Help Lightning vs. HelpWire
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Help Lightning | Score10 out of 10 | Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees) | Help Lightning in Birmingham aims to reimagine how businesses, customers and employees are able to give and receive help using Virtual Expertise. The vendor states their merged reality adds missing visual cues, gestures, and non-verbal communication methods to any session. While providing remote assitance, users simply simply reach into a device's field of view and a colleague will see the user's hand merged into their field of view. Users can telestrate, freeze images, use hand gestures,… | $75,000 per year |
HelpWire | Score9.8 out of 10 | N/A | HelpWire is remote access software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. IT teams and technicians can start sessions by sending a link, so the remote user clicks it and joins without creating an account or entering credentials. When follow-up is required, unattended access allows technicians to return to devices later without involving the remote user again. Sessions reconnect automatically after reboots. To keep remote access responsive, HelpWire uses direct… | $0 (for 1 remote connection at a time) |
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| Additional Details | Solutions are available as an annual subscription and the pricing is based on the number of licenses. The price per license will vary based on the number of experts providing help and the number of technicians or engineers needing help. | The product is free of charge, no Ads, no extra fees | ||||||||||||||
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No answers on this topic | 100% Would buy again 8 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 8 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 88% Happy with the feature set 7 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 88% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 7 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Implementation went as expected 7 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | LogMeIn Rescue Score8.2 out of 10 | LogMeIn Rescue Score8.2 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | BeyondTrust Remote Support Score8.6 out of 10 | BeyondTrust Remote Support Score8.6 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | TeamViewer Score8.6 out of 10 | TeamViewer Score8.6 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 10.0 |
| Usability | - | 9.4 |
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