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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Helpshift

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHelpshift is a help desk software deployed as an in-application SDK to provide users with in-app service.

    $150

    per month issue

    Issuetrak

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIssuetrak is help desk ticketing software that optimizes team workflows, automates requests, and expedites solutions. From managing IT help desk tickets, to processing product line change requests, its features allow organizations from any industry to track issues, measure data, and scale their support operation.

    $270

    per month 10 agents (Team plan minimum)

    Salesforce Agentforce Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    HelpshiftIssuetrakSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $150.00
    per month Issue
    Enterprise
    Please contact Helpshift
    per month Issue
    Growth
    Please contact Helpshift
    per month Issue
    Team
    $212
    one-time fee per agent (10 agent minimum)
    Team
    $291
    per year per agent (10 agent minimum)
    Support
    $876
    per year per agent (3 agent minimum)
    Support
    $1059
    one-time fee per agent (3 agent minimum)
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HelpshiftIssuetrakSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$2,000 one-time fee per installationNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFlexible Consumption-Based Pricing for Your Changing Needs. Only pay for the number of issues created each month. An issue is a customer problem or inquiry that is directed to an agent or a bot. Customers with greater usage receive a reduced per issue price. All packages come with 1,000 issues per month to get you started.Issuetrak Product Experts can provide for a quote for Cloud+ plans.—
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    Helpshift Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    91%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    Features
    HelpshiftIssuetrakSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Helpshift and Issuetrak and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Helpshift
    6.4
    4 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Issuetrak
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets5.54 Ratings7.01 Ratings8.179 Ratings
    Expert directory3.64 Ratings4.01 Ratings7.857 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.43 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.267 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation4.53 Ratings7.01 Ratings6.962 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.13 Ratings00 Ratings8.779 Ratings
    Ticket response9.14 Ratings00 Ratings7.878 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Helpshift and Issuetrak and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Helpshift
    5.0
    4 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Issuetrak
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    8.7
    76 Ratings
    8% above category average
    External knowledge base1.04 Ratings00 Ratings8.567 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.13 Ratings00 Ratings8.874 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Helpshift and Issuetrak and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Helpshift
    4.5
    4 Ratings
    56% below category average
    Issuetrak
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Customer portal5.53 Ratings00 Ratings7.758 Ratings
    IVR2.71 Ratings00 Ratings7.937 Ratings
    Social integration7.31 Ratings00 Ratings7.351 Ratings
    Email support2.74 Ratings00 Ratings8.880 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration4.52 Ratings00 Ratings7.870 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HelpshiftIssuetrakSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (100 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (22 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (45 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HelpshiftIssuetrakSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Helpshift Inc.
    If you need a good way for players to send in support tickets that propagates in real-time, Helpshift would be a service I'd recommend.
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    Issuetrak
    If someone is looking for a ticket management system or something to keep track of records in a cloud environment, IssueTrak is well suited to handle this need. It's a very simple and basic approach and after using it for 10 years, it is still just as easy to find what I'm looking for on previous tickets from years ago. The setup can get a little bit of a challenge and if you have a need to segregate users/employees into their own areas for workflow, it can be a little daunting trying to get it just right. Where I feel that IssueTrak falls short is if you need to keep track of CUSTOM FIELDS (fields that you input as searchable and trackable information) in the Dashboard area, where you spend most of your time looking to see what your workload and flow are like, is very limited, requiring you to dig a little further for what you want to see. Also, no ability to input physical addresses / GPS coordinates to be displayed on some sort of real-time map is also missing and could really boost what IssueTrak has to offer.
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    Salesforce
    I think Service Cloud is best suited for medium to large operations that require both proactive and reactive service. It’s a great fit for post-sales support. However, I wouldn’t recommend it for very small companies because it can be quite costly, and many of the features may go unused. Salesforce also performs best when you have a capable team managing it, so it’s important to consider your organization’s size and readiness before starting. Once you do, I recommend exploring other parts of the Salesforce ecosystem—Service Cloud works even better when integrated with Sales Cloud, since it allows better visibility across teams.
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    Pros
    Helpshift Inc.
    • Their customer support is very responsive. If they have any problems, they fix them quickly.
    • They are constantly trying to improve and expand their offering, which is beneficial to our growing company.
    • It is very user-friendly and easy to manage. The analytics are pretty good as well.
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    Issuetrak
    • Keeps expansive records over a large period of time.
    • Provides a simple way to look at your workload with dashboards.
    • Can be used on a company level with employees, but also can be set up to have customer interaction.
    • Additional modules are handy as well (Inventory tracking, Surveys, etc.)
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    Salesforce
    • Email to case is an interesting piece of it. The threading is very strong, sometimes too strong, but it does very well at handling the incoming emails.
    • The omnichannel routing, using skill-based routing is really effective.
    • Pathing. So making the workflow and helping the team understand what it is that they're trying to do, what they have to accomplish, those step-by-step pieces. That's really helpful.
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    Cons
    Helpshift Inc.
    • While I am not an engineer; it is known that Helpshift can be a bit of a pain to get it implemented into our applications.
    • There are some issues with the badge when it comes to the notifications of messages that let the user know they have a reply from customer service.
