Brand Embassy (discontinued) vs. Web+Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Brand Embassy (discontinued)
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Brand Embassy is now part of NICE inContact CXone (acquired May 2019). Brand Embassy is social customer service software designed to help companies with high volume social customer service prioritize and automate the customer experience. Incoming requests and mentions from social media, blogs and website forms are unified in one dashboard and routed to the most relevant customer service agent. Customers…
$39
per month
Web+Center
Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Web+Center is a suite of open source, web-based help desk applications that run onsite or in the cloud and support all browser-based devices, including PCs, Macs, smart phones and tablets. With access to 100% of the source code, organizations can create the ideal customized solution for their unique business needs for applications such as IT help desk, customer support, asset tracking and facilities management. According to the vendor, community colleges, hospitals, small businesses,…
$25
Per User per Month
Pricing
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Cloud Hosted
$25
Per User per Month
Small business Edition
$400
3 techs license + 1 yr support
Cloud Hosted - Unlimited Techs
$1,000
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
Enterprise Edition
$1,700
10 Tech Enterprise Edition
$6,000
10 techs license + 1 year support
Unlimited tech licenses
$18,000
Unlimited tech license + 1 yr support
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Brand Embassy (discontinued)
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Ratings
Web+Center
8.6
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Brand Embassy (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Web+Center
8.7
2 Ratings
12% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Brand Embassy (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Web+Center
9.7
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Small Businesses
Simplify360
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Likelihood to Recommend
2.0
(12 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Brand Embassy (discontinued)Web+Center
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Though the strengths I listed in the prior question are really hopeful, the negatives outweigh the positives so much that at this time I could not in good conscience recommend this product. I really hope those issues improve - if they do, this would be a really strong tool for a customer service-based company like ours. Particularly one with so many people working remotely. For now, I'm honestly thankful I was able to take a different position here in which I never plan to touch NICE again.
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Internet Software Sciences
It works well with any type of help desk/support system. This includes information technology but could be applied to any type of technical support service. It can also be modified quickly to create a totally different type of software package such as an indexing program for libraries and archives or it could be used as a permit management system. The software is very flexible and can be tailored to almost any need.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Easy to understand and use interface with detailed perks for responding, evaluating and tracking user feedback.
  • Excellent and easy to generate reports with lots of relevant data for day-to-day operations.
  • Agent performance and team management.
  • Easily measurable KPIs thanks to detailed reporting.
  • Use of tags and sentiment help make analysis of customer behavior easier.
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Internet Software Sciences
  • Web+Center keeps a searchable knowledge base of all past issues. This makes it easy to search for solutions to recurring issues.
  • Web+Center makes it easy to see where techs are spending their time and also to see which techs are your top producers.
  • The automated email and text message alerts are great to alert techs right away to reported problems.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • In terms of reports that we get from Brand Embassy, it would be great to have information about the number of cases, or conversations that we have with our customers. At the moment, we have just info about number of interactions and the total workload.
  • There are options to tag every conversation, in order to track why our customers contact us. Their tag menu is a bit too small, it would be great if it was larger.
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Internet Software Sciences
  • I have read reviews where some people comment that the interface "looks dated". I am a believer in function over form. The interface is just eye candy and if it works well, why would you want to re-code software just to make it look different? I like the interface and can quickly find the functions I need. As for room for improvement? Well, that would depend on your location and what types of data you prefer to have access to. For me, the program is great the way it is.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
I still use the platform: - its use is customer friendly - improves and speed up customer care on SM - improves speed and quality of internal processes/communication - monitor/measure all valuable metrics
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Internet Software Sciences
No answers on this topic
Usability
Discontinued Products
Please see all other details from previous answers in this survey.
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Internet Software Sciences
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Discontinued Products
It is difficult to describe just how awesome the support guys and gals at Brand Embassy are. Ever-present and eager to help, with kind and helpful attitude and you can really feel they are doing this to help you make results
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Internet Software Sciences
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Generally I don't see huge differences between social CRM tools - it's mainly in the details of how well it's implemented and connected to your channels. For example other tools cannot easily process non-standard channels like custom made forums or have a e-mail based ticketing for private follow ups. Brand Embassy shines in this area.
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Internet Software Sciences
We've been using Web+Center so long, that I can't even remember what offerings we evaluated. We haven't felt the need to look at others because Web+Center just works for us.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • The first year when we started to focus on social care, we received 736 mentions. 4 years later we are dealing with 725, 942 mentions per year without the necessity to hire more people into our social care team. The seven of them are still able to respond to our customers very quickly and with high quality. And we believe that Brand Embassy is the key to our success in social care. Thanks to this tool we can simply manage such a big amount of mentions and questions.
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Internet Software Sciences
  • I looked for years trying to find a great software package that did not require a loan to purchase. Web+Center was the perfect fit. Pricing is very affordable even for very small organizations. It is dependent on the number of technicians, not the number of customers.
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