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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AlmaSuite (discontinued)

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    AlmaSuite was a private social network for companies with a task management tool, a private wikipedia for knowledge management, gamification, etc. The product has been disontinued, and is no longer available for sale.N/A

    Gmelius

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGmelius Mission: Build the 1st collaboration platform that lives where you work 🚀 Gmelius offers a way to collaborate, manage projects and automate workflows inside Google Workspace (formerly G Suite),and beyond, by connecting the other tools that are used daily at companies like Slack, and Trello. Teams can collaborate right from the tools they already know and love. Gmelius allows them to work together on email, monitor and distribute their company's workload visually, and…N/A

    Hiver

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHiver is a customer service platform that brings together communication channels, apps, and data to improve customer support operations. Hiver enables real-time collaboration across every customer communication channel, offering AI and automation to resolve issues and help teams work faster. Hiver states that over 10,000 teams of all shapes and sizes globally from Flexport to Harvard University, Vacasa, and Epic Games rely on Hiver to deliver support that wins and retains customers for…

    $24

    per month per user

    Pricing
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)GmeliusHiver
    Editions & Modules
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    Lite
    $24
    per month per user
    Growth
    $34
    per month per user
    Pro
    $59
    per month per user
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)GmeliusHiver
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$100 usersNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details70% Discount for NGOs 50% for Benefit corporations, Educational Institutions & Health Care. 30% for Companies already working with a Consultant on Cultural Development or related issues.20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Gmelius
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    Hiver
    Chose Hiver
    Hiver is better than Front as it plugs directly into Gmail so no need to log into a separate email. While Gmelius has more features the price seems to be higher to. So it would depend on the volume and features needed when deciding between Hiver and Gmelius. Both can automate …
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    83%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    83%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)GmeliusHiver
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Gmelius and Hiver
    Feature
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Gmelius
    6.4
    6 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.21 Ratings7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.41 Ratings5.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search5.51 Ratings5.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Gmelius and Hiver
    Feature
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Gmelius
    8.1
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Chat5.51 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.21 Ratings8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.31 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase7.31 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Gmelius and Hiver
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    -
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    -
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    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Gmelius and Hiver
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    -
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    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Gmelius and Hiver
    Feature
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Gmelius
    -
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    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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    Flock
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)GmeliusHiver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)GmeliusHiver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    My business is HR consulting. Best benefits: organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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    Gmelius
    Lead generation for nearly any kind of business. I can't even explain how easy it is to set everything up. I also love that I can send test emails to myself. Sequencing and Scheduling out follow-ups help me stay on top of potential sales, especially smaller sales that aren't always on my radar 24/7. Sending post-sale information on a regular basis. Basically, Gmelius works for the entire sales cycle, pre to post.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    One scenario where Hiver works really well is in a shared support or billing inbox or anywhere multiple team members need access to the same messages. For example, when a customer emails about a billing question, we used to reply and manually loop in the billing team or forward the message. That often caused confusion, especially when someone forgot to “reply all” or responded only to the teammate instead of the customer.Now with Hiver, we just assign the conversation to the billing inbox, and whoever is available can respond. Everyone on the team can see the thread, status, and notes, which avoids duplicated efforts and missed replies. We also used to rely on Google Groups, but it wasn’t clear if someone had already replied, and there was no easy way to collaborate behind the scenes. Hiver completely solved that for us.As for situations where Hiver might be less ideal, I’d say if your team isn’t using Gmail or Google Workspace, then it’s probably not a good fit. It’s really designed for teams that live in Gmail so the team doesn't have to learn a new system. I'm sure some businesses will require a more robust ticketing solution but for our use case, this was a perfect option to improve outcomes, client service, and satisfaction.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Great for task administration.
    • Customer service is friendly, pragmatic and always available.
    • Organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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    Gmelius
    • Easy to assign and action emails.
    • Easy to add notes for a particular individual to action them without missing out on important details.
    • Ready to use templates can be designed for everyday responses to clients.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Need to improve in the way it shows project development in time: Gantt chart, schedules, etc.
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    Gmelius
    • Easier access to dashboard.
    • Ability to edit email names more if a person's name doesn't match up with their Gmail account.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    • It could be considered expensive, but ultimately worth every penny for those who use shared inboxes/groups to run their business.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Gmelius
    No answers on this topic
    Hiver
    Easy to use
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Gmelius
    No answers on this topic
    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Better features for project development follow up than Asana and Wrike (previous choices)
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    Gmelius
    We switched to Gmelius from Mixmax because we wanted to try the inbox/label sharing features. Ultimately, Mixmax is more accurate with tracking opens, and it is much more user friendly. We switched back to Mixmax after about a year using Gmelius. Mailshake is also a better tool for sending out high volumes of emails, as it is better at making sure your email address doesn't get flagged as spam.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    True ticketing solutions are certainly more robust in that you can typically manage social media channels and phones, etc. But, in my opinion, when you don't have a team solely responsible for managing a ticketing system they can be complicated to implement. With HIVER, we're already all accustomed to managing our own G-Suite inbox, so it was simply a matter of teaching the team how to utilize the solution.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Positive: Internal Communication and Collaboration
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    Gmelius
    • I reliably post 20-30% higher activity numbers weekly due to my use of Gmelius
    • Gmelius is a significant contributer to my sales success -- The last two years I have more than doubled company-issued sales targets
    • Gmelius saves me tons of time each week due to automated campaigns. I would say I've reclaimed at least 20% of my work week scheduling out follow up and pre-scheduling lead gen email campaigns out.
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    • The ROI on showing how many emails are being received and addressed in a timely manner are great for KPIs
    • the ability to search and ensure emails are not being deleted as an automatic report is sent out the following day saying if any emails were deleted by whom
    • the ability to automate who gets assigned what emails from specific vendors per entity
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Gmelius Screenshots

    Screenshot of Use shared inbox that work together on emailScreenshot of Get kanban boards to organize teamwork visuallyScreenshot of Organize workflow automation to make your team happier

    Hiver Screenshots

    Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature