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Amy
Media Production, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Settled on the best
Excellent. We have had a few minor issues, and when we do, the team is there to talk with and explain. They are very accessible and responsive.
PROSSince I've been with our company, I've trained on two other subscription software programs. Both were loaded with tons of "extras" that made it very difficult to do subscription tasks. I love SimpleCirc because it is SIMPLE but thorough. No fluff. Easy to learn, and meets our needs.
CONSThe merchandise section, where we can put back issues for sale is not quite as customizable as I would like. But, again, SIMPLE so I'd rather it be easy to use than be more complex and require a ton of training to figure it out.
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
MagHub we still use for our CRM. But for subscriptions, they were pretty awful. Just never did what we really needed it to do. Renewals were very difficult and so was handling multiple gifts subscriptions and multiple gift renewals. Subscription Genius was awful, also; just very clunky to use, and always had "bugs" that made us look bad to our very loyal subscribers.
Lori Ann
Newspapers, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
The Norwegian American
Excellent; great customer suppor
PROSWeb-based; perfect for our remote team. Very easy to use.
CONSI would like to be able to distinugish between print and digital subscribers
Reason for choosing SimpleCirc
Offered what I needed
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
Interlink was not web-based and not good for our remote time. It also did not support auto-renewals.
Tim
Arts and Crafts, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
2
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed October 2023
New interface
I really enjoyed SimpleCirc until you redesigned it.
CONSYour new interface is horrible. The graphs on the homepage were good. The new interface is about as bad as it can be.
Bryan
Newspapers, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Keep it simple, Keep it Perfect
Awesome. When we find a vendor that is this easy to work with we love it.
PROSI love that it simply works and is correct each and every time.
CONSI don't really have any complaints with SimpleCirc. If I had anything it would be nice if SimpleCirc could provide routine assistance or review for us and help us, particularly with the things we may not know.
ASHLEY
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
Excellent Customer Service
The SimpleCirc team has been absolutely wonderful to work with. Top notch customer service. They're always there to help with questions and concerns and make you feel like they actually care and value your business. In a world where great customer service is far and few between, with many making you feel like just a number, we've been extremely impressed with SimpleCirc. The software has many great features such as address verification that will save you time. The navigation is very user friendly. It didn't take long at all to learn the new system and the SimpleCirc team was there every step of the way to make sure that things were going smoothly and we were happy before making the switch.
CONSThere are a few minor things that could be improved upon but I'm certain that they're likely to be updated if/when they're brought to the attention of the SimpleCirc team as they're always very receptive to suggestions. One thing, for example, would be that I'd like to see an option for sorting by user when pulling the cash sales reports. We're a unique niche publishing company that is happy to be able to use SimpleCirc to manage subscriptions on the road now (we go to farm/tractor shows), but there is also someone at the office taking subscriptions as well and we need to be able to easily distinguish the sales that were made at the show. We have created a separate user login for those employees using SimpleCirc at the show, but when we go to pull the cash sales numbers, there's not an option to be able to sort by user so that we can tell what income came from the show. I'm sure this could be accomplished with a data export, but it would be much easier and less time consuming to have a way to tell them apart when running the simple cash sales report.
Florian
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Finally an in-house solution for small and medium-sized publishers
We use SimpleCirc daily. It's easy to use and we're glad we made the switch. Migrating such large databases is never fun or easy, but SimpleCirc did an outstanding job.
PROSThe integration was very easy. SimpleCirc has all the features we previously had with a custom-built in-house software plus way more. Customer service is top notch. Auto-renew was a big reason we switched, but it takes a year to see it fully work.
CONSThe emails are limited in styling. On the dashboard you see how many active subscribers you have, but I'd also like to see how many active issues. Some subscribers get more than one issue, and having the issue numbers is very helpful when working on the print order. Of course I can get that number in 30 seconds by pulling a report and totaling the issues column.
Reason for choosing SimpleCirc
The other option we considered was fully outsourcing this department. In the end it's much nicer to do everything ourselves and keep the connection with our readers.
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
Our in-house solution lacked a lot of features we needed.
Lisa
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed May 2020
SimpleCirc is a fabulous product
We were using woocommerce and Subscriptions plugin on our website. It was AWFUL - it took forever, you had to put people in in multiple places, the mailing list wouldn't pull correctly - just AWFUL. I found other software options but they either didn't do quite what I was looking for or they were insanely expensive. When I found SimpleCirc, it seemed like the perfect answer. Even with my frustrations with some of the limitations, it's still been a huge help and I really like it.
