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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Socialtext (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocial Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.

    $1

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    Help LightningSocialtext (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
    $75,000
    per year per installation
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Help LightningSocialtext (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSolutions 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.—
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    Features
    Help LightningSocialtext (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Help Lightning and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Help Lightning
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Help Lightning and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Help Lightning
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Help LightningSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Help LightningSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Help Lightning
    I think that there are different scenarios where the platform can be used, an example is the realization of remote consultancies, individually or in the group. In this sense, I must highlight that it is great whenever you need to work with other people while sharing information, videos, or specific content.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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    Pros
    Help Lightning
    • Sharing graphics, images and other resources.
    • Connect remotely with different experts.
    • Favors team work, even remotely.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
    • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
    • Sharing the articles with peers
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    Cons
    Help Lightning
    • It needs a strong network or signal connection.
    • Nothing else.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
    • Search result quality was also not that good
    • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Help Lightning
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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    Alternatives Considered
    Help Lightning
    I think it is very important to make it clear that most of these tools compliment and complement each other rather than oppose or surpass each other. In this sense, it is important to know when to apply one or the other, in addition to taking the time to get to know them thoroughly and master their functionalities. However, the different tools that Help Lightning contain put it above most platforms used for remote conferencing.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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    Return on Investment
    Help Lightning
    • Makes work team better, even remotely.
    • Allows to share important information and get constantly retro alimentations.
    • Helps us to respect the Covid-19 prevention measures, while continue working.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
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    ScreenShots

    Help Lightning Screenshots

    Screenshot of Help Lightning's AR-enabled Remote Visual Guidance software.Screenshot of An expert providing help can reach into the field of view of an onsite technician or customer.Screenshot of Common tools can also be brought into the field of view to help solve problems.Screenshot of Product experts can work virtually side-by-side with anyone, anywhere in the world.Screenshot of Help Lightning supports problem solving involving complex and critical equipment.