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    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

    Next4biz

    N/AN/ANext4biz is a cloud based digital marketing, customer service and business process management solution, that helps enterprises through their digital transformations. Next4biz's states that with their products, their mission is to change the way companies manage their customer relations and processes is, where the most significant areas of growth are in the industry.

    $19

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Next4biz
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Customer Service
    19* starting at
    per month per user
    Digital Channels
    $90
    per month per profile
    AI Bots & Agents
    $1,200
    per month *Includes 20,000 sessions per month.
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Next4biz
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
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    User Ratings
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Next4biz
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)Next4biz
    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.
    Incentivized
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    next4biz
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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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    Cons
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    • 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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    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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    next4biz
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
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    Please see all other details from previous answers in this survey.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
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    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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    Alternatives Considered
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    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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    Return on Investment
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    • 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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    Next4biz Screenshots

    Screenshot of Next4biz brings every customer touchpoint into an AI-supported service flow, where incoming interactions can be understood, prioritized, routed, and followed through without losing context. Teams can automate routine steps, keep SLA and workflow control, and focus human effort on the cases that require judgment.Screenshot of Each request follows a category-based process with the right form, responsible team, SLA timer, and escalation path. This gives service operations a clear structure from intake to resolution, instead of stopping at ticket capture.Screenshot of High-volume written-channel traffic is filtered before it becomes backlog. PRIME separates noise from valid customer issues, identifies urgency, adds confidence scoring, and passes cleaner tickets into the next service step.Screenshot of Incoming requests from different service channels are checked before routing: real issues are separated from noise, categorized by topic and priority, then sent to the right workflow with sentiment and churn signals attached.Screenshot of Service processes can be configured without writing code, from category trees and custom forms to workflow steps, SLA rules, routing logic, and reporting views. This gives operations more room to adapt customer service processes as needs change.Screenshot of Interactions across phone, email, social media, marketplaces, review sites, orders, and cart activity come together in one omnichannel customer view. Agents can understand the full history and act without switching between disconnected channel screens.