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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ConvergeHub

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    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
    N/ASparkcentral 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.N/A
    Pricing
    ConvergeHubSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $9
    per user - per month
    Professional
    $29
    per user - per month
    Premium
    $59
    per user - per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConvergeHubSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Features
    ConvergeHubSparkcentral (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)
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    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.01 Ratings00 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 management7.01 Ratings00 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 management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.01 Ratings00 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 management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.01 Ratings00 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 visualization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.01 Ratings00 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 fields8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration7.01 Ratings00 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 access9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ConvergeHub and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    ConvergeHub
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ConvergeHubSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Khoros Service
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ConvergeHubSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConvergeHubSparkcentral (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConvergeHub
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ConvergeHub
    • The dashboards are really good and feature laden.
    • The UI is really intuitive as well as user friendly.
    • Automation of simple tasks as well as the marketing process is really easy.
    • Above all the pricing takes the cake here.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Cons
    ConvergeHub
    • Customer support isn't that great, takes a lot of time to respond.
    • Notifications are not on time, i.e. they are delayed and not real time.
    • Lack of integration with other applications.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ConvergeHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Usability
    ConvergeHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The system meets all my expectations.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ConvergeHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Incredible customer service team that replies back very quickly, follows up on the reported issue till it's resolved in a very timely manner.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConvergeHub
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    ConvergeHub
    • It helps increase the overall productivity by automating daily routine tasks.
    • Sales & marketing process becomes easier and more productive.
    • Workflow management is easier.
    • Overall productivity increases many-fold.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Customers appreciate fast responses to the things they post on social media. This tool allows that to happen.
    • The dashboard allows us to keep up with how many are waiting in our queue so we can keep up with how busy we are during the day and manage it.
    • Customer satisfaction has seemed to increase while using this tool.
    • Being able to add notes with the customers address and phone info is awesome as well.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    ConvergeHub Screenshots

    Screenshot of ConvergeHub dashboard provides a quick and precise snapshot of the key business metrics, namely – Deals by Expected Close Date; Leads by Source; Lead Acquisition & Deal Acquisition and so on.Screenshot of ConvergeHub calendar  allows users to schedule, reschedule, organize, add and edit the tasks. Users can share the calendar with colleagues for quick collaboration. They can check tasks due dates and get notified about upcoming meetings.Screenshot of Users can frame and run marketing campaigns across four broadcast mediums – Email, Direct Mail, SMS and Social. At the end of every campaign, they can use the cross-channel campaign tracking feature to measure the campaign performance and identify the most profitable channels.Screenshot of ConvergeHub provides Case History
 for every customer stored in the CRM. The case history section includes  important details like - total number of cases, assigned customer support agents, case resolution status and case closure date.Screenshot of ConvergeHub Library module enables users to store, share and manage important files, collaterals, brochures, presentations and case studies for every target, lead, account, contact, deal and customer.Screenshot of ConvergeHub facilitates its users to store all business contacts within one  unified database that is accessible round-the-clock from any internet-enabled device. The contact details section includes information such as  email, phone number, meeting notes, to-do lists and documents. Users can customize the contacts management section and add comments, notes, events and files to the contacts.