Calabrio ONE vs. Khoros Service

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Calabrio ONE
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Calabrio One is a workforce optimization (WFO) platform for call centers, combining workforce management with call recording and analytics, from Calabrio headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.N/A
Khoros Service
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Khoros Service offers omnichannel engagement on publicly available channels like social, digital, chat, and voice, as well as owned online communities like Khoros Communities. The solution offers 1-to-1 and 1-to-many engagement with customers and consumers, bringing together automation through bots and human agents. Customer inquiries and support-related conversations can be routed and prioritized based on a variety of parameters, and the robust agent desktop solution…N/A
Pricing
Calabrio ONEKhoros Service
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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Community Pulse
Calabrio ONEKhoros Service
Considered Both Products
Calabrio ONE
Chose Calabrio ONE
We actually switched to Verint monet thinking that they will stack up against Calabrio but I guess it was a bad decision.
Chose Calabrio ONE
Both applications are used for different jobs. They serve different purposes and they do their jobs well.
Chose Calabrio ONE
It was better and more reliable/resilient then both of the products stated above. It is in-house though while the competition was cloud-based. Both of the platforms mentioned above had more problems and more failed screens then Calabrio.
Chose Calabrio ONE
They are very similar in many areas. Reporting is about the same, and I can see why some people may go for the bigger names. But one of the things that I have noticed that has made a difference is the way that the tool evolves with you. A lot of the features that Calabrio has …
Chose Calabrio ONE
Switched over from an older system that was often confusing, had an old look and feel to it, and bad customer service.
Chose Calabrio ONE
Calabrio One has far better customer engagement and customer service than the previous vendor. Calabrio is very easy to use and quick to obtain search results. We have had great success with Calabrio and are very happy with our move.
Chose Calabrio ONE
Head and shoulders above our Altigen configuration is Calabrio - more reliable, more features, reporting, evaluation abilities, ease of access, scalability. The list goes on and on. Calabrio has also provided a more centralized way to administrate recordings across the company …
Chose Calabrio ONE
I have approximately a decade of experience using the Aspect Workforce management software package. Aspect has many power user functions that are not available in Calabrio. The strength of Aspect is that is has extensive power user options. The drawback to Aspect is that to be …
Chose Calabrio ONE
Calabrio is much easier to use, more dependable and an overall better product.
Khoros Service
Chose Khoros Service
Lacking in updated user guides. Limited in things that can be done when tasks and assignments are pushed. The program overall needs a refresh to be more eye catching and appealing to users. Great reporting and options. Should be linked to Excel, would save time. Khoros is good …
Chose Khoros Service
As I know Khoros Service was chosen for its strong omnichannel support, advanced automation and detailed analytics capabilities.
Chose Khoros Service
We chose Khoros Care as our main tool in catering or responding to any reachouts like messages, comments, and reviews by our members through our social media.
Chose Khoros Service
Multi-Channel Support:Khoros Care: Known for its ability to manage customer interactions across various channels, including social media, messaging, and more.Comparison: Evaluate how well each platform supports the channels most relevant to your business, whether it's email, …
Chose Khoros Service
In my opinion, Khoros Marketing is superior to Khoros Care in every way except queue management. Sprinklr, Hootsuite, and Social Studio are all similar products in terms of responding to users, but they are not as flexible with labeling.
Chose Khoros Service
KC fails to punch up. More features, reliability etc come as an offering with other products.
Chose Khoros Service
The user interface was much more personable, and we found we had overall less issues with the program itself.
Chose Khoros Service
Khoros is a well-known provider. It has a good support system. Known for its enterprise scalability, social listening, and AI based automation.
Chose Khoros Service
Zendesk was too big and complex, way more functionalities than we needed and that made the onboarding process dificult.
Chose Khoros Service
Khoros is more than just a platform for social publishing. No other competitor provides the in-depth moderation and social listening services that they do. If you're looking for a one-stop-shop of a platform for all things social, this is the tool to be using. Others are better …
Chose Khoros Service
Both Khoros and Zendesk offer robust customer engagement solutions, but Khoros stands out in several ways. While Zendesk provides excellent ticketing and support functionalities, Khoros extends beyond traditional customer service, offering a comprehensive suite that includes …
Chose Khoros Service
Intercom is really difficult to navigate. Khoros is so much more streamlined and easier to manage
Chose Khoros Service
I have not tested other products related to Khoros.
Chose Khoros Service
I haven't used other products as Lithium has fulfilled all needs other than what native provides. Reporting is excellent and makes there no need to use any other product. Very adaptable and customizable to what is needed to get the job done. Overall I have no issues with this …
Chose Khoros Service
Community is imperative, Khoros CXInsights is a product that we are still adapting to and needs more mature social integration to realize its value, and Khoros Marketing turned out to be a product that we use less frequently due to the scope of our team being mainly focused on …
Chose Khoros Service
While we don't use other products from Khoroscare, the support we've received has been fantasitc
Chose Khoros Service
Khoros is strictly keyword based with no NLP or AI options. Reporting is limited, both in general and by platform.
Chose Khoros Service
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (Radian6 + Buddy Media) and Sprout Social
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User Ratings
Calabrio ONEKhoros Service
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.5
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Likelihood to Renew
8.0
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8.2
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Usability
7.0
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7.3
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Availability
-
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9.0
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Performance
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9.0
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Support Rating
6.0
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8.1
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In-Person Training
-
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9.0
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Online Training
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7.3
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Implementation Rating
7.0
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7.6
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Product Scalability
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8.3
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User Testimonials
Calabrio ONEKhoros Service
Likelihood to Recommend
If your company uses phones and needs recordings, the Calabrio ONE Quality Management is for you. Period. End of argument. It is hands down one of the best products of its type on the market. If you don't have a bunch of people you are needing to rotate through scheduling and no part time people, the WorkForce Management portion may not be for you as much as someone who has 200 employees in a contact center working across 3 shifts and needs to ensure phones are always covered at the right times.
