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Help Scout

7.7 /10
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Help Scout
7.7 /10

What is Help Scout?

Help Scout is designed with your customers in mind. Provide email and live chat with a personal touch, and deliver help content right where your customers need it, all in one place, all for one low price. The customer experience is simple and training staff is painless, but Help Scout still has all the powerful features you need to provide great support at scale. With best in-class-reporting, an integrated knowledge base, 50+ integrations and a robust API, Help Scout lets your team focus on what really matters: your customers.

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Help Scout Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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85 Likeliness to Recommend

89 Plan to Renew

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75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+81 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Help Scout?

5% Negative
7% Neutral
88% Positive

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Respectful
  • Efficient Service
  • Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Customer Service Workflow Management

77

Customer Self Service Capabilities

77

Customer Service Knowledge Management

75

Analytics and Reporting

74

Multi Channel Support

72

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

84

Ease of Implementation

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Ease of Data Integration

80

Ease of IT Administration

79

Availability and Quality of Training

78

Vendor Support

78

Quality of Features

78

Breadth of Features

77

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

76

Ease of Customization

75

Help Scout Reviews

Jeremy K.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Great software to organize multiple clients!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Help Scout from other similar products?

Help Scout helps me organize emails from clients. Having 50+ clients , I can create rules to automate sorting of emails and goes in each respective inbox. If you're in an environment that is extremely fast, this helps with spending time looking at emails and sorting them out

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

sorting emails , rules etc

What do you dislike most about this product?

its perfect for my daily use

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

keep doing what you're doing

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time

Andrei A.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to use, but difficult to migrate away from

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Help Scout from other similar products?

Overall, Help Scout's customizable workflows, collaboration features, integrations, reporting and analytics, and user-friendly interface are key features that differentiate it from other similar products in the customer service software space.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Docs (knowledge base). HelpScout's knowledge base allows me to create and manage a library of articles and resources that my customers can access to find answers to their questions and resolve issues on their own. The knowledge base is easy to use and customize, and it has helped me to reduce the volume of support requests that my team receives while empowering my customers to find the information they need quickly and easily.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One common concern is that it can be difficult to migrate away from Help Scout. While the platform provides a range of features and capabilities to manage customer conversations and support requests, once you have committed to using it, it may be challenging to switch to another platform and migrate everything (conversations, knowledge base articles, workflows, saved replies, etc) if your needs or preferences change.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Help Scout is quite a powerful and flexible solution that can help you improve your team's efficiency and provide a better customer experience. By evaluating your team's needs, taking advantage of the free trial, considering the cost, and monitoring performance over time, you can make the most of this platform and achieve your customer service goals.

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Cons

  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Commodity Features
  • Less Generous

Olivia L.

  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Helpscout is amazing helpdesk software.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Help Scout from other similar products?

Help Scout has a plethora of useful features, it is much more than the total of its parts. It is obvious that those who create the merchandise also use it. Bugs are uncommon; dependability is common. The supplemental tools, like Docs, integrate seamlessly with the prior experience. The great thing about Docs is that I can create a support article in one location and then surface it as a pop-up message on a website, link to it on the product page, or simply incorporate it into an outgoing message.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Email assistance is incredibly simple to manage with HelpScout. It performs all the fundamental tasks, including managing and allocating email messages to various recipients. You can monitor statistics to determine which team members have assisted the most individuals. I particularly like the “merge threads” feature because users frequently send in new emails rather than responding to the ones that have already been sent or send in numerous emails about the same subject. The organization is improved by combining them into a single line.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Spam sent to our help inbox doesn’t always go straight to the spam folder, which is a small issue. A more recent spam blocker would be advantageous for HelpScout.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Setting up Helpscout was simple and to keep the machine running. And as a consequence, my clients receive much better care. Furthermore, they communicate very clearly. They once revealed a system change. They assisted me in every way to put this shift into practice and ensure that everything was set up properly. Amazing help.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service

Cons

  • Vendor Friendly Policies
  • Charges for Enhancements

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