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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Encircle

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AEncircle is a field documentation solution for restoration contractors, used to capture photos, videos, notes, floor plans, moisture readings, drying logs, contents inventories, and e-signatures. With a mobile app designed to be used in the field under any conditions, restorers can quickly capture the facts to tell the story of a property loss. Encircle also features real-time sync between the web and mobile applications, so users can watch as the job file is populated with information…

    $250

    per month

    Front

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AFront is a communication hub that helps businesses keep the human touch in every interaction.

    $29

    per month per user

    Pricing
    EncircleFront
    Editions & Modules
    Small Shop
    $250
    per month
    Medium Shop
    $425
    per month
    Large Shop
    $625
    per month
    Starter
    $29
    per month per user
    Growth
    $79
    per month per user
    Scale
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Premier
    $229
    per month (billed annually) per seat (50 seat minimum)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EncircleFront
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMonthly Encircle subscription fee includes unlimited users, unlimited data storage, and mobile & web application access. Optional subscription add-ons or pay-as-you-go pricing available for Encircle Floor Plan & Xactimate Sketch Integration. Encircle subscription includes all features, access to Encircle Floor Plan, a dedicated Customer Success Manager, personalized training & onboarding, access to EncircleU (15+ hours of IICRC and RIA CE credits), unlimited technical support, and digitization of standard business forms.Discount for annual pricing on Starter and Growth plans. Scale and Premier plans are annual price only.
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    Community Pulse
    EncircleFront
    Considered Both Products
    Encircle Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Front
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    EncircleFront
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Encircle and Front
    Feature
    Encircle
    -
    Ratings
    Front
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Encircle and Front
    Feature
    Encircle
    -
    Ratings
    Front
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Encircle and Front
    Feature
    Encircle
    -
    Ratings
    Front
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    EncircleFront
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EncircleFront
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EncircleFront
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Encircle Inc.
    Encircle is the best field software we have ever used. The designer must have worked in the field because every challenge we face has been addressed in the software. The ability to provide our Customers so many types of reporting in real time helps keep our company in the forefront of our Industry.
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    Front
    I think Front is very useful for every company with multiple teams working together on different emails from clients. Not so useful if a lot of different teams need to work on a request at the same time, because when an email is sitting in multiple shared inboxes things can get messy. Also would not recommend for teams that work is individualized, as team work is the main point of Front.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Encircle Inc.
    • Real time reporting from the job site.
    • Very detailed drying reports for all of our water losses
    • Interactive reports for our customers including photos and videos.
    • Excellent content listing and photography options.
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    Front
    • Even if you are just trying to compose a single email, Front gives a smart system that has options such [as] organized templates, tags, alerts, [and] changing your outbound dpt email.
    • Tasks- with Front you will not miss any interaction. When you are required to get assistance from a coworker, you only need to mention him/her and that notification will appear automatically in their inboxes.
    • Smart Notifications- sometimes we are just overwhelmed about the several notifications on our devices that we tend to miss some of them, but Front offers a new way to notify every email, discussion, mentioning, or tag that you really would not want to miss.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Encircle Inc.
    • Sometimes it takes a long time to load the job at the site.
    • As long as the internet signal is strong the software works beautifully. You can work offline in those cases where the signal is not good or not there at all.
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    Front
    • Their integration to Salesforce is lacking. As the owner of our productivity tools and how they are used, I have very little control over what things to enforce, or even change what objects are available. For example, we don't use Cases in Salesforce but with the Salesforce integration the Cases object shows up. There's no need to have that there. I've heard there is a roadmap improvement forthcoming.
    • One of our uses is for our sales development reps to prospect with visitors. Because of the high volume of inquiries it's difficult for our reps to efficiently manage all their follow ups. It would be nice if we could run a "scheduled campaign" where a predesigned cadence of email follow ups can be sent automatically. To be clear, they do have a scheduling capability, but it just can't be used as a prebuilt option.
    • Integrations to other systems require you have a user account to those systems. We have SSO and therefore we don't always have a user account. For example, out integration to Jira uses SSO so we don't each have individual Jira logins. This is an outage for us.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Encircle Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Front
    We are very happy with Front and don't anticipate changing
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Encircle Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Front
    It's very easy to understand and use by new customer support agents as well. Be it a technology, product, or marketing person, we have trained most of the company folks to read and respond to customer conversations in their free time with the help of the Front app. It is also easy to set up for an admin and manage his/her team with communication rules.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Encircle Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Front
    The support is good, and it's definitely prompt, but still lags when it comes to technical requirements, as I guess they are slow in developing newer features fast. So no complaints in terms of responsiveness, but yeah, at times it's not very helpful when you need certain features or are blocked on things which can't be unblocked.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Encircle Inc.
    They fail to have the same features and customer service
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    Front
    This is something I am not familiar but it seems like it is [available] in Gmail. Thus I cannot give any feedback about it. What I am sure about is Front works for our team and I see Zoom using the service in the Customer Success Organization in a long run.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Encircle Inc.
    • Increase in Average Job Size
    • Major Increase in the QUALITY of our documentation
    • The technician say it takes longer to do the handwritten paperwork, but I would argue that they weren’t doing it the correct way before and if they were, it’s actually faster using Encircle.
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    Front
    • Saved our executive team considerable amount of time chasing support questions through different channels.
    • Gave our team clear accountability for who was lead on a support issue and how to escalate.
    • Customer regularly say our support is the best in the industry.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Encircle Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Encircle Claim Home Screen: Job documentation is captured in the app, which was designed to be used in the field.Screenshot of an Encircle Floor Plan: Used to captures and view 2D property floor plans directly from a smart phone.Screenshot of Encircle Reports: Detailed, organized, and professional reports can be created from any location.Screenshot of Encircle Hydro: Digital drying logs, moisture mapping, and an S500 compliant mitigation checklist for water damage restoration.Screenshot of Encircle Contents: Inventory contents are displayed and all the needed details are captured.

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