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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Hiver

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHiver is a customer service platform that brings together communication channels, apps, and data to improve customer support operations. Hiver enables real-time collaboration across every customer communication channel, offering AI and automation to resolve issues and help teams work faster. Hiver states that over 10,000 teams of all shapes and sizes globally from Flexport to Harvard University, Vacasa, and Epic Games rely on Hiver to deliver support that wins and retains customers for…

    $24

    per month per user

    MyAlice

    N/AN/AMyAlice, headquartered in Singapore, offers a platform that features a tool set to support social selling and commerce.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    FrontHiverMyAlice
    Editions & Modules
    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)
    Lite
    $24
    per month per user
    Growth
    $34
    per month per user
    Pro
    $59
    per month per user
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    Premium
    $12
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $35
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FrontHiverMyAlice
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing on Starter and Growth plans. Scale and Premier plans are annual price only.20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    FrontHiverMyAlice
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    Front
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    Hiver
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    MyAlice
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    FrontHiverMyAlice
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Front and Hiver and MyAlice
    Feature
    Front
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    MyAlice
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.26 Ratings9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission7.74 Ratings9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response7.74 Ratings9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Front and Hiver and MyAlice
    Feature
    Front
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    MyAlice
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base7.06 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Front and Hiver and MyAlice
    Feature
    Front
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    MyAlice
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.33 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration9.43 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.24 Ratings9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.42 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    FrontHiverMyAlice
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Kustomer
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    FrontHiverMyAlice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (35 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FrontHiverMyAlice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Hiver
    One scenario where Hiver works really well is in a shared support or billing inbox or anywhere multiple team members need access to the same messages. For example, when a customer emails about a billing question, we used to reply and manually loop in the billing team or forward the message. That often caused confusion, especially when someone forgot to “reply all” or responded only to the teammate instead of the customer.Now with Hiver, we just assign the conversation to the billing inbox, and whoever is available can respond. Everyone on the team can see the thread, status, and notes, which avoids duplicated efforts and missed replies. We also used to rely on Google Groups, but it wasn’t clear if someone had already replied, and there was no easy way to collaborate behind the scenes. Hiver completely solved that for us.As for situations where Hiver might be less ideal, I’d say if your team isn’t using Gmail or Google Workspace, then it’s probably not a good fit. It’s really designed for teams that live in Gmail so the team doesn't have to learn a new system. I'm sure some businesses will require a more robust ticketing solution but for our use case, this was a perfect option to improve outcomes, client service, and satisfaction.
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    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.
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    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
    Incentivized
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    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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    Hiver
    • It could be considered expensive, but ultimately worth every penny for those who use shared inboxes/groups to run their business.
    Incentivized
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Front
    We are very happy with Front and don't anticipate changing
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    Hiver
    No answers on this topic
    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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.
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    Hiver
    Easy to use
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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.
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    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Hiver
    True ticketing solutions are certainly more robust in that you can typically manage social media channels and phones, etc. But, in my opinion, when you don't have a team solely responsible for managing a ticketing system they can be complicated to implement. With HIVER, we're already all accustomed to managing our own G-Suite inbox, so it was simply a matter of teaching the team how to utilize the solution.
    Incentivized
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Hiver
    • The ROI on showing how many emails are being received and addressed in a timely manner are great for KPIs
    • the ability to search and ensure emails are not being deleted as an automatic report is sent out the following day saying if any emails were deleted by whom
    • the ability to automate who gets assigned what emails from specific vendors per entity
    Incentivized
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    MyAlice
    No answers on this topic
    ScreenShots

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    Hiver Screenshots

    Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature