ConvergeHub is a converged CRM for SMBs. According to the vendor, this solution can manage all of your sales, marketing, support, and billing needs, with a converged, full-featured, yet extremely easy-to-use CRM that is priced within reach. The vendor’s value proposition is that the features are optimized for small to medium-sized businesses that have the same needs as large corporations–but don’t have massive budgets to integrate or pay for expensive add-ons. All ConvergeHub CRM…
$9
per user - per month
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Score10 out of 10
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Sparkcentral was a social customer care solution and cloud-based customer engagement platform that catered specifically to customer care teams within large enterprises, enabling them to deliver real-time social customer service. Sparkcentral was acquired by Hootsuite in January 2021. The product has since been discontinued.
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Pricing
ConvergeHub
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Lite
$9
per user - per month
Professional
$29
per user - per month
Premium
$59
per user - per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ConvergeHub
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
No setup fee
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Features
ConvergeHub
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
8.3
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Territory management
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Opportunity management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
7.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Contract management
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Quote & order management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Interaction tracking
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
7.0
1 Ratings
10% below category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Case management
7.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Lead management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Email marketing
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
9.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Task management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Reporting
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
8.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Pipeline visualization
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customizable reports
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
7.5
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Custom fields
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
API for custom integration
7.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
ConvergeHub
9.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Mobile access
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
It is really well suited for clients looking to automate the process with a budget constraint and that is inline with most small and medium enterprises, startups as well as entrepreneurs looking for a productive environment to grow their business in.
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Sparkcentral has an extremely dedicated customer service team The platform UX is brilliant Reports are very detailed & easy to export The system is stable more than 98% of the time Queue management is extremely easy They need to work on a mobile app / making the website mobile friendly The ability to add more social media channels is essential
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
The biggest advantage of the Sparkcentral platform is its "inbox zero" philosophy. With this, our customer support requests are queued within the app, and agents need to work down the queue to keep it empty.
The app is designed from the ground up for customer care - instead of taking a generic social platform, and sprinkling in some customer care tools. Everything about Sparkcental is designed for helping our customers.
Sparkcentral allows us to do much better CRM. We can make customer notes, see recent interactions, determine who helped the customer (and when).
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In the beginning our team had the option to see what another user was typing as they responded to a post. With the latest update, this was taken away. That feature was key for us to shadow agents remotely who are still in training to provide real time feedback.
Our company has a number of different brands that we manage. Having a truly unified queue would be a great addition for us!
The bulk resolve should allow the option to select on the posts that you wish to resolve instead of selecting a time frame for bulk resolve. Often we find that marketing posts generate more volume in the evening. However, there are sometimes posts where the customer needs assistance during that time. So, if we were to bulk resolve for a certain number of evening hours we would potentially miss a customer's concern through that option as it is currently. But, if the option was to go through and select on all marketing posts and then bulk resolve you would ensure that you are not missing a post where a customer needs assistance.
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Sparkcentral has never given us a good reason to consider any other option. Aside from all the positive points I mentioned in previous areas of this review, something else that has really impressed us is their customer service (makes sense, they're a customer service company after all!). Any time we have a question or concern, we send them an email and we get a response almost instantly.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
ConvergeHub offers the best set of features and the interface that it does at a price that is by far the best out of its competitors. This has been an easy-to-sell product as the maximum amount of clients are startups or SMEs and budget is the main constraint for them, with which the views of ConvergeHub creators seem to align well.
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Sparkcentral does what it has offered to do, where other software made empty promises, Sparkcentral delivers. They also inform us, anytime they are undergoing maintenance or when Twitter or Facebook has an API change, where in previous cases we would have to discover this ourselves.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info