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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Help Scout

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AHelp Scout is help desk software. The vendor’s value proposition is that that their solution reduces time spent on training users because Help Scout is simple to use and set up and scales like any enterprise product. This solution includes multiple mailboxes to support as many email addresses as needed in order to work collaboratively across teams, and manage several products or brands from one account. Reports on conversation trends, team performance, productivity, and customer happiness are…

    $30

    per month starts with 100 contacts

    Raiseaticket

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ARaiseaticket is a 100% free web-based helpdesk solution. The vendor says it has been developed by a team of experienced developers and infrastructure experts and is backed by insights from Customer Care leaders experienced in the Enterprise, Aviation, Contact Centre, Logistics, Government and Technology Industries. The system is built to service organizations of all sizes and can handle multi-team and multi-company web and email customer support operations. Simplicity is the ultimate in…N/A
    Pricing
    Help ScoutRaiseaticket
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $30
    per month starts with 100 contacts
    Plus
    $90
    per month starts with 200 contacts
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Help ScoutRaiseaticket
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Help Scout
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    Fonicom Ltd
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Help ScoutRaiseaticket
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Help Scout and Raiseaticket
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.7
    23 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Raiseaticket
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.123 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.213 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.121 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Ticket response9.522 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Help Scout and Raiseaticket
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.5
    21 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Raiseaticket
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    External knowledge base8.820 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.319 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Help Scout and Raiseaticket
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.5
    23 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Raiseaticket
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Email support9.623 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.515 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    Help ScoutRaiseaticket
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    Intercom
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Help ScoutRaiseaticket
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Help ScoutRaiseaticket
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Help Scout
    Small businesses that want a conversational type of customer support experience. Nothing wrong with support tickets, but it does make you feel like a number. Also, we needed to get up and running quickly so the "inbox" feel of the dashboard was already familiar with the team so they could adopt the new software quickly.
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    Fonicom Ltd
    Raiseticket is the best tool to implement a support system for your business whether it is a small or medium business. If you have limited agents to manage the support team then it will help you to improve your support quality with timely resolution. It will analyse the ticket category and give the team keywords to close the ticket successfully with proper resolution. As it is a web-based tool, you can access this from any device from anywhere. During COVID-19 it helped our team to support our users from remote locations easily. You can also implement these on-site premises which are cheaper than others. But when it comes to modern technology, it is not providing email templates and you have to customize on your own which is a little difficult and time taking. While downloading monthly reports or customized reports it gives errors multiple times. Although we haven't faced any server down with this tool it is a little slow.
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    Pros
    Help Scout
    • Extremely simple to use and understand as a user - treats communications like human beings and provides a much more personal feel to communication (as opposed to making people feel like numbers).
    • The email newsletter.
    • They are super responsive. They are pretty rad and transparent: if something goes wrong on their end they are not afraid of admitting fault. Which leads me to trust them because I can believe them. I know that tells you very little about the product, but as leadership, that's something that I really need
    • Help Scout does exactly what it needs to (facilitate organized, efficient conversations between customers and support people) without getting in the way.
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    Fonicom Ltd
    • Unique user support request can be categorized within SLAs
    • Templates are unique and integration is smooth.
    • reporting and ticket tracking is also good.
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    Cons
    Help Scout
    • Trying to group tickets is a bit unflexible. You can create folders which can be part of a workflow (automatic trigger) but you can't create a folder based on tags. This needs to be improved because there's a need to create smarter segments and mix them.
    • Metrics are useful but there needs to be more details about them. You can drill down in some but others are still not very actionable or visible (ok, that number went down, but what was the cause? what's the criteria with what you measure that?)
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    Fonicom Ltd
    • Pre-set templates could use a bit of a revamp, but nothing major.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Help Scout
    We are receiving feedback from the organizational level that they may want us to transition to a different solution to provide consistency across the company.
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    Fonicom Ltd
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    Usability
    Help Scout
    Help Scout is a great solution for support teams. There are many articles and webinars to help you learn how to use Help Scout. There are also many features to help make your workflows easier and more efficient. I would readily recommend Help Scout to any small or medium-growing support teams.
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    Fonicom Ltd
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    Alternatives Considered
    Help Scout
    Only have minimal experience with G-Suite for a much smaller company. This worked well for that organization but did not have similar specialization functions that suite our larger organization very well. Help Scout's pricing makes sense, and continues to service our needs well. Minimal usage of other programs, but have no need to explore alternatives at this time.
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    Fonicom Ltd
    Freshdesk is also free to use like Raiseaticket. But when it comes to supporting quality Raiseaticket wins. I had several issues while using Freshdesk but their support team never replied to tickets on time. Sometimes they don't reply to tickets and later close them from their end. When choosing a software you should have knowledge of both pre-sales service and post-sales service quality of the software so that you can choose the right one. So this way Raiseaticket wins from Freshdesk.
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    Return on Investment
    Help Scout
    • We are able to retain our customer base due to the outstanding customer service our Customer Experience department provides. Without an organized tool like Help Scout, this would not be possible. We pride ourselves in quick response times to customers and are able to do so by effectively routing tickets to the right agents.
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    Fonicom Ltd
    • It saved a lot of time.
    • Increase in productivity of the support staff
    • Resolving the common queries are around 30 % quicker
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    Screenshot of Build better relationships with your customers, and work together better as a teamScreenshot of Tools designed specifically for team collaboration on customer supportScreenshot of Docs Knowledge Base provides self-service that sets your customers up for successScreenshot of The conversation report can change the conversation with your customers from problems to praise by pinpointing what they write in about and when.Screenshot of Productivity Reports track your team's customer-helping velocity and identify sticking points to push through with even greater momentum.Screenshot of Happiness Reports are the closest you can get to your customer's true feelings without hiring a telepath.