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Help Scout vs. Salesforce Service Cloud

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Help Scout

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AHelp Scout is help desk software. The vendor’s value proposition is that that their solution reduces time spent on training users because Help Scout is simple to use and set up and scales like any enterprise product. This solution includes multiple mailboxes to support as many email addresses as needed in order to work collaboratively across teams, and manage several products or brands from one account. Reports on conversation trends, team performance, productivity, and customer happiness are…

    $30

    per month starts with 100 contacts

    Salesforce Service Cloud

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AService 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
    Help ScoutSalesforce Service Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $30
    per month starts with 100 contacts
    Plus
    $90
    per month starts with 200 contacts
    Company
    Contact sales team
    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
    Help ScoutSalesforce Service Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Help ScoutSalesforce Service Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Help Scout
    Chose Help Scout
    Help Scout is more reasonably priced compared to our other options.
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    We moved from Help Scout to Service Cloud for robust reporting and more automation. Previously we were having to manually fill in multiple custom fields in Help Scout in order to report on certain things such as tickets submitted by particular accounts.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Help ScoutSalesforce Service Cloud
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Help Scout and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.8
    19 Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.8
    77 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.019 Ratings9.475 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.010 Ratings8.663 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.118 Ratings9.375 Ratings
    Ticket response8.119 Ratings9.174 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.260 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Help Scout and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.5
    17 Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    72 Ratings
    External knowledge base9.016 Ratings8.463 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.015 Ratings8.970 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Help Scout and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Help Scout
    8.0
    19 Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    77 Ratings
    Email support8.019 Ratings9.276 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.011 Ratings8.866 Ratings
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.954 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.834 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.947 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Help ScoutSalesforce Service Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (19 ratings)
    8.3
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (28 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)