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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ChurnZero

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AChurnZero is a Customer Success platform designed to help subscription businesses succeed through improved customer experiences. ChurnZero helps Customer Success team spot potential churn risks early and see renewal and expansion opportunities faster. Its automation and personalization, in-app communications, and Customer Success AI™ support engagement with customers and lead them to value. The platform offers journeys, health scores, survey tools, segmentation, plays,…N/A

    HotSchedules

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHotSchedules is a cloud-based scheduling, labor and communication management software solution serving the restaurant and hospitality industry. According to the vendor, key benefits include: Build & Communicate Schedules The scheduling and labor management software reduces the time it takes managers to create and communicate schedules. All scheduling and employee information is stored in one central location, so managers have access to time-off requests,…

    $2

    per month per employee

    Pricing
    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $2
    per month per employee
    Plus
    $4
    per month per employee
    Quote-Based
    Quote-based pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
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    ChurnZero
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    135 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    133 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    82 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ChurnZero and HotSchedules
    Feature
    ChurnZero
    8.1
    193 Ratings
    5% below category average
    HotSchedules
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.1193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of ChurnZero and HotSchedules
    Feature
    ChurnZero
    9.5
    205 Ratings
    9% above category average
    HotSchedules
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    API9.0167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com10.0171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Data Extraction / Integration
    Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of ChurnZero and HotSchedules
    Feature
    ChurnZero
    9.5
    221 Ratings
    8% above category average
    HotSchedules
    -
    Ratings
    Product usage9.1218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk / support tickets10.0177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Success Management
    Comparison of Customer Success Management features of ChurnZero and HotSchedules
    Feature
    ChurnZero
    9.6
    226 Ratings
    11% above category average
    HotSchedules
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    NPS surveys9.1198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sponsor tracking9.079 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer profiles10.0211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflow10.0218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal collaboration10.0185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer health scoring10.0223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer segmentation9.1217 Ratings00 Ratings
    CSM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of ChurnZero and HotSchedules
    Feature
    ChurnZero
    9.2
    226 Ratings
    9% above category average
    HotSchedules
    -
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    Customer health trends9.1215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement analytics9.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Revenue forecasting9.072 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboards9.0220 Ratings00 Ratings
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    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
    Small Businesses
    ClientSuccess
    Score6 out of 10
    Jolt
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CustomerSuccessBox
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Jolt
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Gainsight CS
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (229 ratings)
    1.0
    (167 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (133 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (122 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChurnZeroHotSchedules
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ChurnZero
    If you are a SaaS business with a high volume of customers, having ChurnZero is a must. If you have a subscription based business and a customer success or account management function in your company, I would highly recommend ChurnZero.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    For small to medium-sized companies HotSchedules works great when business is very static. If you are simply using HotSchedules for a schedule writing tool, it is phenomenal. However, it does miss the mark as a labor control software. Needs more controls to keep managers aware of spending versus historical sales data.
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    Pros
    ChurnZero
    • ChurnZero has excellent customer success! They worked very hard to ensure a successful implementation and launch.
    • The CZ platform gives a detailed view of customer usage. We know exactly how clients are using our platform which allows us to provide excellent customer success services. This allows helps our product team understand the needs of clients and the success of new features.
    • We are able to create plays based on usage which provides a customized and personal experience for each user. CZ makes it possible to give our clients what they need when they need it.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    • Communication is so simple on HotSchedules. Whether it is communicating a new schedule release, or a quick note about tonight's shift we as managers are able to easily communicate and know that it will reach our team through text notifications, or email notifications.
    • The Meal Break planning tool is very useful in being able to help our floor leaders clearly understand and plan for what breaks are needed throughout the shift. This allows them to come up with a strategic game plan quickly and spend more time with our guests.
    • Shift Swaps and Releases are so seamless. This is our favorite tool as it makes helping our team cover shifts extremely easy and painless. On the flip side it also makes staff who want more hours be able to find what is available in real time.
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    Cons
    ChurnZero
    • When composing an email out of segments, the ability to save it as a draft to review later would be awesome, instead of needing to set up a Play
    • In the admin section, I love that we can have a color palate - but we'd like the color palete to be applied in other areas so CZ has more of our companies branding
    • The content templates can be hard to stylize if you don't know html
    • Add the Merge Fields functionality to tasks, especially tasks made by playbooks
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    • Clocking In and out can be a little slow. It takes longer to clock in then our previous method. Before we just had a card you swiped and it would clock you in. Took 2 seconds. Now with the Hotschdules method we use it take 30 seconds or so. Not a huge issue but it can add up if you have one computer and a line of employees waiting to clock in.
    • Time Cards. It does not allow you to view someones current time until the "punch" has ended. If the manager would like to check what time the employee clocked in/out from lunch they have to wait until the employee has clocked out for the day before the record is generated. As a shift lead you may send and employee to lunch but forget to note what time you sent them. Awhile passes and you feel like they should be back by now, so you want to go in and see what time they left for lunch but it does not show you that punch record because the employee is still "clocked in" they are just on their "Meal Break"
    • The ability to customize the restrictions for Clocking in and out. You can set it up so that employees can only clock in from a specific location, however if you have a manager who is allowed to work from home they would not be able to clock in without being at the same location as set in the software. It would be nice to see it able to be customized per user.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ChurnZero
    Our team is very happy with the product after evaluating multiple vendors, including Gainsight, Totango and Planhat. We like the additional functionality that CZ offers on its enterprise version. We were strongly considering other products if the price was right and functionality worked, but the change management would have been too heavy and taken too long. The ChurnZero team has been a good partner to rely on and allowed us to free up our time and resources to focus on more pressing matters
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    Ease of use, efficiently creating and posting staff schedules.
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    Usability
    ChurnZero
    ChurnZero makes my work life a complete game changer. I say it all the time ChurnZero is a one stop shop for data! I don't fumble through numerous different programs, try to remember different passwords, I literally login to CZ and it is right there in front of me
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    6 Years of Experience provides me the insight on the upgrades and changes that HotSchedules has done to improve the experience of its users. There are so many features that we still have not started or used to the fullest, but we believe that we are currently getting a strong value out of the money that is paid for this product.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ChurnZero
    Quick response by the CZ team.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ChurnZero
    I recently had the opportunity to interact with ChurnZero's customer support team, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed. Their responsiveness and willingness to solve problems are exemplary. From the moment I reached out, their team displayed a level of professionalism and dedication that truly stood out.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    On rare occasions a phone call has been required to find the solution to a problem, the HotSchedules response staff have been helpful, courteous, and genuinely seem to care for their clients and take pride in what they do. The consistent development and fine tuning of the platform, interface, and mobile environment shows that this is not a program full of people who rest on their laurels.
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    Online Training
    ChurnZero
    The training and onboarding have been very helpful. Since I was not a part of the team when ChurnZero was implemented, it was important to get brought up to speed as quickly as possible and our CSM has been incredibly receptive in that regard.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    ChurnZero
    I implemented CZ in 4 months. When I look back, this is not a long time where I needed to get to know CZ by myself (as I did not have knowledge of it at all..) study the Academy, playing around in the test environment and setting up in live environment.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
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    Alternatives Considered
    ChurnZero
    Gainsight CS - you need a team to manage this tool; not intuitive to use, and you're not able to be as agile once configured GUIDEcx - One of my favorites in the space, and so easy to set up, configure, customize, and scale. Able to connect onboarding milestones to SFDC cases, and share out as a customer portal. Mixmax has been purchased in past companies to help fill in gaps of other tools (gives us scheduling links, in-inbox email templates, SFDC lead/contact and task management)
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    I have not used any other Scheduling software for employees. As a campground manager in the summer season, we are using campground master for reservations. it is very similar in process to employee scheduling. the ability to the user of that program to set up their own parameters for time and reservations is something that would benefit the employee scheduling software.
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    Scalability
    ChurnZero
    Easy to escalate.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ChurnZero
    • ChurnZero has transformed our NPS strategy, helping us get in front of unhappy customers faster
    • ChurnZero has reduced confusion and data cleanliness issues across our CS org
    • Their customer support has helped us implement and get up and running with Churnzero in excellent time.
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    HotSchedules and Fourth
    • Saving time on scheduling means our managers can focus more on guest experience, managing the floor and other areas that contribute to the success of our business.
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    ScreenShots

