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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

    Hootsuite Insights

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AuburVu (for a time known as Hootsuite Insights) analyzed big social data, combining monitoring capabilities, data analysis and reporting features to show insights like influencers, stories, and trends. It was acquired by Hootsuite in 2014, and has since been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Khoros ServiceHootsuite Insights
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    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServiceHootsuite Insights
    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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    Community Pulse
    Khoros ServiceHootsuite Insights
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    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
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    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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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServiceHootsuite Insights
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (71 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Khoros ServiceHootsuite Insights
    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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    Discontinued Products
    I liked uberVU a lot, and thought I was lucky to have found them (they actually responded to my tweet when I was vendor-searching, which was good to know as they were doing just what we were planning to use the software for). They are relatively small, which allows to have a great personal relationship and we felt very valued as a client. They provided great value - some of their competitors allow for more features (which explains their higher price), but there was no way to opt out of the unnecessary features to lower the price - uberVU didn't have any of that, it was just what we needed and in our price range
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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
    • Easy to see what people are saying on social media about clients.
    • Creates reports that can be limited to certain time frames.
    • Able to see the reach of users so you can breakdown by influencers.
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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
    • I honestly didn't have any issues with them. Being able to set the real-time alerts as "every 15 minutes" took some figuring out to do, and we were still in the trial mode while we did that - it wasn't particularly intuitive for other users, but once we walked them through, everything worked well.
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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
    I find it a great tool in the digital strategy world to see what people are saying across social platforms. It's much more efficient that doing a search on the platform itself and provides a lot of information extremely quickly
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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
    All the users found the product intuitive and easy to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Discontinued Products
    A couple of times it was a little slow, but this didn't result in any negative impact for us. There was no downtime as I could recall or notice.
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Discontinued Products
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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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    Discontinued Products
    Every time we needed help, the support was great. We had no issues, mostly needed usability walkthroughs and had questions about features.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I got the training while I was evaluating and in the trial period. Then I trained the others myself
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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
    Not applicable since it is SAAS - all we needed was to sign up, which was easy
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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
    Radian6 and Brandwatch were on the short list. We picked uberVU for its combination of price and features. It did not have extra features we didn't need, they were customizable and flexible enough to meet all of our needs
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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
    Incentivized
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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
    • Easier to handle crisis.
    • Ability to find out statistics to quantify and qualify what you're doing for customers.
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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.