Khoros Service vs. Salesforce Agentforce Sales

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Khoros Service
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Khoros Service offers omnichannel engagement on publicly available channels like social, digital, chat, and voice, as well as owned online communities like Khoros Communities. The solution offers 1-to-1 and 1-to-many engagement with customers and consumers, bringing together automation through bots and human agents. Customer inquiries and support-related conversations can be routed and prioritized based on a variety of parameters, and the robust agent desktop solution…N/A
Agentforce Sales
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce' Agentforce Sales (formerly Salesforce Sales Cloud) is the company's flagship CRM platform. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in.
$25
per month per user
Pricing
Khoros ServiceSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$25.00
per month per user
Professional
$80.00
per month per user
Enterprise
$165.00
per month per user
Unlimited
$330.00
per month per user
Agentforce 1 Sales
$550
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Khoros ServiceAgentforce Sales
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.
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Community Pulse
Khoros ServiceSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Considered Both Products
Khoros Service
Chose Khoros Service
Lacking in updated user guides. Limited in things that can be done when tasks and assignments are pushed. The program overall needs a refresh to be more eye catching and appealing to users. Great reporting and options. Should be linked to Excel, would save time. Khoros is good …
Chose Khoros Service
As I know Khoros Service was chosen for its strong omnichannel support, advanced automation and detailed analytics capabilities.
Chose Khoros Service
We chose Khoros Care as our main tool in catering or responding to any reachouts like messages, comments, and reviews by our members through our social media.
Chose Khoros Service
Multi-Channel Support:Khoros Care: Known for its ability to manage customer interactions across various channels, including social media, messaging, and more.Comparison: Evaluate how well each platform supports the channels most relevant to your business, whether it's email, …
Chose Khoros Service
In my opinion, Khoros Marketing is superior to Khoros Care in every way except queue management. Sprinklr, Hootsuite, and Social Studio are all similar products in terms of responding to users, but they are not as flexible with labeling.
Chose Khoros Service
KC fails to punch up. More features, reliability etc come as an offering with other products.
Chose Khoros Service
The user interface was much more personable, and we found we had overall less issues with the program itself.
Chose Khoros Service
Khoros is a well-known provider. It has a good support system. Known for its enterprise scalability, social listening, and AI based automation.
Chose Khoros Service
Zendesk was too big and complex, way more functionalities than we needed and that made the onboarding process dificult.
Chose Khoros Service
Khoros is more than just a platform for social publishing. No other competitor provides the in-depth moderation and social listening services that they do. If you're looking for a one-stop-shop of a platform for all things social, this is the tool to be using. Others are better …
Chose Khoros Service
Both Khoros and Zendesk offer robust customer engagement solutions, but Khoros stands out in several ways. While Zendesk provides excellent ticketing and support functionalities, Khoros extends beyond traditional customer service, offering a comprehensive suite that includes …
Chose Khoros Service
Intercom is really difficult to navigate. Khoros is so much more streamlined and easier to manage
Chose Khoros Service
I have not tested other products related to Khoros.
Chose Khoros Service
I haven't used other products as Lithium has fulfilled all needs other than what native provides. Reporting is excellent and makes there no need to use any other product. Very adaptable and customizable to what is needed to get the job done. Overall I have no issues with this …
Chose Khoros Service
Community is imperative, Khoros CXInsights is a product that we are still adapting to and needs more mature social integration to realize its value, and Khoros Marketing turned out to be a product that we use less frequently due to the scope of our team being mainly focused on …
Chose Khoros Service
While we don't use other products from Khoroscare, the support we've received has been fantasitc
Chose Khoros Service
Khoros is strictly keyword based with no NLP or AI options. Reporting is limited, both in general and by platform.
Chose Khoros Service
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (Radian6 + Buddy Media) and Sprout Social
Agentforce Sales
Chose Agentforce Sales
Based on my experience, I’ve used Odoo — it’s an open-source ERP system. It’s not exactly the same as Salesforce or Sales Cloud, but it serves a similar purpose. And I feel that Sales Cloud is better. Personally, I find it easier to use and better than what Odoo offers, …
Chose Agentforce Sales
I've used ServiceNow. But we mainly use it on the service side and not on the sales side.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Mendix. It’s somewhat comparable, but not really a true CRM.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Salesforce Marketing Cloud and MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Chose Agentforce Sales
Over the years, I’ve helped many people move from different sales solutions — like Dynamics, HubSpot, and Act, which was one of the first ones. I’ve supported a lot of organizations in moving from those platforms to Salesforce.
Chose Agentforce Sales
So I've evaluated, implemented Microsoft Dynamics in the past. I've used Oracle CRM solutions. I've used Daylight, which is a very niche CRM system the last couple of years. And I've evaluated a variety from Legacy Microsoft Ones to Zoho and Sugar when making implementation …
Chose Agentforce Sales
Actually, we have not. By the time I joined my company, we already had Sales Cloud. It was already there and the decision was made. I'm sure that there were other small companies that the upper management team evaluated very quickly, but they came to a decision very quickly. I …
Chose Agentforce Sales
Raiser's Edge, CSING. Those are the primary ones. There's no competition at all. I mean, in terms of tracking duplicate contact, I mean contacts ability to be secure and provide the right access for different levels. Salesforce was able to do that. Oh yeah. Yes. Whereas the …
Chose Agentforce Sales
We have used HubSpot and we have used jojo CRM. So the customer who cannot afford the licensing model of Salesforce, jojo CRM is a very good platform and another for assembly level, hub Spot does the work as well.
Chose Agentforce Sales
I haven't used any other.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Salesforce CMS is by far more capable to be tailored towards the need and critical aspects based on how our org is structured and work.