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If you need a content management system that allows you to add a wide variety of label categorization and have multiple users logged in at the same time, Khoros Care is suitable. However, I cannot say that it's the best system to use. There are other systems that have the same or similar features without as many issues.
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Pros
  • The audio and screen recordings are done well at least with the collaboration with the Cisco platform.
  • The platform is stable and does not fail much. The most resilient program for screen capture I have seen so far and I have used four platforms for QM.
  • It is customizable and management of the platform is not that difficult.
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  • Manages and pulls in posts from communities, Facebook, and Twitter so we can address them in one place as opposed to logging into each site natively.
  • Khoros Care has great analytics. I like the customizable dashboards; we use them for weekly reports to upper management.
  • Khoros Care helps our social media manager manage and monitor our teams.
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Cons
  • Our Version 9.3 needs a lot of improvement with sorting, filtering capabilities that I believe later versions address.
  • Version 9.3 does not send notice emails to agents when a schedule has been changed. Our former software did. I believe newer versions have this feature.
  • No "what if" function or module to test schedules/forecasts without Agents seeing their own schedules. If you want to "play with" scenarios, you have to use a time frame/schedule far into the future to prevent Agents from seeing this. I don't believe any of the newer versions have addressed this problem/issue.
  • Agents are not able to submit Shift Preferences in Calabrio. Our former WFM software had that capability. Now I have to record Agents' preferences on an Excel spreadsheet and schedule regular intervals for which they can submit their preferences.
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  • I would like to be able to see deleted comments/tweets so we can look into the issues.
  • I would like to be able to better customize dashboards for our exact metrics. Some things previously available in Spredfast are no longer available in Care.
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Likelihood to Renew
Because I think they're ready for a multi-skilled contact center support or OMNI
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Simply, there isn't anything on the market that is quite as personable as Khoros Care. After using a few different client messaging systems, this program gave the closest feel to in-person interaction that we could get during the COVID-19 epidemic and is an important part of our agency still to this day in 2023.
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Usability
It would've been a higher rating if they're able to partner up with other platforms like Liveperson chat support and have a better sense of urgency when it comes to resolving issues
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The ability to auto tag, manually tag, make notes, and "snooze" posts is extremely helpful. The efficiency of the work flow for agents is also a huge plus. It keeps agents moving quickly and prioritizing responses for the cases that need it most.
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Reliability and Availability
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It's always up.
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Performance
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No issues.
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Support Rating
Because, it took them time to coordinate back some updates for us when we had to report a few major issues. ie Volume data feed for our Email support/channel. I like the webinars, however to keep the community alive. I hope they improve the training modules too and how they training new WFM guys as part of their package
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Khoros Support has always very responsive and helpful when it comes to getting my issue/inquiry addressed. Their ticket portal is great for tracking any open tickets and they can be updated via the portal or by responding to the email thread. Support reps are always extremely knowledgeable and care about getting you taken care of
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In-Person Training
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The team received training (from the same executive team member who has been supporting us) over the web and this was of very high quality.
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Implementation Rating
No I don't have as I wasn't part of the implementation
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Implementing the platform was not a big hassle for our client, it was seamless and easy we just had to follow a few steps and it was done. Just scaling was a bit of an issue but it got resolved with time and a bit of effort at both ends
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Alternatives Considered
Calabrio One has far better customer engagement and customer service than the previous vendor. Calabrio is very easy to use and quick to obtain search results. We have had great success with Calabrio and are very happy with our move
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Multi-Channel Support:Khoros Care: Known for its ability to manage customer interactions across various channels, including social media, messaging, and more.Comparison: Evaluate how well each platform supports the channels most relevant to your business, whether it's email, social media, live chat, or others. Automation and Workflows: Khoros Care: Offers workflow automation features to streamline processes and handle routine tasks.Comparison: Compare the level of automation capabilities each platform provides and how well they align with your business processes.
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Scalability
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Of course as the company grows owing to its growing customer base, they need to think of out-of-the-box solutions to offer its clients and customer satisfaction is one of them. Retention is very much needed in competitive environment like today and hence it becomes imperative for companies to find different ways to reach their client basis and fix their issues
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Return on Investment
  • A positive return that we have had is the ability to see the portion of the day that we are likely to be over and under staffed and use that data to modify schedules to allow for overtime or additional time off of the phones.
  • A negative impact that we have had is the additional use of WFM man hours to manually make changes to individual schedules since there is not a good option to quickly adjust several simultaneously.
  • Being able to monitor agent calls and activity has given us the ability to retain and promote high performing agents and remove agents that are not well suited to the contact center.
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  • We have seen a positive shift of customers from reaching out to the Call Centre to the Social Care Team.
  • Monthly and Annual Reporting to keep track of performance and stats related to the team has been much easier to highlight areas for improvement (month2month and anually)
  • CSAT/NPS Survey results have increased via Khoros Care in comparison to the Call Centre.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of a customer conversation in Agent view. Access past customer conversations and interactions in a single pane of glass.Screenshot of the analytic dashboard used to monitor key metrics across a service organization, such as available agents, time to first response, and agent handle time.Screenshot of Khoros Agent Assist. This feature provides agents with real-time recommendations, reducing the time needed to handle customer inquiries, deliver accurate resolutions, and train new agents.Screenshot of Work Queues under Rules and Routing. This allows admins to build rules around tagging to ensure timely and effective follow-up from agents.