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Gist Reviews & Product Details

Gist Overview
What is Gist?

Gist is an all-in-one, feature-rich email marketing platform that empowers site owners to bridge the communication gap between them and their audience. The platform offers an email builder that lets users create and broadcast automated emails, upsell and cross-sell emails, consolidate multiple communication channels and provide access to live chat and chatbot widgets. The advanced cross-channel messaging features boost audience engagement and interaction and Gist’s free plan is quite comprehensive.

Company Gist
Year founded 2016
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Tampa, Florida, United States
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Gist Product Details
Capabilities
AI
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Gist Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Free plan is quite comprehensive
  • Supports advanced cross-channel messaging
  • Offers buildable forms and popups
Cons
  • Clunky chat history functionality
  • Limited integrations
Gist Features
Agent Collaboration
Agent Performance Analytics
Audio and Video Chat
Automated Responses
CRM Integration
Canned Responses
Chat Encryption
Chat History
Chat Routing
Chat Tags
Chat Transcripts
Chat Transfer
Chatbot Integration
Co-Browsing
Custom Branding
Customizable Chat Widgets
Email Integration
Feedback Collection
File Sharing
Mobile Compatibility
Multi-language Support
Offline Messaging
Proactive Chat Invitations
Queue Management
Real-Time Chat
Social Media Integration
Typing Indicators
Visitor Analytics
Visitor Information Dashboard
Visitor Tracking
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215 Gist Reviews
4.6 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 29, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
TA
Titouan A.
Ceo
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"Alternative to intercome"
What do you like best about Gist?

GetGist boasts an intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it a breeze for both support agents and customers to navigate. The chatbot setup process is straightforward, enabling businesses to quickly integrate the tool into their websites or applications without extensive technical knowledge.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Learning Curve for Advanced Features: While GetGist's interface is generally user-friendly, users who want to leverage the more advanced features and capabilities of the platform may encounter a learning curve.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Improving Customer Support Efficiency: GetGist's chatbot support tools automate and streamline customer support processes. By leveraging advanced AI algorithms, the chatbot can handle a significant volume of customer queries, providing instant responses and resolutions.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 17, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Promovarecu D. avatar
Promovarecu D.
Marketing Consultant
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"the best tool for any web business"
What do you like best about Gist?

That it integrated everyhting I will ever need, in terms of marketing, customer support, CRM, and much more than that...on a single platform

What do you dislike about Gist?

the interface should be a little bit more User friendly so newbies can set it up correctly, not stumble upon features.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

making sure my website visitors learn about the tool, customer support is as automated as possbile and for sending emails

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 11, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"#1 Alternative to Intercom and more"
What do you like best about Gist?

Integration was super smooth through Segment. Everything just worked and my support team was able to give support through the Live Chat in no time. Pricing is much more accesible then Intercom and all-in-all it was an easy switch.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The UI could be a bit friendlier and easier to navigate. It seems a bit cramped, since they stuff a lot of features into one solution.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Live chat with users. Gist together with Segment allows us to get user data/context directly in the Gist dashboard which makes it very easy to give excellent support

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Peter C. avatar
Peter C.
Founder & Managing Director
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"All-in-one tool for live chat, email marketing, automation and more"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist replaces a lot of separate tools for us, and brings a unified toolkit that is very easy to use,

What do you dislike about Gist?

At this point Gist has evolved to become a very complete tool. We've been using it since its early days. I would like to be able to use my current account on two separate websites (they're the same brand, just different countries). But that's about it.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lead nurturing, email marketing and automation in particular

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 08, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
JJ
Joshua J.
Director
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"Fantastic 'starter kit' CRM"
What do you like best about Gist?

Excellent onboarding resources and helpful support chat to get everything set up and running smoothly.

What do you dislike about Gist?

If you have multiple organisations on your account, it can get a bit confusing with the admin.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing inquiries through our website.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 27, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
CP
Carlos P.
Cofounder At Banktrack
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"Great alternative to Intercom"
What do you like best about Gist?

We were paying a high price for some functionalities of Intercom and we changed to Gist because covers all our needs. Furthermore, the team is fast including new functionalities and requests. We primarily use it for support and engagement emails, but it has other nice functionalities such as surveys, knowledge base or meeting scheduler. I totally recommend it.

What do you dislike about Gist?

We have encountered some bugs but the team at Gist is fast solving them. Also, it would be nice to have better reports (more customization) and more functionalities related to events (use properties from Segment events) which is vital for us even though the basic functionality with events is covered.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is our tool for customer relationship management: Support, Email marketing, Knowledge Base, Surveys.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 20, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
JT
Jonathan T.
Co Founder
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"Great Part of Our Stack"
What do you like best about Gist?

I really appreciate how well the live chat works. I can send GIFs, reply by email, it's very well done. I really appreciate the mobile app for chat - it allows me to help customers no matter if I'm at my desk or not.

What do you dislike about Gist?

I would appreciate a few more of all of Gist's features and settings available in the mobile app, but I understand that it's just a chat app - a good one at that.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Gist to communicate with our customers in real life. It works great and has reduced our email load. Our customers really appreciate being able to reach out easily and get a quick response.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 12, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Lucas H. avatar
Lucas H.
Project Manager
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"A really smooth chat experience though not without usabilty issues"
What do you like best about Gist?

We are using Gist to replace a more fully featured but buggy chatbot. Gist works really well at handling human conversations. It's pleasant on the eyes and instills confidence in users.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The notification settings are a little parsimonious. If a user is logged in, no email is sent--fine, I suppose, but means that even though Gist may not be open in the browser no notification is sent because it remembers the user session. Gist sends notification emails with the visitor's reply-to email, which is nice--except that it's very hard to keep these notifications out of Outlook's junk folder.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Gist to empower users of an educational resource site to contact site administration. This results in less spam than a contact form. We do not often engage in realtime conversations with users.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 22, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
DM
Deepak M.
Senior Manager
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"Surprisingly good tool"
What do you like best about Gist?

Few things - Easy to understand UI - Email customizations - Mutliple filters optios to create different customer segments - Efficient chat bot

What do you dislike about Gist?

- Nothing much - Would be good to have video/GIF embed in the braodcast email - Also would be good if we can send email to people outside of the segment

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

- CRM for managing customer relationship

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 15, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Features and experience"
What do you like best about Gist?

I am very pleased with features like snooze, it's really useful to clear up the workspace a bit. Also great is that you can so very easily edit chats even after they are sent, or reopen them after they are closed.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Nothing necessarily in particular, but every workflow tool can always improve, in my opinion on allocating resources well in the back-end so that everything works fast and smooth, and on the front-end I prefer touches of minimalism and simplicity.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gist is very helpful in resolving customer support issues regarding social media services and easily tracking user info to identify existing or potential clients.