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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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2016
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Birmingham, AL
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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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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

I like that Help Lightning allows us to put a remote expert in the same room as any of our field technicians. Using the Help Lightning tool has sped up our time to find a fix by 25% saving time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

At the beginning there was some issue with connectivity in the environments where our technicians work but recent upgrades done by Help Lightning have resolved them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Help Lightning:

Work with HL team during rollout of the product. They offer excellent support and ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use Help Lightning to help our field technicians troubleshoot commercial foodservice equipment nationwide. Benefits we have seen include a decrease in parts ordered and 25% reduction in finding the proper fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

The user interface is clean and easy to use even for 1st time users. Easy to use to communicate and assist with merged reality to colleagues at faraway sites was a breeze if internet connections are good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Had some issues at areas with poor data networks in earlier versions but new improvements have reduced such instances. Need a white surface for camera when providing help in merged reality. Sometimes not so easy to find white surface when u need Haha. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We used it to provide virtual assistance for our engineers in South and South-East Asia. Merged reality allows instant collaborations between site engineers and 2nd level support. Sharing photos and service information with pointers also becomes so much easier.

Less time wasted trying to understand the issues faced by field. Less unnecessary dispatch and 2nd visits to resolve cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Unique features like merged reality, continual system improvements, simplified licensing model, Dedicated customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Limitation of nos of participants in a virtual meeting. (It's increased to 6 per call) but still, that is the bottleneck) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Help Lightning:

HL carries many unique features which are missing in other popular collaboration platforms.

Limitation of maximum 6 participants per call is the bottleneck for some key usecases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Remote communication spacially during Covid outbreak / travel restriction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Tim Tyrell-Smith of Help Lightning

Hi Neerav and thanks for sharing your review of Help Lightning. We're glad to hear about your positive user experience and you can look forward to an upcoming update to address one of the needs you identified.

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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

I believe Help Lightning is relatively easy to use. It helps to work with customers who may not be as familiar with our products as much as we are. It helps reduce confusion and makes work easier for me by giving the customer and me a face-to-face experience remotely. In addition, the best part about using Help Lightning is that customers I use this app with always seem to be amazed and impressed when using it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

One issue that I come across now and then while using Help Lighting is connectivity issues. The app will lag, freeze, and skip now and then due to poor connectivity. The issue may be due to the site's connection, so it is not a fault on the app's part. In addition, the app also seems to have trouble with users who have an Andriod, which unfortunately reduces the number of customers that could use this app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Help Lightning:

It is a great app worth trying out! Very easy to use and is excellent for problem-solving any issues remotely! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

One of the benefits that I realized when using Help Lightning is how much easier it makes customer interactions. The ability to circle/draw on the screen also helps guide a customer by pinpointing specific areas that may be hard to find. I use Help Lightning often whenever a customer comes across a problem with one of our products. It allows me to better look at the issue, which ultimately leads to me resolving problems at a much faster pace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Tim Tyrell-Smith of Help Lightning

Thank you, Andre for taking the time to share your feedback on Help Lightning. That face-to-face experience really does help! As you might expect, we are constantly working to help mitigate any issues relating to connectivity. Concerning Android, we will research if anyone else has reported this and get back with you!

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Response from Tim Tyrell-Smith of Help Lightning

Thank you Berlin for the video review! So glad to hear that Help Lightning helps you be more precise in solving problems for your customers. Achieving successful repairs at a lower cost sounds like a win to us. Your customers are lucky to have you - we're glad to be a part of toolbox!

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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

No hardware to purchase so easily used by nearly everyone on the planet via a mobile device with a camera. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Slight adoption curve with acceptance by seasoned technicians as they don't see themselves needing a "help" tool given their experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Using Help Lightning, we can now conduct training, quality checks, compliance, audits, checklists without any travel and within seconds. It speeds up problem-solving and helps promote our culture in one virtual session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Guillaume C.
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Easy to install and use. User Interface (UI) is very intuitive and activating Merge Reality is automated while choosing a role. You do not require specific devices as it works fine on Mac, PC, iPhones, Ipad and even Smart Glasses (realwear). The merge reality feature is very efficient to show & demonstrate how to solve the problem. It doesn't require to be intensively trained to use the application and we can also connect external parties for one time call. Every releases improve the user experience. The support team is very reactive and always listen to our feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Video recording feature is limited: can not do pause or stop the recording without closing the call.

There are some limitations of the solution: no chat feature, only 3 participants, only pictures/PDF can be shared. We know that the team is working to improve it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Help Lightning:

Help Lightning team is very helpful for demonstrate, integrate or train your employees in your organization. The application is working in low bandwith too and works in almost all devices. It is a great alternative solution to other video communication solution with live Merged Reality capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

in 2019, we started with a 6 weeks pilot and started building use cases with business partners. Early 2020, during COVID pandemic, we rolled-out the solution in all continents of our organization, as many technical crews & engineers could not travelled. Help Lightning enabled us to continue delivering for our customers by proposing remote support, virtual audit, remote installation and eliminate some administrative tasks by connecting the right people together. Now we are looking to more integration of Help Lightning in our processes and look for more automation within ERP & IT systems. As the software is working in almost any devices, we did not invest in purchasing Ipad or specific equipments to make it working - for us it was a key enabler to deploy it faster globally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Tim Tyrell-Smith of Help Lightning

Hello Guillaume - thank you for a detailed review and explanation of how you got started with Help Lightning. The ability to deploy quickly is such an important part of helping customers see early value. We look forward to sharing a number of upcoming improvements with you - the engineering team is busy developing some great new features!

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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Easy to use. Good quality. Even without merged reality, it can make a huge difference in a troubleshooting session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Some phone models require downloading the app, but it is a minor inconvenience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Help Lightning:

Do not hesitate to contact HL support if you have problems. They are very quick at replying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I help customers troubleshooting issues with our products. Our products are complex and delicate machines that require precise handling. By providing effective remote support, we avoid sending an engineer for the repair, and we reduce the downtime of the instrument. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Tim Tyrell-Smith of Help Lightning

Hello Stefano and thanks for your review. So glad to hear that you are getting value in troubleshooting calls. We hear that a lot!

Juan C.
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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

I love the ease of use. It required minimal training for the end-user and, it is very intuitive for the recipient of the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

I don't know if there is anything to like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are using HL to avoid unnecessary dispatches of a field service technician, which is a cost-saver for the organization and the customer. It also helps to minimize downtime for the customer. It also allows for field services resources to be deployed to urgent problems, and al Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Tim Tyrell-Smith of Help Lightning

Hi Juan! Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback on Help Lightning. Great to hear you are finding the software easy to use and intuitive!

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What do you like best about Help Lightning?

Virtual reality connection for value added engagement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Lightning?

Limitations to annotation and reach in on recordings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Need the regulatory compliance securities for Military grade usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Projects virtuals, gemba walks, product transfers, supplier visits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.