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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

    Stack Overflow for Teams

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AStack Overflow for Teams is a team knowledge management and Q & A platform for development billed per teammate, featuring roles and permissions, and integrations with popularly used collaboration tools.

    $7

    per month per teammate (up to 250 teammates)

    Pricing
    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $24
    per month per user
    Growth
    $34
    per month per user
    Pro
    $59
    per month per user
    Elite
    Contact Sales
    Basic
    $7
    per month per teammate (up to 250 teammates)
    Business
    $14
    per month per teammate (unlimited)
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.Discount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
    Considered Both Products
    Hiver
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    Stack Overflow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Hiver and Stack Overflow for Teams
    Feature
    Hiver
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    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 Stack Overflow for Teams
    Feature
    Hiver
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    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 Stack Overflow for Teams
    Feature
    Hiver
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score5.7 out of 10
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    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Bloomfire
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Bloomfire
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HiverStack Overflow for Teams
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Stack Overflow
    In my opinion, Stack Overflow for Teams is well suited for an organization that is on a hiring spree for the engineering teams. The reason for it is because instead of catering to doubts of new joinees individually, they can be asked to refer to the Stack Overflow and hence will save a lot of time for both new joiners as well as the existing employees.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Hiver
    • automation through rules
    • tagging emails, anaylics behind them
    • support, chat always responds right away
    Incentivized
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    Stack Overflow
    • Sharing technical solutions to problems we encounter in our internal development environment.
    • Sharing best practices we find in external resources.
    • Discussions on design patterns and conventions we can use in our projects.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Stack Overflow
    • I would recommend an increased engineering focus on the Microsoft Teams integration.
    • It would be nice to make more medals.
    • Easier ways to earn points.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Hiver
    Easy to use
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    Stack Overflow
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Hiver
    Support is there, can be slow at times.
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    Stack Overflow
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Stack Overflow
    It's easier to use Stack Overflow for Teams Q&A to maintain our knowledge base over time, over the Confluence wikis that we also maintain. You don't need to bother about folders, filenames, templates - just ask a question and answer it or get it answered. It feels less formal, so developers feel more free to add content.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Stack Overflow
    • It makes the search for answers more efficient, so devs can focus in more important things.
    • Knowledge is not lost, even if people leave the company.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Hiver in GmailScreenshot of a view of a shared mailboxScreenshot of the collision alerts feature