The Magazine Manager

RATING:

4.71

(261)

About The Magazine Manager

Founded in 2003, The Magazine Manager is a web-based CRM solution designed to help digital and print publishers streamline operations in an ever-changing media environment. Magazine Manager’s rapidly expanding product line includes a world-class customer relationship management platform, a robust sales pipeline opportunities module, an order management system that handles print orders, events, and digital products, a complete editorial module, the most powerful billing module in the magazine media industry, a detailed accounts receivable system, a complete reporting suite, and an audience development platform that includes a landing page management system, email marketing automation, website visitor identification platform, competitor insights, and an email verificati...

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The Magazine Manager Reviews

Overall Rating

4.71

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for The Magazine Manager

1 - 5 of 267 Reviews

User Profile

Brad

Verified reviewer

Media Production, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed November 2018

MM meets all our needs!

Efficiency! Completely integrated CRM and Billing platform allows total integration among team members

PROS

It knows our (magazine) industry front to back and the customizations are all built in and ready to use

CONS

Reporting doesn't give me exactly what I need all the time

Vendor Response

Thanks for the great review! We are ecstatic to hear that we are delivering what you need for your business. Stay tuned for our new reporting suite coming soon and feel free to provide feedback on what specific reports you may need via our ticketing system or contact us page: https://www.magazinemanager.com/contact

Replied June 2019

LeAnn

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2022

Stop Shopping - you have just found the best CRM for your Sales Team

its been a great experience. The training that your team provides with the support/help desk allows our company to do what we do best, SALES. I don't have to put a training module together for new hires, you've done that for me. And I know that if I need anything your a point/click away with help - love that~

PROS

The product is SUPER easy to use. Not every person thinks the same and in Magman there are several ways to do the same task, I like that. When I train new users on how to use the software, I can tell them how I like to do a search for a contact (for example) and give them other options as well. Its fun to see the 'ah-ha' looks on their faces when you've found a way to do a task that fits how their brain functions.

CONS

The only con I can think of right now is that Magman calendar doesn't sync with Microsoft Outlook. I understand that is a 'Microsoft' issue but ultimately to have our email calendars/Microsoft teams sync with the Magman calendar would be Phenomenal!

Reasons for switching to The Magazine Manager

we wanted more of our software to talk to each other, Magman gave us the ability to link our CRM and our Production software

Vendor Response

Thank you for the amazing review, LeAnn. We appreciate you! Regarding an integration with Microsoft Outlook Calendar, that item is currently on our agenda. We hope to have that released within the next month or so.

Replied July 2022

Kyle

Publishing, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

Great product , a must for any magazine publisher

we use it for end to end management of life cycle of our products from CRM to proposals to invocies and flatplans

PROS

its ease of use and time saving in the sales process manages all asspects of the life cycle of a publication

CONS

if you get into areas without cel coverage you lose connection to software

Reason for choosing The Magazine Manager

it was a mature solution that met all the needs, get support ease of getting up and running

Reasons for switching to The Magazine Manager

the other software did not have time saving features

Vendor Response

Thank you for the great review, Kyle! We appreciate you.

Replied April 2023

Anonymous

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed April 2018

A solid product that can do it all, if you can figure out how to use it.

PROS

We were managing our printed magazine with a series of spreadsheets on Google until we jumped to Magazine Manager. Now our team has real-time access to billing, contracts, pagination and flatplanning. It hasn't been easy and continues to present difficulties, but overall I'd say using Magazine Manager has been a benefit for our company.

CONS

Though they've tried facelift after facelift, I feel that the product is just so complex and has so much "technical debt" at this point in time that it needs a complete rewrite from the ground up in order to feel like a modern product. It is complex software designed to manage complex businesses, but it just doesn't meet the user interface and usability we're accustomed to in 2018.

abbey

Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

MagMan Review

Very positive.

PROS

It is a full CRM, the add ons/integrations are great. They are continually working to improve and have terrific customer service.

CONS

It has been somewhat counter intuitive, but they are working to and have improved this in the time I've used the software.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the wonderful review, Abbey! We appreciate you.

Replied April 2023