Helpshift vs. ServiceNow Customer Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Helpshift
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Helpshift is a help desk software deployed as an in-application SDK to provide users with in-app service.
$150
per month Issue
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Built on the Now Platform, ServiceNow offers their Customer Service Management solution through the Standard and Professional Customer Service Management bundles. Both include agent workspace, knowledge management, survey and assessment module, and the community module, oriented in this edition to support customers rather than internal employees. The Professional bundle also includes performance analytics, predictive intelligence, and related tools to support customer support agents improvement…N/A
Pricing
HelpshiftServiceNow Customer Service Management
Editions & Modules
Starter
$150.00
per month Issue
Enterprise
Please contact Helpshift
per month Issue
Growth
Please contact Helpshift
per month Issue
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HelpshiftServiceNow Customer Service Management
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFlexible Consumption-Based Pricing for Your Changing Needs. Only pay for the number of issues created each month. An issue is a customer problem or inquiry that is directed to an agent or a bot. Customers with greater usage receive a reduced per issue price. All packages come with 1,000 issues per month to get you started.
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Community Pulse
HelpshiftServiceNow Customer Service Management
Features
HelpshiftServiceNow Customer Service Management
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Helpshift
6.4
Ratings
23% below category average
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
7.0
Ratings
14% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets5.50 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Expert directory3.60 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications6.40 Ratings7.10 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation4.50 Ratings4.40 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.10 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Ticket response9.10 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Helpshift
5.0
Ratings
44% below category average
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
4.7
Ratings
50% below category average
External knowledge base1.00 Ratings4.40 Ratings
Internal knowledge base9.10 Ratings5.10 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Helpshift
4.5
Ratings
53% below category average
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
6.3
Ratings
21% below category average
Customer portal5.50 Ratings7.20 Ratings
IVR2.70 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Social integration7.30 Ratings3.50 Ratings
Email support2.70 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration4.50 Ratings8.20 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
HelpshiftServiceNow Customer Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HelpshiftServiceNow Customer Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need a good way for players to send in support tickets that propagates in real-time, Helpshift would be a service I'd recommend.
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As a very technical company we get a variety of resources assigned to answer different questions. We currently use [ServiceNow Customer Service Management] to help us have an prioritization for all of these now. We use the service now across a variety of departments that all deal with complex technical questions that need to spread out across different individuals. There are so many expertise needed for each individual question so having it routed to the right resource in an timely manner is vital to the success of our business.
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Pros
  • FAQ
  • triggers by Google extensions
  • customer service
  • chat priority
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  • Allows for clear communication between help desk and end users.
  • Provides a clean inventory option for both hardware items and software licenses.
  • Navigation is very intuitive and user friendly.
  • Many reporting features for all levels of the company.
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Cons
  • The look could do with a bit of an upgrade. It's not a very big deal and isn't hard on the eyes but could probably be a bit more vibrant (or allow for customization).
  • Better mobile support would be great. At the moment, it's very hard to try and do tickets from a phone.
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  • Need a aid on how to use the system.
  • Functionality to scroll down should not be too sensitive.
  • Adding user helpful tools to help navigate.
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Usability
Helpshift is really easy to use and set up. We enjoy the automation to automatically route certain issues to different smart folders. There's just a lot of flexibility in the functionality to make things work for our team in the best way. I didn't give it a 10/10 just because we need SMS/Apple Business Chat and Helpshift doesn't yet offer that. They also don't currently support social media channels but they are working on releasing that soon.
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ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool gives a clear visibility on the KPI's and trends of issues being raised by customers. Proper and timely updates are received at both agents and customers end. Also, communication between the two has become more efficient. As they tool supports customisation, which has improved the overall process and growth.
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Support Rating
The few times we've had to contact them, they were courteous and gave us the information we needed swiftly.
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Support has been very good. Any time there has been a real issue, the team has responded very quickly and identified the issue without a lot of repetitive questions that I've seen from other services. There is a great external community and internal knowledge base that covers pretty much anything you need.
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Alternatives Considered
Helpshift is reasonably priced and has great analytics and capabilities and is very user-friendly. We had a hard time with Intercom about 2 years ago when we tried to implement them because their analytics were very minimal and wouldn't track what we needed it to. We haven't gone with Zendesk because we've heard from multiple people that their customer support was sub-standard
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Connectwise targets small to medium enterprises and kept things simple for cross-organizational communications. On the other hand, ServiceNow with users with more than 500 at least, tends to create lag and tension when all are using the app at the same time, especially getting reports in a timely manner.
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Return on Investment
  • The ability to properly organize and delegate work to customer service representatives has been a very positive ROI after using Helpshift.
  • The customer service reps are much happier with this system over the previous system of a general company email address and other CS software tools.
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  • ServiceNow Customer Service Management has a made a positive impact on our customer success management
  • ServiceNow Customer Service Management has made internal agreements easier when we interact with different internal teams like IT
  • ServiceNow Customer Service Management had to replace our legacy systems for customer management but that did not happen completely hence that is negative impact on our business
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