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Help Scout Reviews

User Rating

4.6/5 (Based on 428 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

  • Excellent

    69.6%
  • Very Good

    22.7%
  • Average

    4.7%
  • Poor

    1.4%
  • Terrible

    1.6%

User Sentiments

User-Friendly Interface, Excellent Customer Support, Extensive Integrations, Efficient Workflow Management

Occasional System Downtime, Limited Customization Options, Mobile App Functionality, Inaccurate Reporting

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Review Summary

Overall, users appreciate Help Scout's user-friendly interface, ease of use, and robust features. They commend its ticketing system, live chat functionality, and knowledge base builder. Reviewers highlight the software's prompt and helpful customer support, along with its ability to streamline communication and improve customer satisfaction. However, some users express concerns regarding its pricing and occasional technical issues. Additionally, a few reviewers suggest improvement in the reporting and analytics capabilities.

Pros

  • Userfriendly interface and intuitive design, making it easy for teams to adopt and use.
  • Comprehensive set of features including ticketing, knowledge base, live chat, and reporting, providing a complete customer support solution.

Cons

  • Limited customization options, which can be a drawback for businesses seeking a highly tailored solution.
  • Occasional performance issues and glitches, potentially impacting the user experience and productivity.

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Reviews
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Fahim M

January 2, 2025 Source: G2.com
One of the best support portal I ever used
What do you like best about Help Scout?
mail delivery was the faster like google mail. their documentation and blogs are super friendly.
What do you dislike about Help Scout?
not open source and can't modify features from subscribers end. can't add large size of attachment file.
What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?
can manage thousands customer in one dashboard.
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Damiaan P

November 5, 2024 Source: G2.com
Down to earth product that works
What do you like best about Help Scout?
Helpscout was easy to setup. And to maintain the system. And as a result my customers are helped much better.
What do you dislike about Help Scout?
Recommendations to others considering Help Scout?
Also, they are very clear in there communication. Once, they announced a change in the system. They helped me on every aspect to implement this change and to make sure everything was setup correctly. Awesome support.
What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helpscout is not the most extensive product. It feels like some reports are limited in the drilldown capacities.
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Jordan Dodd

October 4, 2024 Source: Trustpilot.com
Bye bye Inbox 1, Hello Inbox 2!
HelpScout is used by our company and its been solid over the years. However, the switch the new inbox was okay, nothing amazing. But man, do they take feedback because it started off with "ah. I see how that's a good change" and so on and so forth, but our team made some suggestions and whether it was them taking it dfrom us or from someone else or just internally on their end, they delivered. The move from Inbox 1 to Inbox 2 in HelpScout is complete. Just need to spend a day or so with it and you'll quickly see why it is their inbox of the future.
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David A

July 24, 2024 Source: G2.com
Clear interface, multi-featured, good API, and unparalleled amazing support
What do you like best about Help Scout?
The customer support is over-the-top, amazing, above-and-beyond helpful. These are not clichés, they should be taken literally. Turing's Craft has used HelpScout for years, but now we are transitioning from a for-profit company with a fee-based service to a non-profit that will be funded by grants. Until we get the grants, we had to drop the HelpScout service-- and even though we were dropping them, they gave us tremendous help in ways that they were totally not obliged to do. So that is a real measure, don't you think? Going out of your way to help a customer that is leaving. And this has been consistent with their approach through the many years we've used them. OK that's the customer support-- the rest is all good but you can see that through their demos and trials.
What do you dislike about Help Scout?
Absolutely nothing, that is there is nothing that I dislike about their service. Sorry. I should be able to think of something. But I can't.
What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?
Any and all support requests went through HelpScout. The API allowed logged-in customers to seek help and along with their words we would get all sorts of details their account, their usage and their situation which made resolution of problems very quick. And of course they could fill in a help-form outside our app. Everything was smooth, the interface made it easy to categorize and classify requests and manage who in the company would field them.
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Kavosh

July 16, 2024 Source: Trustpilot.com
This support service is awesome!
You should definitely use it, especially if your site is on WordPress and you use WooCommerce for sales. It's perfect if you handle support through email.

I had some trouble signing up, and their response was a bit slow, but overall, it's a killer service.
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Tomas S

May 1, 2024 Source: G2.com
Good tool for internal customer care
What do you like best about Help Scout?
I'm a manager if HR and admin teams so HS isn't a daily tool for me. It's very convenient to get notifications to my email about new tickets or notes from my team members.
What do you dislike about Help Scout?
I would say mobile interface and user friendliness should be improved. Every time I have to use HS on my phone I struggle a lot. Reporting (email) isn't familiar with public holidays in my country so SLA aren't accurate enough.
Recommendations to others considering Help Scout?
If you're looking for internal customer support tool - help scout is a good option.
What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?
People and business problems. They are typical HR or Admin questions like how to get certificate, document, laptop issues. Problems are repetitive so search function is really helpful.
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Joe Garcia

March 19, 2024 Source: Trustpilot.com
10 Years and counting
We've been using HelpScout for a decade and it's been a pleasure to grow our company alongside the HS team! We originally moved from a shared Google inbox, and love how this software is personable and doesn't make our customers feel like a "ticket" and more of a conversation to serve them.
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Stephanie Amor P

March 13, 2024 Source: G2.com
Very simple & user friendly communication tool
What do you like best about Help Scout?
I like that it's very simple to use. Nothing too complicated. Like what you need is what you'll get. Some customer support communication tools/software have a lot of features that we rarely use in our day to day job. And most of them, are just all over the interface which can be too overwhelming for new users. But Help Scout is not one of these tools. It's just very easy to the eyes and not too overwhelming. You just see your inbox - and the different email categories (unassigned, mine, drafts, etc.). The design is so simple and clean.
What do you dislike about Help Scout?
Nothing. I just love how very straightforward it is and just serve its very purpose.
What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ease of use. I believe that in my profession as a support specialist, it's a big help that the tools we use to communicate with our customers are very easy to understand and use. It shouldn't be too complicated and should be true to its purpose. Since Help Scout is very easy to use and the design is very clean, straightforward and very functional, it really helped me to do my day to day tasks with ease.
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Uzma R

March 13, 2024 Source: G2.com
Easy tracking of multiple tickets
What do you like best about Help Scout?
Live chat option reduces the client query TAT
What do you dislike about Help Scout?
Cannot download CSV file after filtering the emails with tags
Recommendations to others considering Help Scout?
Helps in managing all tickets in a streamlined manner.
What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?
Can view the analytics of monthly chats/emails/calls done.
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Amy Lozano Iltis

March 6, 2024 Source: Trustpilot.com
Love HelpScout!
We love using HelpScout and their support team is super friendly and knowledgeable.
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