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Small-Business (79.2% of reviews)
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Customers.ai
Star Rating
(429)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (79.2% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(2,050)4.6 out of 5
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Small-Business (60.3% of reviews)
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- G2 reviewers report that Podium excels in user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall G2 Score compared to Customers.ai. Users appreciate Podium's ability to consolidate messages from various platforms like Google Business Profile and SMS into a single feed, making communication management seamless.
- Users say that Podium's implementation process is quick and intuitive, with many highlighting the user-friendly interface. In contrast, Customers.ai has received less recent feedback, which may indicate challenges in onboarding or user experience.
- Reviewers mention that Podium's features for online reviews and reputation management are particularly strong, with automated review invitations and consolidation of reviews from major sites. This functionality is a standout for businesses looking to enhance their online presence, while Customers.ai's strengths seem more focused on lead gathering through instant messaging.
- According to verified reviews, Podium's quality of support is rated highly, with users noting responsive assistance. In comparison, Customers.ai has a higher score for support quality, but the lack of recent reviews raises questions about the consistency of that support.
- Users highlight that Podium's Text-to-Pay feature is a game-changer for customer transactions, enhancing the overall user experience. Meanwhile, Customers.ai is praised for its automation capabilities on platforms like Instagram, but it may not offer the same level of comprehensive features as Podium.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while both products cater to small businesses, Podium has a broader range of functionalities that appeal to users looking for an all-in-one solution. Customers.ai, while effective for specific tasks, may not provide the same level of versatility in day-to-day operations.
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Entry-Level Pricing
Customers.ai
No pricing availablePodium
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Free Trial is available
Podium
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.6
339
9.1
1,731
Ease of Use
9.6
349
9.3
1,750
Ease of Setup
9.4
205
9.1
1,082
Ease of Admin
9.3
119
9.3
883
Quality of Support
9.7
335
9.0
1,608
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
118
9.2
901
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
306
9.0
1,717
Features by Category
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
8.8
40
Interaction
Not enough data
8.0
41
Not enough data
8.2
40
Not enough data
8.3
40
Not enough data
8.4
40
Not enough data
8.3
39
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
8.2
40
Not enough data
7.9
41
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
8.1
41
Not enough data
7.9
41
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
8.5
40
Not enough data
8.5
39
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
5.2
8
Not enough data
6.0
8
Not enough data
6.3
8
Not enough data
5.8
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
5.8
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Messenger
9.7
156
|
Verified
8.3
158
9.7
151
|
Verified
7.6
207
9.7
153
|
Verified
9.1
222
9.7
155
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Channels
9.7
160
|
Verified
7.9
212
9.8
148
|
Verified
8.6
221
9.7
136
|
Verified
9.3
237
9.6
125
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
9.7
128
|
Verified
8.0
195
Customers
9.7
157
|
Verified
8.2
153
9.8
152
8.4
155
9.7
159
|
Verified
8.5
222
9.8
160
|
Verified
8.3
222
9.7
152
|
Verified
8.5
222
Agentic AI - Conversational Marketing
Not enough data
4.4
13
Not enough data
4.5
13
Not enough data
4.2
13
Not enough data
4.9
13
Not enough data
4.9
13
Not enough data
5.0
13
Not enough data
4.9
13
Lead Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integrated Workflows
9.3
28
Not enough data
9.6
25
Not enough data
9.2
23
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
9.7
24
Not enough data
9.1
24
Not enough data
9.1
24
Not enough data
Repeatability and Reportability
9.1
25
Not enough data
9.6
27
Not enough data
9.6
27
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
AI and Automation
9.8
23
Not enough data
9.8
24
Not enough data
9.3
23
Not enough data
9.7
23
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.6
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Engagement
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Retargeting
8.8
43
Not enough data
9.6
49
Not enough data
9.6
46
Not enough data
9.3
45
Not enough data
9.0
43
Not enough data
9.3
44
Not enough data
9.2
43
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Retargeting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
9.1
65
Platform Data
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
9.0
65
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
63
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
9.3
65
Platform Content
Not enough data
9.0
62
Agentic AI - Automotive Marketing
Not enough data
6.3
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
6.7
9
Text Messaging
Not enough data
8.7
229
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
239
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
186
Not enough data
8.6
238
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
213
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
215
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
233
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
216
|
Verified
SMS Platform
Not enough data
8.5
223
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
