Hiver vs. Pobuca

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hiver
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Hiver 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
Pobuca
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Pobuca Connect is a cloud app that turns multiple, overlapping and non-connected business contact lists into one unified company address book that’s easy to access from everywhere and ready to share with co-workers or business associates. It also includes the built-in Pobuca Bot, a virtual assistant to help keep business contacts up to date.
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Pricing
HiverPobuca
Editions & Modules
Lite
$24
per month per user
Growth
$34
per month per user
Pro
$59
per month per user
Elite
Contact Sales
Free
$0.00
Pro
$3.00
per user/per month
Enterprise
$5.00
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HiverPobuca
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
HiverPobuca
Features
HiverPobuca
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Hiver
9.0
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Pobuca
-
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 Product A and Product B
Hiver
8.0
1 Ratings
0% below category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Hiver
8.5
4 Ratings
6% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
HiverPobuca
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HiverPobuca
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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Pobuca Ltd
It is a great tool for everyone who has a lot of contacts to manage and is not good at keeping contacts. It has the capacity to hold a massive number of contacts and it arranges them so one can effortlessly find any of their contacts without wasting time.
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Pros
Hiver
  • automation through rules
  • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
  • support, chat always responds right away
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Pobuca Ltd
  • Contacts are entered easily.
  • It has many options for different types of information you can input.
  • The ability to take pictures of business cards and it stores it makes it easier to find at a later date.
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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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Pobuca Ltd
  • Alphabetical display
  • Merging contacts (fix screen so only contacts move, not the whole display of action buttons)
  • Improve scan quality
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Usability
Hiver
Easy to use
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Pobuca Ltd
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Hiver
Support is there, can be slow at times.
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Pobuca Ltd
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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Pobuca Ltd
BizConnect’s customer service was not good and was a bit slow in searching contacts. But Pobuca is the best choice in this regard--from customer service to the ease with which we can add contact into it is amazing. Its flexibility is another major factor in choosing Pobuca. Finding any contact through this software is very simple, but its scanning feature is a bit slow and takes time.
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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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Pobuca Ltd
  • Shortened time looking for leads
  • Practicality in dialing direct from the app
  • Our custom fields help us a lot job-wise
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ScreenShots

Hiver Screenshots

Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature

Pobuca Screenshots

Screenshot of Pobuca-where teams share contactsScreenshot of Import business contacts in one placeScreenshot of Link contacts to related organizationsScreenshot of Smart search finds  the user is looking forScreenshot of Capture email signaturesScreenshot of Access contacts everywhere with Pobuca mobile app