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Backstory vs. Upland RO Innovation

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

MetricBackstory

by Backstory

Upland RO Innovation

by Upland Software

Overall rating4.54.1
Review count63019
Ease of use9.07.9
Ease of setup8.67.4
Quality of support9.28.7
Meets requirements8.97.8
NPS67.71004936.842105
Small Business10.7%5.3%
Mid-Market35.0%36.8%
Enterprise54.4%57.9%
Total page views1,01854
Total LLM citations2,77564

Backstory

Backstory (formerly People.ai) is the Revenue Answers Platform for GTM leaders. Revenue leaders ask the same questions every day: Is this deal real? Where's my risk? What do I focus on next? Backstory gives you straight answers - grounded in 100% of actual revenue activity, not CRM guesses. With more than a decade of training AI models on billions of sales interactions, Backstory connects every signal to the right accounts and opportunities and delivers answers where you already work - whether that's your CRM, Claude, Copilot, or other AI tools you already use.

Pros

  • Helpful
  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Use
  • Intuitive
  • Easy Setup
  • Customization

Upland RO Innovation

Upland RO Innovation is customer reference management software for companies that win. The platform enables businesses to automatically serve up the best customer references, when they’re needed, use AI to leverage intelligence from Sales Wins, and track the impact of references on sales. With integrations to CRM systems like Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and HubSpot, RO Innovation makes it easy to find customer references and testimonials to help sales teams close deals, faster.

Pros