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Gist Reviews: 4.6/5 — Highly Rated

Gist Overview
What is Gist?

Gist is an all-in-one, feature-rich email marketing platform that empowers site owners to bridge the communication gap between them and their audience. The platform offers an email builder that lets users create and broadcast automated emails, upsell and cross-sell emails, consolidate multiple communication channels and provide access to live chat and chatbot widgets. The advanced cross-channel messaging features boost audience engagement and interaction and Gist’s free plan is quite comprehensive.

Company Gist
Year founded 2016
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Tampa, Florida, United States
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Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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Languages English
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  • Free plan is quite comprehensive
  • Supports advanced cross-channel messaging
  • Offers buildable forms and popups
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  • Clunky chat history functionality
  • Limited integrations
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215 Gist Reviews
4.6 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 17, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"All-in-one Support and Marketing Suite"
What do you like best about Gist?

- simple and fast set-up - Linking between crm and supportdesk - engaged support - messenger

What do you dislike about Gist?

- onboarding for new users could be even simpler - Visitor detection could be improved

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Support kb - Service desk

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 17, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
TM
Tobias M.
Online Nørd
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"Powerful all-in-one platform for sales and service"
What do you like best about Gist?

Live customer support and how easy it is to integrate a chat on our website

What do you dislike about Gist?

It was a bit hard to getting started because of all the features. Took some time to get a full overview of it all and how powerful Gist really is.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Customer support. It's a great benefit that I can turn people that contact me on live chat into actual leads.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 28, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Donald C. avatar
Donald C.
Founder, Head Of Business
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"Great set of email and marketing automation features, offers great value"
What do you like best about Gist?

UI/UX has improved by leaps and bounds, great mix of email marketing and live chat features

What do you dislike about Gist?

Looking forward to more email templates, would be good for new users

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Email marketing, chat support has improved

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 24, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great service at an adequate price"
What do you like best about Gist?

1. Software is constantly updating and improving. 2. They have responsive support that are always ready to answer any questions. 3. They are ready to help. They moved our knowledge base from another provider to make it easier for us to move.

What do you dislike about Gist?

1. They had some bugs in their WYSIWYG . However, these are now fixed. 2. Our email templates broken after one of their system's update

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been using Gist for several months for live chat, email marketing automation, and knowledge base. We switched from more expensive solution. Gist fully meets our needs and offers an adequate price.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Sammy K. avatar
Sammy K.
Marketing Manager
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"An electronic answering tool for leads"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist app for chatting is great and incredibly easy to set up on our business. It allows us to track user interaction on our web, enable us to recognize the consumer behavior on our homepage, and also monitor chat discussions. There is a great live view to show new users how to use the app. It lets us give our consumers even faster solutions based on our awareness.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Gist could enhance its usability for pop-ups and front ends to make a better incorporation into the homepage. Although Gist has a huge number of functionalities, this means that the advancement never gets as quick as I want, and even if updates are released constantly, they don't usually cover some aspects of the basic functionalities.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Gist as an electronic answering tool for leads who choose our reference and to schedule meetings, so it takes away the need to connect to clients or departments by using several programs. We also use Gist as a secondary tool for other activities, such as email marketing and customer service. This way, we don't have to pay separately for them.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 11, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Mikaela L. avatar
Mikaela L.
Marketing Staff
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"Gist: chat support, email marketing and integration of marketing services"
What do you like best about Gist?

The message and communication rules that alert our team about Gist App to consumer engagement are incredibly easy and fast. Also, chat updates are on the menu and things get even easier from a live view. Gist is a tool that must have any serious holder, as you're able to personalized meeting connections and to make the schedule more useful.

What do you dislike about Gist?

