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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Khoros Communities

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros Communities is a fully-featured community platform, built for self-service support, education and collaboration. Organizations can host a vibrant space where customers can find answers, develop expertise, share experiences, and connect with their brand.N/A

    Salesforce Experience Cloud

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement (formerly Salesforce Experience Cloud or Salesforce Community Cloud) is an online forum powered by Salesforce that enables businesses to connect with their employees, customers, partner organizations, and prospects. Designed to help facilitate communication and information sharing, customers can ask questions and request help, administrators can integrate data from third-party apps, and employees can collaborate across projects and…N/A
    Pricing
    Khoros CommunitiesSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros CommunitiesSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.
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    Community Pulse
    Khoros CommunitiesSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Chose Khoros Communities
    I could not find Salesforce Community in the list.
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Communities
    Khoros Communities was always one of our frontrunners during the selection process. Some communities had more integrations or better UI/UX for admins on the backend. Ultimately we went with Khoros because it integrated better with some 3rd party tools we already use and it had …
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Communities
    Experience Cloud is (was) a community in name only. Trying to club Chatter and Knowledge together in a web frontend was near impossible to make work for any of the most essential community functions; analytics was impossible, changes were extremely slow/burdensome as they are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Communities
    • Khoros had a clear migration path for Jive users.
    • Khoros is a platform that can scale.
    • Khoros allows us to spread and share knowledge while allowing us to continue to build trust and credibility with all our loyal fans.
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Communities
    Khoros's features are more robust, interface is more user-friendly and analytics are better. It's the clear leader in the space right now.
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Communities
    Khoros is much more established and feature-rich than Salesforce's Community offering. E.g., gamification is implemented well in Khoros (except for Missions and Journeys) whereas Salesforce's offering is rudimentary.
    Jive is mainly used for internal communities, whereas Khoros …
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    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
    Khoros CommunitiesSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Khoros Communities and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Khoros Communities and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Khoros Communities and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Khoros Communities and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Khoros Communities and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Digital Experience Platform
    Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Khoros Communities and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    Campaign management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud enablement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content aggregation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content classification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer data analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-website management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Digital asset management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Editorial workflows and task management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Khoros CommunitiesSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (94 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (85 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)