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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gladly CX Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGladly Software headquartered in San Francisco offers their omnichannel customer service platform, providing one platform to oversee customer correspondences and also provide customer self-help.

    $38

    Per Month Per User

    Parature (Discontinued)

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AParature was a self-service customer support platform providing a self-service knowledge base to connect with customers across multiple channels. The company was acquired by Microsoft in January 2014 and reached EOL in 2017.N/A
    Pricing
    Gladly CX PlatformParature (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Task Based
    $38.00
    Per Month Per User
    Customer Facing
    $150.00
    Per Month Per User
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Gladly CX PlatformParature (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Gladly CX PlatformParature (Discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Gladly Software
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Gladly CX PlatformParature (Discontinued)
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Gladly CX Platform and Parature (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Gladly CX Platform
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Parature (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Gladly CX Platform and Parature (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Gladly CX Platform
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Parature (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Gladly CX Platform and Parature (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Gladly CX Platform
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Parature (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    IVR10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Gladly CX PlatformParature (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.1
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Gladly CX PlatformParature (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gladly Software
    Any business that has a customer base could benefit from Gladly. If you call, text, social media message, etc Gladly can do all of these functions and keeps all of these conversations easily located so that you can refer back to previous conversations. The ability to leave notes on the account is very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The single element of Parature I've not seen in any other system of this kind is the Download Module. You can post files in the open, or protect them by any number of entitlement methods. The solution is also appealing to those who don't want to manage the back-end/IT needs as it is a hosted solution and has proven to be very reliable.
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    Pros
    Gladly Software
    • Easy to use interface. Supporting customers is as easy as texting a friend.
    • True Omnichannel support system where all channels live on the same screen without the need to hop between applications.
    • Built-in knowledgebase (Answers) reducing team member ramp time and providing a template for consistent solutions for our customers.
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    • Clean/Friendly UI. It was extremely easy to navigate around Parature's menus at a high level, and you could take advantage of the more robust features as you became more comfortable and familiar with how Parature operates!
    • Strong Knowledge Base. Writing KB articles or ticket summaries and making use of the search function within Parature allows for expedient recovery of past ticket information. Being able to search for a fix action, or at least a troubleshooting article that can guide you towards a resolution is extremely valuable.
    • Enhanced Notation Capability. Being able to send/post internal or external updates to a ticket is great! You can leave the wordy technical details for other employees while making sure to communicate the high-points and fix action to the end-user.
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    Cons
    Gladly Software
    • When you cannot merge the customers' accounts
    • When the emails arrive with a delay
    • In the way we cannot edit or delete notes
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    Discontinued Products
    • Reporting is barebones at best. If you need special reports, we had to go through Parature to have them built.
    • The use of frames on a website is very 1990s. It actually impacts usability of the product, especially when combined with how Parature handled sessions. An engineer could only work one ticket at a time which, honestly, isn't very realistic for a busy support team that is working on several issues at a time.
    • Support was often unresponsive when contacted for unplanned problems.
    • The knowledge base was not very friendly for clients and it provided no real encouragement for it to be used.
    • It took several clicks to do something as simple as edit and assign a ticket or to close a ticket.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gladly Software
    Gladly really has all the information needed about a customer that you would need.If gladly does have a specified space for specific information you can add notes in multiple locations to remind you self of special circumstances. Gladly meets all our expectations and continues to provide a see less transaction
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Parature has been the best option for this campus in terms of what we use it for and there is no alternative
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    Usability
    Gladly Software
    In my 10+ years in the call center industry this has been by far one of the user friendly platform to use. It has been an easy tool to use and train new hires with that is self explanatory and not complicated at all for a agent level employee. Overall platform is easy to read and navigate.
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    Discontinued Products
    It was bulky, cumbersome, and didn't allow us to handle the volume of cases we received on a daily basis. Many of our issues were highly technical in nature and we would often need to work on 2 or 3 at once. The poor design choices prevented this, which was unfortunate.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Gladly Software
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    They recently had one very extended outage. It was a data center issue - but they were not diversified enough so in the end the system was down for almost 8 hours. There are also periods of time where for no reason the system simply doesn't respond. This small outages are usually short (just a few minutes), and have in fact been occurring less often, so it appears some corrective actions have been taken.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Gladly Software
    Gladly is always available to support its customers. That being said, we really haven’t needed support. The product is intuitive and stable. The reality is the support we receive is more collaboration on how we can help Gladly continue to revolutionize this space.
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    Discontinued Products
    Nothing ever seemed to get resolved
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gladly Software
    First of all, the ease of the platform, the way it helps us to make our job faster as they have the customer information on the left of our screenand we have it linked to Shopify. The fact that this program has helped our productivity is amazing, and also, during peak season, it Gladly CX Platform makes the days go faster and easier.
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    Discontinued Products
    There are services that do bits and pieces of what Parature does. We liked the idea of having one service that meets our needs
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    Return on Investment
    Gladly Software
    • This platform has improved the speed in which customer issues are resolved by providing a broad picture of customer need, profile and history.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Parature allows for better Customer Service
    • Can follow up automatically for tickets
    • Will automatically close tickets that haven't been responded to.
    • Allows customers to reopen tickets easily and not allow them to be missed.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Gladly CX Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Gladly's customer chat in actionScreenshot of a customer getting a flight update through GladlyScreenshot of a customer conversation with Gladly SidekickScreenshot of the call summary feature in Gladly