PROSIts SO easy to manage our subscribers, our mailing list and handle renewals and new subscribers. That's really HUGE for us.
CONSI run into places where I can't do something I need or want to do and that's frustrating. I can't set up postage based on the amount my buyer spends - which I need for back issues and books. I have trouble finding things because I don't know if they are in the overall settings or in the publication settings - a streamlined settings page would help with that. I can't change things I want to change - like editing the sub categories in a custom field. I have to have somebody else do that for me. I can't make global changes, which I would like to be able to do but it's not as important as the things I've mentioned first.
Reason for choosing SimpleCirc
Your team seemed more apt to respond to change requests, your interface was simple and easy to use, your price point was great.
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
it was AWFUL - it didn't do anything we needed, it was time consuming, cumbersome, confusing and couldn't pull a mailing list correctly.
Becky
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
SimpleCirc lives up to it's name
Finally a product that says what it will do and it does it!
PROSIt's simple for us and simple for subscribers to use. YAY!
CONSWould love the ability to run our online store from the system also.
Reason for choosing SimpleCirc
Cost for the first. The second, The vendor could not provide access to the digital edition from their system to our subscribers--would not interface with BlueToad.
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
The vendor could not provide access to the digital edition from their system to our subscribers--would not interface with BlueToad.
KC
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
Perfect Solution for the Job and Affordable!!!
Absolutely amazing! I have been able to cut my subscription management expense by more than 75%. The system allows for better management, insight, and control which has improved subscription renewal rates and overall customer satisfaction. Everything a publisher could ask for, the low cost is just icing on the cake.
PROSThe software handles all of our subscription database management and usage needs - including all delivery options and platforms including digital and combo subscriptions. The interfaces is quick and not bogged down by any fluff, and is extremely easy to use. Staff training took only minutes and they were able to efficiently access and use - and even remedy pre-existing problems. I can't rave enough about this program, it makes every other option out there seem inefficient and overpriced!
CONSCould use some supporting how-to documentation however their customer services is so superior and quick it was not a problem at all.
Paul
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
Big Fans!
Excellent. Game Changer.
PROShow easily it makes renewals and address changes. In general how it manages our subscription list.
CONSI'm not always clear on how features work or how they are intended to be used to grow my business. I don't know where to find documentation on how to implement and use the. If I ask I get the answers but documentation or videos on how to use them would be better. If you are taking the time to develop a feature you must see it as a value and we would like to do whatever we can to grow our business.
Reason for choosing SimpleCirc
Managing duplicates and address changes. Customer service when we had glitches. (We look forward to being able to take PayPal again!)
Eric
Publishing, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
SimpleCirc for use as a newspaper subscriber system
The cloud-based SimpleCirc software really lived up to its name. For a group of small newspapers with limited circulation, it was just what the doctor ordered. Easy to learn and teach others to use, it doesn't have a bunch of options that you'll never use, and a number of options that you'll love to use. Plus, customer service has been excellent up to and including adding new features to make our experience with the system better. Check it out. Their try-it-before-you-buy-it period is an excellent way to get to know the system.
CONSMy only 'con' was the change in the way our previous circulation software tracked expiration by date, while SimpleCirc counts number of issues remaining. Once I wrapped my head around that, everything else was smooth sailing.
Jacey
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
Finally!
Wonderful!
PROSThe ease of use is wonderful! After working with a larger circ software program, this one seems like a dream. And if I do have questions or issues, the guys are great with a quick response and usually a fix. They're also really responsive to adding functionality that isn't there yet but that I need. I wouldn't switch back.
CONSI'd like to be able to have subscribers opt in to auto-renew subs. I'd like to offer both paypal and CC for payment options. I'd love to be able to sell print back issues with the use of a variable shipping costs table. However, even without these things, it's a win!
David
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2018
We are small publisher looking for an affordable cloud based product.
The fact that subscribers can manage their own account. It has saved us several hours per week of processing and re-entering orders in our server base system. It's very easy and simple to use and being cloud based we never have to worry about off-site backups. The customer support is wonderful
CONSYou have to have internet access in order to use the product and if your in a remote location it tends to lag a bit.
Amy
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
Security.Satisfaction.Sanity = SimpleCirc
We have shed the skin of an overly-complex, expensive data management software, with the help and support of SimpleCirc's accessible staff. They quite literally reply to my questions moments after I ask them, often with a return phone call and a conversation instead of a Q & A menu. The saying, "Garbage in, garbage out" is critically important to bear in mind in circ software. If the user experience is confusing or the management is complex, the exports and reports are doomed. It's a huge relief that SimpleCirc has made it their mission to make the front and back end virtually foolproof with no ambiguity to assure that what comes out is complete and accurate.
