Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Answerbase
Score 10.0 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
Knova
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Knova KM is a full-featured knowledge management software solution for large customer service and support organizations, especially those that must handle complex queries across channels in industries such as high tech, telecommunications, financial services, and the IT help desk. It was supported by Avolin, the company created from the sale of Aptean Vertical Business Applications to ESW Capital in 2018, and is now part of IgniteTech.N/A
Sprinklr Service
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Sprinklr Service is a cloud-native unified customer service platform powered by AI that enables customer and agent experience across 30+ digital, social and voice channels, and delivers real-time insights. Enables customers to interact with a brand on their preferred channel for consistent brand experience. Empowers agents with unified/360 customer view and recommends the most relevant responses with AI to improve agent productivity and experience.…
$249
per month per seat
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Basic
$49
per month
Professional
$149
per month
Business
$399
per month
Enterprise
Quote
per year
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Self-Serve Customer Service Solution
$249
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
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.Omnichannel Automation, AI and Insights Reporting
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Features
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Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Answerbase
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Knova
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Ratings
Sprinklr Service
7.1
2 Ratings
17% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
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Sprinklr Service
8.1
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(7 ratings)
Usability
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9.0
(4 ratings)
Availability
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9.9
(3 ratings)
Performance
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9.9
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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9.1
(10 ratings)
In-Person Training
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10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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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
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IgniteTech
We expereienced an upgrade by Aptean in March 2014 and it actually created issues with our interfaces to Word and well as performance issues. As of November, we have most of the performance issues resolved, however our interface with Word is still not working. It takes alot of upfront work to convert with Word and with the upgrade that was affected. Authors are still frustrated with many issues in the formatting and editing of existing data. A vital tool to update the product home pages has not been available except for sporadic late night periods since the upgrade in March. Overall, many authors are not happy with this knowledge management tool
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Sprinklr
Sprinklr Service has always been well-suited for all of the work we do. As it's all social media content, and most require responses or escalations, Sprinklr Service covers all of that. The only time I think we wouldn't need it is if we were working with a much smaller client who didn't need us to have eyes on so many platforms at once.
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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
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IgniteTech
  • Aptean offers simple access to Knowledge Management for our Clients, Customer Support teams as well as internal support teams. Allows our knowledge management team the ability to provide consistent and up-to-date processes and troubleshooting tips for our associates as well as ADP Clients.
  • Aptean provides an easy to use user interface with tools for authors that mimic Microsoft Word (Cut, Paste, Spell Check, Bullets, Indentation etc). It also provides an easy to user user interface for our associates in accessing the Knowledge Management solutions. The Search tool is very powerful and allows the users quick access to the information they need!
  • In the more than 3 years that we have been using Consona/Aptean, we have had very little down time. This is important to our authors as well as end users in being able to access the information. Allowing the authors the ability to update the information in near real time is another key feature of keeping our information current.
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Sprinklr
  • Automated routing to appropriate teams
  • Automated notifications for certain types of content or posts from certain users
  • The reporting options are fantastic.
  • We've integrated a chatbot seamlessly with Sprinklr modern care so our team members can pick up a conversation if our bot isn't able to provide an answer.
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Cons
Lumin Creative
  • Onboarding checklist would be a great addition as setting up can be complicated
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IgniteTech
  • We have experienced some slowness with importing pictures into our Aptean application. While they do eventually complete, it is very timeconsuming when several images are needed. Definitely tries our patience, or consider not including them at all!
  • Some of the formatting issues transfering our information from Word to Aptean are still challenging and require too much manual intervention than necessary.
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Sprinklr
  • I find it difficult to dive into analytics for each social post. The reporting tool gives me an overview of the channels but I would love to look at a breakdown of each post performance.
  • You currently can't add closed caption subtitles to videos uploaded through Sprinklr so this results in having to revert to the native platform.
  • I would love to be able to set up a newsfeed that includes posts from a number of our partner accounts, so I can keep up to date with what they're posting.
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Likelihood to Renew
Lumin Creative
No answers on this topic
IgniteTech
Many business units are using the Aptean product for knowledge management and a change now would be too crucial to the processes that the associates are becoming familiar with using. We have spent a lot of time promoting our Aptean Knowledge Management tool and interfaced it with our call tracking system.
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Sprinklr
The biggest reason we renewed, and kept up with Sprinklr Modern Care is because it is an active community and there is customer buy-in already. They continue to update and improve the product, but more importantly, the customers are using it. It's easy to switch products when it's not an active component in your daily structure, but switching and migrating the data or providing alternatives becomes difficult when customers have grown accustomed to a specific experience. As long as they continue to improve the available features and the community stays active, renewed use will continue.
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Usability
Lumin Creative
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IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
I've spent year designing products so I'm a tough judge when it comes to other solutions. It's clear that Sprinklr Modern Care was designed for the average online consumer with a very user friendly interface. They have made improvements to the admin tools to make that area of the product easier to use as well.
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Reliability and Availability
Lumin Creative
No answers on this topic
IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
No issues with system availability. They manage updates in off-peak hours and I usually don't notice the changes until I log into the system the next day.
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Performance
Lumin Creative
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IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Performance is great and is not negatively effecting our processes. We have to make sure it doesn't effect out load times. Not currently seeing any issues with widgets affecting page load times.
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Support Rating
Lumin Creative
No answers on this topic
IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
I know the Sprinklr conference calls have been helpful, but sometimes submitting a ticket can be a little daunting. In the past, we've included information in screenshots that are then asked for by a member of the support staff. The turnaround time has been between 3 days, which isn't horrible.
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In-Person Training
Lumin Creative
No answers on this topic
IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Our customer support team went through in-person training. I am not unable to rate.
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Implementation Rating
Lumin Creative
No answers on this topic
IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Basic setup took me less than 30 minutes. This includes initial configuration, putting in the initial content, and getting the look-and-feel customized. The domain routing took the normal lag time any other website or blogging service. The really important thing was to get the user accounts setup and begin seeding the system with content before a public launch.
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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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IgniteTech
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
First, we had a social studio which was good in terms of functionalities but slow. After that, we had the chance to use Talkwalker & social bakers which were good tools yet not enough compares to Sprinklr
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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
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IgniteTech
  • Increased Employee Effciency adding ability to look up processes and troubleshooting tips is invaluable.
  • Ability to share information with our Client Facing interface, which results in better customer service. Encouraging ADP associates and clients to become more self sufficient is what we're all about!
  • Ability to keep the information current with the effciency of the product.
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Sprinklr
  • Increased employee efficiency: Having a clear, one-stop "shop" where users can leave feedback, ask questions, and find bug fixes or workarounds has saved me (and other community managers at my company) loads of time that was once spent responding to numerous emails on an individual basis.
  • Better customer service: Since everyone in the company is alerted of what's being written on our forum, it's easy to spot a high-priority issue, delegate to the person in charge, resolve it, and respond as soon as possible.
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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.