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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Sprinklr Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASprinklr Service is a cloud-native unified customer service platform powered by AI that enables customer and agent experience across 30+ digital, social and voice channels, and delivers real-time insights. Enables customers to interact with a brand on their preferred channel for consistent brand experience. Empowers agents with unified/360 customer view and recommends the most relevant responses with AI to improve agent productivity and experience.…

    $249

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $30
    per month starts with 100 contacts
    Plus
    $90
    per month starts with 200 contacts
    Company
    Contact sales team
    Self-Serve Customer Service Solution
    $249
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsOmnichannel Automation, AI and Insights Reporting
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
    Considered Both Products
    Help Scout
    No answer on this topic
    Sprinklr
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Help Scout and Sprinklr Service
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.8
    19 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sprinklr Service
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response8.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Help Scout and Sprinklr Service
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.5
    17 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sprinklr Service
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Help Scout and Sprinklr Service
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.0
    19 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sprinklr Service
    -
    Ratings
    Email support8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Help Scout and Sprinklr Service
    Feature
    Help Scout
    -
    Ratings
    Sprinklr Service
    7.1
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Help Scout and Sprinklr Service
    Feature
    Help Scout
    -
    Ratings
    Sprinklr Service
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
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    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Nextiva Contact Center
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Help ScoutSprinklr Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Sprinklr
    Sprinklr Service has always been well-suited for all of the work we do. As it's all social media content, and most require responses or escalations, Sprinklr Service covers all of that. The only time I think we wouldn't need it is if we were working with a much smaller client who didn't need us to have eyes on so many platforms at once.
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    Pros
    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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    Sprinklr
    • Automated routing to appropriate teams
    • Automated notifications for certain types of content or posts from certain users
    • The reporting options are fantastic.
    • We've integrated a chatbot seamlessly with Sprinklr modern care so our team members can pick up a conversation if our bot isn't able to provide an answer.
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    Cons
    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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    Sprinklr
    • I find it difficult to dive into analytics for each social post. The reporting tool gives me an overview of the channels but I would love to look at a breakdown of each post performance.
    • You currently can't add closed caption subtitles to videos uploaded through Sprinklr so this results in having to revert to the native platform.
    • I would love to be able to set up a newsfeed that includes posts from a number of our partner accounts, so I can keep up to date with what they're posting.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Sprinklr
    The biggest reason we renewed, and kept up with Sprinklr Modern Care is because it is an active community and there is customer buy-in already. They continue to update and improve the product, but more importantly, the customers are using it. It's easy to switch products when it's not an active component in your daily structure, but switching and migrating the data or providing alternatives becomes difficult when customers have grown accustomed to a specific experience. As long as they continue to improve the available features and the community stays active, renewed use will continue.
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    Usability
    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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    Sprinklr
    I've spent year designing products so I'm a tough judge when it comes to other solutions. It's clear that Sprinklr Modern Care was designed for the average online consumer with a very user friendly interface. They have made improvements to the admin tools to make that area of the product easier to use as well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Help Scout
    No answers on this topic
    Sprinklr
    No issues with system availability. They manage updates in off-peak hours and I usually don't notice the changes until I log into the system the next day.
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    Performance
    Help Scout
    No answers on this topic
    Sprinklr
    Performance is great and is not negatively effecting our processes. We have to make sure it doesn't effect out load times. Not currently seeing any issues with widgets affecting page load times.
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    Support Rating
    Help Scout
    No answers on this topic
    Sprinklr
    I know the Sprinklr conference calls have been helpful, but sometimes submitting a ticket can be a little daunting. In the past, we've included information in screenshots that are then asked for by a member of the support staff. The turnaround time has been between 3 days, which isn't horrible.
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    In-Person Training
    Help Scout
    No answers on this topic
    Sprinklr
    Our customer support team went through in-person training. I am not unable to rate.
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    Implementation Rating
    Help Scout
    No answers on this topic
    Sprinklr
    Basic setup took me less than 30 minutes. This includes initial configuration, putting in the initial content, and getting the look-and-feel customized. The domain routing took the normal lag time any other website or blogging service. The really important thing was to get the user accounts setup and begin seeding the system with content before a public launch.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Sprinklr
    First, we had a social studio which was good in terms of functionalities but slow. After that, we had the chance to use Talkwalker & social bakers which were good tools yet not enough compares to Sprinklr
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Sprinklr
    • Increased employee efficiency: Having a clear, one-stop "shop" where users can leave feedback, ask questions, and find bug fixes or workarounds has saved me (and other community managers at my company) loads of time that was once spent responding to numerous emails on an individual basis.
    • Better customer service: Since everyone in the company is alerted of what's being written on our forum, it's easy to spot a high-priority issue, delegate to the person in charge, resolve it, and respond as soon as possible.
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    ScreenShots

    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.