HelpCrunch
About HelpCrunch
HelpCrunch is a top-rated customer communication platform for your Support, Marketing & Sales.
Increase conversions and sales, improve support, and grow faster with HelpCrunch.
Features:
- Live Chat
- Chatbot
- Email Marketing
- Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Popups
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- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Awesome Value for the Money
Reviewed on 20/08/2019
Pros
If you deal with customers, you need a system in place. Emails are a way to lose customers, because the conversation get lost in the way.
We had this problem before, and we started to look for a system that could help us with our communication with customers and a central dashboard for our articles.
Helpcrunch helped us to solve this problem. We installed the widget in our site and started to deal with customers support in a centralized manner, and also helped us with lead generation.
The app also provides a knowledge base that you can use to keep your customers in the loop, on how to use your app and solve small issues without the need to reach out to support.
Helpcrunch also packs pro-active messages, that you can use to interact with people who visit your site.
It's easy and pleasent to use. I highly recommend
Cons
I can't say something bother us, I like the app and is easy to use.
Response from HelpCrunch
Appreciate your review, Leonardo.
We're building HelpCrunch to help businesses like yours to solve the exact problems you described.
Glad that you're able to centralize customer support and generate more leads for your business with the tool.
All the best!
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Good chat client for customer support and feedback
Reviewed on 10/09/2020
We use HelpCrunch as our primary support tool (for potential customers with questions, for...
We use HelpCrunch as our primary support tool (for potential customers with questions, for customers with questions, for feedback reports, etc). Installation and subscribing was easy using a WordPress plugin, and the interface is easy to understand, configure, and use if you're familiar with web interfaces like Google Apps, Intercom (to which HelpCrunch is very similar, and far less expensive). The mobile app allows us to respond immediately to customers without being tied to a desk. Being in the early stages (first year) of a software release, this allows us to get immediate feedback from our customers, and, possibly more importantly, from those who would be our customers except for some reason, so that we can make good decisions.
Pros
- Easy to install
- Good basic chat functionality with the ability to scale
- Inexpensive for chat, and, again, can scale in price as new features are added
- Looks good (both the chat that faces the customer and the user interface for our support people)
- Ability to capture customer's email address or not based on a schedule, so that we can allow customers rapid access without entering personal information during business hours, but require name/email after hours
- Responsive customer support
Cons
- Occasional bugs, e.g. schedule not triggering at expected times
- Lack of some basic functionality at lower pricing levels (e.g. if a customer chats, then goes offline, the software won't email the customer that there's a new message unless you're on a higher plan that costs twice as much)
Alternatives Considered
LiveChatReasons for Choosing HelpCrunch
We'd used Intercom for a previous product, and when we tried to contact them for this product, they were very slow to respond, and considerably more expensive. Before they'd responded, we'd reviewed other options and installed HelpCrunch.Switched From
IntercomReasons for Switching to HelpCrunch
(We also considered a few other chat clients). We plan to use the chat largely for direct interaction and solving of issues, and HelpCrunch seemed best suited to that purpose - e.g. we could use the built-in knowledge base. Other chat clients were either targeted at lead generation or were just too expensive for a small team.Response from HelpCrunch
Thanks a lot, Grant!
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Kind of good.
Reviewed on 03/07/2019
Pros
Working as live chat software, as a start.
Cons
Expensive, not worth the price. So the most are bad.
Response from HelpCrunch
Hi Bunny, thanks for your review!
Sad to hear that you didn't find our price attractive for your business when in fact we have one of the most competitive prices on the market with more features included and starting at just $12/mo.
If you feel like there's something you'd like to configure in our pricing for your specific case, we'll be happy to discuss and provide you with a custom plan according to your needs.
We're always flexible and open to feedback to ensure that our customers get the most value out of HelpCrunch for their business.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Way to improve HelpCrunch
Reviewed on 28/08/2019
Overall it is good based on the functionality it currently has. But there is always ways for...
Overall it is good based on the functionality it currently has. But there is always ways for improvement, right?
Pros
Integration with iPhone. Easy to track if all chat users were handled and taken care of. Easy to embed on the website. Ability to send an email to offline chatters. The ability to block a person. Emailing a transcript.
Cons
- The fact I always have to open Helpcrunch website to answer chats. Sometimes you just forget to do that! The fact there is no any Windows App which would support HelpCrunch and start with Windows, so the chat would be always be connected to the agent.
- The fact there are no shortcuts or templates which would allow to type something like "/greet" and it would send a templated message i.e. Hello my name is Alex Satler. Please let me know how may I help you today? etc"
- The fact there is no way to guide your chat visitors around your website. Say, a visitor is interested in seeing my pricing. I simply enter a code "/price" and it re-directs a visitor to the page with our pricing and so on.
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tawk.toReasons for Switching to HelpCrunch
Primarily - because of your support on mobile platforms and based on feedback we received from our sales team.Response from HelpCrunch
Hey Alex!
Thanks for the detailed review.
Glad you found most of the functionality in HelpCrunch helpful and easy to use.
Of course, there's always room for improvements - and that's what out team is always after.
Wanted to address a few things you've pointed out:
- Currently there is only the browser version of the product available, but we're looking to develop desktop versions (for Mac and Windows) at some point, perhaps next year.
- You can utilize Saved responses feature to instantly insert templated messages in the conversation. Just type in '#' when entering a new message and you'll see the list of all saved responses which you can insert and modify at any time.
This way you can create a greeting or a pricing-related message with a link to your pricing page.
Hope that helps. If you have any other suggestions or questions, don't hesitate to reach our support team via chat!
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Good but app can be better
Reviewed on 02/09/2019
I like the chat and the history of the chat by user/contact. If the mobile app could show me the...
I like the chat and the history of the chat by user/contact. If the mobile app could show me the meta data when a chat comes in, that would be perfect.
Pros
I use HelpCrunch because i needed a more advanced chat solution. I use the chat to support my logged in users. I do not want to aks them name or company (meta data) as i have this info as they are logged in already. It was important the chat had a mobile (iOS) app, so i can give support on the road and as soon as possible.
Looks nice and professional.
I do not use a lot of the other functions, like the Knowledge Base.
Cons
I have asked support multiple times to improve the mobile app. As a chat comes in, i can only see the name and none of the meta data, which is very important to me. I don't understand why this is not in the app, as it is an important part of the help solution.
The web application in the browser is a bit heavy. I could not (or very slow) load it on slow (hotel) internet connections. (working in Safari)
Response from HelpCrunch
Hey there! Thanks for all the feedback.
Our support team received your request regarding user data in mobile apps.
We've already added this to our backlog and we'll see how soon it will be implemented :)
We'll also look into the slow app loading on low internet speed.
Stay tuned! If you want to receive updates on those, just ping our team and we'll be sending you updates on periodic basis.
HelpCrunch FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for HelpCrunch.Q. What type of pricing plans does HelpCrunch offer?
HelpCrunch offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$15.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Try HelpCrunch for Free for 14 days. Visit helpcrunch.com/pricing.html to get more details or a custom quote.
Q. Who are the typical users of HelpCrunch?
HelpCrunch has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does HelpCrunch support?
HelpCrunch supports the following languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Q. Does HelpCrunch support mobile devices?
HelpCrunch supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does HelpCrunch integrate with?
HelpCrunch integrates with the following applications:
Adobe Commerce, Google Analytics 360, Pipedrive, Slack, WordPress, Zapier
Q. What level of support does HelpCrunch offer?
HelpCrunch offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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