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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Glassbox

    Score6.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Glassbox helps organizations make their customer’s digital experience intuitive and safe. It does this by capturing activity on mobile apps and websites and visualizing a holistic journey map. Using embedded AI Glassbox points to where CX is being compromised, the reasons behind it, and their potential value and empowers users to take action in real-time.N/A

    Heap

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Heap is a web analytics platform captures every user interaction on web iOS with no extra code. The tool allows you to track events and set up funnels to understand user flow and dropoff. It also provides visualization tools to track trends over time.

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    Pricing
    GlassboxHeap
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Up to 10k sessions/month
    Growth
    Starting at $3,600 annually
    Up to 300k sessions/year
    Pro
    Contact Heap Sales
    Custom sessions per month and unlimited projects
    Premier
    Contact Heap Sales
    Custom sessions per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GlassboxHeap
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Heap pricing is based on session volume. A session is a period of activity from a single user on your app or website. It can include many pageviews or events.
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    Community Pulse
    GlassboxHeap
    Considered Both Products
    Glassbox
    No answer on this topic
    Contentsquare
    Chose Heap
    We use both Heap and Glassbox, however, there are some unique Heap features which distinguishes it amongst the competitors. The users view is one that has the most details in comparison. Fork in a journey feature is one its USPs.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    216 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    149 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    45 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    215 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    121 Answers
    Features
    GlassboxHeap
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Glassbox and Heap
    Feature
    Glassbox
    9.6
    45 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Heap
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.844 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.943 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile App Analytics9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Glassbox and Heap
    Feature
    Glassbox
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Heap
    -
    Ratings
    Click analytics9.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scroll maps9.344 Ratings00 Ratings
    Conversion tracking9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Goal tracking9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis9.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    Session Recording and Replay9.445 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Segmentation9.445 Ratings00 Ratings
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    GlassboxHeap
    Small Businesses
    Fullstory
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mixpanel
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Contentsquare
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Gainsight PX
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Contentsquare
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Gainsight PX
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GlassboxHeap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (46 ratings)
    8.4
    (233 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.3
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (65 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (61 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GlassboxHeap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Glassbox
    I’ve found that Glassbox is particularly well-suited during marketing campaigns, because you can export and analyze data in real-time, track the campaign’s effectiveness, and gain immediate insight into how customers are interacting with your website. With these insights, we’re able to tweak campaigns on the fly to increase engagement and conversion rates. Similarly, since Glassbox allows us to monitor customer interactions in real-time, we gain immediate feedback on how our users are engaging with a new digital feature on our platform, for example. We can then quickly identify any usability issues or friction points, make adjustments in real-time to improve the user experience, and maximize the success of the new feature.
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    Contentsquare
    Scenarios when Heap was well suited: It is when a user claims that he encountered a bug without giving us the details of the error message. Scenarios where it is less appropriate: Its when we try to capture user interaction in our mobile app
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Glassbox
    • Enables businesses to immediately detect and resolve issues, through real-time monitoring and alerts.
    • Reduces abandonment rates by identifying the point of friction and making suggestions for how to resolve it.
    • Provides visual tools that show a user's clicks, scrolls, and hovers, offering loads of insight into customer behavior.
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    Contentsquare
    • Realtime interactions which are captured automatically is a unique feature which no other product offers.
    • Low code implementation is a big plus for marketing teams, as there is less dependency on engineering
    • Detailed customer behaviours can be studied with captured replay sessions
    • Due to all the above points - it helped to improve customer experience
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    Cons
    Glassbox
    • It's a pretty powerful platform, and my sense is that most users don't utilize it to its fullest potential. Glassbox could help by offering a more comprehensive onboarding program (maybe even customized training sessions or live workshops tailored to the needs and use cases of FSIs)
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    Contentsquare
    • I think Heap can improve its onboarding; I would love to see some info that is helpful for someone who isn't in Heap every single day.
