Planhat

Custify

Core Architecture

Core Architecture

End-to-End Commercial AI Platform servicing CRM, CSP & PSA use cases.

End-to-End Commercial AI Platform servicing CRM, CSP & PSA use cases.

SMB-focused Customer Success platform, designed for ease of use for small and Mid-Market teams, not built for enterprise scale.

SMB-focused Customer Success platform, designed for ease of use for small and Mid-Market teams, not built for enterprise scale.

Implementation Time

Implementation Time

8 weeks.

8 weeks.

Fast for simple use cases, additional tooling typically required as complexity grows.

Fast for simple use cases, additional tooling typically required as complexity grows.

AI Strategy

AI Strategy

Native Embedded AI and Bring-Your-Own LLM.

Native Embedded AI and Bring-Your-Own LLM.

Assistive summaries only, focused on basic summarisation and task creation. Gartner notes AI roadmap aimed at reaching parity with features others have already launched.

Assistive summaries only, focused on basic summarisation and task creation. Gartner notes AI roadmap aimed at reaching parity with features others have already launched.

Admin Complexity

Admin Complexity

Managed easily by in-house GTM or Ops teams: no need for certified technical admins to maintain or modify workflows.

Managed easily by in-house GTM or Ops teams: no need for certified technical admins to maintain or modify workflows.

Easy initial configuration, reporting and segmentation become increasingly manual and complex as teams scale.

Easy initial configuration, reporting and segmentation become increasingly manual and complex as teams scale.

Scalability

Scalability

Enterprise-grade track record: top-rated for scalability by Gartner, supporting billions of time-series records for global teams—with support in 12+ languages—without lag.

Enterprise-grade track record: top-rated for scalability by Gartner, supporting billions of time-series records for global teams—with support in 12+ languages—without lag.

Rated 2.6/5 by Gartner, optimised for smaller teams with limited capability for large-scale enterprise deployments.

Rated 2.6/5 by Gartner, optimised for smaller teams with limited capability for large-scale enterprise deployments.

Automation Capabilities

Automation Capabilities

Visual & Logic-Based: a modern, visual automation builder handles complex triggers and multi-step workflows with zero code.

Visual & Logic-Based: a modern, visual automation builder handles complex triggers and multi-step workflows with zero code.

Playbook logic only, not designed for advanced cross-functional orchestration.

Playbook logic only, not designed for advanced cross-functional orchestration.

Customer Collaboration

Customer Collaboration

Rich collaborative Customer Portals with Vanity URLs: clients can directly access and collaborate on plans, tasks, and dashboards in real-time — as if they were colleagues.

Rich collaborative Customer Portals with Vanity URLs: clients can directly access and collaborate on plans, tasks, and dashboards in real-time — as if they were colleagues.

Rated 3.4/5 by Gartner, adequate for task sharing but lacks the depth and interactivity of a full-featured customer portal.

Rated 3.4/5 by Gartner, adequate for task sharing but lacks the depth and interactivity of a full-featured customer portal.

Health Scoring

Health Scoring

The first AI-powered health score in the market, incorporating both external & internal data.

The first AI-powered health score in the market, incorporating both external & internal data.

Standard rule-based scoring, effective for simple models, limited flexibility at scale.

Standard rule-based scoring, effective for simple models, limited flexibility at scale.

Pricing Model

Pricing Model

Transparent, scales with your business.

Transparent, scales with your business.

SMB-focused commercial model, cross-functional expansion typically introduces additional cost and complexity.

SMB-focused commercial model, cross-functional expansion typically introduces additional cost and complexity.

Localization

Localization

Considerable presence with sales, service and support across 12 countries in 8 languages, and localized UX for global teams.

Considerable presence with sales, service and support across 12 countries in 8 languages, and localized UX for global teams.

Limited partner coverage outside North America and Europe, Gartner notes geographic reach as a risk for global scaling.

Limited partner coverage outside North America and Europe, Gartner notes geographic reach as a risk for global scaling.

Success Planning

Success Planning

Action-based collaborative Success Plans surfaced in Customer Portals.

Action-based collaborative Success Plans surfaced in Customer Portals.

Lightweight success plan capabilities, primarily internal, limited native external collaboration.

Lightweight success plan capabilities, primarily internal, limited native external collaboration.

Integrations

Integrations

Flexible, modern integrations and native CRM sync to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and more.

Flexible, modern integrations and native CRM sync to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and more.

Standard sync focused on current-state data, less flexible for custom objects, limited partner ecosystem outside North America and Europe.

Standard sync focused on current-state data, less flexible for custom objects, limited partner ecosystem outside North America and Europe.

User Experience

User Experience

Fully personalized workspaces and collaborative customer portals frequently described as slick and modern.

Fully personalized workspaces and collaborative customer portals frequently described as slick and modern.

User-friendly for smaller teams, limited depth for enterprise or cross-functional deployments.

User-friendly for smaller teams, limited depth for enterprise or cross-functional deployments.

Partnership with Planhat has enabled us at Telia Cygate to get the customer data and the visibility we need to actually scale the customer experience to all customers at all times. That's unprecedented for us.”

Fredrik Sidmar

Telia Cygate

Partnership with Planhat has enabled us at Telia Cygate to get the customer data and the visibility we need to actually scale the customer experience to all customers at all times. That's unprecedented for us.”

Fredrik Sidmar

Telia Cygate

I would say we were 80/20 reactive, so we were reactive a majority of our day—and now I can confidently state we're 70% proactive.”

Adam Cooney

Jolt

I would say we were 80/20 reactive, so we were reactive a majority of our day—and now I can confidently state we're 70% proactive.”

Adam Cooney

Jolt

I had my own Notes pages that I was tracking data for different customers going into different sources of communication, whether it was email or Teams or Slack. And with Planhat, it's all kind of integrated into one place.”

Kelly Poydence

Basis Technologies

I had my own Notes pages that I was tracking data for different customers going into different sources of communication, whether it was email or Teams or Slack. And with Planhat, it's all kind of integrated into one place.”

Kelly Poydence

Basis Technologies

Planhat is the utility knife by which we're able to interact with every single customer and provide them with a deep sense of value from the platform.”

Brandon Ramsey

Vice President of Customer Success

OnsiteIQ

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Planhat is the utility knife by which we're able to interact with every single customer and provide them with a deep sense of value from the platform.”

Brandon Ramsey

Vice President of Customer Success

OnsiteIQ

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The open rate on those emails, because they're coming from the CSM, are 38% percent, whereas a typical marketing email that would invite the customer to the same event would have a 1-2% percent open rate.”

Tracy Shouldice

Director of Customer Success

Trend Micro

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The open rate on those emails, because they're coming from the CSM, are 38% percent, whereas a typical marketing email that would invite the customer to the same event would have a 1-2% percent open rate.”

Tracy Shouldice

Director of Customer Success

Trend Micro

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