223
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
201
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
206
|
Verified
Agentic AI - SMS Marketing
Not enough data
5.7
24
Not enough data
6.1
24
Not enough data
6.6
24
Not enough data
6.4
24
Not enough data
5.8
24
Not enough data
5.7
24
Channels
Not enough data
8.2
324
Not enough data
8.1
322
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Design
Not enough data
8.3
338
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
373
Not enough data
8.4
364
Not enough data
8.6
337
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
234
Not enough data
7.5
229
Responses
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.9
16
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
9.2
14
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
7.9
14
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.7
14
Lead Intelligence
9.3
21
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
9.2
21
Not enough data
9.2
21
Not enough data
7.1
17
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Lead Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Responses
9.8
120
8.9
32
9.7
119
8.4
33
9.8
118
8.9
33
9.8
117
Feature Not Available
9.8
118
8.2
32
Platform
9.9
114
Feature Not Available
9.7
120
Feature Not Available
9.7
118
8.5
31
9.8
117
8.5
31
9.7
109
Feature Not Available
9.8
111
8.8
32
9.9
116
8.9
31
Generative AI
9.3
9
8.1
32
9.4
9
8.1
31
Lead Monitoring
9.5
57
Not enough data
9.1
57
Not enough data
9.6
61
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Lead Capture
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Capture
9.4
60
Not enough data
9.3
60
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
9.3
57
Not enough data
Analytics
9.2
59
Not enough data
9.3
60
Not enough data
Customization
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.7
57
Not enough data
8.6
56
Not enough data
9.4
57
Not enough data
Conversational Platform
Not enough data
8.7
294
Not enough data
8.4
252
Not enough data
8.3
165
Not enough data
8.5
179
Support Automation
Not enough data
8.5
257
Not enough data
8.3
165
Not enough data
8.7
167
Not enough data
8.1
173
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
152
Not enough data
7.5
154
Generative AI
9.4
6
7.7
246
10.0
6
7.5
243
9.7
6
Feature Not Available
Communication
10.0
101
9.2
698
|
Verified
9.8
107
9.0
723
|
Verified
9.9
96
8.1
509
9.8
103
9.0
664
|
Verified
9.7
36
7.3
295
Internal Use
9.8
106
8.2
616
|
Verified
9.6
39
8.9
677
|
Verified
9.6
41
8.6
646
|
Verified
9.6
37
8.6
628
|
Verified
10.0
97
8.8
634
|
Verified
9.9
102
8.5
599
|
Verified
Platform Basics - VoIP Providers
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
6.5
11
Not enough data
6.2
10
Not enough data
5.8
11
Not enough data
5.8
10
Not enough data
6.5
10
Basic Communication
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
37
Agentic AI - VoIP Providers
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
6.2
7
Not enough data
6.7
7
Access
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Advanced Features
Not enough data
6.7
39
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
39
Agentic AI - Visitor Identification
Not enough data
Not enough data
Consumer Intelligence
Not enough data
9.1
630
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
518
Not enough data
8.5
559
|
Verified
Reporting
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
524
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
648
|
Verified
Media Monitoring
Not enough data
8.5
518
Not enough data
7.3
199
Not enough data
8.3
511
In-House Management
Not enough data
8.6
503
Not enough data
8.6
503
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
138
Agentic AI - Online Reputation Management
Not enough data
5.2
11
Not enough data
5.3
11
Not enough data
5.9
11
Not enough data
5.8
11
Not enough data
5.6
11
Not enough data
5.6
11
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Customers.ai and Podium are categorized as Conversational Marketing, Chatbots, and Live Chat
Unique Categories
Customers.ai is categorized as Sales Engagement, Visitor Identification, Lead Capture, Lead Intelligence, and Retargeting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Customers.ai
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Podium
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
35.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Computer Software
5.3%
Retail
3.6%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
2.2%
Other
46.4%
Automotive
19.9%
Retail
13.8%
Consumer Services
9.1%
Construction
7.9%
Furniture
6.2%
Other
43.0%
Discussions
What is MobileMonkey chat?
4 Comments
AW
An automated way to contact & engage with leads or customers & gather information to help you continue marketing to those leads & customers on multiple...Read more
Is mobile monkey free?
2 Comments
AW
Yes, most of the basic social media lead generation features are free. The more in-depth lead conversion & funnels are not free...but are reasonably priced.Read more
Can I sync user labels on page with MM's tag?
1 Comment
DG
Hi Qiao, yes you can! When you connect your Facebook Page with MobileMonkey, we sync all of your existing Facebook Inbox labels as tags. Read more
How can I make people interact with the chat feature better?
3 Comments
JJ
Let them know about how easy it is to connect to the company they are using. It's a direct connection between the customer and service techs.Read more
How can online reviews help my business?
2 Comments
VL
In a day and age of online reviews, the majority of the people nowadays are choosing their services/companies based on their online popularity/reviews. Read more
How do I edit my templates ( If this is not a permissions issues )
2 Comments
JP
If it is not a permissions issue then to be honest I am not sure. You can create new templates. When I login to Podium on a computer it tells me that you...Read more
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