When comparing Uservoice vs PHPBack, the Slant community recommends Uservoice for most people. In the question“What are the best user support & feedback services?” Uservoice is ranked 2nd while PHPBack is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Uservoice is:
As more of your users enquiries are answered Uservoice transforms into a knowledge base to help users immediately have their queries solved.
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Pros
Pro Provide 'Knowledge base' functionality
As more of your users enquiries are answered Uservoice transforms into a knowledge base to help users immediately have their queries solved.
Pro Search reduces duplicates
When entering a new request, automatic search suggests other requests, preventing duplicated requests.
Pro Simple UX for the users
Compared to other services on the market, Uservoice's main differentiator is the simplicity of the feedback and support mechanisms. The widget that is installed on your website only has two options for the users:
- Contact Support
- Submit feedback
Users can also quickly see existing support enquiries and product ideas from the submission screen to reduce duplicated requests.
Pro Multi-language support
It has been already translated to Spanish and they are adding support for more languages.
Pro Easy setup
PHPBack is very easy to setup, all you need is a server with PHP5 and MySQL installed.
Pro Open Source
PHPBack is open source, uses GPLv3 license.
Cons
Con Expensive
Pricing starts at $499/month.
Con Small community
PHPBack is fairly young (first stable version was releases in July 2015). Currently the community is small, which may make it more difficult to find help/support.
However, the developer is active on the github page and generally responds quickly.