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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Service Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Service Cloud helps deliver customer value and protect the brand with intelligent customer service. It enables the user to engage with customers at their convenience, connect service with the value chain and deliver greater profitability.N/A

    SparkPost (discontinued)

    Score2.8 out of 10
    N/ASparkPost offered real-time analysis of email delivery and customer engagement as well as personalized email templates. The service has been discontinued.

    $30

    per month

    Pricing
    SAP Service CloudSparkPost (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $30
    per month
    Premier
    $75
    per month
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Service CloudSparkPost (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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    Community Pulse
    SAP Service CloudSparkPost (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    116 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    97 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    113 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    99 Answers
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    Best Alternatives
    SAP Service CloudSparkPost (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Simplify360
    Score7.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Customer.io
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    Score8.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    SAP Service CloudSparkPost (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (118 ratings)
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.8
    (73 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Service CloudSparkPost (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Service Cloud is well-suited for handling a large number of customer complaints. For example, as a financial company, we receive customer inquiries about transaction failures. Once the client reaches us, we assign the problem to the right team and people, and that is all thanks to SAP Service Cloud, which helps ensure customer problems are solved in the best possible time.
    Incentivized
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    Our early experiences with SparkPost were great; we were looking for a low-cost (or no-cost) solution to our email messaging needs, and SparkPost had the best low-cost option: 100,000 messages per month for free, guaranteed for life. Even though our team has experience with other APIs, we chose SparkPost because it felt like the best value. Our experience with it was great. Two years ago, they discontinued their free option but sent the existing users the following message: "When you signed up, we promised that if we ever changed the terms of our 100K free plan, we would continue to honor the original plan for the life of the account. I would like to reaffirm this promise: while this plan is no longer available to new customers, you are grandfathered into this level of free sending volume." The following year, apparently following a change in leadership, they decided to "deprecate" existing free plans, dropping us down from 100,000 messages per month to 500, the lowest of any email API service I'm aware of. No recognition of the broken promise, the reneged guarantee, just a 20% off coupon. This atrocious behavior that reeks of a new culture of squeezing as much money as possible out of its users and has coincided with a steady deterioration of functionality and customer service. At this point, I have no idea why anyone would pay more for a worse service that treats its users so poorly when you could use SendGrid or a similar competitor for a lower price and way more features.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • First is It is highly effective when we consider Customer Relation Engagement.
    • Good User Interface by which anyone can get used to it quickly.
    • It is providing infinite opportunity of integration with other SAP solutions.
    • Affordable Solutions with effective features.
    • It has prebuilt charts which helps us to define customer journey with ease of efforts.
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    • When you don't want to spent time writing your own code to send emails from your apps
    • When you're looking for a product which provides all that you need regarding email features to make it part of your software
    • When you want to use a product which includes templates that can be re-used instead of writing your own and all the required effort to do that
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    Cons
    SAP
    • While SAP Service Cloud offers a wealth of features, its interface can sometimes feel overwhelming. For newcomers, especially those not tech-savvy, a more intuitive or simplified layout would be beneficial.
    • While it allows for some level of personalization, making deep customizations can be challenging. Given the unique requirements of our client's customer service, having more flexibility in tailoring the tool to our exact needs would be nice.
    • While SAP Service Cloud integrates well within the SAP ecosystem, it can sometimes be less smooth when linking up with non-SAP third-party tools. Enhancing these integrations would streamline our operations, especially when using other software tools alongside it.
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    Discontinued Products
    • When I first implemented SparkPost, I did not take advantage of the sub-account feature, and my account was suspended on New Year's Eve. It took two days until I could speak with a support representative to get my account re-activated. I am now using sub-accounts to alleviate the underlying problem, but I was disappointed that my account was suspended by an automated system with no notice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    SAP Service Cloud offers sturdy competencies for case control, workflow automation, and purchaser engagement. However, since our organization continues to be within the early assessment section, we have not but experienced its complete potential. Once fully applied and custom designed to our desires, the score can also increase as we investigate usability and integration with other SAP solutions.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    I have found that sometimes issues reported to the SAP takes more time also they lack system support with respect to the priority . Also we don't see RCA for the issues raised. Also turn around time for the issues is not fixed as the support is global sometimes the issues float here and there.
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    Discontinued Products
    Would give it a zero if I could. Their customer service used to be incredible; fast response times, really hands-on with their users, and a pretty regular feedback process. They sent me an awesome t-shirt that became part of my go-to climbing gear. But for the past year, their response times went way down, their customer service was less helpful and generally a lot more rude, and they haven't asked for customer input once since their leadership change
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Zoho Desk is the ultimate software for clear communication, but when we compared these two according to our needs, we found out that SAP Service Cloud is the best option for us. Since it provides everything in one location, Zoho Desk is somewhat lacking in this area. That was the reason for choosing SAP Service Cloud.
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    Discontinued Products
    Mailchimp and sendgrid are giving good services and good customer support 24/7 and ROI is increased with this as transition is very smooth. SparkPost is very expensive and not good as much as we think and they will least worried about your mails, tickets, call and messages. Highly not recommended this SparkPost to any one
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • can help speed up issue resolution, reducing the time customers spend waiting for solutions
    • AI insights help predict the customer profile, satisfaction, and possible options for service resolutions
    • One stop for all historical customer service requests and data and useful to calculate who are high CLTV customers
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    Discontinued Products
    • It has helped us with our IP health and making sure that we avoid spam traps
    • Very high deliverability and automatic retrying once they have the event
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    Product screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotScreenshot of SAP Service Cloud's AI case insights.Screenshot of SAP Service Cloud's AI case summary.Screenshot of SAP Service Cloud's AI email drafter.