Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Verified User in Financial Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Unique platform, still have improving to do"
3/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

The insights and reporting capabilities within Sharpen provide you with a lot of opportunities for internal growth and improvement, coaching staff and improving overall experience org wide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

Because it's all web based, connection is poor many times. We have trouble with Sharpen fixing reoccurring issues or giving real reasons as to why things happened. Many of our road map and enhancement ideas are only coming from our organization and that makes it hard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Bonness of Sharpen

Thanks so much for taking time out of your day to share your thoughts on Sharpen. We genuinely appreciate your feedback. Know that we’re taking your response and coming up with an action plan to improve our platform and service for our customers.

I’m sorry to hear that your experience with Sharpen has been anything less than great. Our platform’s connection and quality are mission-critical to our clients’ success, and that’s of the utmost importance to us. One of our dev teams is completely dedicated to cleaning up the recurring issues, but you’re right, it’s frustrating when they happen. If you’re not getting clear enough answers from our team, don’t hesitate to keep asking.

The dev team has spent a lot of time and energy on creating a roadmap for your product to make it better (i.e. fewer annoying bugs, a better user experience, clean new features). And we’ve tried to incorporate our customer’s feedback and needs as we move forward. Sharpen is built to be customizable to your specific business needs. We’re here as a partner to help you grow and develop in the way that works best for you.

I encourage you to reach out to your client success manager, or to me personally, to talk through these issues in more detail. You are our priority. We look forward to working together to resolve any outstanding issues and help you achieve your business goals through Sharpen.

Thanks for your feedback,

Greg Bonness, Director of Client Experience

Kourtney K.
KK
Kourtney K.
Account Manager
Insurance
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Sharpen for call center use"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

The ease of setting up multiple clients in the call center with different numbers and being routed to different enrollers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

We use the system for our everyday phones also and I get 4 voicemail notifications for each time someone doesn't hang up and the call goes to voicemail for the full 300 seconds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
AE
Verified User in E-Learning
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Used to use Fuze, would prefer to switch back instead of Sharpen"
1/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

I think our support team likes this platform, but we are not enjoying it on the sales side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

We used to get around 20-30 inbound phone calls a week for our team. As well as 5 voicemails left during the week for follow up, we now get around 5 calls a week with no voicemails. We can't diagnose why we are no longer getting the calls. I have tried testing leaving voicemails and I do not receive them. I think that the platform is also supposed to be for support or call centers. We do not operate as a call center, so it doesn't seem like a good fit for our sales teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Verified User in Banking
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Promising System Dealing with Growing Pains"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

Sharpen has great reporting features and allows a lot of flexibility in viewing our data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

We feel some of the growing pains Sharpen is going through. The documentation for users is limited and we have to rely on support more than I would like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
AP
Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good support, missing some features I would love. "
3.5/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

Great support, startup like mindset of their team, HIPAA BAA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

Wish it had some more features, and it doesn't integrate with all the tools I wish it did. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospitality
UH
Verified User in Hospitality
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Has a lot of growing to do."
1/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

Being able to route my calls through the online dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

The softphone capabilities are extremely lacking. With our previous phone provider I used only a soft-phone through my computer but had to end up getting a hard phone once we switched to Sharpen because of so many issues with connectivity and just basic user abilities like not being able to have a phone ringer if head phones are plugged in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospitality
AH
Verified User in Hospitality
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"its been interesting"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

support is pretty quick when using the live chat Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

Support can also be very vague and developmental issues can be hard to get answers on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
AI
Verified User in Insurance
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Always responsive, have personally had 0 issues since moving to Sharpen."
5/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

Ease of setup and responsive service department. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

No downsides we've been satisfied with our experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Quality Cloud Omni-Channel Platform"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

I love the outbound cadencing tool as well as the Salesforce integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

I dislike some of the limits of permissions settings and groups, but it's a minor concern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Management Consulting
UM
Verified User in Management Consulting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Sharpen is Specialized VoIP Software"
3/5
What do you like best about Sharpen?

If you want complex call-center integration, this is a great product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Sharpen?

If you just need a simple VoIP platform, Sharpen is too much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.