Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Khoros Care
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Khoros Care enables brands to serve their customers on their preferred digital channels, reducing costs and increasing customer satisfaction and revenue. It Offers: Web chat & messaging gives customers convenient, efficient channels to engage brands, while giving brands a single consolidated platform to manage customer engagements at scale. Supporting the widest range of digital messaging channels, including; web chat, in-app, email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,…N/A
Talkdesk
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk is a cloud-based contact center platform with voice, digital channel, and workforce engagement management capabilities. Talkdesk’s key features are its customizable user interface, built-in AI automation, and its integration with numerous CRM and helpdesk applications.
$65
per seat/per month
Pricing
Khoros CareTalkdesk
Editions & Modules
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Professional
$65
per seat/per month
Professional +
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Enterprise
Contact sales team
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Khoros CareTalkdesk
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.
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Features
Khoros CareTalkdesk
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Care
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Ratings
Talkdesk
8.6
418 Ratings
2% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.6399 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings8.4352 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings8.6365 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings8.7354 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.7330 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.0377 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.4185 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings9.1258 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings8.1207 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings8.6182 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.7370 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.6269 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings8.5324 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Care
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Ratings
Talkdesk
8.8
403 Ratings
3% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.9366 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.7260 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.3389 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.9351 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.6363 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.7369 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.9365 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.7198 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.6226 Ratings
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User Ratings
Khoros CareTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(73 ratings)
8.8
(430 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(41 ratings)
8.2
(19 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(7 ratings)
8.9
(239 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(4 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(4 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(11 ratings)
8.0
(189 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(46 ratings)
8.5
(199 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(38 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Khoros CareTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Khoros Care is great for quick responses on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which are our three most used platforms. Based on what I have seen, it would be better to have a more in-depth review module that allows for better response capability. Right now, it seems that Khoros Care only allows us a bird's eye view of sentiment and issues, versus handling all responses across various review platforms.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is very well suited for teams that are working from home. It is easier to log in wherever you are, still be reached by your customers, and have your colleagues available for consultation or blind transfers in one click. It is also well suited for companies that have clients who speak different languages. Using the call flow, we are able to direct calls in specific languages to the agents that are fluent in it, saving us a lot of time with unnecessary consultations or blind transfers.
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Pros
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
  • 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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Talkdesk
  • Address internal issues quickly and solves any IT problems that arise in an efficient fashion
  • Allows our large company to stay connected, and easily reach anyone in the company
  • Allows our customers to have a quick and successful call experience by being routed to the correct agent
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Cons
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
  • More options to customize the default templates for the smart views in analytics or the pre-made one for work queues and agents
  • Automated and customized exports from analytics without the need to use APIs
  • More granular priorities or prioritization methods (like a point system)
  • More metrics to prioritize conversations with, like answer speed of the author, time waited since last answer, custom attributes, etc.
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Talkdesk
  • Studio Builder - Can get messy really fast when building.. I'd love a more free-flow setup. Think something like LucidChart where it's all drag and drop. When I'd finish building our trees, it was VERY hard to show our executives because of how chaotic all the lines looked
  • I'd love to see some additional integration flexibility, aside from Salesforce. We use Help Scout and the inability of "splitting" created interactions from TD to HS creates a challenge with having a CS team and Sales Team. We have to have all inbound calls go through CS and all outbound go through Sales. Then it's just workflow / transfer city
  • Creating an API that would refresh the Callbar / browser window would be nice to avoid things timing out if we don't have calls going in/out in 1-2 hours. What will happen is that our status will read "Available" but when a call comes in, it'll push to VM until we go and logout / in to refresh the system
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Likelihood to Renew
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
I don't see any reason why we would not renew. We have had a great overall experience, and other than some support concerns, everything has run smoothly. In addition to the platform, our experience with the bot has been really good. We average between 25-30% of our volume handled by the bot, while still maintaining easy-to-use offramps for customers.
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Talkdesk
It's not a 10 because we're always open to some technological, fiscal improvement that may come along. I've opted for an 8 because the product is reliable and easy to use. It fits our current needs for the most part. However, we would like to see some improvement in the reporting and easy call tracking/identification if/when questions come up regarding a particular call.
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Usability
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is seamless. Very easy to use and self-explanatory. Once shown how to navigate the web app and caliber, there is no need for a review of the information. I was a part of the initial purchase decision for Talkdesk and its usability was one of the main reasons for our purchase.
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Reliability and Availability
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
No issues.
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Talkdesk
Nothing so far , no issues which is very good, first time in this business i have seen something like this.
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Performance
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
No issues.
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Talkdesk
We have never had a Talkdesk performance issue. As long as you follow the system requirements, which are MINIMAL, neither will you.
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Support Rating
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Khoros [Care (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)] has made several improvements to its support and engagement for clients. Response times have improved and the need to seek support has drastically reduced, highlighting the improvements in the experience to reduce customer pain.
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Talkdesk
If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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In-Person Training
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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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Talkdesk
I was shown how to use Talkdesk and was happy with it. I learned all I needed.
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Online Training
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
Easy to use, digestable bits of information
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Implementation Rating
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
The implementation was very easy! They work diligently to ensure that everything that you want to monitor is put into one place eliminating the worry of missed interactions and as needs change the ability to edit what's being searched for is quick and easy to set up.
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Talkdesk
The implementation was rather seamless. Our architect was competent and was able to guide us through the necessary critical questions to ensure our implementation aligned with the business needs. The turnaround time was rather fast. While our initial ask and setup were not complex, we were using the platform in under 3 weeks from the time we engaged the implementation services. As we have expanded our feature usage, we have had very similar experiences.
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Alternatives Considered
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
We previously used Hootsuite. Hootsuite was very clunky for Customer Service, and oftentimes it would end up that agents would accidentally step over each other, send out multiple responses, or struggle to identify posts to work. Hootsuite was more intended for marketing and struggled at times with response. However, Khoros Care is a good balance of both, and also has tools specific to marketing versus customer service. Additionally, Khoros now has far more platforms than we previously had in Hootsuite.
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Talkdesk
I didn't select Talkdesk, the company did, I had no choice but to embrace it, I think Five9 is somewhat better because it is 100% web-based and it is really simple to manipulate agent groups, and data exports. TD can improve on that, Team Leader licenses are very limited.
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Scalability
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
I see the Khoros team bringing on new employees and different expertise as their platform grows to more brands. They are dedicated to ensure they are growing with their customers and building new products to fulfill the needs of their customers request
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Talkdesk
We have grown from 5 licenses to over 100 in two years, on our way to 200 this year
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Return on Investment
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
  • Less overheads due to automated features in the tool.
  • Stopped using external survey tools and used care CSAT surveys, this resulted in cost-cutting.
  • Saving time by responding to customers quicker.
  • Ability to manage different channels in one platform and unified reporting.
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Talkdesk
  • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
  • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
  • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
  • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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ScreenShots

Khoros Care Screenshots

Screenshot of Lithium ResponseScreenshot of Keep agents focused with a single, prioritized to-do listScreenshot of Unify multiple channels in a single engagement hubScreenshot of Increase efficiency with advanced workflows and operational insights