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    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

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    ServiceNow Customer Service Management

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on the Now Platform, ServiceNow offers their Customer Service Management solution through the Standard and Professional Customer Service Management bundles. Both include agent workspace, knowledge management, survey and assessment module, and the community module, oriented in this edition to support customers rather than internal employees. The Professional bundle also includes performance analytics, predictive intelligence, and related tools to support customer support agents improvement…N/A
    Pricing
    AnswerbaseServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $49
    per month
    Professional
    $149
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnswerbaseServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    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
    AnswerbaseServiceNow Customer Service Management
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    Lumin Creative
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    67%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AnswerbaseServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Answerbase and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.210 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.810 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Answerbase and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    9.6
    9 Ratings
    18% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.68 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.69 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Answerbase and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    9.4
    10 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings9.77 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AnswerbaseServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    AnswerbaseServiceNow Customer Service Management
    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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    ServiceNow
    It is well suited for medium to large companies that manage different teams and need to communicate constantly and track progress in a timely manner. It is less suited for small enterprises as it will overwhelm users with the features and functionalities embedded.
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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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    ServiceNow
    • We manage internal tickets through ServiceNow Customer Service Management. We raise tickets with IT and other team
    • We manage our datapipe customers through ServiceNow Customer Service Management and it efficiently manages our customer interactions
    • ServiceNow Customer Service Management helps us manage projects and tasks and keep a log of all our migration customers
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Lumin Creative
    • Onboarding checklist would be a great addition as setting up can be complicated
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    ServiceNow
    • Adding in additional chat features would be nice
    • Viewing where you stand in priority
    • Having a way to automate more of the processes
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Bottom line is that it does what you need it to do. We've been using Service Now as a ticket managing tool for a few years now. There's really not much it can't do when it comes to recording interactions. It has been nice using inventory tracking for software licenses and hardware as well.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Support has been very good. Any time there has been a real issue, the team has responded very quickly and identified the issue without a lot of repetitive questions that I've seen from other services. There is a great external community and internal knowledge base that covers pretty much anything you need.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    Atlassian Jira lacks certain features and process which was delivered by ServiceNow Customer Service Management. Also, flexibility to customise was a point to select ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool. Cost which was high than Atlassian Jira compensated as it improved overall customer satisfaction and reduced resolution time by taking help of Knowledge base integration
    Incentivized
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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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    ServiceNow
    • The negative impact for my team is the delay in team completing tickets but not a system issue.
    • A positive impact for my team is we can easily view the status of tickets and the follow-up emails are beneficial to maintain records of tickets.
    • Negative impact is that there is no user job aid or helpful tools for new users.
    Incentivized
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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.