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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Groove by OptimizeCX

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AGroove by OptimizeCX is a shared inbox for small and mid-sized SaaS teams. It’s presented as a help desk built for speed and not complexity, and is designed to help manage customer conversations across channels.

    $87

    per quarter per user

    ServiceNow Customer Service Management

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ABuilt 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
    Groove by OptimizeCXServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $29
    per month (billed quarterly) per user
    Plus
    $45
    per month (billed quarterly) per user
    Pro
    $70
    per month (billed quarterly) per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Groove by OptimizeCXServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Groove by OptimizeCXServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Groove by OptimizeCX and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Groove by OptimizeCX
    1.4
    6 Ratings
    141% below category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets1.26 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Expert directory1.23 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications1.03 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation2.03 Ratings4.45 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission2.05 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Ticket response1.15 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Groove by OptimizeCX and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Groove by OptimizeCX
    1.4
    5 Ratings
    139% below category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    4.7
    5 Ratings
    50% below category average
    External knowledge base1.44 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base1.44 Ratings5.15 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Groove by OptimizeCX and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Groove by OptimizeCX
    1.0
    5 Ratings
    154% below category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Customer portal1.04 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Social integration1.01 Ratings3.54 Ratings
    Email support1.15 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration1.03 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Groove by OptimizeCXServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.6
    (7 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Groove by OptimizeCXServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OptimizeCX
    Groove is great for people who are wanting to provide accountability and organization for teams across your business. It is suited well for an organization that has many email requests coming in every day, because you can assign tickets to specific team members. It would not be suited for an organization that utilizes more phone support, than email support
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    ServiceNow
    It is well suited for medium to large companies that manage different teams and need to communicate constantly and track progress in a timely manner. It is less suited for small enterprises as it will overwhelm users with the features and functionalities embedded.
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    Pros
    OptimizeCX
    • Creates Tickets when someone emails in or you can create a ticket within the groove system.
    • They have great reports on response times and the average amount of time it took for a ticket to close. You can even see individuals average response times as well as specific teams.
    • We use their Knowledge Base which is a great tool for creating FAQ and sending people to that.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    • We manage internal tickets through ServiceNow Customer Service Management. We raise tickets with IT and other team
    • We manage our datapipe customers through ServiceNow Customer Service Management and it efficiently manages our customer interactions
    • ServiceNow Customer Service Management helps us manage projects and tasks and keep a log of all our migration customers
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    OptimizeCX
    • Better Follow-up by customer success team
    • More customization within their major features to fit both, large and small sales teams, alike
    • Their site goes down fairly often
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    • Adding in additional chat features would be nice
    • Viewing where you stand in priority
    • Having a way to automate more of the processes
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    OptimizeCX
    It's well organized, but slow.
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    ServiceNow
    Bottom line is that it does what you need it to do. We've been using Service Now as a ticket managing tool for a few years now. There's really not much it can't do when it comes to recording interactions. It has been nice using inventory tracking for software licenses and hardware as well.
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    Support Rating
    OptimizeCX
    I'm giving them a 3 for the really great support they gave for general questions. They also have a good knowledge base. I'm giving them only a 3 though because of my last customer service when I need a billing resolution. I was very disappointed in how they handled that. I also find it very bad practice to send out ONE email notice that they were raising my rate three times as much at the end of the month. When I was with Desk.com, I had numerous emails over months letting me know their billing plans were changing. Even worse than refusing to refund me the difference was that they just stopped responding to me.
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    ServiceNow
    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
    OptimizeCX
    We also use Trello for project management. I have used both systems and we like Groove because it allows for our clients to contact us via email. They do not have to go to a ticket submission page, they can just email us directly and it will create a ticket. Groove also provides analytics on how long it takes to respond to tickets
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    ServiceNow
    Atlassian Jira lacks certain features and process which was delivered by ServiceNow Customer Service Management. Also, flexibility to customise was a point to select ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool. Cost which was high than Atlassian Jira compensated as it improved overall customer satisfaction and reduced resolution time by taking help of Knowledge base integration
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    OptimizeCX
    • We wasted a lot of time setting up the product before we discovered a lot of features listed on the website aren't ready for public use
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    ServiceNow
    • The negative impact for my team is the delay in team completing tickets but not a system issue.
    • A positive impact for my team is we can easily view the status of tickets and the follow-up emails are beneficial to maintain records of tickets.
    • Negative impact is that there is no user job aid or helpful tools for new users.
    Incentivized
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