    • The website dashboard that is used to respond to customers has trouble sometimes and is very slow.
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    Issuetrak
    • No place to physically MAP out your tickets (IE: Google Maps / Address Fields / GPS coordinates).
    • Dashboards and ticket items do not update in real-time, making users need to REFRESH to for the latest updates/dashboards.
    • Mobile app not as good as the desktop experience, especially for Dashboard views.
    • Can be a bit complicated to setup and get going. Segregation of departments / users can also be a little on the complex side.
    • Dashboards could GREATLY use the ability to display and track CUSTOM fields for quicker access to the information you want the most.
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    Salesforce
    • We had a principle initially to try and use Omni as much as we can from the user experience perspective, but have found that fairly restrictive. It was very difficult to actually get the right customer experience and customer engagement going. So we're actually on a journey at the moment to replace all of our Omni with Lightning web components that gives us that flexibility. That's probably one area where we've had some challenges in terms of how we've used the product out of the box.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    IssueTrak is good at what it does, but we really needed some expanded functionality out of it that just hasn't organically happened. Having a 'real-time' update of Dashboards and tickets is a piece that is lacking, especially as our organization continues to grow. A lot of times you go to update a ticket and find out it has been altered/closed before you even hit the submit button. Being able to make charts/graphs of custom fields for Dashboard is a feature (that I feel) is long overdue. Also, the ability to capture address information / GPS coordinates to be displayed on a live map is also a feature we really wanted to see.
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    Salesforce
    Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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    Usability
    Helpshift Inc.
    Helpshift is really easy to use and set up. We enjoy the automation to automatically route certain issues to different smart folders. There's just a lot of flexibility in the functionality to make things work for our team in the best way. I didn't give it a 10/10 just because we need SMS/Apple Business Chat and Helpshift doesn't yet offer that. They also don't currently support social media channels but they are working on releasing that soon.
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    Issuetrak
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    Salesforce
    I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Working on an application that caters to customer needs requires a platform that acts as a mediator between the actual person and the client. This mediator handles the customer and resolves many of their doubts, helps them map through the entire process, and automates the processes. Such a platform is Salesforce Service Cloud. For queries that cannot be serviced by the platform, it creates a separate ServiceNow ticket for us, and it is assigned.
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    Performance
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
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    Support Rating
    Helpshift Inc.
    The few times we've had to contact them, they were courteous and gave us the information we needed swiftly.
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    Issuetrak
    They were always very good at getting a timely answer to any questions I had and in cases where I actually needed support to step in and help, they always delivered. I was very happy with the support I received from them.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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    In-Person Training
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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    Online Training
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
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    Alternatives Considered
    Helpshift Inc.
    Zendesk is used for customer communication via email and Helpshift is used for chat, they are for the same purpose but with different response times.
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    Issuetrak
    IssueTrak shines for basic ticket management and the format in which they display all the information is very well done. I'd highly recommend it to someone that is looking at trying to track information at a ground level (just starting out). While other solutions are not perfect by any means, we just find that it is lacking some key features that we had hoped would have been implemented over the years (IE: More flexibility with Dashboard reporting and custom fields, a way visually look at addresses and GPS coordinates on a display map, more of a real-time approach with data and completion, etc.) This need caused us to look at some other solutions that may fit the bill a little better in the future.
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    Salesforce
    We selected this product because we already had some competencies in Salesforce. We own a Salesforce partner with expertise in this area, and on top of that, Salesforce purchased it — it was originally called Velocity. When Salesforce decided to acquire it, that finalized the decision for us.
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    Scalability
    Helpshift Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Issuetrak
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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    Return on Investment
    Helpshift Inc.
    • The ability to properly organize and delegate work to customer service representatives has been a very positive ROI after using Helpshift.
    • The customer service reps are much happier with this system over the previous system of a general company email address and other CS software tools.
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    Issuetrak
    • Made tracking individual service changes, adds, deletions, and trouble-ticket very easy to manage.
    • We migrated from a paper-based work order system to completely digital and online, thus cutting down on a lot of unneeded printouts.
    • Was able to actually validate and see the performance of users and what they were contributing to the department on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis in terms of work performance.
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    Salesforce
    • We have cut our service team in half over the past 5 years due to the efficiency of the tool
    • The amount of direct inquiries to our technical team is less than 10% compared to the number support tickets that get entered in the system for them to work in a more organized manner
    • Responses are 100% more timely because tickets can be responded to by any individual in the queue or on the team, as opposed to direct emails to just one person
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    ScreenShots

    Issuetrak Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Issuetrak DashboardScreenshot of Issuetrak's IssueHubScreenshot of the Issuetrak Settings LightboxScreenshot of Issuetrak's Issue SubmissionScreenshot of Issuetrak's View Issue

    Salesforce Agentforce Service Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workflows and OrchestrationScreenshot of Service CatalogScreenshot of Contact Center