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Helpshift Reviews: 4.3/5 — Solid Choice

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What is Helpshift?

Helpshift is an in-app customer engagement and web-based customer support platform that helps improve customer experience via mobile apps. With the platform, users can help drive higher ratings, reduce churn and increase retention. Helpshift’s comprehensive customer care suite is notable for improving agent resolution statistics and boosting user satisfaction with their in-app experience.

Company Helpshift, Inc.
Year founded 2012
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters San Francisco, CA, USA
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379 Helpshift Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Average but gets the job done"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Good use of tags, queues and automated bots. The bots are super handy for filtering into specific queues. Good meta data on users devices as long as the ticket is new and not reopened.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Can sometimes hold on to tickets far too long before putting them back in the queue, its necessary too frequently to manually move them to ensure they get answered. Being able to reopen the same ticket for years on end is a nightmare for collecting data.

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

Good for tech support with the meta data provided on the users devices.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Customer Review"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Helpshift is great to use because it's so commonly adopted, customers understand the interface very well at this point.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

I have no real complaints about helpshift at this point

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

It's been great to consolidate all of our feedback to an easy to use resource and then track trends in issues.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Not as good as Zendesk "
What do you like best about Helpshift?

In-app implementation is alright. There is nothing special about Helpshift

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Can’t merge tickets, no standalone mobile app, can’t selectively suppress satisfaction survey, hate reject function, not enough placeholders in macros, bad ui

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

It’s a basic ticketing system for us. Subpar compared to Zendesk and Freshdesk

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
KP
Kei P.
Itspecialist
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"Helpshift lost our interest "
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Helpshift was easy for the techs to install and the training was a breeze. I personally thought helpshift was better for the Recruiters because they are not able to make the weekly meetings.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Faculty lost interest in helpshift because they prefer skype for business. I attribute this to us trying out different software so often recently because we are trying to be as efficient as possible.

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

None as the faculty didn’t give it a fair testing opportunity because as previously stated they are already set to use skype for business and did not give helpshift a fair run. I think it far more efficient for the recruiters opposed to using skype.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 01, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Brings a lot to the table"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

There's a lot of things helpshift brings to the table for the amount of work needed to integrate the library. You just need to call a few APIs and once the helpshift overlay comes up, helpshift takes over and does the rest.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

The custom config options for iOS and Android are a little different and can be confusing if you're familiar with one while learning to do the other. Using a custom engine that does not use the android/ios native app building APIs adds a level of complexity

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

Users will be able to give feedback much more easily without having to leave the app for a more fluid experience

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jul 18, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"It can be helpful. Response time was pretty good."
What do you like best about Helpshift?

I like that I'm able to get my questions answered without having to spend time on the phone.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

I don't like the waiting time. It can be a bit long.

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

Just being able to help solve the issue in a timely manner

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 17, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Neutral User"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

I love how easy it is to navigate with the ticketing system. There’s no clutter and user friendly

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

That 80% of the time HS is slow. When you are working it would suddenly lag and need to reload the page everytime.

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

I haven’t reached out to Helpshift, not at the moment. But if ever I will, I would probably suggest to have the option to mark any public reply as private, because you never when you’ll be needing this feature. For privacy or security purposes. But so far, I’m okay with the interface. I feel like there are lots of improvement and what we are currently using is quite satisfatory.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 13, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"It's okay."
What do you like best about Helpshift?

When it works without issues and it feels normal.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Disappearing tags and not being able to see if someone already has the ticket that you are answering.

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

Customer support tickets.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 12, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Feedback"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Tagging is nice to track inbounds and escalations.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Automations are difficult to create properly

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

Merchants reaching out to our team to have us connect with customers and verify how to proceed with orders. "Un-happy" path orders primarily.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 01, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
BB
Beejay B.
Founder
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"Review for Helpshift"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Commands for immediate response to the customers and user-friendly. It can be used for newcomers immediately and they just need like 1-2 hrs to review how the system works - Accessible portal in the system - The team always provides updates in maintenance and follows the exact time and date when they implement the maintenance - They will state if the system will encounter some issues and they will prompt you that you replied to the players alreayd or not some other ticketing system don't have any prompt showing this tasks in the system. - Also, they have implemented some smart views that will help admins to differentiate different issues from one another in the system and it ahelp us to validate which issue we shoul do first.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

- Always having connectivity issues - Lack of personal data (avg. ticket, charts) - Ability to change the color of the text - Ability to sort via a bullet system not by tags - Need more accurate results when using tags - We need more ability to view image in seperate window in Helpshift -

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

Queueing of tickets - Can be accessed without any VPN or 3rd party apps

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 21, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Unreliable data that cannot provide the information we need"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

FAQ integration, ease of editing Automation, such as tagging and auto-responses

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

The quality of the data cannot be relied upon and often changes. We need a simple view of how many tickets each agent answered and when (hourly), that cannot be manipulated if the ticket is re-opened, closed by another agent or changes statuses. Not enough search options. We need to be able to track issues chronologically. Currently, if we search for a certain tag on a specific creation date, the issues are displayed by the most recent status change No Social Media functionality

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

We are responding to more users, more quickly

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 26, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.0
KW
Katrina W.
Sr. Guest Services
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"Ease of use"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Easy to use and navigate through, user friendly

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

No spellchecker or grammar help, can't undo

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

Replying to customer feedback

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 21, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Not a customer focused company"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Query system is good, and it's easy to learn

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Broken functionality, can't export queries, kb ha no analytics, API lacks drilldown functionality, suppott is bad bad

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

Responding to players at scale.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 05, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"I like work?"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

It makes my job easier, I don't have as many headaches. It is self explanatory a walk in the park compared to other places I've worked

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

It was difficult to go through the process of moving everything over

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

Its just easier to use so I feel better and I'm nicer to the customer

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 01, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Pleasing on the eye, but lack of functionality"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

The interface is very pleasing in the eye

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

It keeps on getting disconnected if I left the computer for 3 minutes and have to refresh everything all over again. Plus, I can't download or tickets by agents in an effective way. Too many 'animations' that slow down workdone.

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

The migration is done due to a business decision. But to be honest, I love Zendesk very very much. Clean, straight to the point and fast.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 28, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"okay"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

simple and easy to learn especially when onboarding

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

lack of other tools.....................

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

support tickets

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
1.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Difficult tool to learn and operationalize"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

It is nice to be able to create automated bots as well as route to employees.

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

The process for setting up bots is convoluted and requires lots of tedious work along the workflow whenever a bot needs to be edited.

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

We were trying to use the automated bots to reduce the workload of our customer service agents by having the bot handle routine questions.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 30, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
1.0
Christopher H. avatar
Christopher H.
Senior Project Manager
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"Marvel Snap- worst support client"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Absolutely nothing @Steven L. He does not provide any customer support with responses

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

You deliver generic comments without supporting the platform you are assigned to

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

Am a marvel snap player and your support platform does nothing except provide generic responses with no real customer feedback. It's useless!!!!

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
1.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Ops Manager"
What do you like best about Helpshift?

Best: Bot capability, Async ability, fairly easy agility in terms of queue building and app implementation

What do you dislike about Helpshift?

Worst: Reporting is terrible. How do you run productivity on just resolution? I need to see every email "sent." If all I see is 8 solved emails, but then manually go in and see that there were 45 actual messages sent, that 8 solved means nothing. Fix the reporting and labeling. Need to be more agile.

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

It was an email solution for us but unfortunately, compounded a lot of our issues due to not being able to understand the true size of our queue due to lack of real customer service metrics--very basic CS 101 metrics.