CallHub vs. Salesforce Service Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CallHub
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
CallHub is designed to integrate with an organization’s CRM. The solution helps users to reach the right people the right time with their virtual call center, voice and SMS broadcasting software. CallHub is available in over 200 countries. Key benefits include: Virtual Call Center Agents all over the country to talk to leads using the software. Agent accounts are free because CallHub charges only for the calls made. Agents can make calls from a browser, phone, SIP…N/A
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
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.
$25
per month
Pricing
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Starter Suite
$25
per month
Pro Suite
$100
per month per user
Enterprise
$165
per month per user
Unlimited
$330
per month per user
Agentforce 1
$550
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCallHub does not charge per seat, but only for the calls and SMSs. Credits can be purchased and used as required.
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Community Pulse
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Considered Both Products
CallHub

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Salesforce Service Cloud
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
I honestly prefer Zendesk to Salesforce Service Cloud. I find that Zendesk is easier to manage both on the support ticket side, as well as the knowledge center side. It looks and feels easier to use than Salesforce Service Cloud. Salesforce Service Cloud is fine, but it is …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Zoho is not very real-time, it has limited integration capabilities, and the UI is not very satisfactory for any incoming customer. The performance is slow and impacts the overall customer journey. The data stored in the backend is slightly scattered and needs to be cleaned …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce is a really great case management tool. Made things a lot easier for our team. Wanted something fairly simple that had a variety of capabilities we could customize.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
We used Salesforce for years, Left for Hubspot, and then came back to Salesforce (SF). As they say, don't fix it if it's not broken. Salesforce and customizing were better for us.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud offers deep integration with our current and expanding CRM data, along with numerous pre-built features that didn't exist in Kayako when we used it. (We used to use an instance Kayako installed in a private cloud environment.) Salesforce Service Cloud …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Because it has good ratings and it is easy to setup .it also has good word of mouth.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Zendesk has it's own challenges in terms of Administrator difficulties and a completely different back-end than Salesforce Service Cloud. I would recommend Salesforce Service Cloud if you need a clean database of Companies and Contacts. Zendesk does not excel in overall CRM …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Insightly, Buildium and Hootsuite
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud has more unique customization features that benefit the organization as a whole.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
I'm not at the level where I would be part of the decision making process for choosing a vendor or product for the organization. Every position I've held, I've come into a company that has already implemented or is in the process of implementing Salesforce. Honestly I would not …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
All of the software's are well established and good, but what gave the edge to us its easy integration capability with other systems, experience cloud integration and Einstein analytics which made us move forward Salesforce. Salesforce also have better service and industry …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
The major value proposition is that service cloud offers integrated services. That covers a multitude of lacking features. All of our agents preferred Freshdesk. Salesforce service cloud was lacking so many basic features compared to it that it was frustrating to switch. Simple …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
We have been using Salesforce Service Cloud for well over ten years.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce service cloud is more configurable than Zendesk and Freshdesk. It has its own inbuilt AI chatbot also which further improves service agent efficiency. Salesforce is more integration agnostic and has pre-built connectors with multiple 3rd party systems. However, in …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
We were after a robust and very scalable solution, which could be rapidly implemented. Salesforce Service Cloud not only fitted the bill, but it was much easier to source skills and find on-line learning to help achieve our goals. Although the other technologies could have …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce allows a lot more visibility and allows us to build better reporting. It is initially trickier to set up and learn, however, comprehensive training and processes have lead to increased customer satisfaction and retention.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
This solution provided our organization a flexible platform. The other solutions were rigid or required complex integrations.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce is lightyears behind Zendesk. You have to be trained as a Salesforce admin to do anything, while Zendesk takes minutes to set up and is actually customer friendly. There are not native telephony options within Salesforce and the tools you use to integrate are …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
We previously used a home grown, proprietary system for our needs. This started to get costly and clunky as our database grew. We ended up going with Salesforce because they are purely cloud based. They also have a large footprint and very robust solution so they help us …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Well, I worked with SAP in the past when I was in other companies. It was way more complex and not user-friendly. You had to take a lot of steps in order to accomplish simple tasks and not everyone could work at the same time in the same program. I would 100% recommend …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
Zendesk changed their agreements making us unable to continue with them due to our agreements with our customers. SalesForce allowed us to maintain our customer agreements.
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
I used other products in another company as a database and can say that Salesforce Service Cloud is much more user friendly for customer service needs and makes work faster to process than the named program before. Integration between departments is more clear and simple to …
Features
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
CallHub
8.4
Ratings
1% above category average
Salesforce Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
CallHub
8.4
Ratings
2% above category average
Salesforce Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
CallHub
-
Ratings
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.8
Ratings
9% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
