Good but frustrating
Let's be honest : I am a Swydo user. Swydo is awesome and does perfectly what it is intended to.
I wanted to try out Oviond to see if I could save some (big) money.
Sadly, the product is missing a lot a of small things that make it quite frustrating...
Pros :
- It delivers what is promised
- If it works how you need, it is an absolute bargain with an appsumo offer
- Tons of integrations, more than Swydo
- Interface is clean, self explaining
Cons :
- widgets are limited in configuration (see below)
- some bugs
- Bing ads in not available, but on roadmap... Which is often delayed / forgotten after AppuSumo's money pouring in :\
Features lacking in oviond :
- can't show a graph for last 12 monthes (limited to last 3 monthes)
- cannot limit number of items displayed (like in GA : source / medium, you get 119 pages of results)
- cannot filter (if you want only some campaigns or goals type) <= this is critical for Google Ads, where you may want to avoid mixin display results with search
- connot chose some campaigns in Google Ads (all or 1 only)
- Too big widgets are cropped in pdf format, no way to handle that
- can't send pdf by email automatically
Bugs :
- Using numkeypad enter reloads the page (does not validate act as a clic on "save")
- Creating a new page freezes app, need to relaod page (but work is done though, so not a ig pb)
CONCLUSION :
Buy a code, test it. If you feel like it is good enough for your needs, Go buy more codes !
I am really hesitating, as my needs are not covered and I feel like it will not be...
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Below is the answer from Oviond (I sent them that review)
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Hi David,
Thank you for your email. Apologies for the delay, we haven been dealing with a high number of queries and are working hard to address them all.
I would like to take this opportunity to address some of the concerns you have mentioned:
Cons:
Bing Ads is definitely something that we will look into adding. We build out integrations according to users popularity and how is is fitted it is with our app.
Features lacking:
With regards to being able to show data for the last 12 months, it really does depend on the integration you are looking at. Some integrations restrict Oviond from pulling the data for that far back.
This is definitely something that we can add to our roadmap and our team
can look into. We build and adjust integrations according to our users needs blush
We can only report on all campaigns or one at a time, but this is definitely a feature that we can look into adding.
The PDF formatting as well is definitely something that we can look into. We appreciate the feedback.
With regards to the PDF via email, when you share the link with your client, on their report page they will have the option to PDF the report. Hence why we do not offer this feature.
Bugs:
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have created a ticket for you and have passed these bugs do
Chris_Oviond
May 9, 2024Hi There
Thanks for taking the time to post such a detailed review! We really appreciate your input and feedback. I have replied a couple of your comments below.
"Let's be honest : I am a Swydo user. Swydo is awesome and does perfectly what it is intended to.
I wanted to try out Oviond to see if I could save some (big) money."
Swydo is an awesome product. I think it's important to remember that Swydo is a well established SAAS company with venture backing. In principal Oviond solves a very similar problem to Swydo but in a very different way. You may find that in some ways Swydo may be a little further ahead right now, and in others Oviond may be a little better. I think it comes down to which company is the best fit for you in terms of the general tool architecture UX and product direction and readiness/completeness of integrations vs your current marketing stack. There are lot of variables at play here and Swydo / Oviond are fixing a very complicated problem.
Bugs :
- Using numkeypad enter reloads the page (does not validate act as a clic on "save”)
Thank you for reporting this. It has been noted and our team is looking into this.
- Creating a new page freezes app, need to relaod page (but work is done though, so not a ig pb)
Could you please confirm which browser you are using?
This should not happen. I am going to have one of my team reach out to you and get you sorted here.
Again, Thank you so much for your review.