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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    NapoleonCat

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANapoleonCat is a social media management solution built around features such as post publishing and engagement across social media channels, competitor monitoring, and analytics and optimization.

    $89

    per month users, profile slots & Inbox Capacity

    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $89
    per month
    Pro
    $109
    per month
    Expert
    $139
    per month
    Enterprise
    from $465
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—14 days to explore features are included free. No credit card is required. The trial is based on the Expert Plan and includes: All features: Social Inbox, Auto-moderation, Publisher, Analytics, and Reporting - 5 seats - 10 social profile slots - 25,000-message capacity in the Inbox - AI Assistant: 100 actions in the Social Inbox and 10 in the Publisher. Please note: during the trial, downloading reports isn’t available, but reports can be previewed. Contact sales to connect a profile with over 1 million followers or to test a more custom setup.
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    NapoleonCat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and NapoleonCat
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)NapoleonCat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    NapoleonCat
    It is most effective in tracking the marketing efforts of competitors and gathering of information from social media platforms that is turned into actionable knowledge. NapoleonCat upgrades how we serve our customers and by automating social media marketing processes, time is saved so that teams can concentrate on other strategic tasks
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    NapoleonCat
    • Multi-hashtag searches
    • Customer service
    • Social campaign management
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    NapoleonCat
    • "Free Trial" functionality will actually charge users straight away depending on the trial button clicked
    • Changes to plan during a billing cycle are not refunded or credited in any way, including attempting to un-do the change. (So moving down and up again between plans, even if both actions occur within seconds of each other, results in getting charged twice...)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    NapoleonCat
    NapoleonCat is easy to implement and use. Users can manage all their social media activities from a single online dashboard that also includes reporting. Users can manage posts while on the go using the mobile app.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    NapoleonCat
    Over the course of our campaign, the team went out of their way to fix and correct glitches in the interface that I pointed out to them.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    NapoleonCat
    Use this service instead... Far more transparent and also supports modern account security features like 2-factor authentication. (Lack of 2fa puts all social profiles in NepoleonCat at increased risk of being hijacked...)
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    Return on Investment
    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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    NapoleonCat
    • Maintaining a positive brand image
    • Identifying potential influencers
    • Spying on competitors
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Desk.com (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Desk.com ConsoleScreenshot of Desk.com Issue ScreenScreenshot of Desk.com Reporting and Analytics

    NapoleonCat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Social Inbox, Auto-moderation, AI Assistant, Social CRM,  Schedule & Publish, Analytics, ReportingScreenshot of Social Inbox: Engage communities and manage social customer serviceScreenshot of Analytics: Measure social media marketing performanceScreenshot of Schedule & Publish: Schedule content across platformsScreenshot of AI Assistant:Automate, analyze, and secure social mediaScreenshot of Auto-moderation: Automate conversations on social media