CallHub
-
Ratings
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.7
Ratings
11% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
CallHub
-
Ratings
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.7
Ratings
11% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 7.0 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.3
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Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
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9.5
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
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8.6
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CallHubSalesforce Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
It is a simple process: Go to the campaign tab and click on the campaign you are joining, and here, review the questions and suggested script to guide your conversation, remembering, of course, that the most important thing is to be yourself through this software and the window that will mark the progress so join the campaign at this point do not hang up now you are controlling the communication through this software you can leave the campaign and fill with a smile the answers you get from users.
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This cloud is a good option for attracting large numbers of customers for mid-scale and large-scale organizations. However, it’s not suitable for small companies or startups due to its high cost. For use cases where real-time input from customers is taken and then processed on the cloud to give them output, this platform is a must.
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Pros
  • All you'll require is your login credentials.
  • You have been given a username for two complementary programs that we use: one is for limited access to remote sales services and call services.
  • Callhub has been limited to protect privacy.
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  • Super fast set-up of the service from design through to production.
  • Robust method of release management from sandbox, to test, to production.
  • User access controls can be fine grain, which is great for GDPR requirements, limiting access to only necessary data.
  • Simple api integrations with other third party systems
  • Broad range of features and functionality
  • Einstein search features provides faster information mining for our agents as they help to resolve customer requests.
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Cons
  • Using new software is frustrating at first, but worth the effort.
  • It's a little weird at first, but it saves you time and the frustration of dialing the wrong number.
  • If it doesn't sometimes work, simply press the update button until you see the phone number you want to answer.
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  • A free trial would be extremely valuable to customers who are not able to commit to a full plan.
  • The pricing of this program is not priced competitively with other similar services.
  • Can be quite time consuming to maintain.
  • Not user friendly if you aren’t tech savvy/familiar with software.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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Usability
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I love that the Salesforce Service cloud provides all of the functionality that I need when implementing business processes for our customer support representatives. It even has enough functions and features that allow us to customize and expand upon our current processes, giving us the ability to go above and beyond what we've thought we could ever do. Using cases coupled with Salesforce's automation tools help ease the workload and keeps our data integrity intact.
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Reliability and Availability
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Salesforce's Trust Center clearly communicates occasional issues to anyone who subscribes, down to an organization's cloud instance. Bundled sandboxes ease updates, and seasonal upgrades are seamless, scheduled well in advance with plenty of information about what's coming. Support agents have noticed intermittent Omni-Channel disconnects due to internet connections, and these are clearly notified.
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Performance
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Load times can be slow, but this is also based on how much customization you have done. We added a lot of custom fields which could cause additional slowness in loading. This was never anything that affected our overall efficiency. I did not notice that Service Cloud slowed down any of the systems we had it integrated with
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Support Rating
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Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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In-Person Training
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Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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Online Training
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Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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Implementation Rating
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I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
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Alternatives Considered
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I honestly prefer Zendesk to Salesforce Service Cloud. I find that Zendesk is easier to manage both on the support ticket side, as well as the knowledge center side. It looks and feels easier to use than Salesforce Service Cloud. Salesforce Service Cloud is fine, but it is expensive as well.
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Scalability
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The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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Return on Investment
  • For all calls, you must complete at least the first question you are asked in the survey so that we know what type of connection.
  • You can leave a voice message, and a pre-recorded message will play on your answering machine or service when the call is saved.
  • If you get a signal compromised or problem you can hang up once you are in the software which makes it quick and easy.
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  • We have cut our service team in half over the past 5 years due to the efficiency of the tool
  • The amount of direct inquiries to our technical team is less than 10% compared to the number support tickets that get entered in the system for them to work in a more organized manner
  • Responses are 100% more timely because tickets can be responded to by any individual in the queue or on the team, as opposed to direct emails to just one person
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ScreenShots

CallHub Screenshots

Screenshot of Agent interface to make calls and fill in survey questionsScreenshot of Configurable agent dial in methodsScreenshot of Call monitoringScreenshot of Voice broadcast campaign with analyticsScreenshot of SMS Sign up campaignScreenshot of Power dialer

Salesforce Service Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Workflows and OrchestrationScreenshot of Service CatalogScreenshot of Contact Center