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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Genesys DX (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGenesys DX was a live chat engagement and chatbot AI solution based on Bold360, acquired by Genesys. It is no longer available.N/A

    Kustomer

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AKustomer is a customer service CRM platform built for managing high support volume by optimizing experiences throughout the customer service journey. Kustomer was acquired by Facebook in late 2020, but spun out in 2023 and re-launched as an independent entity, Kustomer, LLC.

    $8,544

    per year for 8 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprise
    $89
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Ultimate
    $139
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All plans require an annual subscription and 8 users minimum.
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    Community Pulse
    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Genesys DX (discontinued) and Kustomer
    Feature
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Kustomer
    8.1
    15 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.611 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Genesys DX (discontinued) and Kustomer
    Feature
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Kustomer
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Genesys DX (discontinued) and Kustomer
    Feature
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Kustomer
    8.1
    15 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.710 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.313 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
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    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
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    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LiveChat
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (53 ratings)
    9.0
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    9.4
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys DX (discontinued)Kustomer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The relationship building with the entire team at LMI from Sales, to the Account Manager to our Customer Relationship manager and their product Bold360 was excellent. They were always willing to listen to different ideas and try to make them work for us
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    Kustomer, LLC
    I would say the greatest strength of Kustomer is its flexibility. In the hands of a skilled admin, it can be adapted to tons and tons of different use cases. I've been able to make custom displays for different groups of agents, produce complex cross sections of users, draw interesting data relationships combining marketing contacts and customer-initiated contacts. For example, there's really no other data source in our company which could tell you which users received a specific promo code and checked out with it, received their delivery within 14 days and then can related that to the number of times they contacted us about using our product. At the intersection of communication, marketing, data, and relationship-management, Kustomer shines at the center. I would say it falls short when you are trying to coordinate multiple "side conversations" with multiple sources to resolve an issue. This is a tough task for any type of platform, but if you're maintaining 3 different email chains with a 3PL partner, the customer, and a separate internal conversation, it would be confusing anyway!
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • We’ve built our environment to scale globally and currently leveraging the platform in U.S., LATAM, BRAZIL, APAC, and EMEA.
    • Email integration with Outlook has helped channel emails to agents by skill set.
    • The knowledgebase has shared global articles, which are auto-translated to our fans who engage our brands based on their questions.
    • I want to add kudos to the support received from our Customer Success Manager and Technical Account Manager.
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    Kustomer, LLC
    • All customer data (past orders, communication with customer service, rewards account data) is in one place. This helps agents avoid confusion and reduces the number of tabs they need to open.
    • The Knowledge Base (or K Base) is very helpful. Any time we roll out a new policy or have a limited-time promotion, we can add all the relevant information and worksheets there for the convenience of the agents. That way they can stay in a chat while looking up the answer to a question.
    • We can seamlessly move from chat into email if the customer leaves or the queue times are too long. All the interactions will stay on the customer profile page, so they are kept up to date.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Reporting capabilities. I think the dashboard and reporting tool could contain more details in terms of what data is visible and available to the user/administrator.
    • Native mobile applications to provide added support.
    • Improving the beta testing program to use new features before understanding whether the update can be pushed out without causing issues with the end-user.
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    Kustomer, LLC
    • For our team, the feature that defaults all notes to begin in "done" status is difficult. Throughout each day we need to have notes open and assigned back and forth to different teams, and we have to remember to manually "open" each note. There is too much room for human error with this setting, and it is easy for important notes to be missed if a user forgets to open the note.
    • Similarly, it can be hard to remember to assign emails/notes to a particular team in addition to a user. We almost exclusively work out of team inboxes, and if someone on Care writes an email to a customer, the email will automatically be "done" when it is created, and it will be assigned to the user who wrote it, but not also to the user's team. There are instances where an email needs to be snoozed for several days/hours with further action needed, and unless the user remembers to assign the email to their team it may "awake" from the snooze and not be visible to anyone except the user who created it. Similarly to my first comment, this leaves a lot of room for human error and is not very intuitive.
    • Personally, I do not love that all tickets/emails/notes are jumbled together in the same inbox. While this gives visibility to everything on the "to do" list at the same time, it can be visually overwhelming. We have created unique folders for certain types of projects or categories of work, but have experienced tech glitches or just the awkwardness of another step to manually read the note, determine what type of category it is, and then manually assign it to another folder. Would love to have things auto-sort and take out this manual lift.
    • I love the idea of the autopilot setting, but we have not been able to use this for our work because it sorts items based on time, and not based on priority. In our line of work, we may have an urgent situation arise that needs attention before an email that was sent in 60 minutes ago. The autopilot feature would push the email to my associates sooner than it would the urgent situation from 5 minutes ago. Due to this, we manually monitor inboxes and assign work to ourselves and others.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    Because there's no other tool like Kustomer
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Day-to-day use of Bold360 AI (chatbot) use (reviewing new questions, adding new responses, tagging, etc.) is fairly simple, but utilizing more advanced features and custom channeling, etc. typically require escalation to developers and may require additional costs if you want help to implement
    Incentivized
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    Kustomer, LLC
    There is a learning curve, but it is more than worth it, especially to have a dedicated resource pointed at Kustomer and any other software it interacts with. The basic implementation is useful, and powerful - certainly a MASSIVE upgrade over taking care of your customers in an email inbox or shuffling between multiple windows and applications! It is also set up really well to grow and reconfigure with your business. I'm a big fan.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    Because Kustomer is available when you need it
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    Because ages load quickly, reports complete in a reasonable time frame, given their complexity
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Great customer support management provided by LogMeIn, which gives you a direct line with regular meetings with the company to make sure your implementation is a success. [The] account manager is always readily available as well for engagement. Opportunities though exist in a balance between professional services support and VIP support that can be improved upon more.
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    Kustomer, LLC
    I did not reach out to Kustomer support when we had an issue. Still, whenever we provide feedback to our manager regarding what can improve based on our experience using Kustomer, our manager always comments that Kustomer support always replies with some positive feedback based on our suggestions.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    Because they are very hands-on in training us and very approachable
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    It was very easy to understand.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    Nothing really because it is easy to use. After an hour of using it, we're already getting the hang of it.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I used LivePerson in my previous company. It was the same as BoldChat in terms of being a standalone chat application. But when I started using Bold360, for the very first time I felt I'd found a tool that made chat a really good channel for communications.
    Incentivized
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    Kustomer, LLC
    Apps like Intercom, Zendesk, and Gorgios all treat customer inquiries as tickets, just tracking that one issue or interaction with a customer. Kustomer treats each customer as an individual, which allows us to provide top-notch customer service. Customers love that we're able to be more conversational and informal, while still solving their issues quickly. It also helps us build relationships with customers and increases repeat orders.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Kustomer, LLC
    Because customer is flexible and scalable
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Considerable saving on ticket deflection so return on investment
    • Saved on extra support engineer recruitment through self service
    • Enabled support engineers to concentrate on more complex customer issues as simple and semi-complex issues are generally dealt with through self service--so better quality of service for customers
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    Kustomer, LLC
    • We’re getting so much positive feedback — which is not something you traditionally associate with a customer care team — because we’re making it effortless for customers to deliver both positive and negative feedback, and we can now resolve the bad feedback really really quickly.
    • Primarily from our increased efficiency with Kustomer, we’ve seen a significant reduction of $3 to $4 for every cost per contact.
    Incentivized
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