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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Answerbase

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Answerbase is a knowledge management platform for customer support and e-commerce, allowing users to ask questions, receive quality answers, and browse content and articles to meet their demand for information about your products and services. Each system comes with administration and moderation tools that are designed to help companies customize, manage and grow an engaging platform. According to the vendor, advanced features like moderation, user group management, actionable content insights,…

    $49

    per month

    Atlassian Service Collection

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Atlassian Service Collection, including the no longer available standalone Jira Service Management, is an integrated suite of service management applications built on Atlassian's unified Jira platform architecture. Designed to bring development, operations, internal IT, and external support teams onto a single workflow engine, the Service Collection consolidates support infrastructures to deliver service at high velocity.

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    Pricing
    AnswerbaseAtlassian Service Collection
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $49
    per month
    Professional
    $149
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Quote
    per year
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Standard
    $20
    per agent/per month
    Premium
    $40
    per agent/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnswerbaseAtlassian Service Collection
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnswerbase Enterprise allows for 100% custom adaptations and developments to take whatever ideas, new functionalities or integration requirements you may have and make them a reality. Our knowledgeable team will manage setup, integration, and provide web-based education and training to make sure your team has all the tools and information they need to successfully manage and grow your site. Therefore, we organize a quote on a per customer basis only for customers interested in an Enterprise implementation.—
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    Community Pulse
    AnswerbaseAtlassian Service Collection
    Considered Both Products
    Lumin Creative
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    Atlassian
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    Features
    AnswerbaseAtlassian Service Collection
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Answerbase and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    9.0
    86 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.385 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.572 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.673 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Answerbase and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Answerbase and Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Atlassian Service Collection, with Jira Service Management
    8.0
    80 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings8.973 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings8.678 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AnswerbaseAtlassian Service Collection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (87 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AnswerbaseAtlassian Service Collection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lumin Creative
    We implemented a Q&A board since we felt this would be the best way to create high quality content for our team when discussing the next sales strategy process. Really aids customers who have purchased a product from our company to navigate any problems they experience as they can seamlessly check the community question board Increases networking opportunities
    Incentivized
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    Atlassian
    I think using a ticketing system is very easy to use and allows multiple teams to create help desks in the same portal. In terms of internal usage, I think this is a great option. However, suppose you're trying to keep internal items and external helpdesks in the same instance. In that case, this is not ideal, as there is no effective way to separate the two instances to protect internal data better.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Lumin Creative
    • Increases your team to collaborate with each other as you are available to post questions that more people can answer to express and opinion or idea
    • Browse existing community pages to see if your question has been answered
    • Allows you to share relevant documents with specific staff
    • Excellent customer service support team that are always on hand to help
    Incentivized
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    Atlassian
    • Integration with many of the most common tools companies are using (Slack, MS Teams, Salesforce, ... etc)
    • Natural workflow with Jira (as product development / project management tool) which makes the full fix and follow up of the tickets / issues very easy to follow
    • Allow multiple different entry points and work flows for as many different needs your teams / company have
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    Cons
    Lumin Creative
    • Onboarding checklist would be a great addition as setting up can be complicated
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    Atlassian
    • Navigating through issues outside of a kan ban board can be confusing and task heavy.
    • It's easy to clutter up the tool. It could use some easy clean up capabilities.
    • User interface is decent, but could use work to make it more intuitive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Pricing is attractive
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    Usability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    If you're used to other tools in the Atlassian ecosystem, you'll feel right at home with JSM. It's also a platform that technical folk can easily pick up. However, I wouldn't recommend using JSM as a company's first jumping off point into Atlassian. There are a lot of other 'newer' tools that provide sleeker ITSM systems at a similar cost.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Product is stable and it improved the availability
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    Performance
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Accessing Jira Service Management is easy and fast.
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    Support Rating
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    I gave JIRA a 9 rating since for me JIRA works according to its purpose. Since there is a customer portal, our clients can leave a comment or communicate with us using the PR ticket that way it is easier for us to also request any additional information we need for our investigation.
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    In-Person Training
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Online Training from Atlassian was really Good to effectively deploy, manage, and utilize Jira Service Management. It really improved the overall Operational Efficiency and productivity of end users in the organization. Training gives the confidence to use Jira Service Management for all of the Product engineering, Application support, and Infrastructure engineering support team members.
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    Online Training
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Online Training was good and informative for new users adopting Jira Service Management. The Training helped to understand the product features, customization capabilities, and integration options with various tools in an enterprise organization, so the overall productivity and efficiency are improved at Blue Yonder. It also helps to timely address the incident tickets, user stories, and track and close them in a timely manner.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lumin Creative
    Just from a personal viewpoint, I feel that the ease of use with Answerbase is amazing and with first class customer service support team, that could not be more friendlier and helpful. The decision was easy and they designed specific requirements that met our needs. It has really complemented our workforce and saved time.
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    Atlassian
    Zendesk is a similar ticketing system that our organization used before JIRA Service Desk. The main drawback of Zendesk was that it can only be used as a cloud service. This means that our company data would be living on the internet at the hands of their security team. Another drawback of this is the price is significantly more expensive rather than hosting it yourself. Zendesk does have some additional features such as commenting on multiple tickets at once that JSD does lack. However, switching to JSD was significantly more cost effective because we have the ability and the infrastructure to host our own ticketing system, something that Zendesk could not provide. Ultimatley switching to JSD saved us money and allows the ability for integration with all of the other Atlassian Suite products that we use on a day to day basis.
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    Scalability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    In Blue Yonder, we have deployed across multiple departments and geographical sites as needed.
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    Professional Services
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Professional Service support was Awesome during Cloud Migration.
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    Return on Investment
    Lumin Creative
    • Increased collaboration in the workplace
    • Saved time on staff asking the same questions
    • Provides customers a 'live' community to liaise with
    Incentivized
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    Atlassian
    • It is definitely cheaper than Salesforce
    • It allows the IT service desk to be more organized and respond more quickly to tickets, which can save time for both agent and requester.
    • Some things are "not quite there" developmentally, so this means that internal IT will need to spend more time developing and testing the product.
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    ScreenShots

    Answerbase Screenshots

    Screenshot of Each customer has access to an Admin Site where they can access the tools they need to effectively manage all of your content, users and access.Screenshot of The public interface comes with a standard template. Customers are encouraged to customize the look and feel, so that it is accomplishes their goals and accurately reflects their brand.Screenshot of Each admin and moderator has access to a “My Work” area where they can see their content assignments.Screenshot of Admins and moderators have advanced tools for moderation to control each piece of content from one area.Screenshot of Admins can have full control over customization to accomplish any look and feel they want.Screenshot of Widget builders and API’s empower you to accomplish even the most sophisticated integrations or even build your own Answerbase-powered Q&A applications.

    Atlassian Service Collection Screenshots

    Screenshot of Drive IT best practices with ITIL-ready templates. Get everything your IT teams need out of the box for service request, incident, problem, and change management.Screenshot of Get an ITIL certified service desk. Everything your IT teams need out-of-the-box for service request, incident, problem, and change management. Jira Service Desk is PinkVERIFY™ certified.Screenshot of Deliver a better service experience. Customers or employees can submit requests with an easy-to-use help center and add Confluence to Jira Service Desk to get an integrated knowledge base. Machine learning intelligently recommends the right service and learns from every interaction, so answers are easy to find.Screenshot of Stay in the loop with developers. y linking Jira Service Desk with Jira Software, IT and developer teams can collaborate on one platform to fix incidents faster and push changes with confidence.Screenshot of Deliver on SLA's. Nail your Service Level Agreements, every time. Your agents get a simple queue so they get the important things done first. Configure and get going in minutes.Screenshot of Automate those repetitive tasks. Is your team stuck in gear with repetitive tasks or missing priority requests? Setup automations so your agents can focus on solving the important stuff and help lighten the workload.