    ChurnZero Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of ChurnZero's customer success AI. It is used to automate content creation, turn scattered data into clear insights, and track customer sentiment. The tools offer deeper visibility, better engagement, and more time to focus on building lasting customer relationships.Screenshot of an overview of ChurnZero's customer insights, which provide a real-time, 360° view of every customer. These are used to track engagement, monitor health, and drive action without guesswork.Screenshot of an overview of how ChurnZero guides customers through key milestones, providing real-time visibility into their progress, and collaboration on personalized success strategies.Screenshot of how ChurnZero keeps customers informed and engaged. With in-app communications, WalkThroughs, and Success Centers, customer success agents can deliver targeted messages, guide users through key features, and provide on-demand resources—all without disrupting their workflow.Screenshot of how ChurnZero defines Data-driven automation = The right actions, for the right customers, at the right time. ChurnZero helps automate key touchpoints, jumpstart engagement with templates, and stay informed with instant updates.Screenshot of how ChurnZero helps to predict risks, seize opportunities, and drive revenue growth. ChurnZero provides real-time insights to identify at-risk accounts, track key trends, and forecast revenue with precision. This helps agents to proactively manage churn, uncover expansion opportunities, and make data-driven decisions that fuel long-term success.

    HotSchedules Screenshots

    Screenshot of Time-Off, Availability, Employee Hours, Sales Volume are all available in the scheduler.Screenshot of Employees are able to swap and pick-up shifts from the HotSchedules Mobile App. All shift changes or requests require a manager's approval.Screenshot of Managers and employees can communicate with each other from the mobile and web apps - from anywhere and at anytime.Screenshot of Employees can submit a time-off, request - paid, or unpaid - and can request to work or request off right from the mobile app.Screenshot of Managers can view sales and labor data from their phone.