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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gladly CX Platform

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AGladly Software headquartered in San Francisco offers their omnichannel customer service platform, providing one platform to oversee customer correspondences and also provide customer self-help.

    $38

    Per Month Per User

    Intercom

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AIntercom Helpdesk is the support workspace where human teammates handle customer conversations and tickets. Fin, the customer agent, and Copilot work in that same Inbox, so a case can move from an automated reply to a teammate with the conversation history attached.

    $39

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
    Editions & Modules
    Task Based
    $38.00
    Per Month Per User
    Customer Facing
    $150.00
    Per Month Per User
    Essential
    $39
    per month per seat
    Advanced
    $99
    per month per seat
    Expert
    $139
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Up to a 26% discount for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
    Considered Both Products
    Gladly Software
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    67 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    82 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    65 Answers
    Features
    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Gladly CX Platform and Intercom
    Feature
    Gladly CX Platform
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Intercom
    8.0
    15 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.35 Ratings8.613 Ratings
    Expert directory8.03 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.52 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.54 Ratings7.59 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.34 Ratings8.114 Ratings
    Ticket response9.74 Ratings7.515 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Gladly CX Platform and Intercom
    Feature
    Gladly CX Platform
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Intercom
    8.4
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    External knowledge base9.53 Ratings8.415 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.04 Ratings8.412 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Gladly CX Platform and Intercom
    Feature
    Gladly CX Platform
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Intercom
    7.9
    15 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Customer portal9.73 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    IVR9.35 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Social integration9.05 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    Email support9.75 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration9.35 Ratings8.711 Ratings
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    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (149 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (57 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Gladly CX PlatformIntercom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gladly Software
    Any business that has a customer base could benefit from Gladly. If you call, text, social media message, etc Gladly can do all of these functions and keeps all of these conversations easily located so that you can refer back to previous conversations. The ability to leave notes on the account is very helpful.
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    Salesforce
    Intercom is well suited to finding information that your colleague gets about one lead or User. It's less appropriate when you need some report that you can not custom, and the different categories are really not clear. Nevertheless, for the communication with your clients and feature clients, it's really perfect!
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    Pros
    Gladly Software
    • Easy to use interface. Supporting customers is as easy as texting a friend.
    • True Omnichannel support system where all channels live on the same screen without the need to hop between applications.
    • Built-in knowledgebase (Answers) reducing team member ramp time and providing a template for consistent solutions for our customers.
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    Salesforce
    • Intercom is great for tracking user engagement, support, and marketing. I love that you can see what a user is doing on your site and send messages (email or chat) based on specific criteria.
    • Intercom is simple, easy to use, and great for website chats. It is very easy for customers to interact with.
    • Makes your team very accessible, also makes the support process simple for the end users. Good integrations and useful statistics provided.
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    Cons
    Gladly Software
    • When you cannot merge the customers' accounts
    • When the emails arrive with a delay
    • In the way we cannot edit or delete notes
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    Salesforce
    • Exporting conversations - we need to do this for things like customer disputes and chargebacks, however the export is a simple unformatted text file, which is not an acceptable capture of the threads as it can be simply edited. A clean and neat PDF export would be fantastic.
    • Better/simpler spam and abusive user blocking, maybe based on IP address or sender domain
    • A lower cost - there are many free/low cost platforms now, and I feel your costs are high
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gladly Software
    Gladly really has all the information needed about a customer that you would need.If gladly does have a specified space for specific information you can add notes in multiple locations to remind you self of special circumstances. Gladly meets all our expectations and continues to provide a see less transaction
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    Salesforce
    We have been and will be continuing our journey with Intercom and nothing too concerning has happened that I have experienced or heard of that has us on the edge yet. If it ever happens it will be something along the lines of "Outgrowing" the use of need of the platform.
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    Usability
    Gladly Software
    In my 10+ years in the call center industry this has been by far one of the user friendly platform to use. It has been an easy tool to use and train new hires with that is self explanatory and not complicated at all for a agent level employee. Overall platform is easy to read and navigate.
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    Salesforce
    Customizability: Intercom is highly customizable, allowing users to tailor the interface to their specific needs and preferences. This can help to improve usability by ensuring that users have quick and easy access to the features and information they need most, this can be done by using Macros, generating custom events and etc.
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    Support Rating
    Gladly Software
    Gladly is always available to support its customers. That being said, we really haven’t needed support. The product is intuitive and stable. The reality is the support we receive is more collaboration on how we can help Gladly continue to revolutionize this space.
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    Salesforce
    Intercom is the premier customer support/engagement model and it definitely has one of the top tier customer support teams as well. I don't think I have ever waited more than 5 minutes to get the information I need or get help with an issue. They are incredible and I aim to model our customer service department after them.
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    Implementation Rating
    Gladly Software
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gladly Software
    First of all, the ease of the platform, the way it helps us to make our job faster as they have the customer information on the left of our screenand we have it linked to Shopify. The fact that this program has helped our productivity is amazing, and also, during peak season, it Gladly CX Platform makes the days go faster and easier.
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    Salesforce
    Intercom is much easier to use. Even though HubSpot's Support hub is a fairly new feature, it lacks so much. It is quite complicated to use and lacks many features that Intercom can offer just for the focus of customer service.
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    Return on Investment
    Gladly Software
    • This platform has improved the speed in which customer issues are resolved by providing a broad picture of customer need, profile and history.
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    Salesforce
    • Increase in demo sets and deals won by engaging with prospects that hadn't requested a demo yet.
    • Increase in efficiency for our support team to receiving tickets.
    • Boosting registration for our on going training webinars as well as those for new product announcements.
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    ScreenShots

    Gladly CX Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Gladly's customer chat in actionScreenshot of a customer getting a flight update through GladlyScreenshot of a customer conversation with Gladly SidekickScreenshot of the call summary feature in Gladly