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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

    Percolate, now part of Seismic

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.—
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    Community Pulse
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Chose Khoros Service
    Cigna's marketing team selected Khoros. Our transition from Percolate to Khoros Care was smooth, we were well supported and were provided with training material. The Khoros team made it work for us!
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Service
    I've used several other platforms, such as Percolate, Social Studio, Sprout Social, and Spredfast [Khoros]. Khoros is the strongest platform when it comes to social response and tagging (for analytics purposes). However, the in-platform analytics could use some work - you can't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Service
    Hootsuite, Percolate and Salesforce have been reviewed or used in the past. The main benefit of Khoros social management is it is a platform that has been built from the ground up focused on customer service.
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    71 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
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    Features
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Khoros Service and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Ideation00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Khoros Service and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Khoros Service and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.3
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (71 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Khoros ServicePercolate, now part of Seismic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Create social content from briefing all the way through to the approval process.
    • Social planner for managing topics and content streams across multiple channels.
    • Robust API and integrations.
    • Image library (with cost-free access/rights to stock photo libraries).
    • Frequent updates to the platform.
    • Built-in community management.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • A lot of the features in Percolate are very well built, but only provide the bare minimum as features go. Its editorial calendar for example lacks export/import features and its multimedia repository only supports images. In many ways, Percolate is trying very hard to be too much at the same time.
    • At the moment, Percolate lacks user level management. We can add users who need to be moderated before posting, but it is for example not possible to add users just for one specific function (like the multimedia database).
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Percolate is a great tool for us, because we need the approval process workflows. The training was great when we first signed on, and the interface is very user friendly. We have trained our interns to use it as well with no issues. It makes keeping up with our content calendar a breeze and we can easily see what posts have been approved and which ones are still pending at a quick glance
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    Easy to set up approval flows, but not always necessary to follow all the requires steps
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Discontinued Products
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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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    Discontinued Products
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    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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    Discontinued Products
    Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and community management. Percolate offers additional features such as an Asset Management Library and a section for creative briefs and collaboration with internal teams.
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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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    Discontinued Products
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
    • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
    • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
    Incentivized
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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.

    Percolate, now part of Seismic Screenshots

    Screenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendarScreenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendar