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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Answerbase

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Answerbase is a knowledge management platform for customer support and e-commerce, allowing users to ask questions, receive quality answers, and browse content and articles to meet their demand for information about your products and services. Each system comes with administration and moderation tools that are designed to help companies customize, manage and grow an engaging platform. According to the vendor, advanced features like moderation, user group management, actionable content insights,…

    $49

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    Salesforce Experience Cloud

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement (formerly Salesforce Experience Cloud or Salesforce Community Cloud) is an online forum powered by Salesforce that enables businesses to connect with their employees, customers, partner organizations, and prospects. Designed to help facilitate communication and information sharing, customers can ask questions and request help, administrators can integrate data from third-party apps, and employees can collaborate across projects and…N/A
    Pricing
    AnswerbaseSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $49
    per month
    Professional
    $149
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Quote
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnswerbaseSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnswerbase Enterprise allows for 100% custom adaptations and developments to take whatever ideas, new functionalities or integration requirements you may have and make them a reality. Our knowledgeable team will manage setup, integration, and provide web-based education and training to make sure your team has all the tools and information they need to successfully manage and grow your site. Therefore, we organize a quote on a per customer basis only for customers interested in an Enterprise implementation.—
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    Community Pulse
    AnswerbaseSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Lumin Creative
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    AnswerbaseSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Answerbase and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Answerbase and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Answerbase and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Answerbase and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Answerbase and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Digital Experience Platform
    Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Answerbase and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Campaign management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud enablement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content aggregation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content classification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer data analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-website management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Digital asset management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Editorial workflows and task management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AnswerbaseSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AnswerbaseSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lumin Creative
    We implemented a Q&A board since we felt this would be the best way to create high quality content for our team when discussing the next sales strategy process. Really aids customers who have purchased a product from our company to navigate any problems they experience as they can seamlessly check the community question board Increases networking opportunities
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce Experience Cloud is well-suited for organizations that have clients who periodically or routinely need to access historical data or documents. The product also offers an exceptionally effective tool to engage with customers around support/service issues and the entire Case management functionality built into the Salesforce platform. The product might be less well-suited in environments where there is exceptionally high staff turnover within customer accounts, or where there is a substantial lack of very basic computer skills.
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    Pros
    Lumin Creative
    • Increases your team to collaborate with each other as you are available to post questions that more people can answer to express and opinion or idea
    • Browse existing community pages to see if your question has been answered
    • Allows you to share relevant documents with specific staff
    • Excellent customer service support team that are always on hand to help
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    Salesforce
    • Complete integration with the Salesforce ecosystem. Data displayed in your Community portal reflects records from a Sales Cloud organization
    • Highly customizable. A Community Cloud portal can be totally customized both visually and with different funcionalities with little to no coding skills required
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    Cons
    Lumin Creative
    • Onboarding checklist would be a great addition as setting up can be complicated
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    Salesforce
    • The documentation for implementing Experience Cloud can be a bit confusing as their rebranding hasn't made it's way into all articles, resulting in different terminology being used to refer to the same thing
    • Some things are not as intuitive regarding their customizability, so there's a bit of a learning curve (i.e. Lightning apps can't be used to customize layouts in Experience Cloud)
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    Usability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Usability is pretty streamlined, especially if you're familiar with other Salesforce products, but even if not, take it from me, as I just entered the technological space about two years ago, that this product is pretty simple to learn. You don't have to jump in with your head underwater. Small wins and learnings along the way are what foster long-term understandings and enable your evolution alongside the product. I definitely recommend Salesforce Trailhead along with it
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    Performance
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    It's delivered on our original requirements and we've found ways to grow its usage. We continue to build on our original success and we can report our data out to leadership to show a true return on investment which is great for growing support and expanding uses for the system.
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    Support Rating
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    We have weekly calls with our Salesforce reps. They bring new ideas to the table and help with taxonomy builds. They have also answered many questions and connected us to the right people for us to grow our knowledge and utilization of the platform. They are a good partner overall in comparison.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lumin Creative
    Just from a personal viewpoint, I feel that the ease of use with Answerbase is amazing and with first class customer service support team, that could not be more friendlier and helpful. The decision was easy and they designed specific requirements that met our needs. It has really complemented our workforce and saved time.
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    Salesforce
    I have used Datatel/Colleague/Recruiter before. There were issues because only one person at the institution was able to have the student's record open at a time. This was problematic when collaboration between departments was necessary especially in the case of admissions, financial aid, and registration. We also had to do our work and then log out before asking a questions of another department. Sometimes simultaneous use was necessary. However, this was years ago and they may have since updated the program.
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    Return on Investment
    Lumin Creative
    • Increased collaboration in the workplace
    • Saved time on staff asking the same questions
    • Provides customers a 'live' community to liaise with
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    Salesforce
    • Improved online admission application completion rates from mid-60%s to mid-80%s.
    • Positive user experience from start-to-finish to leverage one data system for all prospective student data
    • Fewer data integrations transforming and loading sensitive student data by leveraging Salesforce Community Cloud to access already existing data
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Answerbase Screenshots

    Screenshot of Each customer has access to an Admin Site where they can access the tools they need to effectively manage all of your content, users and access.Screenshot of The public interface comes with a standard template. Customers are encouraged to customize the look and feel, so that it is accomplishes their goals and accurately reflects their brand.Screenshot of Each admin and moderator has access to a “My Work” area where they can see their content assignments.Screenshot of Admins and moderators have advanced tools for moderation to control each piece of content from one area.Screenshot of Admins can have full control over customization to accomplish any look and feel they want.Screenshot of Widget builders and API’s empower you to accomplish even the most sophisticated integrations or even build your own Answerbase-powered Q&A applications.