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Operations and Training Lead - Asia Pacific
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Very simple tool to implement for your team. Easy to promote to your customers being that there are no app purchases or sign on requirements.

The team at Help Lightning are very supportive and always looking to help you improve your experience regardless of your location and Timezone - great support! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

I don't have any dislikes as my requests for any support are promptly met - thank you HL team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can support our remote customers much faster and in turn give our field team a better work/life balance.

Our customers love the tool and see great value out attempts to support them further in their operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Help Lightning Overview

What is Help Lightning?

Help Lightning's Remote Visual Guidance Software provides video collaboration services that enable a company’s experts to work virtually side-by-side with anyone needing help, anywhere in the world. This cloud-based solution applies augmented reality features, including the merging of two video streams and the use of 3D annotation to improve real-time communications and solve difficult problems. Help Lightning is used for the installation, inspection, training, servicing, and repair of complex equipment and products. With Help Lightning, customers see immediate performance improvements including an increase in first-time fix rates, fewer truck rolls, expanded workforce capacity, and an increase in end customer satisfaction while enhancing service revenue and margin. Learn more at helplightning.com.

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Help Lightning helps service organizations reduce costs and increase productivity through remote video collaboration. Our patented technology uses merged reality to create a virtual interactive presence. Merging two real-time video streams allows an expert to virtually reach out and touch what their service tech or customer is working on.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Help Lightning is easy and use and quick to deploy. It requires no app to be downloaded, works natively on your existing devices (desktop, smart phone and tablet) and a call can be initiated by scanning a QR code or clicking on an email or text link.

Our remote assistance software offers a unique AR-enabled merged reality feature that allows the expert giving help to place their hand or a tool into the field of view of an onsite expert - creating virtual side-by-side troubleshooting.


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Year Founded
2016
HQ Location
Birmingham, AL
Twitter
@helplightning
4,107 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
29 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Help Lightning is a technology vendor specializing in augmented reality (AR) solutions designed to enhance remote assistance and collaboration. Their platform enables businesses to connect experts with field technicians or customers through real-time visual guidance, improving efficiency and reducing downtime. Help Lightning's tools leverage video, AR overlays, and intuitive interfaces, making it easier for users to troubleshoot issues and receive support from anywhere in the world. For more information, visit their website at [helplightning.com](https://helplightning.com/).


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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"An aplication that helps you saves up time."
I like that I can freeze the image and accurately show how to solve it
Diego  L.
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Diego L.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Helplighting review"
It helps a lot with issues that we need to see the equipment on the side of the user
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Good tool, but experience can be better"
To be able to assist users through their camera or their screen to help them resolve their issues with a better and interactive guidence
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Help Lightning Demo - Work Virtually Side-By-Side With Anyone, Anywhere
Enable your company's experts to be anywhere, anytime in support of your staff and customers!
Help Lightning Demo - Patented Merged Reality Technology Via AR
The power of using gestures in a shared video view - an amazing tool for real-time collaboration!
Help Lightning Demo - Remote Visual Assistance Software
Provide virtual "hands-on" support allowing troubleshooting and problem solving in real time.
Help Lightning Demo - Get Your Company's Experts Involved - Any Time
Provide help on standard mobile devices or a web browser from anywhere in the world.
Help Lightning Demo - It's Like Working Side-By-Side
Your customers will receive help on their mobile device without having to download an app.
Help Lightning Demo - Remote Guidance Software
Help Lightning's remote visual assistance is like having an expert over your shoulder!
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Dave M.
DM
Program Manager
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

My go-to praise for Help Lightning is its sheer ease of use in launching a call. It doesn't require an app download and is literally just a click away. Connecting to a live expert via a video chat that comes with additional features and resources to resolve issues quickly and conveniently is vital for a top-notch customer experience. It ensures quick resolutions without the need to deal with AI or chatbots.

As a business and as a customer, not having to wait for someone to come on-site, but rather getting my issue resolved immediately, is the experience everyone needs. The platform's intuitive interface and robust capabilities make troubleshooting seamless. The clarity of the video and the ability to share visuals in real-time significantly enhances the support process. Help Lightning truly sets a new standard for remote assistance, making it an indispensable tool for any business aiming for efficient and effective customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Difficult to have any dislikes about a product that provides so much ease of use and improves the customer expereince. The support team is quick to respond to any issues or requests for improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Help Lightning is providing customer resolutions for our business, which allows our customers to maintain equipment run time while operating and supporting thier customers. We also avoid dispatching field technicians on site, which provides our business with cost savings and improves overall customer satisfaction. Additionally,Help Lightning allows our remote team to speak to the customer, identify the likely cause of issues that require a field dispatch which in turn allows our technicians to resolve the customer needs more efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JQ
Service Desk Agent
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

I love the tool for screensharing because I can guide the users properly or I can record the error the user is encountering and sent it to Level 2 teams. Specially for LUCE issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

But at the same time I don´t like the time frame for the screensharing.

I can undesrtand that maybe is a security method but it would be great if it last at least 5 minutes.

Also I don´t like that videos take a lot to download. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hardware issues, helping to solve it in a remote way

Applications issues

Access issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Help Lightning is a great tool for our specialists and customers to effectively understand each customer's unique situation in their home with their security system. It allows us quickly understand how their equipment is set up and guide the customer through more specific and effective troubleshooting steps, especially when it comes to physical placement/issues and certain customizable software settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

The only downside is that we currently have to send a link to the customer which can slow the process, but we have plans to integrate it more fully into our systems to make it a seamless experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows us to check the physical installation and configuration of products as well as guide the customer through the settings on their system more easily than attempting to explain it verbally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AR
Virtual Assist Lead
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Help Lightning helps us to provide an extended level of Virtual assistance to our customers. The seamless transfer from chat to video call provides a professional approach. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Being able to personalise our call initiation message will be a game changer when that update is available. Eliminating any risk of the initial invite being disregarded as spam. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Help Lightning helps us to assist customers with technical support to solve problems quickly. Saving operational downtime and allowing our teams time to focus on other tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DW
Helpdesk Agent
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

I love using help lighting because it is a great way to assist customers in helping them resolve their cash recyler issues. You do not have to worry about harvesting data or downloading/paying for anything which gives the end user piece of mind. I also love the draw functions on HL which help guide the customers to the right place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

The only down side to HL is that sometimes it can lag really badly and sometimes the picture mode doesn't always work because the screen will freeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

HL helps me resolve issues with the customers in removing note jams and getting pictures to send to supervisors when parts are broken. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JL
Service Desk Analyst
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

I like that is an easy and fast way to see the point of view from someone who is far from us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

The screen sharing functions goes to black after some time (it lasts a little more than 2 minutes). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Issues with wiring on point of sales, issues with mobile devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ana V.
AV
QA Lead
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

The share screen is ideal to guide user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Issues with the connection, sometimes disconnect in the middle of the troubleshoot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sometimes is very diffcult to know what the user is talking about, with Helplighting we are able to stablish a video call communication where I can see and guide the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diego  L.
DL
Service desk analyst
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

It helps a lot with issues that we need to see the equipment on the side of the user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

The video takes to much time to download Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most about the issue with the connections of power, ethernet cables and also devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

To be able to assist users through their camera or their screen to help them resolve their issues with a better and interactive guidence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

The situation where the screen sharing gets disconnected from time to time and users have to reconnect and sometimes users don't understand how to do it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

To be able to be connected with the user through video and makes resolving tech issues so much better, like checking cable connections, network issues, hardware situations, and others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FM
Gerente regional Latinoamérica
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Fácil de usar, calidad de imagen muy buena, realidad aumentada y lo más destacable es la rapidez en la asistencia Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Hasta el momento no hay nada, solo oportunidades de mejora, con la conexión pero lamentablemente depende de externos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Lightning solving and how is that benefiting you?

No hay problemas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.