Walter P.
WP
Walter P.
Adjunct Professor
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Data Visualization Uncovers New Opportunities"
5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

The reason we selected and continuously renew our account is the outstanding support we receive each step of the way. eSpatial invests in your success and wants you to be getting the most out of their platform. The "how-to" video sessions are a game-changer. After one or two training sessions, I was able to use the features very well and enlighten my colleagues on areas of our business that once on a map opened eyes within our sales, marketing, and operations teams. One will quickly find new uses and become better in the manipulation of data and show new relationships and opportunities to serve customers better and improve internal operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

I look forward to eSpatial offering USPS carrier routes as a data layer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Walter, thank you for your review. I love the headline you created as it does (and yes I am biased) encapsulate what we are about.

Regards Ronan

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David M.
DM
David M.
A
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"eSpatial is a great visual tool for mapping out leads, prospects, and current accounts."
4/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

I appreciate the visual representation of all of the accounts and being able to connect the accounts with different filters and tools such as heat maps. It is a great organizational tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

I don't like that I cannot share this with other people easily unless they also have an account. When I download a map and send it to someone, it is as if I am sending them a screenshot when I would like them to be able to click into the map and zoom in and zoom out so that it could show them the breakdown of accounts instead of having to send them 10 different screenshots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi David, Ronan here from eSpatial. Thank you for your review. We really appreciate the feedback too. We do offer map sharing as you know and understand your frustration as it is only available to licenced users. We take all feedback seriously and I'll pass it on to our product development team. Regards Ronan

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Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Clunky UX, useful for sales planners/revenue ops teams, but not useful for frontline sales reps"
2/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

Ability to visualize large sets of TAM data across our entire market, and break up territories in a way that was mathematically "fair". It transformed pissing matches between sales reps/managers and sales operations into data-driven discussions about TAM and conversion rates rather than emotional battles over who owned what territory and why. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

UX was challenging and overly complicated. Support was based in Europe, which made it difficult to reach them during US business hours without advanced notice. We were able to replicate many of the eSpatial features using Google Maps plotting along with TAM data we exported from Salesforce and found the eSpatial tools to be unnecessary. While the decisions made by our sales operations team were supported by the data, our sales team widely rejected them as we made the mistake of deploying eSpatial in tandem with updated compensation plans and quotas, as well as significant changes to sales rules of engagement for crossing into other territories. This led to a more than 50% decline in deals won, an 80% year over year decline in commissions and bonuses paid to sales reps and managers, and general mutiny throughout our revenue organization. Our SVP of sales and SVP of growth marketing were both fired within several months of rolling out eSpatial along with the other changes mentioned, and we lost 60% of our top producing sales reps to competitors because of the idealistic approach taken. The bottom line here is that the TAM data you feed into eSpatial absolutely MUST be both CLEAN and MEANINGFUL to your conversion rates. Simply splitting up territories by a number of potential clients in a specified area is not enough to ensure success. Our TAM data included hundreds of thousands of duplicate leads - many for small businesses that had been closed for years, or multiple spellings of the same lead. It also included large numbers of prospective clients who did not or would not be a fit for our offering, but that feedback was not taken seriously by our revenue operations or sales and growth marketing leadership. This left sales reps with territories that had been cut into 1/4 of their prior size because the bad TAM data showed that there was the same number of opportunities within the new, reduced territories as they had previously believed to exist in their larger territories. Sales operations leaders were running off the belief that sales reps (many of whom had been top performers for 5+ years) had been failing to uncover thousands of leads in their territories, which were in reality, non-existent or closed businesses. This, paired with quota changes and compensation restructuring led to the demise of our sales organization and impacted company culture and growth for over 2 years and we're still recovering from it. ALL THIS IS TO SAY THAT THE DATA QUALITY IS THE KEY HERE. Put in clean data and get out great insights. Put in bad data and get bad insights in return. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi there and thank you for your review. You highlight a number of issues which were outside our control. I couldn't agree more that the quality of your data is critical and I understand from your update it was a major factor. I am keen to address those issues we can address like support. Our support is based in Dublin, but we do cover US hours and pride ourselves on responsiveness and customer care. If we fell short I apologize. I would genuinely like to learn more about your experience, if you are open to a conversation? My email is rkilroy@espatial.com and I'll look forward to talking to you. Regards Ronan

Verified User in Automotive
UA
Verified User in Automotive
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good Mapping System for Corporate Customers"
3.5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

I like the user interface and how you can manipulate the layers and appearances of the maps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

The workspace layout is not great for file management, and it can be very slow to load at times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi there; thank you for your feedback. We make significant investments to ensure the user interface as easy as possible. I would love to learn more about your experience with the workspace layout. Are you open to a follow-up call so you can share? It will help us improve. Regards Ronan

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Verified User in Food & Beverages
UF
Verified User in Food & Beverages
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simplified trip routing"
5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

Fairly easy steps for creating daily travel routes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

Integration with our crm is not always smooth Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Thank you for your review. I'm interested to learn which CRM you use? We do have a seamless integration with Salesforce and our next release will have more major improvements. Reach out and we can discuss it further. Regards Ronan

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Jenny A.
JA
Jenny A.
Senior Database Analyst
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"eSpatial for Sales Ops"
4/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

Two things come to mind: The styling features and the ability to add data layers! Color coding data helps keep things straight, and I love the little eye icon that can open/close when you want multiple datasets displayed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

The sensitivity of zooming/scrolling can make drawing custom shapes difficult. I spend a lot of time getting the perspective correct to balance detail with scale. Additionally, the export features across all data sources are challenging to find. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi Jenny, Ronan here from eSpatial. I wanted to reach out and thank you for your review. In particular your feedback on zooming / scrolling. I'll be updating our product development team with your issue.

If you had time to further clarify what you mean by "export features across all data sources"? I wasn't 100% sure. Thank you again. Regards Ronan

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Verified User in Building Materials
AB
Verified User in Building Materials
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great program that's simple to use."
3.5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

eSpatial is very user-friendly, allowing us to spend little time implementing and training how to use the software. When we had issues, their excellent customer service was quick to respond. The drive time feature is fantastic as it allowed us to see how far we could drive in any direction within 30 minutes of our location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

We found that the American maps are much more detailed than the Canadian maps (e.g., additional roads and more city/town names). As a result, it was challenging to get a snapshot of all our customers within a 30 km radius of our central location as the smaller town names did not appear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi there, I wanted to personally thank you for your review. We really appreciate your feedback. I've noted your feedback and shared it with our product development team. We genuinely value new suggestions and ideas. Regards Ronan

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EC
Eric C.
Sr. Manager, Goal Setting Strategy
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"eSpatial has been a great partner and their platform helps us in many aspects of sales planning."
4.5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

A great onboarding/training program helps hit the ground running. The dedicated success team is quick to respond, takes feedback, and continues to check in on our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

Some functionality from our previous supplier is missing, but the eSpatial team has been open to new ideas and has implemented several enhancements based on our feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi Eric, thank you for your review. We really appreciate your feedback and we'll take on board your suggestions too. Regards Ronan

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John C.
JC
John C.
Client Services Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Great Tool for Mapping Customers and for Marketing"
5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

The ease of use. The platform makes uploading data and mapping extremely easy. This is not limited to just customer data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

Honestly, I have not found anything that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi John, Ronan here from eSpatial. I want to thank you for your review. Your feedback makes us proud that we are delivering as promised. Watch this space too as we roll out some new advancements this year. Regards Ronan

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Chase D.
CD
Chase D.
Quality Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to use limited in customization"
2.5/5
What do you like best about eSpatial?

How easy the program is to learn. Easy to import new data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about eSpatial?

Exporting maps is not customizable enough. There needs to be more base background maps to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Ronan Kilroy of eSpatial

Hi Chase, Ronan here from eSpatial. Thank you for your review. I have noted your request for more base maps and will let our product development know your feedback. Regards Ronan

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