HubSpot Service Hub vs. Sugar Serve

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HubSpot Service Hub
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot Service Hub aims to bring customer service data and channels together in one place, and helps scale support through automation and self-service. According to the vendor, Service Hub provides more time for proactive service that delights, retains, and grows your customer base.
$15
per month per seat
Sugar Serve
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SugarCRM offers Sugar Serve, a version of its CRM providing en emphasis on customer service automation, service case management, SLA management, customer self-service and includes the SugarBPM workflow tool to automate processes.N/A
Pricing
HubSpot Service HubSugar Serve
Editions & Modules
Service Hub Starter
$15
per month per seat
Professional
$100
per month per seat
Enterprise
$150
per month per seat
Enterprise
Starting at $1,200
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HubSpot Service HubSugar Serve
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
HubSpot Service HubSugar Serve
Features
HubSpot Service HubSugar Serve
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Service Hub
7.9
Ratings
2% below category average
Sugar Serve
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets7.50 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Expert directory7.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.20 Ratings9.50 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.60 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ticket response7.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Service Hub
8.5
Ratings
8% above category average
Sugar Serve
8.8
Ratings
11% above category average
External knowledge base8.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.20 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Service Hub
8.1
Ratings
4% above category average
Sugar Serve
8.9
Ratings
13% above category average
Customer portal9.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
IVR7.10 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Social integration7.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Email support7.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
HubSpot Service HubSugar Serve
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HubSpot Service HubSugar Serve
Likelihood to Recommend
I'd recommend HubSpot Service Hub for sure. When switching from a different platform to HubSpot Service Hub orgs and admins can count with a vast number of trainings in HubSpot Academy and most of them are free. This means users will find the resources they need without needing to reach for their superiors for training sessions or guidance.
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Sugar Serve is best to be used for medium and large businesses. It helps you to understand your customers' moods. Its mood survey is the best thing that I can get from any other tool. It helped me to understand the customer's mood and on that analysis, I can discuss the problem and can help them accordingly. It just needs to add more auto-messages or gifs.
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Pros
  • It makes it easier for us to keep track of customer awareness and review in one spot.
  • The great thing about how easy it is to use all of its fantastic tools.
  • The ability to check customer retention.
  • It's easy to track and measure the success of our organization's sales team.
  • This is a fantastic all-in-one customer success suite that includes ticketing.
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  • Customizable messages.
  • Mood survey.
  • Auto response.
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Cons
  • The app is a bit confusing and does not seem to have all of the features that the online browser does
  • A bit expensive. I do think it is worth it because of the simpleness but it is a very pricy software
  • Sometimes when you reach out to HubSpot Service Hub support, they send you a link to public articles instead of helping. But sometimes they do jump in and look
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  • The interface that works with other systems is not ready, it lacks extensibility by default.
  • It necessitates the presence of a responsible someone with some programming skills.
  • The problem is especially noticeable with custom objects. Elements that should be removed remain, or an error occurs, making it a bit useless.
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Usability
although it has room for improvements, this is still a very robust service hub for any type of software. An internal comment I often heard was, that if we were to make this as good as for example zendesk, it shouldn't have to feel like we must have external systems integrated to the HubSpot Service Hub (in zendesk, most things happen within the same system). I suppose this is more a matter of preference, because just like all other hubs, we see way more benefits of allowing our service working in the same way as the other departments (which won't happen if you have an external service system).
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Alternatives Considered
We were previously using Salesforce.com for our Support Team Ticketing System. Our company implemented HubSpot Marketing Hub and were looking at the CRM Hub for sales/business development, so it made sense to use one system that could support our enterprise needs. We had a very bad experience with Salesforce.com - mainly customer support and billing issues. In my opinion, they have rested on their laurels for too long and got too big to take care of their smaller clients. We find the HubSpot Service Hub team members to be easier to work with and support to be better.
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At the enterprise level it has facilitated our decision-making, as it allows us to visually capture the big picture and eliminates complicated management requirements. Sugar Serve ensures organizational integrity by allowing us to present it across multiple departments and work together, sharing information accurately. The advantage of being able to customize and improve each time depending on the application allows us to carry out specifications in some departments.
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Return on Investment
  • Survey results allow is to determine a conference's success, regardless of registration numbers.
  • The comments within the survey and the ease of aggregating those comments allow us to make changes based on the themes of the responses.
  • There are other aspects of the tool that we will begin to use soon that we will be able to speak about in future reviews.
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  • The contents managed by Excel are migrated so that employees can consult and update them at any time from the browser.
  • It is simple and versatile, so it can be used both by the work team and in all departments involved in the system, simplifying the management of processes, and collaboration and documentation
  • It allows us to check visually and comprehensively, the status of the company and each of its members in an easy-to-understand way. Which facilitates decision-making and help desk CRM integration
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ScreenShots

HubSpot Service Hub Screenshots

Screenshot of where Service Hub helps to quickly address service tickets