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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

    Raiseaticket

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ARaiseaticket is a 100% free web-based helpdesk solution. The vendor says it has been developed by a team of experienced developers and infrastructure experts and is backed by insights from Customer Care leaders experienced in the Enterprise, Aviation, Contact Centre, Logistics, Government and Technology Industries. The system is built to service organizations of all sizes and can handle multi-team and multi-company web and email customer support operations. Simplicity is the ultimate in…N/A
    Pricing
    HiverRaiseaticket
    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
    HiverRaiseaticket
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Features
    HiverRaiseaticket
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Hiver and Raiseaticket
    Feature
    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Raiseaticket
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.04 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.04 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Ticket response9.04 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Hiver and Raiseaticket
    Feature
    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Raiseaticket
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    External knowledge base8.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.01 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Hiver and Raiseaticket
    Feature
    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Raiseaticket
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Customer portal8.01 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Email support9.04 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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    HiverRaiseaticket
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HiverRaiseaticket
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HiverRaiseaticket
    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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    Fonicom Ltd
    Raiseticket is the best tool to implement a support system for your business whether it is a small or medium business. If you have limited agents to manage the support team then it will help you to improve your support quality with timely resolution. It will analyse the ticket category and give the team keywords to close the ticket successfully with proper resolution. As it is a web-based tool, you can access this from any device from anywhere. During COVID-19 it helped our team to support our users from remote locations easily. You can also implement these on-site premises which are cheaper than others. But when it comes to modern technology, it is not providing email templates and you have to customize on your own which is a little difficult and time taking. While downloading monthly reports or customized reports it gives errors multiple times. Although we haven't faced any server down with this tool it is a little slow.
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    Pros
    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
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    Fonicom Ltd
    • Unique user support request can be categorized within SLAs
    • Templates are unique and integration is smooth.
    • reporting and ticket tracking is also good.
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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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    Fonicom Ltd
    • Pre-set templates could use a bit of a revamp, but nothing major.
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    Usability
    Hiver
    Easy to use
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    Fonicom Ltd
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    Support Rating
    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    Fonicom Ltd
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    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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    Fonicom Ltd
    Freshdesk is also free to use like Raiseaticket. But when it comes to supporting quality Raiseaticket wins. I had several issues while using Freshdesk but their support team never replied to tickets on time. Sometimes they don't reply to tickets and later close them from their end. When choosing a software you should have knowledge of both pre-sales service and post-sales service quality of the software so that you can choose the right one. So this way Raiseaticket wins from Freshdesk.
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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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    Fonicom Ltd
    • It saved a lot of time.
    • Increase in productivity of the support staff
    • Resolving the common queries are around 30 % quicker
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    Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature