Gorgias vs. Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gorgias
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Gorgias is a Conversational AI platform for ecommerce used to drive sales and resolves support inquiries. Built for Shopify but featuring integrations for WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, and PrestaShop.
$10
per month 50 monthly tickets
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Spiceworks offers a set of free tools for IT network management and help desk support ticketing. The inventory management system essentially provides comprehensive device information for asset management.
$0
Pricing
GorgiasSpiceworks Cloud Help Desk
Editions & Modules
Starter
$10
per month 50 monthly tickets
Basic
$50
per month 300 monthly tickets
Pro
$300
per month 2,000 monthly tickets
Advanced
$750
per month 5,000 monthly tickets
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Custom ticket volume
Core Plan
$0
Premium
$6
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GorgiasSpiceworks Cloud Help Desk
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing. Additional cost for automated ticket handling.
More Pricing Information
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Features
GorgiasSpiceworks Cloud Help Desk
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Expert directory9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Ticket response10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
7.0
Ratings
11% below category average
External knowledge base10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
10.0
Ratings
25% above category average
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
8.9
Ratings
13% above category average
Customer portal10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
IVR10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Social integration10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Email support10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GorgiasSpiceworks Cloud Help Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
Gorgias is one of the easiest platforms I've used, as it was easy to navigate. You can customize your views so you can easily track them. The shared views are also specific and convenient. The search button is also one thing I like, as it easily shows what you're looking for with just keywords, email addresses, or any information.
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Spiceworks Help Desk from the user end is very simple. Once you submit your technology needs, I automatically receive an email stating that my ticket was received and is being processed. It's also helpful to have the VNC feature so that my IT department can automatically VNC into my computer if it's a quick fix. At times Spiceworks Help Desk can be tricky because as someone who's not in a Tech role at my company, it can be hard to describe what I need assistance with writing.
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Pros
  • Gorgias AI, it able to replied to tickets with the brand of voice and the approached that aligned with our brand voice.
  • Integrations that can be connected to multiple shopify stores, including messaging channels.
  • Auto tagging on ticketing better categorizing when search.
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  • It helps to multitask, even on the go with the mobile App.
  • We can customize to meet your needs with automated responses, notifications, and templates.
  • Detailed reports allow managers to keep track [of] and analyze data.
  • Allows for a database to store notes helpful for future tickets.
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Cons
  • Maybe in sending our response, it would be nice if the undo button was longer than 5 seconds.
  • Alt + enter should be disabled as we could accidentally press this, and the emails are automatically sent.
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  • I have always wanted a way to redirect a support request into another IS bin, such as a development task.
  • It's possible to extract the data from the Spiceworks database, but it would be helpful if the process to do so were easier.
  • Improved ability to customize the system generated emails to improve the formatting and company branding.
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Likelihood to Renew
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There is no contract to renew, since it's free. Spiceworks has helped me so much that I couldn't imagine trying to replace it with a different product. I'd have a hard time finding a single product that does everything that Spiceworks does, let alone one that does it as well as Spiceworks and for free
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Usability
It's pretty straightforward, but it does take a little getting used to for many people. I would almost recommend having an "expert" have someone sitting nearby to coach the user for their first experiences with the software, as well as setting options to be limited. As otherwise, there can be moments that are just too much at once for some users
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1. Its free. 2. Its easy to install. 3. You can have it up and running in under 1-hour. 4. You get dashboards that are easy to read so you know the state of your network. 5. You can create your own reports and not just the ones already installed. 6. Excellent tool for network administrators and security practitioners. 7. Did I mention that its free?
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
We use it both locally on our own server so up time is decided by us and we also use the hosted help desk. We have never had an outage of that.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
Spiceworks has been working out of the box, and some of the basic customizations have been successful with just our internal staff handling. We don't have any other issues with the tool. It provides us with the inventory information we want in a quick and concise report in a variety of formats for our team.
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
If you can spin up a VM to run it on, you'll thank yourself later. If you have remote sites, set up a local server (or dedicated computer) at each site and set them up as remote collectors for the main site. You'll save time and bandwidth
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Alternatives Considered
We selected Gorgias from Zendesk based on its Shopify integration. Given how many stores we were managing the team needed to quickly find all of a customer's information in an email. We preferred it to Zendesk. However, now that I use intercom I have many more features such as surveys, topics, extensive reporting, auto tags, and series I prefer intercom for my work now
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EGroupware UI is clunky and hard to use, Jira is great but the pricing is expensive in comparison with spice works that has a free version and you can test it out properly before buying and make a correct decision based on your business plan and company objectives with the right software.
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Return on Investment
  • Drastically reduced our response time from 2 business days, to 2 hours on average.
  • Made it easier to sync data for damaged item, allowing us to better understand damages.
  • Allowed us to easily see that statistics of what kind of issues we are seeing from our customers.
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  • Positive - Allow organizations to implement structured Help Desk procedures.
  • Positive - IT can begin to quantify their tickets and uncover needs within the organization.
  • Positive - IT can develop a solid roadmap with [the] management of future needs, equipment refresh schedules, etc.
  • Positive - IT can pinpoint employees who may need extra training or updated equipment based on historical ticketing data.
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