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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contactability

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AContactability is a multi-channel marketing platform which automates the lead conversion process.

    $149

    per month

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A
    Pricing
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    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
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Contactability
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    4.3
    1 Ratings
    57% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Case management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Lead management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Task management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Forecasting6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Custom fields7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Single sign-on capability7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Social data6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Marketing automation6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Contactability and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Contactability
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContactabilityDesk.com (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Contactability
    Contactability is really good for teams that are trying to branch out to an untapped market space. Especially those that are trying to disrupt the health insurance scene. This helps them get their foot in the door in the area and their name out in the community. The customer service representatives could be more responsive.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Contactability
    • The software reporting system is really clean and works well and they are good at sending you leads.
    • Their customer service is also willing to work with you and they really tried to help me improve our ROI.
    • Since using Contactability our workflow is changing. We now only pick up the phone when someone is interested in our services. The prescreening is all handled and we have control over the flow, what is said. Even when we're out of the office we can log in from anywhere and see what's happening with our leads and those missed calls get scheduled for us automatically.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
    • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
    • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Contactability
    • Call the toll-free customer service number and you are transferred to a blank voicemail, with an electronic repeat of the phone number.
    • The software training videos were confusing to non technical users.
    • We encountered bugs with the use of Windows 10. Some of the futures were bugged.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
    • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
    • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contactability
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Contactability
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Contactability
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Performance
    Contactability
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Support Rating
    Contactability
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Contactability
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Contactability
    Contactability does a pretty decent job as it is very user-friendly and puts us in contact with our prospective clients. What they could improve on that Insightly does well is training and support. This could be due to the size of the company or their prioritization of resources. Overall we enjoyed Contactability better than Insightly.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Contactability
    • We got our people to become more open minded in trying new software and exploring options for automation.
    • Users got discouraged when the software did not work as it was supposed to and customer service was not there too help.
    • Once used correctly, we did have a large increase in the number of new clients that our office handled.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
    • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
    • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
    Incentivized
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