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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alive5

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AWith Alive5’s Business Class SMS platform, teams can text-enable their office phone lines to send 2-way texts, bulk messages, and manage conversations with customers, patients, clients or patrons with chatbot automation.

    $5

    per month

    eDesk

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    eDesk is an eCommerce Help Desk purpose built for online sellers. eDesk integrates with marketplaces, channels, webstores and social channels and consolidates them into one shared dashboard. The solution provides tools and order data to help users to speedily turn around issues. eDesk allows users to respond to customer queries and meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with Amazon and eBay. eDesk is designed to provide all the order, product, and delivery data within customer…

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    Alive5eDesk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Shopify Entrepreneurs - 300 Tickets
    $39
    per month 300 Tickets
    eDesk Team
    $69
    per month per user
    eDesk Professional
    $109
    per month per user
    Shopify Entrepreneurs - 2,000 Tickets
    $158
    per month 2,000 Tickets
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Alive5eDesk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—These are yearly plans paid monthly for using eDesk. Month to month plans are available
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    Features
    Alive5eDesk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Alive5 and eDesk
    Feature
    Alive5
    -
    Ratings
    eDesk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Alive5 and eDesk
    Feature
    Alive5
    -
    Ratings
    eDesk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Alive5 and eDesk
    Feature
    Alive5
    -
    Ratings
    eDesk
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Social integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Alive5eDesk
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    ZoomInfo Chat
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Score6.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    AWS Chatbot
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Alive5eDesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Alive5eDesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    It is well suited for communication with existing customers and prospects. It is less appropriate for people just looking to visit our website to get up to date with the latest team news or those who aren't at a computer.
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    eDesk
    Great for companies that sell on marketplaces and want to merge all of their communications. It saves our customer service agents tons of time, and it also connects easily with ChannelAdvisor. It would not be appropriate for a company that does not sell on marketplaces.
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    Pros
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    • Mobile compatibility - AliveChat has a dynamic user interface which makes its popup chat widget display and work perfectly on all devices - mobile and desktop. Thus web visitors get a complete experience no matter the device from which they use in accessing our website.
    • Analytic - AliveChat provides us with a dynamic set of website analytics that helps us in analyzing our progress or decline in a timely manner. With the analytics provided by AliveChat, we are able to monitor the number of visitors on the website at a particular time, the duration of which they have been on the website, the number of times they have been on the website in time past etc.
    • Feature packed - AliveChat is packed with features which makes the job of the customer care agents easier. For instance, with AliveChat it is very easy for an agent to transfer a web visitors chat to another agent that has better answers to the agent's query. We are also able to introduce short survey questions to web visitors, which they respond to before they begin chatting with a customer care rep.
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    eDesk
    • Easy to use for customers
    • Maintains marketplace standards for communication
    • Is the only platform that offers these services
    • Connects with Channel Advisor
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    • There seems to always be required upgrades where you need to spend more money to get a better product.
    • The look and feel continues to change, not necessarily for the bad.
    • Price point has gone up a decent amount recently.
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    eDesk
    • I wish the filters displayed closer to the top of the inbox vs the bottom
    • The new and to-do tabs can be confusing at first
    • Agents must take ownership once in the message; it is not auto-assigned when you click into a message, so there is room for duplication.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    AliveChat really serves a different purpose than other products. Very few products offer the ability to chat through our website, so it compliments our phone, text, and email options very well.
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    eDesk
    They were not even close to offering what xSellco has and the ease of using the platform. eDesk by xSellco is a great price point, is very easy to use, and it also integrates with ChannelAdvisor and Big Commerce, which was a determining factor for us. It also is an Amazon partner and ensures that they are adhering to all of the strict communication rules Amazon has.
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    Return on Investment
    Alive Technologies, Inc.
    • AliveChat has made it easy for us to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. As the real-time number of visitors on the website gives us insights into the performance of ongoing campaigns.
    • AliveChat also makes it possible for us to have an idea of where our web visitors are coming from i.e. via the pre-chat survey form for instance. We are able to generate important data like how a web visitor got to know about us, their expectations when visiting our website etc.
    • AliveChat makes it easy for web visitors to get a real-time response to their questions, with a delay of probably a few seconds.
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    eDesk
    • Saves agents lots of time
    • Creates better communication with customer with less time in between messages
    • Helps us provide great customer service
    • Has helped us meet marketplace communication standards and receive more feedback/reviews
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Multichannel messages are kept in one placeScreenshot of Customer support is faster with AI automationScreenshot of Live Chat to turn online browsers into buyersScreenshot of Key support metrics and trendsScreenshot of A 360° view of buyers to personalize customer serviceProduct screenshot