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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HappyFox Help Desk

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AHappyFox is a web-based customer support ticketing system hosted in the cloud. It helps track and manage all customer support requests across multiple channels like email, chats, social media and phone in a centralized ticket support system.

    $29

    per month per user

    Help Scout

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AHelp Scout is help desk software. The vendor’s value proposition is that that their solution reduces time spent on training users because Help Scout is simple to use and set up and scales like any enterprise product. This solution includes multiple mailboxes to support as many email addresses as needed in order to work collaboratively across teams, and manage several products or brands from one account. Reports on conversation trends, team performance, productivity, and customer happiness are…

    $30

    per month starts with 100 contacts

    Pricing
    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $29
    per month per agent
    Team
    $69
    per month per agent
    Enterprise Plus
    $89
    per user/per month
    Pro
    $119
    per month per agent
    Growth - Unlimited Agents
    $23988
    per year 20,000 Tickets / year
    Scale- Unlimited Agents
    $47988
    per year 150,000 Tickets / year
    Scale Plus - Unlimited Agents
    $71988
    per year 1,000,000 Tickets / year
    Enterprise Pro
    Contact Sales
    Standard
    $30
    per month starts with 100 contacts
    Plus
    $90
    per month starts with 200 contacts
    Company
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts are offered for annual and biannuall billing on per agent plans.—
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    Community Pulse
    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Considered Both Products
    Tenmiles Corporation
    Chose HappyFox Help Desk
    HappyFox has a customer tracking gadget or capacity, which acts as a feedback and survey solution. The classification of complaints is another feature that HappyFox embraces. The escalation management has been a suitable experience for HappyFox. Calls and live chat are the …
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    Help Scout
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HappyFox Help Desk and Help Scout
    Feature
    HappyFox Help Desk
    9.6
    5 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Help Scout
    8.8
    19 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.05 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    Expert directory9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.04 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission10.05 Ratings8.118 Ratings
    Ticket response9.55 Ratings8.119 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of HappyFox Help Desk and Help Scout
    Feature
    HappyFox Help Desk
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Help Scout
    8.5
    17 Ratings
    8% above category average
    External knowledge base9.24 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.04 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of HappyFox Help Desk and Help Scout
    Feature
    HappyFox Help Desk
    9.1
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Help Scout
    8.0
    19 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Customer portal9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.03 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration9.43 Ratings8.011 Ratings
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    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 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
    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    7.1
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HappyFox Help DeskHelp Scout
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tenmiles Corporation
    Happy Fox works well in companies that want a full look at all of their tickets in one place. It may be better suited to smaller companies who can check or double check their tickets and have the time to spare. For bigger companies, I think there are better, more robust solutions.
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    Help Scout
    Small businesses that want a conversational type of customer support experience. Nothing wrong with support tickets, but it does make you feel like a number. Also, we needed to get up and running quickly so the "inbox" feel of the dashboard was already familiar with the team so they could adopt the new software quickly.
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    Pros
    Tenmiles Corporation
    • Smart Rules - Easily create triggers that run based on a variety of criteria. This allows for easily moving tickets through our process. An awesome example is our manager's ability to assign tickets to technicians right from their email simply by responding to the ticket in a certain way. This prevents the opening of a web browser or the mobile app to complete basic functions. Removing one step from the process has already saved us countless hours.
    • Easy to use and clean interfaces all around. Whether it's the web interface, mobile web interface, or one of the mobile apps, HappyFox is all around intuitive. Plenty of things can be made to be updated in two or fewer clicks (Assigned to, due date, priority).
    • HappyFox allows our users to easily create tickets on behalf of customers. Any person who has previously contacted the Help Desk is stored as a contact and can be referenced again quickly.
    • While the portal they provide is basic, it can be quite heavily customized with color schemes and logos. Ours ended up looking better than almost anything else we host both internally and externally. It's clean, simple and provides an easy way for users to input a ticket.
    • Between the Smart Rules and SLAs it's easy to make sure every ticket gets the attention it deserves. Automatic reminders can be sent to technicians based on criteria. Reports can be run to ensure that service levels are being met. These two things alone have greatly increased the quality of service.
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    Help Scout
    • Extremely simple to use and understand as a user - treats communications like human beings and provides a much more personal feel to communication (as opposed to making people feel like numbers).
    • The email newsletter.
    • They are super responsive. They are pretty rad and transparent: if something goes wrong on their end they are not afraid of admitting fault. Which leads me to trust them because I can believe them. I know that tells you very little about the product, but as leadership, that's something that I really need
    • Help Scout does exactly what it needs to (facilitate organized, efficient conversations between customers and support people) without getting in the way.
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    Cons
    Tenmiles Corporation
    • There are a few features that I would hope to be standard that are not yet accessible. For instance, having different time zones isn't a choice, and clients aren't able to create their own reports, only staff can. So, my staff is required to run those reports for our clients.
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    Help Scout
    • Trying to group tickets is a bit unflexible. You can create folders which can be part of a workflow (automatic trigger) but you can't create a folder based on tags. This needs to be improved because there's a need to create smarter segments and mix them.
    • Metrics are useful but there needs to be more details about them. You can drill down in some but others are still not very actionable or visible (ok, that number went down, but what was the cause? what's the criteria with what you measure that?)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tenmiles Corporation
    The way we have our implementation customized has allowed us to tailor the application to exactly how we would like to use it. We didn't have to change our procedures and fear the potential of poor adoption. Instead we customized the application to be used the way we already ran our help desk. From there on out we reaped the benefits of quicker resolutions, increased transparency, and much happier end users. After setting up Smart Rules, HappyFox does a lot of thinking for us. Tickets go where they need to go, close when they are supposed to close and even remind techs of inactivity. This removes the necessity for micromanagement, which is appreciated by our employees and managers alike
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    Help Scout
    We are receiving feedback from the organizational level that they may want us to transition to a different solution to provide consistency across the company.
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    Usability
    Tenmiles Corporation
    No answers on this topic
    Help Scout
    Help Scout is a great solution for support teams. There are many articles and webinars to help you learn how to use Help Scout. There are also many features to help make your workflows easier and more efficient. I would readily recommend Help Scout to any small or medium-growing support teams.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tenmiles Corporation
    HappyFox delivered a more cost effective solution and asset management had no limit. The main problem I saw with the various other services I demoed, was the up charges. The pricing seems manageable until you see that they charge for every 100 or so of this and 100 of that. HappyFox is truly a one-stop shop for us.
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    Help Scout
    Only have minimal experience with G-Suite for a much smaller company. This worked well for that organization but did not have similar specialization functions that suite our larger organization very well. Help Scout's pricing makes sense, and continues to service our needs well. Minimal usage of other programs, but have no need to explore alternatives at this time.
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    Return on Investment
    Tenmiles Corporation
    • Through Email support, the company conducts a marketing plan, through sharing of catalogs.
    • Survey and feedback are conducted and attained from HappyFox.
    • HappyFox supports live chat, an easy way to perfect the satisfaction of clients.
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    Help Scout
    • We are able to retain our customer base due to the outstanding customer service our Customer Experience department provides. Without an organized tool like Help Scout, this would not be possible. We pride ourselves in quick response times to customers and are able to do so by effectively routing tickets to the right agents.
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    Help Scout Screenshots

    Screenshot of Build better relationships with your customers, and work together better as a teamScreenshot of Tools designed specifically for team collaboration on customer supportScreenshot of Docs Knowledge Base provides self-service that sets your customers up for successScreenshot of The conversation report can change the conversation with your customers from problems to praise by pinpointing what they write in about and when.Screenshot of Productivity Reports track your team's customer-helping velocity and identify sticking points to push through with even greater momentum.Screenshot of Happiness Reports are the closest you can get to your customer's true feelings without hiring a telepath.