Back vs. Spoke

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Back
Score 0.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Back is a collaboration and automation platform that enables internal service and business operations teams to manage workplace requests in one platform. The digital workplace promised to improve work for humans. But instead of removing distractions, it multiplies them. Finding or filing a piece of information can be time consuming, as everything is scattered throughout various systems. Getting help for a problem from the right colleague isn’t trivial, as different teams often use…
$40
per agent per month
Spoke
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Spoke, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their ticketing and request management app designed to support IT help desks, HR, or management with handling employee requests and assistance needs.N/A
Pricing
BackSpoke
Editions & Modules
Business
€40
per agent per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BackSpoke
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BackSpoke
Features
BackSpoke
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Back
-
Ratings
Spoke
8.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Service restoration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
Back
-
Ratings
Spoke
9.0
Ratings
9% above category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
Back
-
Ratings
Spoke
8.3
Ratings
1% below category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Change calendar00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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Enterprises
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
BackSpoke
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BackSpoke
Likelihood to Recommend
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With our experience, it is very well tailored to organizing our work requests to the IT dept in a very organized, user friendly fashion. The 'smart' technology allows all employees to submit a ticket within their favorite software / process (e.g. Slack vs. email) and IT can field requests in a central location.
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Pros
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  • Machine learning: Spoke learns the answers to common questions and will offer answers when people submit requests.
  • Simple licensing: Straightforward, per-user licensing, that doesn’t require add-ons or hidden costs to use it fully.
  • Great customer relationship: Spoke is a hands-on partner in our organization, listening to our feedback and implementing our ideas.
  • Fast development cycle: The process, from the conception of new features to their general release, can be as short as a few weeks.
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Cons
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  • I don't have any feedback for this area as the product is still very new to us.
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Support Rating
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Any questions we've had were fielded in a very timely manner and their staff have been very helpful in our launch and ongoing inquiries. Internally, it has been very well received amongst staff and has increased efficiency, company wide
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Alternatives Considered
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Spoke outperforms ManageEngine Service Desk Plus on all levels. The user interface is a lot more user-friendly. Service Desk Plus did not offer any AI-driven auto-responses. They also did not offer any Slack integration which is the primary way (and preferred) that our employees prefer to put in tickets. This alone is worth its weight in gold.
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Return on Investment
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  • Spoke has been very cost efficient, more than paying for itself in gained productivity hours.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Manage requests in one intuitive platformScreenshot of Answer requests directly in the Back appScreenshot of Track the number of requests and the time spend