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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Olark

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOlark is a website live chat tool for engaging website visitors while they browse. It can be used to to track leads, drive sales, provide support.

    $15

    per month

    Thunderbird

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThunderbird is an open-source email management application from MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Mozilla.N/A
    Pricing
    OlarkThunderbird
    Editions & Modules
    Self Service
    $19.00
    Per Agent Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OlarkThunderbird
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OlarkThunderbird
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Olark and Thunderbird
    Feature
    Olark
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Thunderbird
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    OlarkThunderbird
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    Gist
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OlarkThunderbird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OlarkThunderbird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Olark
    Olark chat is easy to set up and use. You can have more than one user logged in to monitor the chat on different computers. This makes a fast response time more likely. Although you have to be sure to keep your volume up on the computer so you hear the sound letting you know there's a chat waiting. I like that you can see the customers path through the website and you can put clickable links while you are in a chat to guide the customer to a product or a help page. Plus you can see if they actually went there. This makes it easier to upsell
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    Mozilla
    I like that it's free, I like that it's open-source, and the fact that it allows IMAP lets me have this on all 3 laptops and it's synced. I would never consider using it as my primary email client, however; just too clunky and can't navigate around fast enough the way I do with Gmail. And not even close to having all the features I'd need that Gmail does: 30 second undo-sending, canned responses, easy-to-create signatures for each email address (I literally toggle over to Gmail, compose a message, and paste my sig into the body of Thunderbird emails, so clunky), all spam ends up in my inbox even after I've marked enough as spam that it should know, email labeling and filtering... Gmail is just way more advanced and feature-ful. But, Thunderbird does beat my ridiculous RoundCube webmail interface!
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    Pros
    Olark
    • Olark is user friendly for both sides of the CHAT conversation. If you are initiating the chat, or the one receiving the chat, it is extremely easy to follow and use. There are many different levels of computer use comprehension and Olark is for every level.
    • Olark has reporting features to allow you to check the quality of your employees chat abilities as well as their productivity. It provides feedback for the employee themselves to also see how they are doing and take any suggestions the customer may leave for them regarding their chat experience.
    • Olark is very affordable and offers you the option, at a low cost, to look bigger and more professional that you even are. We were a smaller company and has the chat option with Olark and now have grown tremendously and STILL have the Olark chat option. Olark allowed us to grow and provide professionalism to our customers .
    • The Olark program allows you to set up quick responses to keep your customer from waiting, and to allow your employees to not have to retype the same response over and over. It is a great program that the employees really enjoy as well. It reminds you if you forgot to log out when you left your desk and provides your customer a quick note giving them the option to send the chat as an email inquiry instead, so you don't miss a thing.
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    Mozilla
    • Email receiving
    • Email sending
    • Email composition
    • Ability to add calendar and task plugins
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    Cons
    Olark
    • Not really an area of improvement for Olark specifically, but I will offer that it is incredibly important to keep in mind your company's "shopping hours" or peak traffic times (there is a Reports feature on the software that allows you to analyze peak traffic times).
    • Transcript history can be a little tricky - if you're searching for a specific past conversation, sometimes you may get multiple search results and have to sift through them until you find exactly what you're looking for.
    • I'd also offer that you will occasionally come across folks that are on your site to cyberbully or say nonsensical things. While there isn't an absolute fullproof way to deal with this, Olark does offer a nice "block" feature to disregard any unwanted conversations.
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    Mozilla
    • definitely needs a mobile /andriod version
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Olark
    To be honest, renewal decisions are not currently within my power. Hypothetically speaking, I'm very comfortable with the platform, have used it daily for nearly a year, and would see no reason to switch to anything else. The small criticisms I had are not significant enough to deter me from using Olark. It's a user friendly, effective tool for our department.
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    Mozilla
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Olark
    It is simply easy and customizable to be exactly what you need it to be
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    Mozilla
    Thunderbird is a software very simple to use, but efficient in every aspect. We don't have a specific need, apart to manage email in both directions, and Thunderbird does it's job in the best way. I would like to see a more friendly interface, with some colours more, to help the sight in the email searching. When we have many of them, sometimes it's difficult to find the one that we need.
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    Support Rating
    Olark
    Our organization does not have any complaints about Olark's Support. Anytime we reached out to them for assistance, we received a prompt, helpful reply! As mentioned previously, we used Olark fairly basically so we didn't have too much need to work with their support team other than a few general questions here and there. They were always pleasant to work with.
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    Mozilla
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Olark
    Olark has an easier implementation process and has better functionality such as the ability to send commands through the platform to either create a ticket in your CRM or push an opportunity to salesforce; you're even able to 'push' the end user to a web page. Implementing their SDK is a snap as well.
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    Mozilla
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    Return on Investment
    Olark
    • Olark allows my customer support team to respond to inquiries much faster than before.
    • We have seen an uptick in sales as we are able to address more questions from website visitors.
    • We have changed the design of our website based on chat feedback and questions obtained through Olark.
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    Mozilla
    • Its FREE and donation based. Can't get better than that.
    • I love that we aren't giving away our privacy to Google.
    • And I especially love that it's a grass-rootsy endeavor.
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