Honeycommb

RATING:

4.6

(32)

About Honeycommb

Honeycommb is a social networking solution that helps businesses engage with customers and manage brand visibility across multiple websites. Features include advertising management, a media library, communication management, automated notifications, data backup and more. The platform offers white-labeling capabilities, which allow organizations to personalize the interface using custom logos and colors. Honeycommb enables employees to create interactive content, generate custom reports and streamline email marketing operations. Additionally, customers can utilize mobile applications to create communities, interact with other users via direct or group messages and post images, videos, links and documents in real-time using Android and iOS devices. Honeycommb pr...

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2021
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Honeycommb Pricing

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Starting price: 

$89.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

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Honeycommb Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Honeycommb

1 - 5 of 32 Reviews

User Profile

Giovanni

Verified reviewer

Venture Capital & Private Equity, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2020

A community builder who thinks with you

I've selected Honeycommb from a dozen competitors and they are by far the best. Their customer support is fantastic and [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] has helped me from the beginning with every single step of the road. It has been such a pleasure working with them and I am always wowed by the amount of cool features they have. Setup was easy and painless, and now it's on us to build the biggest community for innovators in the world ;)

PROS

Looks and feels super professional and different. It is really what it claims to be, a white label fully functional social network.

CONS

The backend needs extra support to look a bit better, it's slightly underwhelming for the admin because the front end for the user looks amazing. I mean, it doesn't really matter because your user will never see it, but I wish it looked a bit nicer.

Nicholas

E-Learning, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2020

Great service and a very good community platform for course providers

Overall it has been a good experience and has made a dramatic impact to the quality of service we are able to provide to our members. When we first joined Honeycommb we were using an online forum and knew we needed to change, within an hour of finding Honeycommb we were already on a product demonstration and knew this was the right thing for us. We have had no regrets at all.

PROS

The speed and ease of getting set up were very impressive. The Honeycommb team has been great to work with (we have been working with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]) and are constantly releasing new improvements and features to make the platform even better.

CONS

There are minor features here and there that make it feel this platform isn't yet 100% the finished product, but we were told about certain features not yet being ready before we signed up, so it wasn't a surprise. New features are added that bring the browser version closer to being like the mobile app, but there are some minor things we are still waiting to see being implemented that would tighten up the whole experience.

Reason for choosing Honeycommb

To be honest, we didn't shop around too much at the time. When we saw Honeycommb it was a no-brainer. A couple of months after joining Honeycommb, a developer we have worked with in the past contacted us to tell us about his new platform, which is very similar to Honeycommb. The price point is a lot lower (80-90% lower) and the community is embedded within your own website better. This was something we considered, but we felt Honeycommb's service, the stability of the platform and the fact that they are constantly improving things was enough reason to stay.

Reasons for switching to Honeycommb

We felt using a forum was a bit dated and didn't give the sort of experience we wanted to provide for our members. We wanted to be able to do things like live streaming, live chat and give a better sense of connection between members and our team.

Tim

Online Media, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed August 2021

Wish I knew before signing up...

This was a situation of not knowing what you don't know, until it's too late. Had we known the things about HC that we learned once we launched, we'd never have moved forward. Although the service was pretty good, it could never overcome their joke of a backend interface and the inability to make wide-reaching adjustments that applied to current members and new ones.

PROS

Clean, modern interface. They do the bulk of the setup.

CONS

The backend management is a joke. So difficult to figure out what should be easy things. Some things you can't even do without them. Their feed is confusing and you don't have much control over how people interact with the feed (logic is sorely lacking). It was a steep, steep learning curve, as a result (for Admins and members).

Reasons for switching to Honeycommb

Disciple is a FAR superior option to Honeycommb. It's not even close.

Grace

Management Consulting, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2020

The smoothest experience ever

PROS

I usually tackle any new product I venture into using with a lot skepticism. Throughout, I was thinking, where's the catch? But nothing, no catch. They are a team of amazing, super helpful people, they are on top of their game, beyond responsive. When they set my app, it was so quick, with no complications and the feedback and fixes for my approval were so quick. Every penny I pay, I feel good about because the product is great, the service is awesome, the people behind the product and the service are real people who are kind and very supportive. Best decision I've ever made to go with them

CONS

There's nothing I don't like about it :)

Reason for choosing Honeycommb

They werr very responsive when I asked questions on their chat and I was talking to a human and not a bot. They also did not make me feel stupid

Reasons for switching to Honeycommb

Price, terms, service, delivery times, human element

User Profile

Karagan

Verified reviewer

Retail, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed March 2022

It's been amazing - but becoming quickly outdated.

PROS

I've absolutely loved my experience with honeycomb. It was extremely fast to get set up with an app for our community, and it has been a success. We've been using it for over a year though, and a lot of the promise features have not shown up. Since we've signed up, a lot of new communities have come to fruition… And seem to have a lot more features and better organization than honeycomb. With that said, they are open to feedback and are working on a lot of things… And still a solid choice with good pricing if you are looking to start a community app

CONS

We had a pretty horrible account manager for the first year, and now we go directly through their customer support. With an app at this price, it is helpful to have someone direct to speak to and give suggestions on how to improve the app proactively versus having to reach out to a support team. Additionally, we are waiting patiently for new features to come out and just keep seeing some small features show up that in the grand scheme of things don't really improve the app experience. There is limited ability to customize, integrate and improve the app on the customer ends.