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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

    ZoomMate

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZoomMate is Zoom’s next-generation "agentic" workspace, launched in June 2026 to transform how teams move from conversation to completion. Positioned as an "AI Teammate" or virtual "Chief of Staff," ZoomMate goes beyond standard chatbots by proactively executing tasks across a company's entire digital ecosystem.

    $20

    per month includes 2,200 AI credits

    Pricing
    Khoros ServiceZoomMate
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    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros ServiceZoomMate
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    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 ServiceZoomMate
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Zoom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Cortana (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Cortana (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros ServiceZoomMate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    8.5
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
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    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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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 ServiceZoomMate
    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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    Zoom
    While doing training and technical support to our users, we need to connect to their system, and we do not go physically. With Zoom Workplace, we can connect with them in the meeting, and they can share their screen, and we can access their screen, which is very easy to give training and support. With other software, you cannot do all these things at once.
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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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    Zoom
    • AI - Powered productivity. With this feature, drafting messages, automating tasks, and summarizing meetings are easy, which boosts productivity.
    • It is an all-in-one collaboration tool. With Zoom Workplace, we can send messages, make calls, schedule meetings, and share documents. It offers all the collaboration features our team needs.
    • Makes scheduling easy thanks to Zoom Scheduler that is part of Zoom Workplace.
    • The tool ensures teams communicate securely which is a plus.
    • It comes with a mobile app for added convenience, and no one misses important updates.
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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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    Zoom
    • I don't think there is any malfunction in their solution; it's extremely convenient to use, be it creating a meeting invite, adding people, sending any extra stuff to them. It's quick, and this is the only tool that works seamlessly even on Androids.
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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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    Zoom
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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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    Zoom
    It's really easy to use - the AI icon is everywhere all over the place in the Zoom client so it's easy to be able to leverage AI whenever you need it, and similarly in the meeting it's easy to find and to use. I don't have complaints here that I can think of
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Zoom
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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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    Zoom
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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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    Zoom
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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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    Zoom
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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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    Zoom
    Compared to Microsoft Teams, Zoom AI Companion is a clear pioneer in this remote and virtual collaboration platform, leading the way. It is possible to have a remote meeting on both Microsoft Teams and Zoom AI Companion. But Zoom AI Companion provides
    more productivity and time savings to users. Zoom AI Companion continues to enhance its features to provide value to the product.
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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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    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoom
    • We've been able to significantly accelerate our quest production, enabling us to give many more youth a voice on our platform, and give the kids who play [...] many more windows into one another's worlds!
    • It's increased our fundraising capacity since grant applications require pulling together insights from funder meetings, advice from previous grantees, outside research, and testimonials from users. ZoomMate helps to synthesize and package it efficiently so we can do more.
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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.

    ZoomMate Screenshots

    Screenshot of ZoomMate, the AI teammate. ZoomMate analyzes, learns, and acts on conversations to complete work.Screenshot of Search: agentic search and deep researchScreenshot of Workflows are conversational and visual automations that handle multi-step processes across meetings, apps, and systems. You can describe a workflow in natural language ("when someone files a support ticket about pricing, route it to the sales team and post a notification in the deal channel"), use pre-built templates, or build one visually. They run on triggers — events, schedules, or agentic logic — and can be configured with approval checkpoints to keep you in the loop where approvals are needed.Screenshot of Create: AI-first productivity tools