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    Khoros Service

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros Service offers omnichannel engagement on publicly available channels like social, digital, chat, and voice, as well as owned online communities like Khoros Communities. The solution offers 1-to-1 and 1-to-many engagement with customers and consumers, bringing together automation through bots and human agents. Customer inquiries and support-related conversations can be routed and prioritized based on a variety of parameters, and the robust agent desktop solution…N/A

    RedRoute

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    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    RedRoute's automated customer service voice assistant handles the simple, repetitive requests from inbound customer support calls. Its automated voicebot provides an Alexa-like experience that can deliver faster resolutions to simple requests while giving human agents more time to handle the more complex issues. RedRoute also works after hours, integrating with your existing CS systems to create detailed support tickets and call transcriptions for your staff. The vendor states…

    $0.15

    per automated call

    Pricing
    Khoros ServiceRedRoute
    Editions & Modules
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    Transportation Provider
    $0.15
    per automated call
    Transportation Broker
    $1
    per automated call
    eCommerce & Retail
    $1.50
    per automated call
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServiceRedRoute
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.Pay per automated call - With RedRoute, you only pay for the calls we successfully handle. All calls that get forwarded to a live agent are free of charge. 25% of Customers Choose to Secure a Lower Price for a 1-3 year Commitment
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    RedRoute
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    71 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
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    Best Alternatives
    Khoros ServiceRedRoute
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    Cortana (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Cortana (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServiceRedRoute
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (112 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    7.6
    (70 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (77 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Khoros ServiceRedRoute
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Less Appropriate Scenarios- A fintech company has highly specialized or industry-specific workflows that are not easily accommodated within the standard capabilities of Khoros Care. In such cases, the platform may be less appropriate for businesses with extremely unique processes that require a high degree of customization. Well suited- financial institutions face a high volume of customer inquiries related to account management, transactions, and security concerns. Khoros Care's security features, automation capabilities, and integration with banking systems make it suitable for managing customer interactions in the financial services sector.
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    RedRoute
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    Pros
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Tagging system - it's possible to add a wide variety of labels and categories
    • Search feature - being able to find users by conversation number, username, or keywords makes it easier to navigate old conversations
    • Easy system for assigning conversations to other users
    • When you claim a conversation, it gets removed from the queue. This is much more visually explicit than Khoros Marketing's queue, for example, where all content remains visible in the queue and a bookmark gets moved around to distinguish the point where other users left off
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    RedRoute
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I would like to be able to see deleted comments/tweets so we can look into the issues.
    • I would like to be able to better customize dashboards for our exact metrics. Some things previously available in Spredfast are no longer available in Care.
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    RedRoute
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Simply, there isn't anything on the market that is quite as personable as Khoros Care. After using a few different client messaging systems, this program gave the closest feel to in-person interaction that we could get during the COVID-19 epidemic and is an important part of our agency still to this day in 2023.
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    RedRoute
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    Usability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The ability to auto tag, manually tag, make notes, and "snooze" posts is extremely helpful. The efficiency of the work flow for agents is also a huge plus. It keeps agents moving quickly and prioritizing responses for the cases that need it most.
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    RedRoute
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    RedRoute
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    RedRoute
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    Support Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Support has always very responsive and helpful when it comes to getting my issue/inquiry addressed. Their ticket portal is great for tracking any open tickets and they can be updated via the portal or by responding to the email thread. Support reps are always extremely knowledgeable and care about getting you taken care of
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    RedRoute
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    In-Person Training
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The team received training (from the same executive team member who has been supporting us) over the web and this was of very high quality.
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    RedRoute
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    Implementation Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Implementing the platform was not a big hassle for our client, it was seamless and easy we just had to follow a few steps and it was done. Just scaling was a bit of an issue but it got resolved with time and a bit of effort at both ends
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    RedRoute
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    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros is more than just a platform for social publishing. No other competitor provides the in-depth moderation and social listening services that they do. If you're looking for a one-stop-shop of a platform for all things social, this is the tool to be using. Others are better in usability and innovative functionality.
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    RedRoute
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    Scalability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Of course as the company grows owing to its growing customer base, they need to think of out-of-the-box solutions to offer its clients and customer satisfaction is one of them. Retention is very much needed in competitive environment like today and hence it becomes imperative for companies to find different ways to reach their client basis and fix their issues
    Incentivized
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    RedRoute
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We have seen a positive shift of customers from reaching out to the Call Centre to the Social Care Team.
    • Monthly and Annual Reporting to keep track of performance and stats related to the team has been much easier to highlight areas for improvement (month2month and anually)
    • CSAT/NPS Survey results have increased via Khoros Care in comparison to the Call Centre.
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    RedRoute
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Service Screenshots

    Screenshot of a customer conversation in Agent view. Access past customer conversations and interactions in a single pane of glass.Screenshot of the analytic dashboard used to monitor key metrics across a service organization, such as available agents, time to first response, and agent handle time.Screenshot of Khoros Agent Assist. This feature provides agents with real-time recommendations, reducing the time needed to handle customer inquiries, deliver accurate resolutions, and train new agents.Screenshot of Work Queues under Rules and Routing. This allows admins to build rules around tagging to ensure timely and effective follow-up from agents.

    RedRoute Screenshots

    Screenshot of Handle "order status" (or WISMO) calls quickly, accurately & satisfactorily.Screenshot of General settings include intent handling (returns, order status, damages, cancelations, etc), operator names, call recording disclaimers, language options, and more.Screenshot of Configure unique settings for each of the phone numbers you'd like handled by RedRoute's voice automation.Screenshot of Get started quickly and easily with a guided 30 minute setup! Test the RedRoute system on any percentage of calls, and scale or decrease automation at any time.