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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshchat

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AA solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.

    $0

    per month free for up to 10 agents

    Verint Channel Automation

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Verint Channel Automation is a social customer service software that enables companies to engage in large volumes of social media conversations with their customers. The cloud-based software combines intelligent prioritization with team management workflows.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshchatVerint Channel Automation
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $79
    per month (billed annually) per agent
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshchatVerint Channel Automation
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    FreshchatVerint Channel Automation
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
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    Verint
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FreshchatVerint Channel Automation
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Verint Channel Automation
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Verint Channel Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatVerint Channel Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.2
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshchatVerint Channel Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    From experience, you may ask the Conversocial team to make recommendations on licenses for larger vs. smaller social customer service teams. The need for support and the amount of usage you may get from the tool's robust offering may differ as a result of those precedents. The tool is adaptable in both scenarios it would seem.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
    • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
    • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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    Verint
    • Previous conversations: This is one of the main reasons why I personally love Conversocial over Hootsuite and other social media engagement tools. Conversocial pulls in all previous interactions we've had with community members and it helps us identify if we've already addressed their problem, if they are a detractor/advocate, and so much more. With other engagement tools, it's frustrating as a community member may repost the same thing over and over again, but at different time periods. If you're unable to see what someone has said in the past, we may waste our time replying to the same thing multiple times, or we also risk responding with the same general advice, when we could try a different approach.
    • Tags and filters: Conversocials use of tags and filters are extremely simple to use. They have shortcuts which help you easily assign a tag to an item and then you can easily pull up each of those tags within Conversocial itself or your can open up an external report. If my team is in a hurry and wants to quickly see a certain tag, we can use the filter option and within seconds we have all the information we need.
    • Simple shortcuts: Conversocial has several shortcuts that save my team a lot of time. One single button on my keyboard can apply sentiment and archive something so it's out of my way. I can also use shortcuts to apply a tag, assign an item, and do other tasks. It may seem like a small benefit but each second saved really adds up throughout each day and week.
    • Communication: As we know, technology has issues and every tech issue Conversocial has experiences has been handled extremely well. I've never encountered any issues contacting Conversocial, we're always notified when they are working on a solution and once the problem has been fixed. We also receive random pop-ups within Conversocial to notify us of known issues before our team experiences them, and when there is a new feature that we should be aware of. Their communication is always on point and it's great to know that we can always rely on them.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
    • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
    • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    • I would like to see an improvement in the reporting dashboard which is something I mentioned to Josh (the CEO) on a call back in April. He said that it is something they are working on but to remember that this is truly a customer service social media platform so some of the features that I would like to see may not fit well with the users of the product.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    The only two reasons we would not continue using Conversocial are it's lack of comprehensive analytics and its lack of Radian6's categorization tools. Tags make up for the categorization pretty well, however, and we're considering switching everything over to this now that we've tested tags for a couple months within Conversocial. (I previously wrote that Conversocial lacks support for some social channels like Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, but they have now added Instagram and YouTube.)
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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    Verint
    Because of the number of features it offers and the manner in which they're presented. I've explored a number of other tools that just don't do it as well. When sorting through and responding to hundreds of social media messages each day, the number of clicks it takes to do something really matters. Conversocial does a great job of minimizing clicks and presenting the data we need without having to click to find it
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    Downtime is very rare, and the occasional occurrences are typically a problem with Twitter or FB API.
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    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    Extremely fast, practically in real time.
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    Our account rep at Conversocial has set up a call with me every two weeks to check in, talk about new features, or answer questions. I know I can email or call her for help anytime. Their support team also responds quickly.
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    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Verint
    Comprehensive training in all aspects of the software and general usages (including social media) for both agents and managers. Simulation workshops really made the live deployment process very smooth.
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    Online Training
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Verint
    Outstanding & comprehensive training both on-line and instructor-led. Another crucial differentiator from competitors in our eyes.
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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    Verint
    Without any tech requirement on our end, this was an extraordinarily easy implementation to run, compared to other platforms like live chat or email.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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    Verint
    Early on we did comparisons with Hootsuite and later with Adobe. While they have similarities, the difference at the time and likely currently, was the personal interest and general accessibility of Conversocial's platform and people. The combination of an effective CRM solution and a team that was readily available to help proved to be the winning formula for our business.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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    Verint
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
    Incentivized
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    Verint
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
    • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
    • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
    • There is no negative effect in general.
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    Verint
    • One of the biggest benefits we are seeing is that we have reduced the number of post-holiday complaints coming into head office. Since we are responding to issues and concerns as they arise, we can impact overall customer satisfaction.
    • The efficiencies gained from using a centralized platform for managing the response process has enabled us to reduce our team by 50%.
    • We can track that we are responding to a fan's first message within 30 minutes.
    • We can track the number of messages each user engages with.
    • We can see the most effective times of day to post and reply.
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    ScreenShots

    Freshchat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale

    Verint Channel Automation Screenshots

    Screenshot of the same consistent experiences across different messaging platforms, in multiple languages, through a seamless blend of bots and human agentsScreenshot of Verint Channel Automation's real-time and historical analytics necessary for the most demanding modern contact centers, with insights and reporting of the performance of humans and botsScreenshot of an illustration of how agents can move across interaction types as “Conversations” without losing context, such as during bot-to-human agent handoversScreenshot of the engagement dashboard. In addition to topical insights like emergent phrases mentioned and tags being assigned to conversations, the engagement dashboard provides high-level views of how the business is performing overallScreenshot of an example of conversational experienceScreenshot of Verint Channel Automation's conversational customer experience solution, which allows natural, engaging customer conversations via messaging channels to flow across the entire customer journey.