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    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

    Rebrandly

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARebrandly is used to create, share and manage branded links. They offer companies and individuals the possibility to brand and shorten the links they share using a specific domain name of their choosing. With Rebrandly, users can create and share branded links directly through the browser extension while surfing the Web. It is then stored in a dashboard where users can measure results using their best in class suite of tools. Users can register a new domain name directly with Rebrandly,…

    $14

    per month

    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Rebrandly
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $14
    per month 250 Links & QR codes per month
    Professional
    $39
    per month 1500 Links & QR codes per month
    Growth
    $119
    per month 3,500 links & QR codes per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Rebrandly
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Pricing tiers varies based on needs for links, users and custom domains. Up to an 18% discount is available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)Rebrandly
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Rebrandly
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)Rebrandly
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Rebrandly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    10.0
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    8.3
    (23 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)Rebrandly
    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.
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    Rebrandly
    If you would like to dedicate a subdomain for a particular type of audience or campaign - a smart way of shortening links and wow factor is that for the free-tier itself there are 500+ links allowed - which is huge! Recommended for running outbound campaigns where subdomain won't mess up your data.
    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.
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    Rebrandly
    • Let's you specify the domain name to something meaningful.
    • Can customize the short link name to make it clear what's it for.
    • The process is quick and you get your shortened URL in seconds.
    • Price is fairly reasonable, particularly if you manage a website with lots of pages that you need to share the links on.
    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
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    Rebrandly
    • The reporting feature is flat out awful. It would be great if there were just a dashboard where I could see stats and graphs with easily filterable views.
    • The UI could use some polish in the dashboard.
    • More sorting/filtering features when looking through links.
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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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    Rebrandly
    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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    Rebrandly
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Rebrandly
    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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    Rebrandly
    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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    Rebrandly
    Prompt and informative responses. Whereas many of their competitors use automated responses that require significant wait times to respond, Rebrandly have a much decreased response time which is vital for any business that is juggling many different tasks at the same time. This aspect of quality customer service is one of the primary reasons that we choose to use Rebrandly, and will continue to do so.
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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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    Rebrandly
    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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    Rebrandly
    Rebrandly is definitely aimed at the professional end of the market. Bitly has been around for a long time, but also overused and abused by bad actors. This can negatively influence a backlink profile in terms of organic search which an SEO professional simply can not afford. Using custom domains with Rebrandly, in conjunction with the unbeatable redirection speed means I'm getting far better and more consistent results compared to Bitly.
    Incentivized
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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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    Rebrandly
    • I am able to easily track user behavior across multiple mediums
    • Based on user behavior I am able to tailor our services to better match their requirements - even when they don't say anything explicitly
    • More clicks to our desired links mean more traffic and more revenue
    • Users see a more consistent, professional brand image across our channels, garnering more trust
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Desk.com (discontinued) Screenshots

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

    Rebrandly Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Rebrandly dashboardScreenshot of the interface to create a branded linkScreenshot of where to share a branded link directly to favourite social sites or copy it to a clipboardScreenshot of where to create teams and invite colleagues to create branded links with a shared custom domain.Screenshot of a search for a new custom domain to purchase directly through Rebrandly.