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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Sparkcentral (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASparkcentral was a social customer care solution and cloud-based customer engagement platform that catered specifically to customer care teams within large enterprises, enabling them to deliver real-time social customer service. Sparkcentral was acquired by Hootsuite in January 2021. The product has since been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Khoros ServiceSparkcentral (discontinued)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServiceSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    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.—
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    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Discontinued Products
    Chose Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Pros:
    1. Layout is more user-friendly than the previous platforms.
    2. Real-time data on system issues where each user is able to see it and respond accordingly.
    Incentivized
    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
    50 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServiceSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (112 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.6
    (70 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (77 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Khoros ServiceSparkcentral (discontinued)
    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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    Sparkcentral has an extremely dedicated customer service team The platform UX is brilliant Reports are very detailed & easy to export The system is stable more than 98% of the time Queue management is extremely easy They need to work on a mobile app / making the website mobile friendly The ability to add more social media channels is essential
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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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    Discontinued Products
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral has never given us a good reason to consider any other option. Aside from all the positive points I mentioned in previous areas of this review, something else that has really impressed us is their customer service (makes sense, they're a customer service company after all!). Any time we have a question or concern, we send them an email and we get a response almost instantly.
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    Usability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Discontinued Products
    The system meets all my expectations.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answers on this topic
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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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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    Incredible customer service team that replies back very quickly, follows up on the reported issue till it's resolved in a very timely manner.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Implementation Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral does what it has offered to do, where other software made empty promises, Sparkcentral delivers. They also inform us, anytime they are undergoing maintenance or when Twitter or Facebook has an API change, where in previous cases we would have to discover this ourselves.
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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
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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Discontinued Products
    • Customers appreciate fast responses to the things they post on social media. This tool allows that to happen.
    • The dashboard allows us to keep up with how many are waiting in our queue so we can keep up with how busy we are during the day and manage it.
    • Customer satisfaction has seemed to increase while using this tool.
    • Being able to add notes with the customers address and phone info is awesome as well.
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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.