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Crowdbase (discontinued) vs. HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite vs. Zoho Desk

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Crowdbase (discontinued)

    Score2 out of 10
    N/ACrowdbase was collaboration software from the company of the same name in Quebec. The company has ceased operations and the product is no longer available.

    $100

    per month

    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AHyperOffice delivers a collaboration software built around functionalities such as document and database management, a social network platform, and online collaborative calendarsN/A

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Crowdbase (discontinued)HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration SuiteZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Crowdbase (discontinued)HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration SuiteZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details——A discount is offered for yearly billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Crowdbase (discontinued)HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration SuiteZoho Desk
    Considered Multiple Products
    Discontinued Products
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    HyperOffice
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    Zoho
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Crowdbase (discontinued)HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration SuiteZoho Desk
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Crowdbase (discontinued) and HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Crowdbase (discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Chat7.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Crowdbase (discontinued) and HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Crowdbase (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite
    7.1
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Crowdbase (discontinued) and HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Crowdbase (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Crowdbase (discontinued) and HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Crowdbase (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Crowdbase (discontinued) and HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Crowdbase (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Crowdbase (discontinued) and HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Crowdbase (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Crowdbase (discontinued)HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration SuiteZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Crowdbase (discontinued)HyperOffice Enterprise Collaboration SuiteZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    I wouldn't suggest Crowdbasefor smaller companies, even for bigger companies a more integrated solution would be desirable. It may suit companies that want their collaboration separate from project management and CRM, but at least for our organisation it seems to make more sense to have most of our work tools in one place
    Incentivized
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    HyperOffice
    It is well suited for the medium to large companies, where you are managing a large amount of data and files. Least suited for the small companies or startups.
    Read full review
    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Collaboration
    • Interaction with staff
    • Great way to engage staff and support each other
    Incentivized
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    HyperOffice
    • Simple interface which makes it easy to operate.
    • Great Features to facilitate the needs.
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • It is very limited
    • Although it has an API it doesn't link to the services we use.
    • It isn't customisable like podio.
    Incentivized
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    HyperOffice
    • Takes time to learn the functionalities.
    • A bit pricey for small companies.
    • Extra help required to learn.
    Read full review
    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    HyperOffice
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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    HyperOffice
    I've heard good things about the customer support team of HyperOffice but never had any experience myself.
    Read full review
    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Crowdbase's strength may lie in its ability to do just one main thing well, but for us this was a massive limitation. I know that it is not trying to be Podio and it is therefore unfair to compare the two but there are features that overlap. for us Podio was better suited.
    Incentivized
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    HyperOffice
    The platform is easy-to-use and helpful in managing projects. Additionally, email-based communication and updates are great.
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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Encourages communication
    • Easy to use
    • Before crowdbase we never though of collaborating this way
    Incentivized
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    HyperOffice
    • Definitely. Got more features than expected for the price plan. Props to the team for that.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.