Help Lightning vs. Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
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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 |
Workplace from Meta (discontinued) | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Workplace was a business communication tool from Meta with features like Live Video and Groups, that connected employees. Its discontinuation began in August of 2025, and by June 2026 a full shutdown is anticipated. | N/A |
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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. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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No answers on this topic | 93% Would buy again 28 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 24 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 93% Happy with the feature set 28 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 90% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 19 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 92% Implementation went as expected 23 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | LogMeIn Rescue Score8.2 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | BeyondTrust Remote Support Score8.6 out of 10 | Workvivo Score9.4 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | TeamViewer Score8.6 out of 10 | Workvivo Score9.4 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 7.8 |
| Usability | - | 5.6 |
| Support Rating | - | 8.4 |
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