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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Ideagen Mail Manager

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIdeagen Mail Manager is an Outlook email management solution developed by Arup and acquired by Ideagen in early 2022 to help project and client-based businesses eliminate their email headache.N/A
    Pricing
    HiverIdeagen Mail Manager
    Editions & Modules
    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
    HiverIdeagen Mail Manager
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Features
    HiverIdeagen Mail Manager
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Hiver and Ideagen Mail Manager
    Feature
    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Ideagen Mail Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Hiver and Ideagen Mail Manager
    Feature
    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Ideagen Mail Manager
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Hiver and Ideagen Mail Manager
    Feature
    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ideagen Mail Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    HiverIdeagen Mail Manager
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    HiverIdeagen Mail Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HiverIdeagen Mail Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Ideagen
    Ideagen OnePlace Solutions is well suited to a legal matter management system with shared access, but less useful for saving to personal OneDrives. It can sometimes suggest irrelevant folders within personal OneDrives in preference of more commonly used shared folders. However this can be narrowed with a search.
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    Pros
    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
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    Ideagen
    • Saves emails quickly and easily
    • Useful search function retrieves relevant legal matters based on any text string found within the matter properties (Sharepoint columns)
    • Customisable file navigation per user, so they can access their favourite libraries.
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    Cons
    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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    Ideagen
    • Saving emails and their attachments as separate files takes 2 actions instead of one
    • Saving to multiple folders simultaneously is not possible
    • Loading of our file structure can often be slow
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    Usability
    Hiver
    Easy to use
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    Ideagen
    I found it a little clunky at first, and there were teething issues with implementing into SharePoint. However, it required minimal staff training and requires little maintenance to fulfil our needs.
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    Support Rating
    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    Ideagen
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Ideagen
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Ideagen
    • Allows us to maximise utilisation of a relatively cheap 365 subscription.
    • Replaces the need for a non-365 system. Our previous provider was far more expensive (monthly price was the same as Ideagen OnePlace Solutions annual for our team)
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature