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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SnapEngage

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ASnapEngage can be installed on any website and is designed for companies of any size. Sales and Support teams can chat with company website visitors while they browse and offer assistance in real time. This solution includes a "Call Me" feature to incorporate voice and text communication in one bundle. SnapEngage's real-time integration with CRM platforms and Help Desk automatically creates new leads or support cases when visitors request help from the company website. Chat transcripts are…

    $60

    per month

    Socialcast (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its end of availability (EOA) effective May 2018.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    SnapEngageSocialcast (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Business
    60/month
    includes 4 agents licenses
    Plus
    140/month
    includes 8 agent licenses, premium integrations
    Premier
    420/month
    includes 16 agent licenses, premium integrations, advanced features
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SnapEngageSocialcast (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEnterprise plans are also available and are custom tailored to the business' specific needs.—
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    Features
    SnapEngageSocialcast (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of SnapEngage and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    SnapEngage
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings3.43 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of SnapEngage and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    SnapEngage
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of SnapEngage and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    SnapEngage
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings2.12 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SnapEngageSocialcast (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SnapEngageSocialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (13 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SnapEngageSocialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SnapEngage
    It helps business grow, if your business is more reliable on marketing or if your business is in starting stage implementing SnapEngage to your website will give a kick start to your business because it helps to get close with the customers which are in need with those quick questions and responses we are getting from customers using chat agent.
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    Discontinued Products
    Socialcast has been a great tool for FactSet. I would recommend it to any firm looking for an easy-to-use tool to centralize communication and collaborate on a global scale.
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    Pros
    SnapEngage
    • Allows team members to see type in real-time before it is submitted. This enables us to gather information for responses in a more timely manner.
    • We can see which of our team members are available, busy, or not-available.
    • Ability to see some biographical information of chatters and to sync information with Salesforce.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Socialcast has an exceptional user experience. With very few idiosyncrasies, it works well on every platform I've tried.
    • The platform has such a high level of ease of use, it becomes somewhat addicting.
    • Social analytics are superb.
    • The platform is highly intuitive and requires zero training or coaching in order for network members to become productive with it.
    • It's extremely reliable. Only once in 4 years, was the product not available, and that was only for about a half-hour. In that half-hour, we realized how dependent we were on it. (Very.)
    • The multi-device and deployment options are excellent. On-premise, Private Cloud, and Multi-tenant SaaS all available.
    • The mobile apps for iPhone, tablets, and Android render well with a beautiful UI/UX. The desktop AIR app is equally highly usable.
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    Cons
    SnapEngage
    • The admin dashboard is the hardest to navigate of any tool I've ever used! THere are 7 tabs in the left-hand panel. Just within the one tab that reads "Settings" (there is a separate tab for "My Account", also Permissions?) there are 9 tabs at the top (which include names like "Agent Settings", "Integrations", "Design Studio", "Options", "Hub"), then at least another 8 tabs WITHIN those 9 tabs, giving you a total of 14 different pages of settings to search through, again, JUST in the Settings tab. What the heck?!
    • Something as simple as notification settings are spread throughout the 14 different settings pages mentioned above. Rather than having one area where you can enter email addresses for notifications, I've had to search through the 14 pages and use Ctrl+F on multiple occasions to fully remove a user from all the notifications they received. This should be much simpler!
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    Discontinued Products
    • The software is a little bit pricey because it is charged by user/month and depending on the deployment method.
    • For companies with a lot of workers the price can increase significantly.
    • The mobile app usability and notifications are poor. Need to be improved.
    • If there were more administrative features available the product would be improved
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SnapEngage
    I give SnapEngage a 9 due to how successful our company has been while using it. Unless prices were raised by an insane amount, I don't see us using a competing service.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Beyond the value FactSet derives from using the platform, Socialcast (the firm) has been a good partner to FactSet. We've experienced very little downtime with the service and they have been responsive and fair with enhancement requests and questions
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    Usability
    SnapEngage
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The UX is its best feature
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    Support Rating
    SnapEngage
    I have never needed to contact them for support.
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    Excellent support; of course not perfect. :-)
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    Implementation Rating
    SnapEngage
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Not applicable, as it is a SaaS platform with minimal implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    SnapEngage
    We actually demo'ed LiveChat and LivePerson and besides SnapEngage having a better UI and ease of use, the support from their team was worlds and away above the rest. They let us run an extended demo, gave us constant support, and made sure we felt comfortable before we went live with the system.
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    Discontinued Products
    Socialcast is great for collaboration & light project management, but anything complex doesn't work well.

    Using it as an email notification curator works nice for us.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    SnapEngage
    • It has allowed us to provide more service with a much smaller team than our phone team.
    • It provides us with data helpful to not only ourselves, but our marketing team as well.
    • It's customizable so it allows us to create and update our platforms immediately when needed.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Definitely more organized project management and team collaboration.
    • Efficiency in carrying out tasks.
    • Creates a spirit of collaboration and friendliness among colleagues.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SnapEngage Screenshots

    Screenshot of SnapEngage is easy to install on any website and helps convert website visitors into engaged customers.