HelpSpot vs. SupportBee

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HelpSpot
Score 3.8 out of 10
N/A
HelpSpot is an affordable, web-based help desk system. It is available as a SaaS product or can be hosted by the customer behind a firewall. Pricing is by named user.
$49
per month
SupportBee
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SupportBee is a lean help desk option, essentially an email ticketing system, for small businesses. It deviates from the typical per agent per month pricing model in favor of pay-as-you-go ticket volume pricing.N/A
Pricing
HelpSpotSupportBee
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HelpSpotSupportBee
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
HelpSpotSupportBee
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
HelpSpot
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
SupportBee
8.6
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.01 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.01 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Ticket response9.01 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
HelpSpot
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
SupportBee
8.8
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Internal knowledge base9.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
External knowledge base00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
HelpSpot
9.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
SupportBee
8.4
3 Ratings
9% above category average
Email support9.01 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Customer portal00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Best Alternatives
HelpSpotSupportBee
Small Businesses
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
HelpSpotSupportBee
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
2.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
HelpSpotSupportBee
Likelihood to Recommend
UserScape
HelpSpot is well suited for streamlining support ticketing within the organization. By providing a single point of contact to email for support, we were able to increase response time and case resolution by approximately 30% through the increased efficiency of ticket routing via workflows and the ability for IT support staff to grab tickets from the queue instead of having them pile up in a mailbox that contains other emails as well.
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SupportBee
SupportBee is particularly well suited as a support ticket system if you use the systems supported by its 3rd party integrations. If you are looking for a lightweight, easy-to-use, support ticket system without a lot of extras, then SupportBee is the right choice.
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Pros
UserScape
  • HelpSpot was great for organization. Having different queues allowed each of my team members to organize their conversations with the customer and quickly retrieve the history of the ticket.
  • HelpSpot is a fairly simple tool that has a friendly user interface. With it's more modern look, it made it easier for me personally to navigate and train team members on how to use it successfully.
  • HelpSpot allowed our team to view the responses section, which allowed our team to cut down on the time we spent responding to a ticket.
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SupportBee
  • Shared inbox system
  • The knowledge base resource
  • Customer portal software
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Cons
UserScape
  • The UI is a little dated but to be fair, shows most of the pertinent information at a glance on a well designed dashboard.
  • The UI can also be buggy at times with controls appearing in strange places. These glitches are usually corrected within a reasonable amount of time.
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SupportBee
  • UX isn't the cleanest.
  • Finding where to actually start typing responses can be confusing for new users.
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Likelihood to Renew
UserScape
My current job does not use this platform as it is not necessary for my job function.
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SupportBee
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
UserScape
No answers on this topic
SupportBee
I haven't had to deal with support issues much, other than someone within our own company helping.
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Alternatives Considered
UserScape
HelpSpot appears to be more of an old-school product but much of the recent technology is running under the surface. It has much of the compexity and customization available with Jira in tandem with the easy communications interface, not unlike Zendesk ,and some of the potential archival intelligence (in the works) of Fogbugz
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SupportBee
SupportBee is the "maximal point" of the combination of feature set, price point, ease of use, third party integrations, and client-facing functionality. Every other system we've tried is too expensive, impossible to use, too many features, too high a learning curve for our employees, or too difficult for our clients to interact with.
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Return on Investment
UserScape
  • Improved ticket response time
  • Workload reporting to upper management
  • Ticket category reporting to identify training opportunities
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SupportBee
  • 100% Service Level Achievement
  • Could Build Good Client & Customer Relationship
  • Knowledge base Could Save Our Time
  • Features are best and justified with the pricing
  • Needs improvement in social integration or channels
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