Appy Pie vs. HelpSpot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Appy Pie
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Appy Pie is a diversified no-code development platform. It offers app and web development, helpdesk support, chatbot building, design features, and integration that are helpful when starting, running, or growing a business.
$16
per app/per month
HelpSpot
Score 2.1 out of 10
N/A
HelpSpot is an affordable, web-based help desk system. It is available as a SaaS product or can be hosted by the customer behind a firewall. Pricing is by named user.
$49
per month
Pricing
Appy PieHelpSpot
Editions & Modules
Basic
$16
per app/per month
Gold
$36
per app/per month
Platinum
$60
per app/per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Appy PieHelpSpot
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Appy PieHelpSpot
Features
Appy PieHelpSpot
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Appy Pie
9.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
HelpSpot
-
Ratings
Visual Modeling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Security8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Appy Pie
-
Ratings
HelpSpot
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Appy Pie
-
Ratings
HelpSpot
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Appy Pie
-
Ratings
HelpSpot
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Email support00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Appy PieHelpSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
2.3
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Appy PieHelpSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
Appy Pie
Based on my personal experience, this application is well-suited for noncoders who are busy setting up their businesses and since coders are expensive for the company in the initial days as in for startups, this application goes hand in hand and is quick and robust along with its amazing features like drag and drop and just the cloud storage facility.
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UserScape
HelpSpot is well suited for streamlining support ticketing within the organization. By providing a single point of contact to email for support, we were able to increase response time and case resolution by approximately 30% through the increased efficiency of ticket routing via workflows and the ability for IT support staff to grab tickets from the queue instead of having them pile up in a mailbox that contains other emails as well.
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Pros
Appy Pie
  • Having chatbot to be able to know the visitor and cater to his/her requirements
  • Unlike other app developments, we were able to develop app faster and robust
  • User friendly features like drag and drop is great to have
  • Cost effective as it uses cloud storage and no need to buy servers and invest on maintenannce
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UserScape
  • HelpSpot was great for organization. Having different queues allowed each of my team members to organize their conversations with the customer and quickly retrieve the history of the ticket.
  • HelpSpot is a fairly simple tool that has a friendly user interface. With it's more modern look, it made it easier for me personally to navigate and train team members on how to use it successfully.
  • HelpSpot allowed our team to view the responses section, which allowed our team to cut down on the time we spent responding to a ticket.
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Cons
Appy Pie
  • The application requires to be run on fast processing computers/laptops
  • This is a good application that isn't much known among non-coders, it needs to be marketed so that boosts this app developer to add more advanced features
  • It seems to have little bugs for the mobile app.
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UserScape
  • The UI is a little dated but to be fair, shows most of the pertinent information at a glance on a well designed dashboard.
  • The UI can also be buggy at times with controls appearing in strange places. These glitches are usually corrected within a reasonable amount of time.
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Likelihood to Renew
Appy Pie
No answers on this topic
UserScape
My current job does not use this platform as it is not necessary for my job function.
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Usability
Appy Pie
Like I said in previous questions, the no-code application has basic and easy features that are literally a no-brainer and even a person with zero knowledge of coding can do wonders with this as his/her tool. Apart from that, the application is cost-effective while time and money are two key things to be taken care of as a startup owner, this app came hand in hand with me
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UserScape
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Appy Pie
I have been using this for some time now and the website of the no-code application is all self-explanatory that is the reason I never have reached to the support team anytime, but before using this application I have gone through the reviews and read the positive response and I believe it has still gotten stronger since then.
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UserScape
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Appy Pie
Webflow has quite a lot of complexity in comparison to the no-code app which instead is user-friendly. There are more issues with application getting hung in between working but that isn't a bigger problem in the no-code app. Apart from that, the no-code app has blocks that can be used to edit/add/delete which are literally a no-brainer.
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UserScape
HelpSpot appears to be more of an old-school product but much of the recent technology is running under the surface. It has much of the compexity and customization available with Jira in tandem with the easy communications interface, not unlike Zendesk ,and some of the potential archival intelligence (in the works) of Fogbugz
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Return on Investment
Appy Pie
  • Saved my money with low cost feature like cloud storage
  • Did not take months of my time to develop an app or website
  • did not require training and saved training costs
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UserScape
  • Improved ticket response time
  • Workload reporting to upper management
  • Ticket category reporting to identify training opportunities
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ScreenShots

Appy Pie Screenshots

Screenshot of New setup wizard. Step-by-step guide.Screenshot of The long list of features that is always growing.