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    Overview
    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

    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/AOnContact was customer relationship management software for sales and marketing automation, available through either cloud or on-premise deployment. It was acquired by Workwise LLC, which was in turn acquired by Aptean, and is no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
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    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)Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings4.82 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings4.42 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings4.82 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings3.92 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings3.92 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings4.42 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings4.82 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    3.6
    2 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings4.42 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    8.5
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    4.9
    2 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings4.42 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings4.42 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings3.92 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Ratings
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    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    4.8
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oncontact CRM (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    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.
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    Oncontact is an excellent software/service, and it covers a tremendous breadth of usage scenarios. The customization means that customers can adapt it as they see fit. About the only place where I don't see it as a great fit is in minimal implementations. A lot is going on, and using it for small tasks isn't the best use of the software.
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    Pros
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    • 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.
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    • Company Name
    • Contacts
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    Cons
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    • 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
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    • Customization could be easier. Just about anything is possible, but the learning curve is steep.
    • More focus on mass loading
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    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
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    The company has been using Oncontact for some time now. Many of the business processes require the use of a CRM software package. It helps solve some pretty serious problems, and overall the cost is very justified. Also, the developer is very good at keeping it up to date and introducing new functionality.
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    Usability
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    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.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Performance
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    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Support Rating
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    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.
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    Implementation Rating
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    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
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    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.
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    • Oncontact provided many, but not all of the features of Salesforce.com. However, the complexity and cost involved in Salesforce.com was an overriding factor for us to use Oncontact. Not just the initial and licensing fee, but it seemed that just about everything we wanted to do involved consultants or more work or licensing. Oncontact was easier to implement out of the box, even when we did need to make customizations.
    • We looked at Microsoft 365 Business, and while it was comparable in price for the initial cost, the integration with our other software systems was not built-in, so we did not pursue it very much.
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    Return on Investment
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    • 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.
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    • Don't know, I only use occasionally
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