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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

    Zoho SalesIQ

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AZoho SalesIQ is an AI-powered live chat and analytics platform that promotes proactive customer engagement. It offers sales, marketing, and support teams a tool, with features to communicate with visitors throughout the customer lifecycle. Zoho SalesIQ can be used by businesses of all sizes across all industries. Zoho SalesIQ offers: A detailed list of visitors sorted based on the criteria that matter to businesses A codeless website…

    $0

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    Pricing
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $30
    per month starts with 100 contacts
    Plus
    $90
    per month starts with 200 contacts
    Company
    Contact sales team
    Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Basic
    $10
    per month per user
    Professional
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $25
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    Considered Both Products
    Help Scout
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Help Scout and Zoho SalesIQ
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.7
    23 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho SalesIQ
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Help Scout and Zoho SalesIQ
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.5
    21 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho SalesIQ
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Help Scout and Zoho SalesIQ
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.5
    23 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho SalesIQ
    -
    Ratings
    Email support9.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.415 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    Small Businesses
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    LiveChat
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (23 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Help ScoutZoho SalesIQ
    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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    Zoho
    If you are facing issues of agents not being able to respond to queries, which is usually faced with our tools, Zoho SalesIQ is probably the best choice as the default notification is very loud and clear hence makes sure that no chat query is left unattended. The desktop application of Zoho SalesIQ for Windows, Linux, and MAC OS is a superb feature not offered by many other chat applications. The geographical locations of website visitors are sometimes not very accurate hence it is advised not to always rely on it and better reconfirm it from the lead.
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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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    Zoho
    • It has helped us increase our revenues by a significant margin over the last few years. Technical help is quite quick to respond.
    • UI that is convenient and practical. It's simple to use and understand. We value being able to see how users arrive at our site.
    • Zoho SalesIQ has a fantastic live chat feature that includes a notification, monitoring and reporting system.
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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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    Zoho
    • Overall it's a very simple tool that doesn't offer a lot of complexity or expanded tools
    • Even though it's all in the Zoho family, it doesn't work seemlessly with CRM or other Zoho products
    • Not always the best at identifying similar users across different browsers, devices, etc
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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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoho
    Tawk to was nice but it was missing a lot of features that Zoho SalesIQ has. And a massively important advantage that SalesIQ had was that it integrated with other Zoho apps that we already used. The pricing of Zoho SalesIQ was also very attractive, we felt that it offered a great bang for our buck.
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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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    Zoho
    • We interact with about 50 visitors a month and it's great when we can see the full picture, to see and interact based on whether they are a new contact or a long-time customer.
    • Capturing new website visitors at the time that they have a question about your product is important.
    • Missing chats can be frustrating.
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    ScreenShots

    Help Scout Screenshots

    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.

    Zoho SalesIQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of Performance metricsScreenshot of Ring viewScreenshot of Codeless botScreenshot of Proactive chat triggersScreenshot of Agent mobile appScreenshot of Audio call