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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LexisNexis InterAction+

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ALexisNexis InterAction is a fully-featuerd customer relationship management (CRM) software.N/A

    Sparkcentral (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASparkcentral was a social customer care solution and cloud-based customer engagement platform that catered specifically to customer care teams within large enterprises, enabling them to deliver real-time social customer service. Sparkcentral was acquired by Hootsuite in January 2021. The product has since been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    LexisNexis InterAction+Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LexisNexis InterAction+Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    LexisNexis InterAction+Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    5.1
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Case management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    4.7
    1 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Task management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    4.3
    1 Ratings
    56% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
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    Forecasting4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    4.3
    1 Ratings
    56% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
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    Custom fields4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    4.5
    1 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Social data4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of LexisNexis InterAction+ and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Feature
    LexisNexis InterAction+
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LexisNexis InterAction+Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Khoros Service
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LexisNexis InterAction+Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LexisNexis InterAction+Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LexisNexis
    It's well suited to organizations that intend to dedicate the staff to maintaining it as recommended in best practices material. It's much too large and complicated if it's only to be used as an address book and in those cases, a much simpler CRM might work better.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral has an extremely dedicated customer service team The platform UX is brilliant Reports are very detailed & easy to export The system is stable more than 98% of the time Queue management is extremely easy They need to work on a mobile app / making the website mobile friendly The ability to add more social media channels is essential
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    LexisNexis
    • Collects contact information from incoming employees
    • Synchronizes with Outlook contacts
    • Separate interface for marketing and casual users
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • The biggest advantage of the Sparkcentral platform is its "inbox zero" philosophy. With this, our customer support requests are queued within the app, and agents need to work down the queue to keep it empty.
    • The app is designed from the ground up for customer care - instead of taking a generic social platform, and sprinkling in some customer care tools. Everything about Sparkcental is designed for helping our customers.
    • Sparkcentral allows us to do much better CRM. We can make customer notes, see recent interactions, determine who helped the customer (and when).
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    Cons
    LexisNexis
    • The Windows app for marketing could be more wizard driven and simpler
    • Technical support documentation is lacking in up to date information
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • In the beginning our team had the option to see what another user was typing as they responded to a post. With the latest update, this was taken away. That feature was key for us to shadow agents remotely who are still in training to provide real time feedback.
    • Our company has a number of different brands that we manage. Having a truly unified queue would be a great addition for us!
    • The bulk resolve should allow the option to select on the posts that you wish to resolve instead of selecting a time frame for bulk resolve. Often we find that marketing posts generate more volume in the evening. However, there are sometimes posts where the customer needs assistance during that time. So, if we were to bulk resolve for a certain number of evening hours we would potentially miss a customer's concern through that option as it is currently. But, if the option was to go through and select on all marketing posts and then bulk resolve you would ensure that you are not missing a post where a customer needs assistance.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LexisNexis
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral has never given us a good reason to consider any other option. Aside from all the positive points I mentioned in previous areas of this review, something else that has really impressed us is their customer service (makes sense, they're a customer service company after all!). Any time we have a question or concern, we send them an email and we get a response almost instantly.
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    Usability
    LexisNexis
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The system meets all my expectations.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    LexisNexis
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Incredible customer service team that replies back very quickly, follows up on the reported issue till it's resolved in a very timely manner.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    LexisNexis
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral does what it has offered to do, where other software made empty promises, Sparkcentral delivers. They also inform us, anytime they are undergoing maintenance or when Twitter or Facebook has an API change, where in previous cases we would have to discover this ourselves.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    LexisNexis
    • I'm only in the IT department so I'm not really sure about ROI but IA does much more than our marketing department is using it for. I would think the company is paying a lot of money for something that isn't being utilized.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Customers appreciate fast responses to the things they post on social media. This tool allows that to happen.
    • The dashboard allows us to keep up with how many are waiting in our queue so we can keep up with how busy we are during the day and manage it.
    • Customer satisfaction has seemed to increase while using this tool.
    • Being able to add notes with the customers address and phone info is awesome as well.
    Incentivized
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