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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sparkcentral (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASparkcentral was a social customer care solution and cloud-based customer engagement platform that catered specifically to customer care teams within large enterprises, enabling them to deliver real-time social customer service. Sparkcentral was acquired by Hootsuite in January 2021. The product has since been discontinued.N/A

    White Cup CRM

    Score3.7 out of 10
    N/AWhite Cup CRM (formerly Tour de Force) is a customer relationship management (CRM) software with features such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, Microsoft Outlook integration and mobile access.N/A
    Pricing
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)White Cup CRM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)White Cup CRM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)White Cup CRM
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    5.5
    1 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    64% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    3.7
    1 Ratings
    70% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
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    White Cup CRM
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
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    White Cup CRM
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Sparkcentral (discontinued) and White Cup CRM
    Feature
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    White Cup CRM
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)White Cup CRM
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Khoros Service
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)White Cup CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Sparkcentral (discontinued)White Cup CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral has an extremely dedicated customer service team The platform UX is brilliant Reports are very detailed & easy to export The system is stable more than 98% of the time Queue management is extremely easy They need to work on a mobile app / making the website mobile friendly The ability to add more social media channels is essential
    Incentivized
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    White Cup
    Tour de Force can be very useful if you have someone on staff to configure and set it up. It needs constant upkeep with changes in what's needed, and constant updates. This would not be good for small businesses that do not have a sales teem. They charge heavily for tech support.
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    Pros
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    • The biggest advantage of the Sparkcentral platform is its "inbox zero" philosophy. With this, our customer support requests are queued within the app, and agents need to work down the queue to keep it empty.
    • The app is designed from the ground up for customer care - instead of taking a generic social platform, and sprinkling in some customer care tools. Everything about Sparkcental is designed for helping our customers.
    • Sparkcentral allows us to do much better CRM. We can make customer notes, see recent interactions, determine who helped the customer (and when).
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    White Cup
    • We can quickly see Customers sales for the week, month, year, and past years.
    • We can get deep into the data of a customers sales history and what they are or aren't buying.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • In the beginning our team had the option to see what another user was typing as they responded to a post. With the latest update, this was taken away. That feature was key for us to shadow agents remotely who are still in training to provide real time feedback.
    • Our company has a number of different brands that we manage. Having a truly unified queue would be a great addition for us!
    • The bulk resolve should allow the option to select on the posts that you wish to resolve instead of selecting a time frame for bulk resolve. Often we find that marketing posts generate more volume in the evening. However, there are sometimes posts where the customer needs assistance during that time. So, if we were to bulk resolve for a certain number of evening hours we would potentially miss a customer's concern through that option as it is currently. But, if the option was to go through and select on all marketing posts and then bulk resolve you would ensure that you are not missing a post where a customer needs assistance.
    Incentivized
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    White Cup
    • There's too much data, and sales people have trouble finding what they need.
    • It can be hard for IT or sales manager to manage all the data in an informational way.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral has never given us a good reason to consider any other option. Aside from all the positive points I mentioned in previous areas of this review, something else that has really impressed us is their customer service (makes sense, they're a customer service company after all!). Any time we have a question or concern, we send them an email and we get a response almost instantly.
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    White Cup
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    The system meets all my expectations.
    Incentivized
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    White Cup
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Incredible customer service team that replies back very quickly, follows up on the reported issue till it's resolved in a very timely manner.
    Incentivized
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    White Cup
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Sparkcentral does what it has offered to do, where other software made empty promises, Sparkcentral delivers. They also inform us, anytime they are undergoing maintenance or when Twitter or Facebook has an API change, where in previous cases we would have to discover this ourselves.
    Incentivized
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    White Cup
    Tour de Force was less expensive than Sales Force, and has more abilities that Epicor CRM.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Customers appreciate fast responses to the things they post on social media. This tool allows that to happen.
    • The dashboard allows us to keep up with how many are waiting in our queue so we can keep up with how busy we are during the day and manage it.
    • Customer satisfaction has seemed to increase while using this tool.
    • Being able to add notes with the customers address and phone info is awesome as well.
    Incentivized
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    White Cup
    • Better customer visibility.
    • We have better customer rating for finding top and bottom customers based on orders.
    Incentivized
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