeled collaterals, but our company policy doesn't allow it. Allbound's Channel Insights feature gives us actionable intelligence on partner engagement. We use it weekly, and we've implemented some custom modules we developed in-house for the partners. That's all listed in Allbound's Channel Insights section, where we can see the number of partners, usage, and activity in the last 30 days. Using Channel Insights, we realized that a partner wasn't using our labels and wasn't engaged, so we started hosting training sessions to increase engagement. What is most valuable? I like Allbound's ease of use. For example, we have been implementing Allbound's Market Development Funds module. It's intuitive and easy for the partners. If the partners want to see which commissions have been paid, that information is readily accessible."

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"The most valuable to impact.com is the data lab. It allows access and the ability to see data in different ways. You are able to draw insights from the data which provides a lot of flexibility."

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"There are three main areas that I would say were the most useful, one would not necessarily be a feature, but their UI is very easy to use.""The features that enable commission-based partner management and payment are the most valuable aspects of PartnerStack. This is undoubtedly the top priority. Additionally, their newly introduced discovery tool is impressive."

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Cons
"I'm not a fan of Allbound's UI for administrators. For example, there are some issues with the report-building tool, and when I'm building a report, it's not always clear what the outcome will be. There are a lot of radio buttons, rather than filtering or being able to select from a list. It's an accordion layout, so I click on one option, and it expands to reveal a radio button selection, which means I can't always choose everything I want. Checkboxes or selecting multiple options from a list is an improvement. Additionally, the report output looks very dated, so the interface needs some love.""We would like to utilize partner automation more, but there is some troubleshooting and programming that needs to happen in the middleware to enable this.""The user interface for admins could be a little bit better. Something that we appreciate a lot is that Allbound has increased some of the functionality that admins can do. That's good. But in terms of the user interface, there are still some improvements that can be made. Also from the user's perspective, the UI can be improved.""I would like to see more features for tracking training progress and quizzes. The progress report that Allbound generates isn't very helpful. I want to track how far a user has completed and who has or hasn't restarted. We are using a third-party platform for training purposes, especially enablement purposes. The progress reports and analytics are very powerful, and we'd like to see something along those lines. Allbound has certification, but it's missing some things from a certification point of view that are available in other products.""They could add an LMS component to the platform where we would have courses through Allbound and a record of whether partners pass or don't pass. The quiz feature would come in more handy at that point.""The solution's UI could be improved by providing externalized access to menus, which I sometimes have to dig into. The good thing is that Allbound is doing that, I made the suggestion a while ago, and they're already implementing it. Of course, as a user, I want it to be now, not in a few weeks. Some more flexibility in UI customization would also be a welcome feature; the ability to edit coloring and place images would be excellent.""My advice to them is to make the co-branding piece easier. Allbound does make it easy not only for the administrator program, but also for partners, to interact. So if they can make the co-branding piece a little more robust, that would help.""They need to improve its reporting capabilities. They don't have all the possibilities to drill down in reporting."

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"impact.com could do a lot to improve the B2B functionality of its platform."

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"The issue is that you can only merge one of the tracking links, and that is the primary tracking link.""While there have been significant advancements over the years, reporting remains an area where we constantly seek improvement in terms of both accuracy and comprehensiveness."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This is the highest price that you'll pay, but I am not comparing it with Salesforce, SAP, or Oracle. In the mid-level solutions, Allbound has one of the highest costs, but it also has higher capabilities and flexibility to customize things without developing."
  • "Considering everything the product provides, the price is fair. There are cheaper tools, but they don't offer the combination of requirements we have. The pricing model is also very compelling."
  • "It's reasonably priced for what it can do and how much time it can save. It's a big amount of money, but for the time that it can save for people from having to do the work, it's definitely worth it. Considering the constant improvements and the features they keep adding, its price is reasonable."
  • "Allbound's price is a great deal."
  • "Its pricing is fair, especially because we can have as many partners create accounts as we want. It has a very fair price range compared to other companies that charge per partner. We've thousands, so it would just be too expensive to go with a different option."
  • "Allbound has forced other vendors to be a little more competitive with their pricing. For what you get, which is a lot, the pricing of Allbound is fine."
  • "They have different licensing plans. Depending on what you enable or what kind of features you want activated, there might be extra costs."
  • "Considering the interface, the price is high, although Allbound offers a lot. Some of my negative opinion here is because we have yet to upgrade to using the tool's best-in-class features due to internal issues. As it stands, I don't personally see the value that supports the cost, but that could change when we turn on the features."
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  • "The price of impact.com is high. There is a standard license needed to use the solution."
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  • "The previous company paid approximately $35,000 USD per year."
  • "The pricing of the solution is fair. It's not the cheapest, and it's not the most expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I like the content and resource section, where we can publish all sorts of videos, PDFs, PPTs, etc., and send automated… more »
    Top Answer:Allbound is reasonably priced, but I haven't compared it with any other solution. I like that Allbound charges a flat… more »
    Top Answer:I would like to see more features for tracking training progress and quizzes. The progress report that Allbound… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable to impact.com is the data lab. It allows access and the ability to see data in different ways. You are… more »
    Top Answer:The price of impact.com is high. There is a standard license needed to use the solution.
    Top Answer:impact.com could do a lot to improve the B2B functionality of its platform. The vendor should be able to support… more »
    Top Answer:The features that enable commission-based partner management and payment are the most valuable aspects of PartnerStack… more »
    Top Answer:The pricing of the solution is fair. It's not the cheapest, and it's not the most expensive.
    Top Answer:While there have been significant advancements over the years, reporting remains an area where we constantly seek… more »
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    Overview

