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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesforce Agentforce Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

    per month

    UseResponse

    Score5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    UseResponse helps companies provide customer service support using several channels and organize their community around products or services on their server. It's all-in-one support suite with feedback, help desk ticketing system, knowledge base and live chat in one package. Integrate it using API, built-in translation tool and fully customizable interface with extended modular system.

    $39

    per 2 agents/month

    Pricing
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Editions & Modules
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    Self-Hosted
    $3200
    includes one of the platforms, 5 support agents, announcements.
    Basic
    from $39
    per 2 agents/month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    UseResponse
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Salesforce Agentforce Service and UseResponse
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    8.0
    81 Ratings
    2% below category average
    UseResponse
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.279 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation6.962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.779 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response7.978 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Salesforce Agentforce Service and UseResponse
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    8.7
    76 Ratings
    8% above category average
    UseResponse
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.567 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.874 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Salesforce Agentforce Service and UseResponse
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UseResponse
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal7.858 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration7.451 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support8.880 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.870 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (100 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (45 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce Agentforce ServiceUseResponse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    I think Service Cloud is best suited for medium to large operations that require both proactive and reactive service. It’s a great fit for post-sales support. However, I wouldn’t recommend it for very small companies because it can be quite costly, and many of the features may go unused. Salesforce also performs best when you have a capable team managing it, so it’s important to consider your organization’s size and readiness before starting. Once you do, I recommend exploring other parts of the Salesforce ecosystem—Service Cloud works even better when integrated with Sales Cloud, since it allows better visibility across teams.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Salesforce
    • Email to case is an interesting piece of it. The threading is very strong, sometimes too strong, but it does very well at handling the incoming emails.
    • The omnichannel routing, using skill-based routing is really effective.
    • Pathing. So making the workflow and helping the team understand what it is that they're trying to do, what they have to accomplish, those step-by-step pieces. That's really helpful.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Salesforce
    • We had a principle initially to try and use Omni as much as we can from the user experience perspective, but have found that fairly restrictive. It was very difficult to actually get the right customer experience and customer engagement going. So we're actually on a journey at the moment to replace all of our Omni with Lightning web components that gives us that flexibility. That's probably one area where we've had some challenges in terms of how we've used the product out of the box.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Salesforce
    I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    Working on an application that caters to customer needs requires a platform that acts as a mediator between the actual person and the client. This mediator handles the customer and resolves many of their doubts, helps them map through the entire process, and automates the processes. Such a platform is Salesforce Service Cloud. For queries that cannot be serviced by the platform, it creates a separate ServiceNow ticket for us, and it is assigned.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Salesforce
    The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Salesforce
    Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Salesforce
    Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    We selected this product because we already had some competencies in Salesforce. We own a Salesforce partner with expertise in this area, and on top of that, Salesforce purchased it — it was originally called Velocity. When Salesforce decided to acquire it, that finalized the decision for us.
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Salesforce
    The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • We have cut our service team in half over the past 5 years due to the efficiency of the tool
    • The amount of direct inquiries to our technical team is less than 10% compared to the number support tickets that get entered in the system for them to work in a more organized manner
    • Responses are 100% more timely because tickets can be responded to by any individual in the queue or on the team, as opposed to direct emails to just one person
    Incentivized
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    UseResponse
    No answers on this topic
    ScreenShots

    Salesforce Agentforce Service Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workflows and OrchestrationScreenshot of Service CatalogScreenshot of Contact Center

    UseResponse Screenshots

    Screenshot of Help CenterScreenshot of Knowledge Base (Self Service)Screenshot of Live ChatScreenshot of Agents InterfaceScreenshot of Idea PageScreenshot of Dashboard