17hats vs. Sparkcentral (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
17hats
Score 9.2 out of 10
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17hats from the company of the same name in Pasadena is a small business management solution presenting an all-in-one solution for contacts, projects, leads, quotes and invoicing.
$45
per month
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Sparkcentral 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
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Editions & Modules
Starting Price
$45.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
17hats
9.5
2 Ratings
21% above category average
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Ratings
Customer data management / contact management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
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Ratings
Case management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
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Lead management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
17hats
9.5
2 Ratings
23% above category average
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Task management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
17hats
10.0
2 Ratings
28% above category average
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Custom fields9.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
17hats
9.5
1 Ratings
13% above category average
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Single sign-on capability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
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Ratings
Marketing automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
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Ratings
Mobile access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.8 out of 10
Simplify360
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
17hats
It's great if you want to set up all of your client management so that you don't have to keep manually going through every step. It's so nice for me and my clients to have all of their forms streamlined and automated.
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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
17hats
  • Invoicing
  • Creating online questionnaire
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  • The biggest advantage of the Sparkcentral platform is its "inbox zero" philosophy. With this, our customer support requests are queued within the app, and agents need to work down the queue to keep it empty.
  • The app is designed from the ground up for customer care - instead of taking a generic social platform, and sprinkling in some customer care tools. Everything about Sparkcental is designed for helping our customers.
  • Sparkcentral allows us to do much better CRM. We can make customer notes, see recent interactions, determine who helped the customer (and when).
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Cons
17hats
  • Prior to this I was using only Stripe for my invoices and I loved that I could see all of my recurring client payments under "subscriptions." There might be a way to do this in 17Hats, but I'm just not sure. I like to be able to quickly see all of my current clients at a glance.
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  • In the beginning our team had the option to see what another user was typing as they responded to a post. With the latest update, this was taken away. That feature was key for us to shadow agents remotely who are still in training to provide real time feedback.
  • Our company has a number of different brands that we manage. Having a truly unified queue would be a great addition for us!
  • The bulk resolve should allow the option to select on the posts that you wish to resolve instead of selecting a time frame for bulk resolve. Often we find that marketing posts generate more volume in the evening. However, there are sometimes posts where the customer needs assistance during that time. So, if we were to bulk resolve for a certain number of evening hours we would potentially miss a customer's concern through that option as it is currently. But, if the option was to go through and select on all marketing posts and then bulk resolve you would ensure that you are not missing a post where a customer needs assistance.
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Likelihood to Renew
17hats
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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
17hats
It's been really great to use with my clients, but I cannot speak to setting it up as my VA handled all of that for me. I anticipate using it for a long time.
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The system meets all my expectations.
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Support Rating
17hats
It's chat based so you have to wait a bit to hear back from them but they have gotten quicker with their responses which I appreciate.
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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.
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Alternatives Considered
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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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Return on Investment
17hats
  • ROI - Saves me time on creating invoices and questionnaires.
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  • 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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