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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

    WRITER (Palmyra LLM)

    Score5.8 out of 10
    N/AWRITER is an enterprise-grade platform designed for the development, deployment, and supervision of AI Agents. The solution unifies proprietary Palmyra LLMs with a RAG-based Knowledge Graph to automate complex business workflows and support data-driven decision-making across the enterprise.

    $39

    per month per user

    Pricing
    OlarkWRITER (Palmyra LLM)
    Editions & Modules
    Self Service
    $19.00
    Per Agent Per Month
    Starter
    $39
    per month per user
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    OlarkWRITER (Palmyra LLM)
    Free Trial
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OlarkWRITER (Palmyra LLM)
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Olark and WRITER (Palmyra LLM)
    Feature
    Olark
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    WRITER (Palmyra LLM)
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    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OlarkWRITER (Palmyra LLM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    5.8
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
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    Usability
    10.0
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    Support Rating
    9.8
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    OlarkWRITER (Palmyra LLM)
    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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    WRITER
    It is very easy to navigate, build, and contextually meld your agent into whatever you like. As long as you know how their back-end no-coding platform works, it becomes a breeze to create bespoke content that actually matters, and makes sense. We've done this with multiple agents and as I call it, "sub-functions". There's a lot more potential the agents can do, all you need to know is to just learn the process.
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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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    WRITER
    • Writer applies our writing style to copy I'm working on in browser tabs, ensuring I stay true to our voice.
    • Writer is able to quickly skim full blogs via a single link to use them as source material for drafting marketing copy I need.
    • Writer is my own business version of ChatGPT that keeps our sessions secure within the business.
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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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    WRITER
    • i do find the organisation a bit confusing, like the functions available in 'ask Writer' being separate to the main window. there were lots of functions i wasn't able to find intuitively that we needed a support call for
    • asking for a summary of key points doesn't always pick up the main points
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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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    WRITER
    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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    WRITER
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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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    WRITER
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    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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    WRITER
    WordPress is not very clear about the tools that are available with some themes over others. Instead, Write has multiple functions and makes the work complete in its entirety. It's easy to navigate and it also allows me to use multiple accounts. It has database links and at the same time it is compatible with MS office in all versions
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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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    WRITER
    • Developing a styleguide to consolidate message, phrasing, writing style, and brand voice requirements.
    • I'd like to see a Firefox addition at some time, but for now, the Chrome and Google Docs extensions suffice.
    • Processes for producing, revising, optimizing, and publishing material have been streamlined.
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    ScreenShots

    WRITER (Palmyra LLM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the shared development environment where IT tackles technical complexity and business defines logic.Screenshot of an example high-impact agent, used to accelerate adoption and minimizing change management.Screenshot of the centralized command center designed to offer everything IT needs to govern a secure, healthy ecosystem of high-performing agents.