GrooveHQ vs. Sugar Serve

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GrooveHQ
Score 6.7 out of 10
N/A
GrooveHQ is a simple help desk platform meant for small businesses and startups. The free version contains a ticketing system for two teammates. The $15 per agent, per month paid plan supports unlimited users, white labeling, integrations, and a workflow system for prioritizing tickets.
$15
per month
Sugar Serve
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SugarCRM offers Sugar Serve, a version of its CRM providing en emphasis on customer service automation, service case management, SLA management, customer self-service and includes the SugarBPM workflow tool to automate processes.N/A
Pricing
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
GrooveHQ
1.4
6 Ratings
140% below category average
Sugar Serve
8.9
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets1.26 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Expert directory1.23 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications1.03 Ratings9.52 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation2.03 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission2.05 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Ticket response1.15 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
GrooveHQ
1.4
5 Ratings
139% below category average
Sugar Serve
8.8
2 Ratings
13% above category average
External knowledge base1.44 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Internal knowledge base1.44 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
GrooveHQ
1.0
5 Ratings
154% below category average
Sugar Serve
8.9
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Customer portal1.04 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Social integration1.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Email support1.15 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration1.03 Ratings9.02 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Best Alternatives
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Front
Front
Score 8.8 out of 10
Front
Front
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Likelihood to Recommend
1.6
(7 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GrooveHQSugar Serve
Likelihood to Recommend
GrooveHQ
Groove is great for people who are wanting to provide accountability and organization for teams across your business. It is suited well for an organization that has many email requests coming in every day, because you can assign tickets to specific team members. It would not be suited for an organization that utilizes more phone support, than email support
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SugarCRM
The idea of Sugar Serve, is similar to SugarCRM, so I feel more comfortable implementing it, thanks to having used SugarCRM in the past. It allows us to change and adapt the design to be able to use it according to the needs of my department and according to the goals of our company. It is a great help to have the customization that Sugar Serve offers us. If we want to connect to an external service, we just contact our IT staff to develop a module that connects internally via API.
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Pros
GrooveHQ
  • Creates Tickets when someone emails in or you can create a ticket within the groove system.
  • They have great reports on response times and the average amount of time it took for a ticket to close. You can even see individuals average response times as well as specific teams.
  • We use their Knowledge Base which is a great tool for creating FAQ and sending people to that.
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SugarCRM
  • Customizable messages.
  • Mood survey.
  • Auto response.
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Cons
GrooveHQ
  • Better Follow-up by customer success team
  • More customization within their major features to fit both, large and small sales teams, alike
  • Their site goes down fairly often
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SugarCRM
  • The interface that works with other systems is not ready, it lacks extensibility by default.
  • It necessitates the presence of a responsible someone with some programming skills.
  • The problem is especially noticeable with custom objects. Elements that should be removed remain, or an error occurs, making it a bit useless.
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Usability
GrooveHQ
It's well organized, but slow.
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SugarCRM
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Support Rating
GrooveHQ
I'm giving them a 3 for the really great support they gave for general questions. They also have a good knowledge base. I'm giving them only a 3 though because of my last customer service when I need a billing resolution. I was very disappointed in how they handled that. I also find it very bad practice to send out ONE email notice that they were raising my rate three times as much at the end of the month. When I was with Desk.com, I had numerous emails over months letting me know their billing plans were changing. Even worse than refusing to refund me the difference was that they just stopped responding to me.
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SugarCRM
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Alternatives Considered
GrooveHQ
We also use Trello for project management. I have used both systems and we like Groove because it allows for our clients to contact us via email. They do not have to go to a ticket submission page, they can just email us directly and it will create a ticket. Groove also provides analytics on how long it takes to respond to tickets
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SugarCRM
Its quick response, customer service, and ticketing service are the best.
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Return on Investment
GrooveHQ
  • We wasted a lot of time setting up the product before we discovered a lot of features listed on the website aren't ready for public use
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SugarCRM
  • The contents managed by Excel are migrated so that employees can consult and update them at any time from the browser.
  • It is simple and versatile, so it can be used both by the work team and in all departments involved in the system, simplifying the management of processes, and collaboration and documentation
  • It allows us to check visually and comprehensively, the status of the company and each of its members in an easy-to-understand way. Which facilitates decision-making and help desk CRM integration
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