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    Khoros Service

    Score8.5 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

    Intuit Mailchimp

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMailchimp is an email marketing and marketing automation platform. Beyond just tracking how campaigns perform, Mailchimp takes it a step further by analyzing data from over half a billion emails to show why campaigns perform, driving informed decisions.

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    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    starts at $13
    per month
    Standard
    starts at $20
    per month
    Premium
    starts at $350
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.—
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    Community Pulse
    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answer on this topic
    Intuit
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    71 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    251 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    244 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    215 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    247 Answers
    Features
    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Khoros Service and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.1
    585 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.1537 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings8.1519 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.2499 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.3404 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings7.7434 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.9535 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings8.8568 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings8.1564 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.7385 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Khoros Service and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.9
    75 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.465 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.372 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Khoros Service and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.9
    126 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings7.448 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Khoros Service and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.2
    124 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings8.3116 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings8.1107 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Khoros Service and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    8.3
    565 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.6229 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.6560 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.9130 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Khoros Service and Intuit Mailchimp
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Intuit Mailchimp
    7.9
    132 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API00 Ratings7.9107 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings8.470 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings5.62 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings8.554 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.9109 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    8.7
    (608 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
    10.0
    (55 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.5
    (477 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    8.8
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (71 ratings)
    7.4
    (22 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Khoros ServiceIntuit Mailchimp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Less Appropriate Scenarios- A fintech company has highly specialized or industry-specific workflows that are not easily accommodated within the standard capabilities of Khoros Care. In such cases, the platform may be less appropriate for businesses with extremely unique processes that require a high degree of customization. Well suited- financial institutions face a high volume of customer inquiries related to account management, transactions, and security concerns. Khoros Care's security features, automation capabilities, and integration with banking systems make it suitable for managing customer interactions in the financial services sector.
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    Intuit
    Mailchimp is fairly easy to onboard, even for those who would consider themselves less technologically inclined. It can be as simple as plug-and-play for simpler campaigns or scale up as needed. It also makes it easy to build, send out for internal review and feedback, and track all the needed changes.
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    Pros
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Tagging system - it's possible to add a wide variety of labels and categories
    • Search feature - being able to find users by conversation number, username, or keywords makes it easier to navigate old conversations
    • Easy system for assigning conversations to other users
    • When you claim a conversation, it gets removed from the queue. This is much more visually explicit than Khoros Marketing's queue, for example, where all content remains visible in the queue and a bookmark gets moved around to distinguish the point where other users left off
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    Intuit
    • Mailchimp allows you to manage your mailing list really well. You can subscribe people, unsubscribe people manage the mailing list directly into segments, and what not.
    • Mailchimp has features where you can create campaigns based on your mailing lists and send out newsletters to your subscribers based on a multitude of parameters that you can setup. Such as send email daily, weekly, monthly and they also have event based mails that you can send out.
    • Mailchimp also has a feature where you can design your emails. The look and aesthetics are very important when sending emails to your subscribers and all those needs are addressed here.
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • 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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    Intuit
    • The pricing tiers do scale quickly so if you have a free newsletter it may get expensive
    • The pricing is based on total emails so if you have users who you only email rarely it might not make sense to use Intuit Mailchimp
    • Customer support can be a bit lacking at times and their docs aren't always the best
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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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    Intuit
    We've had Mailchimp for about ten years, I want to say. I started with the company about four years ago, and I don't see us ever diverting to another source. It's easy for us to use, and we have all our clients already built into the database. I imagine we'll use them for as long as we have the company.
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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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    Intuit
    It is easy, but some things you need to learn from their resources. Mailchimp is one of the most popular email marketing platforms because it combines email marketing, automation, audience management, and analytics into a single tool that's easy to use and scale. Simple solutions and drag-and-drop edits make it easy.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Intuit
    I have, in the 4+ years that I've used Mailchimp, never seen an issue that restricted the use of their software/tools. I don't know of a single time when they're system crashed or went down. I could be wrong, but I honestly haven't experienced any issues with outages, errors or unplanned downtime
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Intuit
    I haven't noticed any slow speeds from Mailchimp or their tools. I think the landing pages load quickly and look nice. The email reports and editing operates smoothly and doesn't take time to load. Additionally, when I use Mailchimp in conjunction with Zapier + Hubspot I don't notice any drag between any of these tools
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    Support Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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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    Intuit
    Website tools were easy to use and understand so a novice can easily meet or exceed their client's expectations! Loved that we were able to totally customize so that the e-mail we created conveyed our client's overall messaging consistent with their branding! Client love that we can provide turnkey services to support their sales and marketing teams!
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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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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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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    Intuit
    It's pretty easy to get up and running! There's a slight learning curve on a few things, but once you find where everything is located, you can import your list and send your first email. It really makes our clients feel great to see how quickly they can get that first email out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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 in usability and innovative functionality.
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    Intuit
    I used Intuit Mailchimp, and I would say other software I used is equally good and competes with Intuit Mailchimp. Well, Intuit Mailchimp's reporting is better, and ActiveCampaign has more affordable pricing, so in the end, it all comes to what you need. What we needed was available in cheaper price in other software as well. But I would definitely say Intuit Mailchimp has its own advantages too.
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    Scalability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    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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    Intuit
    Mailchimp over the years I've used it has grown in leaps and bounds. They have added so many additional features than were previously available. They are truly an all-in-one marketing platform now. If you're a small operation and just want to add email to your marketing efforts, they're there for you. If you're a larger operation and want to start sending postcard advertisements, they can do that. If you'd good with that and want to kick up your marketing by going social, you can do that on their platform. They are truly able to be as small as you need, but also get quite large in whatever it is you'd like to do through their system.
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • 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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    Intuit
    • One of my retail web store clients was sending out email specials and notices about once a month. After clicking the send button, we would watch Google Analytics and the current site users would light up immediately. Often, the current site visitors would pop up to 20, 30 or more after the email was sent. On a normal day, seeing 1 or 2 online users would be OK.
    • Pretty much in all cases, we could see an uptick in positive activity after sending out a Intuit Mailchimp email to a list.
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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.

    Intuit Mailchimp Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mailchimp's advanced analytics and reporting tools. These are used to monitor trends, track performance, and get actionable insights that help users to create better campaigns and drive customer engagement.Screenshot of Mailchimp's precise audience segmentation. Its AI simplifies the workflow by generating complex customer segments for highly personalized campaigns.Screenshot of omnichannel marketing. Campaigns can be built across multiple channels, and then managed from one convenient place.Screenshot of marketing automations with the Customer Journey Builder. This is used to reach the right people with the right message at exactly the right time, which helps to drive more repeat business, increase customer retention, and see more orders.Screenshot of Mailchimp's SMS marketing. SMS can be integrated into email, automations, and social campaigns.Screenshot of Mailchimp's AI, used to deliver relevant content faster. It can generate professionally written, on-brand marketing emails with the press of a button. The user only needs to review, edit, and send.