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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Brand Embassy (discontinued)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ABrand Embassy is now part of NICE inContact CXone (acquired May 2019). Brand Embassy is social customer service software designed to help companies with high volume social customer service prioritize and automate the customer experience. Incoming requests and mentions from social media, blogs and website forms are unified in one dashboard and routed to the most relevant customer service agent. Customers…

    $39

    per month

    Gladly CX Platform

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AGladly Software headquartered in San Francisco offers their omnichannel customer service platform, providing one platform to oversee customer correspondences and also provide customer self-help.

    $38

    Per Month Per User

    Pricing
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Task Based
    $38.00
    Per Month Per User
    Customer Facing
    $150.00
    Per Month Per User
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Gladly Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Brand Embassy (discontinued) and Gladly CX Platform
    Feature
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Gladly CX Platform
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.74 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Brand Embassy (discontinued) and Gladly CX Platform
    Feature
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Gladly CX Platform
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    14% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Brand Embassy (discontinued) and Gladly CX Platform
    Feature
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Gladly CX Platform
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Khoros Service
    Score8.5 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Khoros Service
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Gladly CX Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Though the strengths I listed in the prior question are really hopeful, the negatives outweigh the positives so much that at this time I could not in good conscience recommend this product. I really hope those issues improve - if they do, this would be a really strong tool for a customer service-based company like ours. Particularly one with so many people working remotely. For now, I'm honestly thankful I was able to take a different position here in which I never plan to touch NICE again.
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    Gladly Software
    Any business that has a customer base could benefit from Gladly. If you call, text, social media message, etc Gladly can do all of these functions and keeps all of these conversations easily located so that you can refer back to previous conversations. The ability to leave notes on the account is very helpful.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Easy to understand and use interface with detailed perks for responding, evaluating and tracking user feedback.
    • Excellent and easy to generate reports with lots of relevant data for day-to-day operations.
    • Agent performance and team management.
    • Easily measurable KPIs thanks to detailed reporting.
    • Use of tags and sentiment help make analysis of customer behavior easier.
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    Gladly Software
    • Easy to use interface. Supporting customers is as easy as texting a friend.
    • True Omnichannel support system where all channels live on the same screen without the need to hop between applications.
    • Built-in knowledgebase (Answers) reducing team member ramp time and providing a template for consistent solutions for our customers.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • In terms of reports that we get from Brand Embassy, it would be great to have information about the number of cases, or conversations that we have with our customers. At the moment, we have just info about number of interactions and the total workload.
    • There are options to tag every conversation, in order to track why our customers contact us. Their tag menu is a bit too small, it would be great if it was larger.
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    Gladly Software
    • When you cannot merge the customers' accounts
    • When the emails arrive with a delay
    • In the way we cannot edit or delete notes
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    I still use the platform: - its use is customer friendly - improves and speed up customer care on SM - improves speed and quality of internal processes/communication - monitor/measure all valuable metrics
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    Gladly Software
    Gladly really has all the information needed about a customer that you would need.If gladly does have a specified space for specific information you can add notes in multiple locations to remind you self of special circumstances. Gladly meets all our expectations and continues to provide a see less transaction
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Please see all other details from previous answers in this survey.
    Incentivized
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    Gladly Software
    In my 10+ years in the call center industry this has been by far one of the user friendly platform to use. It has been an easy tool to use and train new hires with that is self explanatory and not complicated at all for a agent level employee. Overall platform is easy to read and navigate.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    It is difficult to describe just how awesome the support guys and gals at Brand Embassy are. Ever-present and eager to help, with kind and helpful attitude and you can really feel they are doing this to help you make results
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    Gladly Software
    Gladly is always available to support its customers. That being said, we really haven’t needed support. The product is intuitive and stable. The reality is the support we receive is more collaboration on how we can help Gladly continue to revolutionize this space.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Generally I don't see huge differences between social CRM tools - it's mainly in the details of how well it's implemented and connected to your channels. For example other tools cannot easily process non-standard channels like custom made forums or have a e-mail based ticketing for private follow ups. Brand Embassy shines in this area.
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    Gladly Software
    First of all, the ease of the platform, the way it helps us to make our job faster as they have the customer information on the left of our screenand we have it linked to Shopify. The fact that this program has helped our productivity is amazing, and also, during peak season, it Gladly CX Platform makes the days go faster and easier.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The first year when we started to focus on social care, we received 736 mentions. 4 years later we are dealing with 725, 942 mentions per year without the necessity to hire more people into our social care team. The seven of them are still able to respond to our customers very quickly and with high quality. And we believe that Brand Embassy is the key to our success in social care. Thanks to this tool we can simply manage such a big amount of mentions and questions.
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    Gladly Software
    • This platform has improved the speed in which customer issues are resolved by providing a broad picture of customer need, profile and history.
    Incentivized
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    Gladly CX Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Gladly's customer chat in actionScreenshot of a customer getting a flight update through GladlyScreenshot of a customer conversation with Gladly SidekickScreenshot of the call summary feature in Gladly