Integrations are also great! Critical data is easily being synced with other tools in tech stack.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Salesforce is magnificently more robust and functions much better when managing complex sales cycles with multiple individuals and products. With simple sales cycles and few products, Excel is a strong contender.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Salesforce CMS stacks up as a Customer management system because it has a more user friendly snd intuitive interface. The UX is better and more modern. It can be customised and extended. There are always learning opportunities and updates for the system so it keeps on …
Chose Agentforce Sales
I did not make the decision to use Salesforce. However, I am happy with its current implementation to manage our employees.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Salesforce more so compliments these products, rather than stacks against them. We don't have any products similar to Salesforce CMS, so in lieu of that, these are the products we were using that mesh the easiest with Salesforce CMS in terms of proceeding through the …
Chose Agentforce Sales
In my opinion, Salesforce CMS is the most complex of these offerings, and probably the most complex platform of its kind. It was selected by another stakeholder - I would likely have chosen something less expensive and more intuitive to use. The robust feature set is amazing, …
Chose Agentforce Sales
Salesforce CMS is way beyond the other tools in its performamce also
Chose Agentforce Sales
We used the Catalyst product of Totango. It was not great as it was hard to navigate, and it did not offer any reporting capabilities at all, nor did it speed up our day-to-day tasks.
Chose Agentforce Sales
Works well with others and I like the newer deployments which continue to make it even more useful and promotes efficiency and transparency.
Features
Khoros ServiceSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.2
Ratings
4% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
7.8
Ratings
1% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
7.9
Ratings
2% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.1
Ratings
5% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
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Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.3
Ratings
8% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.5
Ratings
10% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
9.0
Ratings
6% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
7.8
Ratings
3% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.0
Ratings
6% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Service
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.2
Ratings
7% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
Khoros ServiceSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
8.2
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9.1
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Usability
7.3
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8.4
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.0
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
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9.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
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8.9
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Vendor post-sale
-
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8.0
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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8.0
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User Testimonials
Khoros ServiceSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need a content management system that allows you to add a wide variety of label categorization and have multiple users logged in at the same time, Khoros Care is suitable. However, I cannot say that it's the best system to use. There are other systems that have the same or similar features without as many issues.
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In the end, I think we can always make it fit — and that’s one of the powers of Salesforce. Because of its flexibility and wide range of possibilities, you can really make it work for almost any need. The key, though, is to make thoughtful decisions upfront and plan carefully how you set it up. If you do that, you’ll end up with a truly flexible and effective system.
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Pros
  • Manages and pulls in posts from communities, Facebook, and Twitter so we can address them in one place as opposed to logging into each site natively.
  • Khoros Care has great analytics. I like the customizable dashboards; we use them for weekly reports to upper management.
  • Khoros Care helps our social media manager manage and monitor our teams.
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  • It does a good job of routing our leads to customers, to our inside sales reps and teams.
  • It does a good job of tracking all of the opportunities that we have, the contacts that we have with people related to the opportunities.
  • Organizing and being able to do reports on what our sales are.
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Cons
  • I would like to be able to see deleted comments/tweets so we can look into the issues.
  • I would like to be able to better customize dashboards for our exact metrics. Some things previously available in Spredfast are no longer available in Care.
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  • I’d say the only thing that can be a bit tricky — and I know Tableau helps address this — is that sometimes we’re limited in how deep we can go with the data in terms of reporting. It would be great to have a bit more robustness within the app itself. However, we’ve figured out our workarounds, and overall, I think it’s a fantastic product — which is why I’ve been working with it for 23 years.
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Likelihood to Renew
Simply, there isn't anything on the market that is quite as personable as Khoros Care. After using a few different client messaging systems, this program gave the closest feel to in-person interaction that we could get during the COVID-19 epidemic and is an important part of our agency still to this day in 2023.
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There are days when I wish we hadn't switched, but I know that if we put in the time, we will get to where we want to be with the software and that it has many more capabilities than anything else we looked at. However, the amount of time and onboarding we need to do is also far greater than we realized/were told when we originally bought the product. They told us we should hire onboarding support, but at the end, after we had already reached our budget maximum for this, so it's been slower than we had hoped.
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Usability
The ability to auto tag, manually tag, make notes, and "snooze" posts is extremely helpful. The efficiency of the work flow for agents is also a huge plus. It keeps agents moving quickly and prioritizing responses for the cases that need it most.
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All in all, it's a great product that use all day, every day. It's aesthetically pleasing overall and specifically provides information in a clean, concise way. It's easy to manipulate and seems to play well with the other products I use such as Pardot, Gmelius, and our company's proprietary data system. It increases my efficieny in my admin tasks so I have more time to focus on revenue-generation and account management. It's also easy to use from everywhere where it be on a university campus, in a hotel room, one of a million Starbucks, or at home
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Reliability and Availability
It's always up.
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All Force.com apps run on world-class data centers with backup, failover, and disaster-recovery facilities. Force.com has had a proven 99.9 percent uptime record for years. Accordingly, I only recall our instance of Salesforce having one unscheduled, brief down time over 6 years. I can't remember for sure, but it may have been due to our Internet Service Provider (ISP) versus Salesforce itself. Also, Salesforce does it's best to keep customers in the loop:

