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Salesforce Service Cloud

Overview

What is Salesforce Service Cloud?

Service 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.

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Recent Reviews

Salesforce Service Cloud overview

9 out of 10
May 08, 2023
Using Salesforce service cloud internally to create support tickets. It offers a complete 360 degree ticket management system with ticket …
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Service in Salesforce

10 out of 10
June 24, 2022
Incentivized
We use Salesforce Service Cloud for about 110 of our users in 3 departments. We currently utilize this product for our service channels …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Email support (67)
    9.3
    93%
  • Ticket creation and submission (66)
    9.2
    92%
  • Organize and prioritize service tickets (66)
    8.8
    88%
  • Ticket response (65)
    8.8
    88%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Pricing

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Starter Suite

$25

Cloud
per month

Professional

$80

Cloud
per month

Enterprise

$165

Cloud
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.salesforce.com/products/ser…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $25 per month
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Product Demos

Salesforce Service Cloud Tutorial | Service Cloud In Salesforce | Salesforce Training | Simplilearn

YouTube

Salesforce Service Cloud Voice Demo | Salesforce

YouTube
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Features

Incident and problem management

Streamlining ticketing and service restoration processes

8.8
Avg 7.9

Self Help Community

Features that allow customers to self-service for support issues.

9
Avg 7.7

Multi-Channel Help

Features related to providing customer service and support via different communication channels. Communications are organized by ticket/customer/channel for the convenience of agents.

8.9
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Salesforce Service Cloud?

Salesforce Service Cloud provides companies with a call center-like view that enables them to create and track cases coming in, and automatically route and escalate what’s important. The Salesforce CRM-powered customer portal provides customers the ability to track their own cases, includes a social networking plug-in that enables the user to join the conversation about their company on social networking websites, provides analytical tools and other services including email, chat, Google search, and access to customers' entitlement and contracts.

Salesforce Service Cloud Features

Incident and problem management Features

  • Supported: Organize and prioritize service tickets
  • Supported: Expert directory
  • Supported: Subscription-based notifications
  • Supported: ITSM collaboration and documentation
  • Supported: Ticket creation and submission
  • Supported: Ticket response
  • Supported: Automated responses
  • Supported: Attachments/Screencasts
  • Supported: SLA management

Self Help Community Features

  • Supported: Forums
  • Supported: External knowledge base
  • Supported: Internal knowledge base
  • Supported: Q and A
  • Supported: Surveys/polls

Multi-Channel Help Features

  • Supported: Customer portal
  • Supported: Live help chat
  • Supported: Phone support
  • Supported: IVR
  • Supported: Call scripting
  • Supported: Social integration
  • Supported: Email support
  • Supported: Help Desk CRM integration

Additional Features

  • Supported: Lighting Console
  • Supported: Knowledge Base
  • Supported: Live Agent
  • Supported: Social Customer Service
  • Supported: In-App Support
  • Supported: Service Wave Analytics
  • Supported: Mobile Support
  • Supported: Customer Communities

Salesforce Service Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Workflows and OrchestrationScreenshot of Service CatalogScreenshot of Contact Center

Salesforce Service Cloud Video

Salesforce Service Cloud in 100 Seconds

Salesforce Service Cloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesCanada, United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, India, China, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Finland, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

Service 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.

Salesforce Service Cloud starts at $25.

Verint Messaging, Freshdesk, and Helpdesk Pilot are common alternatives for Salesforce Service Cloud.

Reviewers rate Email support highest, with a score of 9.3.

The most common users of Salesforce Service Cloud are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Naveen Gabrani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
95%
9.5
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
95%
9.5
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
90%
9.0
IVR
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Steve Kim | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
100%
10.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
88.33333333333334%
8.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
80%
8.0
Ticket response
80%
8.0
Self Help Community (1)
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (1)
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
78.33333333333333%
7.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
50%
5.0
Expert directory
50%
5.0
Subscription-based notifications
70%
7.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
70%
7.0
External knowledge base
70%
7.0
Internal knowledge base
70%
7.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
72%
7.2
Customer portal
90%
9.0
IVR
50%
5.0
Social integration
50%
5.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
70%
7.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Expert directory
70%
7.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
84%
8.4
Customer portal
80%
8.0
IVR
80%
8.0
Social integration
80%
8.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
98.33333333333334%
9.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
100%
10.0
Subscription-based notifications
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
75%
7.5
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
90%
9.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
95%
9.5
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
100%
10.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
100%
10.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
IVR
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
90%
9.0
IVR
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
53.33333333333333%
5.3
Organize and prioritize service tickets
70%
7.0
Expert directory
60%
6.0
Subscription-based notifications
N/A
N/A
ITSM collaboration and documentation
60%
6.0
Ticket creation and submission
80%
8.0
Ticket response
50%
5.0
Self Help Community (2)
80%
8.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
74%
7.4
Customer portal
60%
6.0
IVR
60%
6.0
Social integration
70%
7.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
78%
7.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
80%
8.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
80%
8.0
Ticket response
70%
7.0
Self Help Community (2)
70%
7.0
External knowledge base
70%
7.0
Internal knowledge base
70%
7.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
30%
3.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
N/A
N/A
Ticket creation and submission
N/A
N/A
Ticket response
N/A
N/A
Self Help Community (2)
95%
9.5
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
20%
2.0
Customer portal
N/A
N/A
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
N/A
N/A
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (4)
85%
8.5
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
70%
7.0
Ticket creation and submission
90%
9.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
80%
8.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
32%
3.2
Customer portal
N/A
N/A
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
80%
8.0
Help Desk CRM integration
80%
8.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incident and problem management (6)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
80%
8.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
86%
8.6
Customer portal
90%
9.0
IVR
90%
9.0
Social integration
60%
6.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Social integration
80%
8.0
Email support
80%
8.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Mohammad Rashid Raza | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incident and problem management (6)
85%
8.5
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
70%
7.0
Subscription-based notifications
60%
6.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
IVR
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
43.33333333333333%
4.3
Organize and prioritize service tickets
N/A
N/A
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
N/A
N/A
ITSM collaboration and documentation
N/A
N/A
Ticket creation and submission
90%
9.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
40%
4.0
External knowledge base
N/A
N/A
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
56.66666666666667%
5.7
Customer portal
N/A
N/A
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
80%
8.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
55%
5.5
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
N/A
N/A
ITSM collaboration and documentation
50%
5.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
35%
3.5
External knowledge base
70%
7.0
Internal knowledge base
N/A
N/A
Multi-Channel Help (5)
40%
4.0
Customer portal
N/A
N/A
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Helen Kinnear | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
91.66666666666666%
9.2
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
80%
8.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
85%
8.5
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
95%
9.5
Customer portal
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
April 29, 2021

Useful but complex

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
N/A
N/A
Organize and prioritize service tickets
N/A
N/A
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
N/A
N/A
ITSM collaboration and documentation
N/A
N/A
Ticket creation and submission
N/A
N/A
Ticket response
N/A
N/A
Self Help Community (2)
50%
5.0
External knowledge base
50%
5.0
Internal knowledge base
50%
5.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
20%
2.0
Customer portal
N/A
N/A
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
50%
5.0
Help Desk CRM integration
50%
5.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
91.66666666666666%
9.2
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
80%
8.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
34%
3.4
Customer portal
80%
8.0
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
N/A
N/A
Peter Vadelnieks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
10%
1.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
10%
1.0
Expert directory
10%
1.0
Subscription-based notifications
10%
1.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
10%
1.0
Ticket creation and submission
10%
1.0
Ticket response
10%
1.0
Self Help Community (2)
10%
1.0
External knowledge base
10%
1.0
Internal knowledge base
10%
1.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
12%
1.2
Customer portal
20%
2.0
IVR
10%
1.0
Social integration
10%
1.0
Email support
10%
1.0
Help Desk CRM integration
10%
1.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
50%
5.0
Subscription-based notifications
30%
3.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community
N/A
N/A
Multi-Channel Help (2)
65%
6.5
Email support
60%
6.0
Help Desk CRM integration
70%
7.0
Clara Mediavilla Rizzo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
100%
10.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
IVR
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
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