It is a useful database schema but a bit of a learning process, and luckily support is excellent and helpful, although this is perhaps something regular for every new member. Also, the price for every month it can be a bit expensive. I would like to see fast tip clips in the report to help you get a new project underway.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gist is used for chat support, email marketing, integration of marketing services and for every needs our customers may have. It helps the collection of lead and also has many methods at a single price. We are planning to build our base of knowledge through Gist and will soon be returning to email campaigns.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 25, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Victor G. avatar
Victor G.
Director De Marketing
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"It really delivers"
What do you like best about Gist?

We mainly used it for From a non-programmer kind of view it's very satisfying to get to install it and use it without any hassle. Also, their support team is really helpful and efficient.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The trial vs the pricing was a bit confusing.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has been a nice experience to useanother channel for our costumers to communicate with us.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 03, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Mark J. avatar
Mark J.
Technology Advisor
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"Simple to get started and plenty of features to explore"
What do you like best about Gist?

We've looked at a few similar products, and I think Gist has a very good balance of features vs simplicity.

What do you dislike about Gist?

There are a couple of missing features for Drip Email - such as BCC.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

The simplest and most direct way to get Drip Campaigns started means we have gotten twice as many campaigns done as expected.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 19, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
JG
Jonathan G.
Mr
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"Very easy set up, works great!"
What do you like best about Gist?

I am currently only using the live chat and it does what I need. It was very easy to set up myself on my website without having to be a programmer to be able to do that.

What do you dislike about Gist?

I am not using enough of the system to have anything I dislike.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

I needed a simple live chat solution on my website and the potential to have more options in the future. Gist gives me exactly that.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 03, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Craige H. avatar
Craige H.
Mindset & Accountability Coach
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"Really great product"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist has attempted to create the state of the art all in one platform for business. And it sure is. From Live chat to their email marketing the platforms works well and there's a lot more good features to come.

What do you dislike about Gist?

not much. wished their scheduling widget was unbranded.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Has helped me become more organized and structured with email marketing and support and also scheduling clients

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 01, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Kaushal B. avatar
Kaushal B.
Director & Co Founder
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"Best customer support Automation Product"
What do you like best about Gist?

In GIST, Email automation and event tracking are the best. In our SaaS Platform https://callerdesk.io , we are using all of its features whether its knowledge base for product information or its Live chat feature.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Basically all product and features are good but we have seen that, they are providing web forms which are quite basic and simple. Hope in future, they will upgrade it .

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using GIST for best after sales customer support services via knowledge base & live chat. Also using Email automation for connecting new prospects.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Oliver B. avatar
Oliver B.
Founder
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"Powerhouse rising"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist offers a lot of great features. I particularly like the fact that emails and website chat are integrated. This, along with data the platform gathers, segmentation and triggers enables advanced and personalised messaging to really keep users engaged.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The native pop-ups need a little more development. They offer great targeting options but lack the ability to add an image to the lightbox popup.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lead magnet delivery and drip feed email campaigns. User tracking and intel, website chat (when users are logged in).

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 06, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Samuel B. avatar
Samuel B.
Owner
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"Easy to use"
What do you like best about Gist?

I like that this is really easy to use : a simple js script to include in my application and I can have a tool to help my users.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The downside is that this is a saas application : very useful for my usage, but it means I cannot use the solution for some clients with strict cloud policies in europe

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can see the activity of my application and I track the pages they visited : this is helpful when I try to know how an user landed on a specific page

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 05, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"A great all in one tool for marketing"
What do you like best about Gist?

I like I got almost all the must have tools in one pack for communication. Advanced email automation that is just got a new function of graphical campaign builder. Also, my subscription is include a live chat and a chat bot and both works well with my sites. No slowing down or other script issues that are not common in this kind of services. If I had an issue the team was super responsive and helpful, that is essential for every business. The email delivery is great, so virtually no email has landed into spam folder. Finally, the knowledge base is an excellent alternative for other Saas solutions. We just started to use this feature and our team is very satisfied with the results. Interface: I like the UI that is modern, simple but highly usable. The developer is keeping taking care of it and the user experience is constantly evolving.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Rarely a few glitches can slow me down, but usually it's not a typical issue. Also, a few months back we experienced some email delivery problems, but the Gist team finally fixed it. It's hard to say a bad word about it. I'd like to see it have multiple knowledge bases.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's all about marketing communication. It solves the email marketing and chat needs. Also, the knowledge base is very handy for our company as we wanted to share tips and tricks and short tutorials.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 03, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Fahiem J. avatar
Fahiem J.
Senior It Consulant
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"Better communication = More conversion = More Moola"
What do you like best about Gist?

I like using Gist chat on my website, it helped me communicate with potential prospects that would otherwise have just bounced to the next site. The backend is cool with location information and captured lead details.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The URL to get to gist portal is a bit hard for me remember.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was getting alot of website visitors but very low conversions, I sell high ticket items and users seem to only convert once there is an element of trust. Gist helps with visits who do not want to email or phone but are more willing to shoot an instant message.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 30, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AN
Aleksandar N.
Content Manager
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"A pleasant smooth ride where you constantly get new surprises in the form of fancy new features"
What do you like best about Gist?

Analyzing and segmenting contacts has become a breeze. With their amazing segmenting feature, it becomes extremely easy to look at what your contacts are engaging with and automatically have a "bird's eye view" of your contacts.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The workflow builder/journey builder is not good enough for us to switch over to a higher-level of gist. We're currently using a lower plan that doesn't include the journey builder. So we combine our Gist account and use it alongside an AutoPilot account (because that one has a better journey builder). And also because of a few quirks (custom fields on gist have weird limitations that autopilot doesn't).

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Tracking lead engagement with our marketing material.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 29, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AR
Ale R.
Editor
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"Nice solution for email marketing, support and livechat"
What do you like best about Gist?

I use several livechat and helps, what i like about Gist is they offert a nice solution for work with B2B and B2C What i like about gist is: - livechat - the email - the tracking url (you can view what pages the visitor view) - The marketing automation is good - Really Good integrations The best for my is the chat prompt because you can livechat, help and for capturing lead.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The founder (Jitta) is cool, but the support is really slow. They also face some delivery problem with the email they work and my account still get block it....so is really annoying Also... at fist, the plataform was really slow but they improved alot.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Insted of using a "pop up" we use gist on landing page like livechat, help and for capturing lead. Very usefull. Is really usefull, for selling, contact or support.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 29, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Excellent Email Marketing & Funnels Software."
What do you like best about Gist?

Easy to use, email marketing suite. I have LTD and since i have started using it in 2018, there has been lots of changes as promised by Gist Team.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Email templates are lacking. Though it's in the roadmap, currently we have to configure the template in HTML/CSS. I am sure the team is working on Email templates for Pro Users.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it for email marketing and alternate to Mail Chimp.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 27, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AY
Abu Y.
Proprietor
Share
"I was an early Gist adopter..."
What do you like best about Gist?

...and from being a very basic software it has come on in leaps and bounds, so much that I now use it as my main software for all things marketing

What do you dislike about Gist?

Sometimes integrations can be a bit slow as others systems don't recognise Gist, but this is changing

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of use, drip campaigns, on-boarding

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 25, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
MB
Madhav B.
Marketing Lead
Share
"Good for bloggers"
What do you like best about Gist?

Live chat is great, drip emails are quite good, support is GREAT

What do you dislike about Gist?

Mobile app could be better and too many features in the app atm

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gist helps in running my blogging business. I used 5 tools before and now I use just 1.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"It has been awesome so far"
What do you like best about Gist?

Features. Seriously, the developer listens and rolls out features faster than any other app I have seen. On the top, UI is pretty good.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Nothing much to be honest but on the first user, the whole workflow thing seemed a bit complex.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are primarily using gist for live chat support. Customer's love the UI and we love helping them. It has resulted in a better conversion rate.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great all in one email marketing"
What do you like best about Gist?

Website visitor tracking and triggers for email campaigns

What do you dislike about Gist?

Limited crm features and no sales pipeline

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

automating email marketing

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 22, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Andrew B. avatar
Andrew B.
Career Mapping Navigator | Teacher Of Self Education | Online Course Creator
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"Ready For Marketing Prime Time"
What do you like best about Gist?

Love the updated interface and ease of installing on wordpress with the plugin. It's got everything. I was skeptical that one program could provide so much (email, website/social chat integration, marketing, forms integrations, workflows, calendaring, bots) AND do it without causing heartburn or with missing features. As a founding user, it was first called ConvertFox. When I signed up, I was excited, but found that the tool was really in Alpha status. I've seen it through both Alpha and Beta, and I really feel that the wait was worth it. The tool is now really well positioned to make a splash in the integrated marketing space. I am really encouraged at the cadence in which the development team is releasing new features.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Customer service is spotty at best. Often a boilerplate/scripted response to a specific request. Although, I haven't had to reach out to support much recently because the program is running so much better. Would be nice to have more communication.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Setting up autoresponders, chatting with website users and online course students, tracking users on website and marketing products and services.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AE
Albert E.
Founder
Share
"Fine"
What do you like best about Gist?

Big Umbrella towards the service yet its considered to be a good platform with a general backbone in the system and the entire services given to customers through gist

What do you dislike about Gist?

A bit complicated at first with multiple options towards new users that might be too much at first. moreover the default interface might be a bit complicated for new users

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Containing one platform towards the entire Customer Service umbrella, alongside providing a conclusive base ground to be using for one user instead of multiple platforms

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 13, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
RS
Rini S.
E Learning
Share
"Good chatting tool"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist chatting tool is awesome and it has great with their workflows and so on. Sequences can be used for cold reach outs.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The bot chat flows can be much better. There are a few issues with the tool which need to be addressed in a timely manner.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Live chat, is an easy way of using templates, the latest conversations, and the user details.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 21, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Gist Review"
What do you like best about Gist?

I like that they have a free option give you the ability to decide if yo nne dit

What do you dislike about Gist?

I am not fully aware of all features that are offered. I salos wish I could downlads an application to use the produce and not have to be a on a web browser.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are trying to reach out to our customers directly.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Good livechat and marketing software"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist is a good for our sales department with its email marketing tools, workflows and more. It is also our main support service thanks to its chat, meetings and more.

What do you dislike about Gist?

They don't have a good support service; they reply every 24 hours or more, which I think is too much for a live chat service. On the other hand, they restrict functions without previously notifying the client and without providing any detail about the incident. Finally, I have noticed that there are serious customers, as they tend to make offers that are not met in reality.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We boost our sales funnel thanks to Email Marketing, control of interaction with automated events and we convert many more prospects into users thanks to Gist.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 19, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Kwabena O. avatar
Kwabena O.
Co Founder
Share
"An Awesome Piece of Software"
What do you like best about Gist?

Forms, Emails, Messaging and Event Tracking

What do you dislike about Gist?

The live chat can be improved to be more personalized

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems ? Nothing Yet, Benefits Yes... I have seen a high open rate of my emails, and we can track user events on the site now. And this has increased user engagement and sales

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 02, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AS
Adithya S.
Co Founder
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"I have been their user since their first launch and I am loving it especially for their CHAT widget"
What do you like best about Gist?

Comprehensive features, great interface and support. The team is always reachable and are coming up with frequent updates.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Little concerns during their pre-launch which I think is too late to discuss now as it is nearly 3 years since I subscribed

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Live conversation with our website visitors. Easiest to connect and chat from their mobile app

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 17, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Michael K. avatar
Michael K.
Co Founder And Cto At Diine Out
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"Has potential to be a serious contender"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist's Live Chat is very easy to administer from email, desktop, and mobile app, and syncs seamlessly between the 3.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Lacks the polish of mature platforms like Hubspot, but it's a minor inconvenience.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Live Chat is easy to implement on any website and syncs perfectly making it easy for me to talk to site visitors.