Trust.salesforce.com is the salesforce.com community's home for real-time information on system performance and security. On this site you'll find:

Live and historical data on system performance
Up-to-the minute information on planned maintenance
Phishing, malicious software and social engineering threats
Best security practices for your organization
Information on how we safeguard your data
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Performance
No issues.
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For a SaaS provider, I'd rate their performance to be one of the best. At times, reporting tends to slow down if the data set is very large, which is the case in any system. But, that's a very rare phenomenon
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Support Rating
Khoros Support has always very responsive and helpful when it comes to getting my issue/inquiry addressed. Their ticket portal is great for tracking any open tickets and they can be updated via the portal or by responding to the email thread. Support reps are always extremely knowledgeable and care about getting you taken care of
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The overall support has been good. More and more features are being released quite frequently. Very small features are also making big difference in how the tool can be adapted and used better. If there is anything we need or are stuck, the support team sets up a call and helps in resolving the issue/provides workarounds.
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In-Person Training
The team received training (from the same executive team member who has been supporting us) over the web and this was of very high quality.
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I attended two training sessions. I would rate them a 4 as an advanced user. It was very basic – great for someone new – would give 8+ for new person.

I had 3 years of experience at the time. I skipped basic and went onto advanced and still not helpful. A lot of it was best practices that didn’t feel relevant for our business
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
I have gone through multiple. The content that’s delivered is quite basic – I wish they had more advanced training.

We are grandfathered into premium support plus training. We get unlimited access to instructor led and online training for free. We have taken advantage of this
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Implementation Rating
Implementing the platform was not a big hassle for our client, it was seamless and easy we just had to follow a few steps and it was done. Just scaling was a bit of an issue but it got resolved with time and a bit of effort at both ends
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Just from an organizational standpoint - we standardized our data prior to moving to Salesforce. But we essentially standardized it wrong. That's created a big disgusting mess for us know that I'll have to deal with as the Admin. Be sure you think through use cases prior to doing something like that - seek outside opinions on how the data will work best, especially depending on what else you're going to integrate with Salesforce.
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Alternatives Considered
Multi-Channel Support:Khoros Care: Known for its ability to manage customer interactions across various channels, including social media, messaging, and more.Comparison: Evaluate how well each platform supports the channels most relevant to your business, whether it's email, social media, live chat, or others. Automation and Workflows: Khoros Care: Offers workflow automation features to streamline processes and handle routine tasks.Comparison: Compare the level of automation capabilities each platform provides and how well they align with your business processes.
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Based on my experience, I’ve used Odoo — it’s an open-source ERP system. It’s not exactly the same as Salesforce or Sales Cloud, but it serves a similar purpose. And I feel that Sales Cloud is better. Personally, I find it easier to use and better than what Odoo offers, especially in terms of customization and achieving business objectives. That’s where Salesforce Sales Cloud really stands out in comparison to Odoo.
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Scalability
Of course as the company grows owing to its growing customer base, they need to think of out-of-the-box solutions to offer its clients and customer satisfaction is one of them. Retention is very much needed in competitive environment like today and hence it becomes imperative for companies to find different ways to reach their client basis and fix their issues
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It's very scalable as it has a ton of features (but you do need an admin who understands how to leverage these features). Because of the various features, we've also needed to host onboarding sessions with our users so that they can familiarize themselves with the platform, which isn't always super user-friendly or intuitive.
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Return on Investment
  • We have seen a positive shift of customers from reaching out to the Call Centre to the Social Care Team.
  • Monthly and Annual Reporting to keep track of performance and stats related to the team has been much easier to highlight areas for improvement (month2month and anually)
  • CSAT/NPS Survey results have increased via Khoros Care in comparison to the Call Centre.
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  • It helps us achieve our objectives, especially now with Agentforce — we can get more insights to help our sellers sell more. It’s really nice because it’s almost like you can use the standard part of Salesforce to train your agents and teach your sellers how to improve their sales. So that’s really nice.
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ScreenShots

Khoros Service Screenshots

Screenshot of a customer conversation in Agent view. Access past customer conversations and interactions in a single pane of glass.Screenshot of the analytic dashboard used to monitor key metrics across a service organization, such as available agents, time to first response, and agent handle time.Screenshot of Khoros Agent Assist. This feature provides agents with real-time recommendations, reducing the time needed to handle customer inquiries, deliver accurate resolutions, and train new agents.Screenshot of Work Queues under Rules and Routing. This allows admins to build rules around tagging to ensure timely and effective follow-up from agents.

Agentforce Sales Screenshots

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