PROSDeveloped by publishing professionals, SimpleCirc knows that keeping perfect track of subscriptions is essential to success. They know what functions are necessary and, as importantly, which are not so the data is clean and correct.
CONSNo reflection on it, but I hate even slight learning curves. I want the impossible, which is to hit the ground running. It has taken me a short amount of time to realize that the developers HAVE really thought of every possible publisher need and expectation.
William
Media Production, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
The Bourbon Review
A great company with amazing customer service with outstanding pricing. They have gone out of their way to really help us get our subscription management under control and would highly recommend them to anyone needing subscription service help.
PROSThe price is more than reasonable and the customer service is top notch. The SimpleCirc team is amazing at implementing customizable processes and working with us to make our backend the smoothest as possible.
CONSThe UI can be hard to navigate at times and the report feature, though powerful, can be updated.
Anne
Broadcast Media, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
SimpleCirc
Easiest software to learn.
PROSVery easy to use. Easy to teach. Easy steps.
CONSNo refunds in system. If I make a mistake on a credit card.
Joseph
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
Makes list management easy
SimpleCirc allows management of active subscriptions simple while creating a stress free experience for customers. It also enables us to manage our renewals and expired subscriptions for both publications easily by printing email and direct mail lists for labels. The list management dilemma has been reduced to a few clicks. Thanks SimpleCirc!
PROSThis program is simple from a user perspective and enables customers to check the status of their subscriptions and renew online. It has cut the number of incoming calls to the office by half. We are no longer manually checking subscription status and taking address changes or renewals over the phone because of this customer interface.
CONSThe only draw back to the software is it requires a coder to customize the page. It is not required but in order to achieve some degree of aesthetics it is needed.
Sylvia
Newspapers, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
Simple Circ is easy to use
The support for Simple Circ was great. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] worked through the weekend to get us up and running. When we realized that we needed some additional fields, he made that happen. My experience with Simple Circ has been great.
PROSThere are many things that are great about Simple Circ. It is user friendly. Easy to understand and easy to use. The price is right. The support when starting up was awesome. They helped with adding specific fields and making it work for what we needed. This is a great product to house subscriptions for home delivery or mailing lists.
CONSIf you have single copy or buy sale relations with 3rd parties, this software doesn't accommodate those types of things. If you need to house and manage small lists for mailing or subscriptions, this is a great tool.
Gamzat
Media Production, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
The best solution in the market
The best value\price rate on the market.
PROSThis application is easy to use and covers all business activities linked with print magazine subscribers.
CONSLow level of customization (if you need something extra).
Mike
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2023
Simplecirc has solved, and is still solving, circulation and sales issues which we did ourselves
Getting teh renewal messages out is wonderful, as is seeing the renewals coming in.
PROSThe list management system is intuitive,, and clearly written by a publisher
CONSMinor criticism about using it. As a one-man publisher it can seem complicated. A film showing how a publication like Practical Farm Ideas has used it would be good.
Rodrigo
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2023
Essential for Publishers
Automated renewal efforts and customizable HTML templates.
CONSMerchandise and upsell display options are limited.
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
More versatility and innovation with SimpleCirc
Bill
Publishing, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Excellent Product
Simplecirc replaced our old circulation /subscription management system when they abruptl went out of business. The conversion was seamless, learning the operating procedures very easy and it handles all of our needs.
PROSSimplecirc and a very easy product to set up and learn to use. It handles all circulation and subscription managemeny functions very well.
CONSTherre could be more detailed reporting.
Reason for choosing SimpleCirc
More features for the money.
Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc
Inovva (publishing platform) went out of business.
Marlene
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed June 2020
Easy and simple to use
Keeps track of the payments by subscriptions.
PROSI like the way it can verify the address.
CONSThere is only stripe which is harder than square .
Alan
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2023
Good solution
SimpleCirc replaced a very old, custom-built circulation management system and is quite the upgrade. We truly love it.
PROSI needed a system that would bring circulation management under one umbrella. SimpleCirc has fit the bill perfectly. Easy to use. I particularly like the renewal efforts, email and while mail.
CONSI would use the SimpleCirc e-edition if I could embed it on my website also. That has been my one and only disappointment.
Sharla
Renewables & Environment, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Easy to use and budget friendly
SimpleCirc allows me to easily manage our subscriptions and renewals with a few clicks without spending a fortune.
CONSI would like to be able to use Constant Contact for renewals but I think that is still in the works.