TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kustomer

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AKustomer is a customer service CRM platform built for managing high support volume by optimizing experiences throughout the customer service journey. Kustomer was acquired by Facebook in late 2020, but spun out in 2023 and re-launched as an independent entity, Kustomer, LLC.

    $89

    per month per user

    UseResponse

    Score5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    UseResponse helps companies provide customer service support using several channels and organize their community around products or services on their server. It's all-in-one support suite with feedback, help desk ticketing system, knowledge base and live chat in one package. Integrate it using API, built-in translation tool and fully customizable interface with extended modular system.

    $39

    per 2 agents/month

    Pricing
    KustomerUseResponse
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
    $89
    per month, per user
    Ultimate
    $139
    per month, per user
    Self-Hosted
    $3200
    includes one of the platforms, 5 support agents, announcements.
    Basic
    from $39
    per 2 agents/month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KustomerUseResponse
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans require an annual subscription and 8 users minimum.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    KustomerUseResponse
    Considered Both Products
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answer on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    KustomerUseResponse
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Kustomer and UseResponse
    Feature
    Kustomer
    8.1
    18 Ratings
    1% above category average
    UseResponse
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Kustomer and UseResponse
    Feature
    Kustomer
    8.5
    14 Ratings
    8% above category average
    UseResponse
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Kustomer and UseResponse
    Feature
    Kustomer
    8.0
    18 Ratings
    3% above category average
    UseResponse
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration7.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration6.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    KustomerUseResponse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (39 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KustomerUseResponse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Kustomer, LLC
    • For our team, the feature that defaults all notes to begin in "done" status is difficult. Throughout each day we need to have notes open and assigned back and forth to different teams, and we have to remember to manually "open" each note. There is too much room for human error with this setting, and it is easy for important notes to be missed if a user forgets to open the note.
    • Similarly, it can be hard to remember to assign emails/notes to a particular team in addition to a user. We almost exclusively work out of team inboxes, and if someone on Care writes an email to a customer, the email will automatically be "done" when it is created, and it will be assigned to the user who wrote it, but not also to the user's team. There are instances where an email needs to be snoozed for several days/hours with further action needed, and unless the user remembers to assign the email to their team it may "awake" from the snooze and not be visible to anyone except the user who created it. Similarly to my first comment, this leaves a lot of room for human error and is not very intuitive.
    • Personally, I do not love that all tickets/emails/notes are jumbled together in the same inbox. While this gives visibility to everything on the "to do" list at the same time, it can be visually overwhelming. We have created unique folders for certain types of projects or categories of work, but have experienced tech glitches or just the awkwardness of another step to manually read the note, determine what type of category it is, and then manually assign it to another folder. Would love to have things auto-sort and take out this manual lift.
    • I love the idea of the autopilot setting, but we have not been able to use this for our work because it sorts items based on time, and not based on priority. In our line of work, we may have an urgent situation arise that needs attention before an email that was sent in 60 minutes ago. The autopilot feature would push the email to my associates sooner than it would the urgent situation from 5 minutes ago. Due to this, we manually monitor inboxes and assign work to ourselves and others.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kustomer, LLC
    I did not reach out to Kustomer support when we had an issue. Still, whenever we provide feedback to our manager regarding what can improve based on our experience using Kustomer, our manager always comments that Kustomer support always replies with some positive feedback based on our suggestions.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    ScreenShots

    Kustomer Screenshots

    Screenshot of Example of a customer profile within Kustomer.Screenshot of Example of how Kustomer’s automated chats can save agents time by handling less complex requests automatically.

    UseResponse Screenshots

    Screenshot of Help CenterScreenshot of Knowledge Base (Self Service)Screenshot of Live ChatScreenshot of Agents InterfaceScreenshot of Idea PageScreenshot of Dashboard