Since 2014 Socioboard has been serving as an open-source software that harnesses the power of social media to generate more leads and sales for businesses. Socioboard presents itself as an opensource Social Technology Enabler, that aims to build world changing open source Social Media products.
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Verint Channel Automation
Score8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Verint Channel Automation is a social customer service software that enables companies to engage in large volumes of social media conversations with their customers. The cloud-based software combines intelligent prioritization with team management workflows.
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Pricing
Socioboard
Verint Channel Automation
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Pricing Offerings
Socioboard
Verint Channel Automation
Free Trial
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No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Optional
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Features
Socioboard
Verint Channel Automation
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
27% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Boolean keyword searches
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Content planning and scheduling
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Audience targeting
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content optimization
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow management
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Bulk actions
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Lead generation
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content marketing
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Paid media management
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Twitter
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Facebook
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
LinkedIn
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Google+
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Instagram
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Pinterest
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
YouTube
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Campaign success analytics
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Real-time tracking
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Competitor analysis
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Socioboard and Verint Channel Automation
Feature
Socioboard
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Verint Channel Automation
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions & privileges
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile access
10.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Socioboard
Verint Channel Automation
Small Businesses
Sendible
Score7.2 out of 10
Simplify360
Score7.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Emplifi
Score8.9 out of 10
Customer.io
Score9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
From experience, you may ask the Conversocial team to make recommendations on licenses for larger vs. smaller social customer service teams. The need for support and the amount of usage you may get from the tool's robust offering may differ as a result of those precedents. The tool is adaptable in both scenarios it would seem.
Previous conversations: This is one of the main reasons why I personally love Conversocial over Hootsuite and other social media engagement tools. Conversocial pulls in all previous interactions we've had with community members and it helps us identify if we've already addressed their problem, if they are a detractor/advocate, and so much more. With other engagement tools, it's frustrating as a community member may repost the same thing over and over again, but at different time periods. If you're unable to see what someone has said in the past, we may waste our time replying to the same thing multiple times, or we also risk responding with the same general advice, when we could try a different approach.
Tags and filters: Conversocials use of tags and filters are extremely simple to use. They have shortcuts which help you easily assign a tag to an item and then you can easily pull up each of those tags within Conversocial itself or your can open up an external report. If my team is in a hurry and wants to quickly see a certain tag, we can use the filter option and within seconds we have all the information we need.
Simple shortcuts: Conversocial has several shortcuts that save my team a lot of time. One single button on my keyboard can apply sentiment and archive something so it's out of my way. I can also use shortcuts to apply a tag, assign an item, and do other tasks. It may seem like a small benefit but each second saved really adds up throughout each day and week.
Communication: As we know, technology has issues and every tech issue Conversocial has experiences has been handled extremely well. I've never encountered any issues contacting Conversocial, we're always notified when they are working on a solution and once the problem has been fixed. We also receive random pop-ups within Conversocial to notify us of known issues before our team experiences them, and when there is a new feature that we should be aware of. Their communication is always on point and it's great to know that we can always rely on them.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
I would like to see an improvement in the reporting dashboard which is something I mentioned to Josh (the CEO) on a call back in April. He said that it is something they are working on but to remember that this is truly a customer service social media platform so some of the features that I would like to see may not fit well with the users of the product.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
The only two reasons we would not continue using Conversocial are it's lack of comprehensive analytics and its lack of Radian6's categorization tools. Tags make up for the categorization pretty well, however, and we're considering switching everything over to this now that we've tested tags for a couple months within Conversocial. (I previously wrote that Conversocial lacks support for some social channels like Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, but they have now added Instagram and YouTube.)
Because of the number of features it offers and the manner in which they're presented. I've explored a number of other tools that just don't do it as well. When sorting through and responding to hundreds of social media messages each day, the number of clicks it takes to do something really matters. Conversocial does a great job of minimizing clicks and presenting the data we need without having to click to find it
Our account rep at Conversocial has set up a call with me every two weeks to check in, talk about new features, or answer questions. I know I can email or call her for help anytime. Their support team also responds quickly.
Comprehensive training in all aspects of the software and general usages (including social media) for both agents and managers. Simulation workshops really made the live deployment process very smooth.
Early on we did comparisons with Hootsuite and later with Adobe. While they have similarities, the difference at the time and likely currently, was the personal interest and general accessibility of Conversocial's platform and people. The combination of an effective CRM solution and a team that was readily available to help proved to be the winning formula for our business.
One of the biggest benefits we are seeing is that we have reduced the number of post-holiday complaints coming into head office. Since we are responding to issues and concerns as they arise, we can impact overall customer satisfaction.
The efficiencies gained from using a centralized platform for managing the response process has enabled us to reduce our team by 50%.
We can track that we are responding to a fan's first message within 30 minutes.
We can track the number of messages each user engages with.
We can see the most effective times of day to post and reply.