    • Sharing dashboards can be tricky, it feels like a huge learning curve that I already have forgotten how to do.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Glassbox
    The level of support from the Glassbox team and how much we have improved our conversion just after a few months
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    Contentsquare
    It's a great platform. I'm glad that one of our product managers introduced it because it has allowed us to create all kinds of new functionality. We're not only able to create a better product experience from our communications because of Heap, but we're also able to generate all kinds of helpful analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Glassbox
    Glassbox is very easy to use, and with the AI features which it has inside, it has been very easy for us to not only find the relevant sessions but also summarize them and interact with the summary - so we now have all types of people in our org who use Glassbox - including those who are purely non-tech. Also, I must give a huge shoutout to our customer support team who have been instrumental in helping us get value from Glassbox
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    Contentsquare
    On a scale from 1-10, I find Heap to be incredibly user-friendly and easy to use. I enjoyed the training videos available and was quickly able to pick up how to create events and reports to track user interactions on our product. I would recommend Heap for its usability first and foremost.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Glassbox
    No answers on this topic
    Contentsquare
    I've never run into any issues with Heap's availability, Heap is always there when I need it. I haven't run into any issues like application errors or unplanned outages during my 2+ years of using Heap. Each and every time I log in to Heap I have a completely functional experience
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    Performance
    Glassbox
    No answers on this topic
    Contentsquare
    Heap doesn't affect page load times considerably nor has a large impact [on] our overall score, as far as page loading times inside of the tool its pretty reliable to retrieve data as much as "instant" that it can be the delay seems to be on data getting tracked into the servers to be read but it's not significant.
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    Support Rating
    Glassbox
    No answers on this topic
    Contentsquare
    Heap support has allowed us to troubleshoot and test a lot of different items. Their support team is always helpful and friendly, even when we come to them with the most complicated questions. I think this greatly improves the value proposition of the product because their support team is knowledgable and friendly.
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    Implementation Rating
    Glassbox
    No answers on this topic
    Contentsquare
    The implementation was smooth and easy. The Heap team helped us with implementation and it went great! Within a few weeks, we were fully up and running and utilizing the platform to its full capability. This is an additional thing that has made this platform so great and we couldn't recommend it enough.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Glassbox
    Glassbox is a customer experience management platform that provides various tools to help organizations understand and improve the customer journey. There may be other products that offer similar capabilities, such as FullStory, UserTesting, and Clicktale. These products may provide similar features, such as session replay, advanced analytics, and integration with other tools. It is important for organizations to carefully evaluate the specific needs and goals of their business and choose a product that aligns with those objectives.
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    Contentsquare
    Heap offers a ton of functionality on a single platform.It also has an smart data science layer to offers suggestions for next steps in the analysis, allowing us to explore alternative paths we may not think to take. The low-code option for updating data is appealing, and there is a lot of automation with minimal engineering effort.
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    Scalability
    Glassbox
    No answers on this topic
    Contentsquare
    The most challenging part of using Heap in a growing organization is the naming and structure in which reports and dashboards are organized. I work within the marketing department and our Heap leader internally works within the IT/Product department, which makes it challenging because we often don't speak the same language, so the learning curve has been steep without any specific use-case examples to leverage online.
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    Return on Investment
    Glassbox
    • Glassbox has really taken us to the next level in terms of customer sentiment analysis and informed decision-making. We're capturing 100% of customer sessions, and with Glassbox we're able to address hidden issues and make decisions that enhance the experience of our entire customer base, as opposed to just a select few. Our strategic decisions are now based on accurate, comprehensive data, and we're seeing the fruits of this. Our customers are more engaged (and more loyal), our conversion rates are climbing, and our business is growing.
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    Contentsquare
    • It has helped us make decisions on what products to scope for our MVP based on the usage data.
    • It's allowed us to measure success with our beta product.
    • It's helped us view our conversion rates in an easy and usable manner.
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    ScreenShots

    Heap Screenshots

    Screenshot of Dashboard in Heap (Use to get Product or User Behavior Insights)Screenshot of Effort Analysis provides the first-ever quantitative measurement of user friction, capturing the difficulty users face when moving through every step of every user flow across the digital experience.Screenshot of Heap Illuminate looks for the most common events between two steps in a funnel and generates a Top Events table that displays how well paths including different events convert to the next step so you can understand how that behavior is helping or hurting conversion.Screenshot of From Top Events you can choose an event and use Path Comparison to fork your funnel and see how the selected behavior impacts conversion downstream.