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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

    Publer

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/APubler is a social media management tool used by individuals and businesses in crafting, scheduling, and analyzing their online presence across various social platforms. Publer aims to simplify the complexity of social media management, as a companion for digital marketers, influencers, and businesses of all sizes. Key Features: Scheduling: Publer enables users to plan and schedule posts across multiple social media platforms, to ensure a consistent…

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $5
    per month per user
    Business
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—VAT not included in the price. 14 days money back guarantee. Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Publer
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Publer
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    9.0
    73 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.673 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.769 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.767 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Publer
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.4
    61 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings8.450 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.460 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Publer
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    9.4
    70 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.164 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.554 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.729 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.465 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings9.735 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Publer
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.0
    54 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.743 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Publer
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.7
    57 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    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
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    9.5
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    9.1
    (54 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)Publer
    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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    Publer
    Where Publer is well suited: + Organisation of multiple social media accounts for when you have multiple brands + The integration of Google Maps makes it easy to organise multiple locations + Calendar with a nice overview makes it easy to see your social media planning for the following period of time Where it is less suited for: - Comparing competition and ideal posting time is quite a surplus in cost - No native Dutch version
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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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    Publer
    • A unified drag-and-drop calendar with genuine native previews allows us to bulk-upload images or videos, shuffle posts between dates and platforms, and see exactly how each platform (FB, IG, TikTok, Threads, etc.) will display before we hit “Schedule.”
    • Role-based approvals that streamline teamwork: interns draft, managers approve, and the audit trail ensures that nothing inconsistent slips through.
    • Quick-glance analytics built right into the calendar, surface engagement spikes, best-time suggestions and post-level stats without exporting to another tool, so we can tweak campaigns on the spot.
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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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    Publer
    • Some IG features are currently missing, like syncing with trending sounds, but I think that's more of an API limitation than a fault with Publer
    • The website interface can be a bit challenging to navigate. It isn't quite as intuitive as I'd like with where things are placed.
    • Some of the terms are confusing, like "recycling" and "recurring." I wish they'd combine these two particular posting options into one.
    • I'd also love to see better integration with my personalized AI, trained on my business.
    Incentivized
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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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    Publer
    I love the tool, is simple and useful
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    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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    Publer
    The menu is very clear. The big green button for adding a post makes it obvious where to post from. There are all the tools I might need for scheduling, and more. I gave a 9 instead of 10 because I find the "Explore" menu to be superfluous for the way I use Publer and feel it adds clutter to the experience. But honestly - I can just not go to that menu and it's fine.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Publer
    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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    Publer
    The pages do load very quick but in the the iPad form
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    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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    Publer
    Every time I have contacted Publer, I get answers right away
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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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    Publer
    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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    Publer
    In our opinion, Sendible is poorly designed and takes too many menus, clicks, opens and closes to perform a simple task. Their pricing structure changes suddenly with price increases and loss of seats. Socialbee was a contender but had restraints for a multi brand company that we did not want to workaround.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Publer
    I just used the web integration
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Publer
    I think this is well designed product. I really enjoy that I am able to learn it quick, integrate all the socials very easily
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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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    Publer
    • I can on-charge the price of the subscription within my package, so I can charge it out for what I want, allowing me to make some profit
    • Every one of my clients has loved using it, so they are more inclined to keep using our social media services
    • Publer helps my business to look professional
    Incentivized
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