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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

    Sembly.AI

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASembly (formerly Powow) is a SaaS platform from the company of the same name in New York City, that helps to make meetings more effective by using proprietary AI algorithms to transcribe and analyze meetings, transforming them into actionable insights.

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    Pricing
    Khoros ServiceSembly.AI
    Editions & Modules
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    Sembly Personal
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    Sembly Professional
    $10
    per month per user
    Sembly Team
    $20
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServiceSembly.AI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.Additional per meeting hour costs.
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    Community Pulse
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
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    Khoros ServiceSembly.AI
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServiceSembly.AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
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    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
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    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
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    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (71 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Khoros ServiceSembly.AI
    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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    Powow AI
    Powow is well suited for meetings, multi-meetings, and having everyone in the team involved. It simplifies the process of decision-making and any process within our business that needs multiple people working at the same time. It allows people to focus on the meeting instead of taking notes as Powow uses audio transcription to create summaries about everything said. It also allows getting relevant insights and analytics that are really helpful for the business. In my own case, being a fashion and design store requires hand on meetings and work that can't be done thru the internet. Also, for very important meetings or information, you can't really rely on the transcripts as they are not perfect. Even though Powow is relatively new, it has mainly positive aspects.
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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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    Powow AI
    • It facilitates the communication among people within our business.
    • Includes the option to have multi-meetings.
    • Provides a transcript of everything said during the meeting.
    • Provides summaries for easy recap and follow up.
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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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    Powow AI
    • As it is a new platform, some functions can be pretty basic.
    • The summarizing notes are not always perfect, this could be improved.
    • Navigation around the platform is not as intuitive as it could be for new users.
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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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    Powow AI
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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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    Powow AI
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Powow AI
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Powow AI
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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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    Powow AI
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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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    Powow AI
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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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    Powow AI
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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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    Powow AI
    Even though all of the mentioned platforms are helpful for meetings and teamwork, Powow is so much better. First, it allows multi-meetings, facilitating the job of the managers and heads of every team to be involved in all the work done. Also, it has audio transcripts that avoid the need for note-taking, making people pay full attention to the meeting. Provides as well insights and analysis related to the business and meeting content that are really helpful for the business. The AI component to extract patterns and sentiments across multiple meetings is a huge tool for managers and heads of teams to identify key issues and mitigate risks.
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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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    Powow AI
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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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    Powow AI
    • Reduced the design thinking and design process time in half as it helped with team communication.
    • Allowed to start multiple projects during the year.
    • Gave helpful insights that allowed the business to increase customer satisfaction and sales.
    • Cut costs on physical offices as 90% of the job is done remotely.
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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.

    Sembly.AI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Meeting summary (Glance View)Screenshot of AI-powered Key Points like actions, issues, risks, events and requirementsScreenshot of Cross- and in-meeting search and sharingScreenshot of AI-generated Summaries with Action ItemsScreenshot of Automatic Meeting Minutes