Choosing the Right Software for Your Needs

If you’re in the online space building your business, chances are you’re already using at least one type of software to run your business. In fact for many business owners, you’re likely using multiple softwares to run different aspects of your business.

It can be a daunting decision to figure out exactly what you need from a marketing software in the beginning. On top of that, to be honest, you want to avoid making frequent changes to your marketing software, if for no other reason than because all marketing softwares take a bit of time to set up and optimize for your business.

So with that in mind, it’s important to make sure that your marketing software has the ability to grow with you and support you in the long term. The last thing you want is to find out you need a more robust software when you’re a couple years in and already have a lot of irons in the fire. 

We all know that when it comes to marketing software there’s a lot of fish in the sea, and what’s one of the big names that you always hear about? ClickFunnels. While ClickFunnels does offer a lot of funnel forward features [say that three times fast!] does it offer everything your business needs?

Let’s dive in and see how it compares to Social Fox, which we think is the best ClickFunnels alternative!

How Clickfunnels Compares to Social Fox

Before we break down and compare the details, care to guess what we think is perhaps the most overlooked aspect of any software [especially a marketing software that literally runs your business]? 

THEIR TECH SUPPORT AND TRAINING. 

This isn’t always the first thing that comes to your mind when you start looking for a new software and might not have been on your mind when you set out today to find the best ClickFunnels alternative. Seriously though, it can’t be overstated that the quality of support makes or breaks the software.

Your marketing software could be top notch but if all you get is crickets when you reach out with a problem [a problem that’s likely affecting your bottom line] that’s no bueno. Make sure you check out the support options that are available to you BEFORE you invest your time and money into a marketing software. 

If you want to take a look at how our Social Fox membership plans stack up to ClickFunnels, you can take a look at our full comparison chart below where we outline what features are and aren’t available with ClickFunnels. 

But to keep it concise [because, TBH, we could talk all day about tech stack comparisons] let’s highlight some of the major differences between ClickFunnels and what we believe to be the best ClickFunnels alternative, our Social Fox Diamond plan.

SUPPORT

Social Fox

• Account Fast Start 1 on 1 Zoom Call to get your account set up

• 24/7 Chat Support

• Searchable Help Library

• Weekly LIVE Zoom Group Calls for tech support and strategy

• Private User Community for masterminding and collaboration amongst business owners

• Monthly LIVE Zoom Group Trainings for email deliverability, business strategy, and more [plus more than 100 hours of recorded trainings].!

ClickFunnels

• Chat/Phone Support from 9a to 5p Eastern time

• Searchable Help Library

• Private Community for tech questions

• Knowledge Hub/Success Center with support articles
  

As you can see at Social Fox, we put a lot of thought and effort into making sure that our users are supported and have multiple ways to get the answers they need when they need them. In addition to that, the hands-on touches that Social Fox provides are unparalleled. 

SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION

Social Fox

• Direct integration with Facebook

• Direct integration with Instagram

• Direct integration with TikTok

• Schedule up to 90 posts to your social channels at once or individually

• Integration with Facebook Messenger

• Integration with Instagram DMs

• Lead capture directly via Facebook and TikTok forms

ClickFunnels

• No social media integration advertised

If you’re a business in the online space today, it’s likely that you have at least one social media channel that you’re using to drive traffic to your offers. With Social Fox you can integrate those social channels for a seamless lead generation system.

If you use paid and organic methods to drive traffic, check out our breakdown below of Advanced Analytics and Reporting to see how you can integrate your Facebook and Google ad reporting directly into Social Fox as well. 

MESSAGING

Social Fox

• Unlimited emails and email workflow automations

• Unlimited social media messaging

• Integration for SMS messaging and SMS messaging automations

• Integration for phone calls and voicemail drop automations

ClickFunnels

• Unlimited emails and email workflow automations

If you’re thinking forward in your business and want to have the flexibility to integrate your social media accounts and utilize automations for auto-replies for your social media messaging or to just message directly with your leads, Social Fox is a no brainer.

In addition to this, Social Fox has easy integrations that allow you to send SMS messages, make phone calls, and do voicemail drops in order to more effectively nurture and personalize your touchpoints.

CALENDAR MANAGEMENT

Social Fox

• Native Google calendar integration

• Unlimited calendars: these could be for specific team members, types of appointments, or events

• Seamless integration with workflow automations to send appointment reminders, allow rebooking/rescheduling, and charge for appointments if desired

ClickFunnels

• Calendar management only available through third-party embedding onto funnels

If discovery calls, paid consulting calls, or regular meetings with clients are a routine part of your day-to-day business, you can set that up completely in-house through Social Fox. Link your Google or Outlook calendar once and let Social Fox manage and sync your appointments for you.

ADVANCED ANALYTICS & REPORTING

Social Fox

• Advanced analytics for conversion rates on funnels (including A/B testing)

• Advanced analytics for email and SMS delivery

• Advanced Facebook ads reporting through social media integrations

• Advanced Google ads reporting through Google integration

ClickFunnels

• Advanced analytics for conversion rates on funnels (including A/B testing)

You might not be at a point in your business where you’re utilizing paid advertising heavily but it’s always nice to have the option to bring more qualified leads into your business.

By thinking beyond what functionality you might need right now, to what you’ll likely need in the future, you can cut down on the stress of having to move your contacts and funnels to a different platform when you realize you’re missing some important pieces in your business.

WORKFLOWS & AUTOMATIONS

Social Fox

• Unlimited workflows and email automations

• 43 ways to trigger a workflow

• 43 actions to take in a workflow

ClickFunnels

• Unlimited workflows and email automations

• 7 ways to trigger a workflow

• 21 actions to take in a workflow

If you’ve been on the fence up to this point, here’s one of the places where Social Fox really shines, and why we think Social Fox is the best ClickFunnels alternative. If you’re unfamiliar with workflow automations, they essentially have the capability to put aspects of your business on autopilot. 

Did someone download your lead magnet? You’ll want a workflow to send that lead magnet automatically and also send a follow up nurture sequence to build trust with your new lead. 

Did someone put your product in their cart but not purchase? You’ll want to send them a gentle reminder to not forget about their cart. 

This is the beauty of workflow automations, they do the heavy lifting so you, as the business owner, don’t have to. If you’re curious about the workflow automations that we think every business should have you can check out our post on that here.

When looking at Social Fox as a ClickFunnels alternative, Social Fox boasts more than 5x the number of workflow triggers meaning that you can automate 5x as many processes in your business, to free up your valuable time. In addition to that, Social Fox offers more than double the amount of workflow actions so you can have more flexibility in exactly what processes you’re automating.

Is Social Fox the Best ClickFunnels Alternative?

We think so! If you want the full breakdown, you’ll find it below. We’ve provided you with a cost and functionality comparison of ClickFunnels and Social Fox so that you can clearly see the added value you get [for a lower annual or monthly payment].

Not only do you get access to more services and therefore can create an entire software ecosystem for your business, you get to do this in one program and under one login. This means no more embedding different services on your funnels and no more using Zapier in an attempt to get all your business softwares to play nice with each other [only for one of those softwares to update and break your system].

Still on the fence? Jump on our calendar for a free demo call where a real live human will walk you through the ins and outs of Social Fox to see if it’s a good fit for you. We love showing our business owner friends the power of having an all-in-one marketing system, with built-in high ticket coaching, at their fingertips!