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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HeyOrca

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    HeyOrca is a solution that allows an agency’s clients to review and approve upcoming social media content. The vendor aims to help agencies save time by moving away from using spreadsheets and docs to communicate and obtain approvals from their clients. With this solution, no logins or spreadsheets are needed. Agencies can invite clients into a visual stakeholder-friendly view where they can approve and provide feedback without needing to sign up. Agencies can also record every change made to…

    $59

    per month per calendar

    Hiver

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHiver is a customer service platform that brings together communication channels, apps, and data to improve customer support operations. Hiver enables real-time collaboration across every customer communication channel, offering AI and automation to resolve issues and help teams work faster. Hiver states that over 10,000 teams of all shapes and sizes globally from Flexport to Harvard University, Vacasa, and Epic Games rely on Hiver to deliver support that wins and retains customers for…

    $24

    per month per user

    Pricing
    HeyOrcaHiver
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $0
    Basic
    $59
    per month per calendar
    Standard
    $99.00
    per month per calendar
    Pro
    $149
    per month per calendar
    Lite
    $24
    per month per user
    Growth
    $34
    per month per user
    Pro
    $59
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HeyOrcaHiver
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlans start at: $99 USD Per Month. From there, the price scales according to your needs, up to a maximum of $499 USD per month.20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Features
    HeyOrcaHiver
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    8.3
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Bulk actions9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Hiver
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    -
    Ratings
    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    -
    Ratings
    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of HeyOrca and Hiver
    Feature
    HeyOrca
    -
    Ratings
    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HeyOrcaHiver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HeyOrcaHiver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HeyOrca
    HeyOrca is perfect for the social post editing. For example, when I send the content link to my clients, they can easily go in and comment on posts that need editing rather than having to email me changes. Essentially it streamlines client/agency communication. It is perfect for a smaller agency who has less than 20 clients. I think HeyOrca is not for those whose main content is blogs and corresponding social posts. WordPress isn't Integrated, making it inconvenient to manage.
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    Hiver
    One scenario where Hiver works really well is in a shared support or billing inbox or anywhere multiple team members need access to the same messages. For example, when a customer emails about a billing question, we used to reply and manually loop in the billing team or forward the message. That often caused confusion, especially when someone forgot to “reply all” or responded only to the teammate instead of the customer.Now with Hiver, we just assign the conversation to the billing inbox, and whoever is available can respond. Everyone on the team can see the thread, status, and notes, which avoids duplicated efforts and missed replies. We also used to rely on Google Groups, but it wasn’t clear if someone had already replied, and there was no easy way to collaborate behind the scenes. Hiver completely solved that for us.As for situations where Hiver might be less ideal, I’d say if your team isn’t using Gmail or Google Workspace, then it’s probably not a good fit. It’s really designed for teams that live in Gmail so the team doesn't have to learn a new system. I'm sure some businesses will require a more robust ticketing solution but for our use case, this was a perfect option to improve outcomes, client service, and satisfaction.
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    Pros
    HeyOrca
    • Provides client friendly view that allows clients to easily see what content will look like on their social platforms.
    • Provides a one-stop option for multiple client and platform content to live.
    • Great customer service and extremely responsive help center.
    • Easy to use and learn interface.
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    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
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    Cons
    HeyOrca
    • We had some issues with the timing of posts and posts not going out when they updated their platform recently.
    • Missing out on posting directly to Instagram (we have to use another platform for this).
    • Doesn't support Instagram stories, so we have to denote which ones are for Instagram stories and which ones are for Instagram newsfeed.
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    Hiver
    • It could be considered expensive, but ultimately worth every penny for those who use shared inboxes/groups to run their business.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HeyOrca
    We decided today that we were renewing our use
    Incentivized
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    Hiver
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    HeyOrca
    Hey Orca has a lot of really great features, they make the workflow really easy and are extremely available for help with questions. I think there are some minor workflow issues that it could overcome and features it could add on that are available in other apps. It definitely doesn't offer the best analytics and also hasn't offered single image direct publishing like hootsuite does. Yet, it's benefits outweigh those minor inconveniences for our team
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    Hiver
    Easy to use
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    Support Rating
    HeyOrca
    Support is really helpful and always giving their best to assist us.
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    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HeyOrca
    HeyOrca is definitely more for the agency level than Hootsuite. Hootsuite is fairly limited, even at its larger plans. HeyOrca is geared towards agencies, and that is definitely clear in the interface and arrangement. Hootsuite sure seems like more of a consumer product than a B2B product in my opinion.
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    Hiver
    True ticketing solutions are certainly more robust in that you can typically manage social media channels and phones, etc. But, in my opinion, when you don't have a team solely responsible for managing a ticketing system they can be complicated to implement. With HIVER, we're already all accustomed to managing our own G-Suite inbox, so it was simply a matter of teaching the team how to utilize the solution.
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    Return on Investment
    HeyOrca
    • Sustains our clients due to its layout and user-friendliness
    • Doesn't really allow for a lot of SEO work in the platform which doesn't help get clients
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    Hiver
    • The ROI on showing how many emails are being received and addressed in a timely manner are great for KPIs
    • the ability to search and ensure emails are not being deleted as an automatic report is sent out the following day saying if any emails were deleted by whom
    • the ability to automate who gets assigned what emails from specific vendors per entity
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