    Allbound’s partner-centric technology is driving the future of channel success. The company’s partner relationship management (PRM) platform is a powerful solution focused on the partner life cycle from onboarding, training, enablement, and pipeline management that together enable businesses to put partners first.

    impact.com, the world's leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. Gain insights about valuable partners. Identify incremental value of partners all along the purchase journey — and reward them appropriately. Attract customers with high lifetime value — customer value reporting lets you identify the partners that bring in these high-quality purchasers. Benchmark your partnership program against other channels such as paid search and display, so you can adjust your spend accordingly.

    PartnerStack is an affiliate and partner management platform that is specialized in B2B SaaS. The platform’s built-in marketplace and automated payment systems are designed for consistent revenue and accelerated growth for software businesses and partners.

    Most partnership software is designed just to manage partners. PartnerStack is different in that it’s designed to empower partners by providing them with a separate dashboard from which they can access resources, withdraw funds, and read reports.

    PartnerStack enables program administrators and their partners to manage all aspects of their channel, affiliate, and referral partners' compensation in one location. It also enables businesses to swiftly launch new affiliate programs. Any company's requirements can be met by entirely customizing the affiliate marketing software. Customers get access to tools for online affiliate marketing, referral information, documentation, and even sales figures. The program's referral program, which enables you to receive rewards each time you introduce a new customer, is another excellent feature.

    Its automation takes care of all the most demanding aspects of managing your partnerships, simplifying the process and freeing you up to focus on more important things than repetitive manual tasks.

    The main tasks PartnerStack helps users accomplish include:

    • Promoting, managing, and scaling their partner programs

    • Automating partner onboarding

    • Training

    • Tracking program performance and metrics

    PartnerStack Features

    PartnerStack has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Affiliate payout system
    • Lead management
    • Managing campaigns
    • Managing promotional offers
    • Tracking affiliates and customers
    • Editing email campaigns
    • Analytics
    • Customizable hyperlinks
    • Referral links generator
    • Email notifications
    • Tracking without cookies
    • Permissions based on roles
    • Opportunity management
    • Escalation recognition
    • Individual portals
    • Library of marketing materials
    • Action tracking
    • Payouts and commissions

    PartnerStack Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing PartnerStack. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Collaborations: PartnerStack enables successful collaborations with any type of partner your company may require, such as affiliates, influencers, referral partners, and reseller partners.

    • Powerful dashboards: Every partner on PartnerStack has access to a personal dashboard that makes it simple to track performance, acquire resources, withdraw payment, and find new programs to join that are similar to yours.

    • Revenue growth: The typical PartnerStack client experiences revenue growth of 122% in the first year. Many clients reported seeing positive ROI in just a few weeks.

    • Customizable: New affiliate or partnership programs can be launched quickly and easily because of the platform's ability to customize.

    • Easily integrates with other programs: To make the most of our affiliate marketing platform's capacity to scale your business and attract new customers, you can integrate PartnerStack with other programs you use.
    Sample Customers
    Serko, Cambium Networks, Garland, Looking
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company75%
    Security Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company51%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Non Profit5%
    Energy/Utilities Company4%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Retailer12%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
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    University13%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Construction Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise39%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise56%
    Buyer's Guide
    Partner Relationship Management (PRM)
    April 2024
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    impact.com is ranked 4th in Partner Relationship Management (PRM) with 1 review while PartnerStack is ranked 3rd in Partner Relationship Management (PRM) with 2 reviews. impact.com is rated 0.0, while PartnerStack is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of impact.com writes "Flexible, useful data insight, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PartnerStack writes "Simple to onboard and implement, with good communication and automation features". impact.com is most compared with Partnerize, Impartner PRM and TUNE, whereas PartnerStack is most compared with Impartner PRM.

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    We monitor all Partner Relationship Management (PRM) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.