G2 Vendor Directory

Pencil vs. Connect

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPencil

by Pencil

Connect

by Bridge

Overall rating4.74.8
Review count1627
Ease of use9.09.0
Ease of setup9.29.0
Quality of support9.99.7
Meets requirements9.19.7
NPS81.2592.592593
Small Business75.0%60.9%
Mid-Market18.8%13.0%
Enterprise6.3%26.1%
Total page views374385
Total LLM citations8,890308

Pencil

Pencil is the enterprise agentic marketing OS. It is the only platform covering the full marketing workflow, from brief to results, with AI agents at every step. Built for enterprise marketing teams, Pencil replaces fragmented tool stacks with a single operating system where every step lives in one place: insights, briefing, planning, creation, adaptation, approval, deployment, activation, analysis, optimisation, and reporting. AI agents handle the repetitive production work while humans stay on strategy, creative direction, and sign-off.

Pros

  • AI Technology

Connect

CONNECT, powered by BRIDGE, makes digital advertising seamless, offering agencies, small businesses, media companies, and enterprises a powerful way to plan, build Data Safe℠ audiences, activate, and measure campaigns—all with no platform fees. Our solution lets you intuitively create custom consent-based, privacy-compliant PII audiences of real people for each campaign. Once your audience is created, launch campaigns across Email, Social Media, Display, CTV/OTT, and Audio, reaching people where they’re most engaged.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Audience Targeting
  • Campaign Management
  • Customer Support
  • Easy Setup
  • Results Performance