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KnowledgeOwl Overview

What is KnowledgeOwl?

Clean, simple and intuitive, KnowledgeOwl takes the complication out of building and maintaining a knowledge base for your customers and employees. No distractions or cumbersome setups - just no-nonsense knowledge base software, ready to improve knowledge retention and customer satisfaction. And if you do need us, our friendly support team is always here to help you get the most out of your KnowledgeOwl subscription. Our customers' favorite features include: - Full Branding and Theming Control, plus private domain at all subscription tiers - WYSIWYG Editor plus the ability to edit source HTML - Embeddable contextual help widget to surface your knowledge base content in your site or app - Flexible Table of Contents organization and navigation - Advanced Security and Restricted Access options - All themes are mobile responsive out of the box - ElasticSearch-based search functionality - Glossary with automatic highlighting and pop-over definition of glossary terms

KnowledgeOwl Details
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Product Description

Knowledge base software

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

KnowledgeOwl is standalone knowledge base software, which means we only focus on features for knowledge bases unlike many all-in-one help desk solutions with ticketing and community forums. For us, knowledge bases are our core product offering rather than a peripheral feature.

As a knowledge management solution, we are one of the most powerful, customizable, and affordable paid software tools on the market. We love helping small businesses, non-profit, and government organizations share information with customers and employees without breaking the bank.


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Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
Broomfield, CO
Twitter
@knowledge_owl
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9 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

KnowledgeOwl is a knowledge management software platform designed to help businesses create, manage, and share documentation and knowledge bases. The platform offers user-friendly tools for building online help manuals, FAQs, and internal wikis, enabling organizations to streamline information sharing and improve customer support. KnowledgeOwl caters to various industries, providing customizable templates and robust analytics to enhance knowledge accessibility and user engagement. For more information, visit their website at https://www.knowledgeowl.com.


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Recent KnowledgeOwl Reviews

Ceres Abril R.
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Ceres Abril R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Information at your fingertips"
It is a very intuitive platform that allows for the creation of quick and efficient knowledge bases.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Knowledge owl"
It is a place to store process docs and information for agents
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Andrea H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"KnowledgeOwl for your knowledge base needs"
When we were looking for a knowledge base platform, we wanted the following features: SSO, customize branding options, ability for multimedia, and ...
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KnowledgeOwl Demo - KnowledgeOwl Base Editor
Organize your articles in categories in your Table of Contents using intuitive drag-and-drop functionality
KnowledgeOwl Demo - KnowledgeOwl Article Editor
Powerful and familiar WYSIWYG editor, with full control of your content's source HTML
KnowledgeOwl Demo - KnowledgeOwl File Library
A library for all uploaded files - any image or document embedded in any of your articles can be found here. Recover deleted files, too!
KnowledgeOwl Demo - KnowledgeOwl Reporting and Analytics
Get a bird's eye view of your content and user feedback
KnowledgeOwl Demo - KnowledgeOwl Security and Restricted Permissions
Protect your content using shared passwords, IP protection, SSO integration, or individual logins
KnowledgeOwl Demo - KnowledgeOwl Theming Tool
A powerful theme editor with intuitive controls, allowing you to create a beautiful, on-brand knowledge base with ease
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

KO is very easy to use and has helpful features such as the tagging system, article versioning, and visibility settings that we have incorporated into our documentation process for daily use. The implementation and support teams have been incredibly helpful even beyond our initial setup, offering fast responses and effective solutions for our business needs (including custom coding and small features that we wanted for our site design). The fact that the CEO personally assisted us was a welcome surprise. We switched to KO from a similar product that we were dissatisfied with, and have been extremely happy with the change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

While KO supports a lite review process (in the sense of assigning certain users as Reviewers and having a Ready for Review status on drafts), there is no in-app commenting feature. This means that either SMEs can directly edit the draft even if we don't want them to, or we use a third-party commenting tool which causes confusion and is a less elegant review process than if it was entirely built-in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a knowledge base that could support a large number of subcategories, as well as flexible display options since our KB hosts hundreds of user guides, release notes, and reference articles. These needed to have visibility controls for sections of internal content in addition to public content, both on a by-article basis and within the same article. KO has allowed us to do all of this, with some additional custom work by the implementation team to ensure that we could design those layouts how we wanted to. It also helps us to organize and manage such a large amount of content with the tagging system, so that we can filter articles by topic and mark them for particular tasks such as future updates.

Additionally, the front-end search system with the previous knowledge base did not work for our needs and failed to provide useful results. The search system implemented by KO is a huge improvement and allows us to adjust it for the desired results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diane G.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

I've managed help centers on Zendesk, Help Scout, and KnowledgeOwl. KnowledgeOwl is the easiest and most comfortable to use by far. Even with my limited code knowledge, I've been able to evolve my info architecture without breaking links, add collapsing sections to break up long topics, and install custom headers to set certain articles apart.

I've set up a library of commonly-used explanation snippets, which I can insert into multiple articles. Update the snippet and all articles automatically update. I can easily redirect one article to another, or hide an article from the main nav while keeping it searchable. These are nerdy details, perhaps, but if you manage a complex knowledge base, tools like these will make your life so much easier. The article editor is also easy to use, with a cleanly-formatted HTML view you can toggle on as needed.

...And every time I've had a question, I can either find clear, complete documentation or I can reach a knowledgeable, friendly human being who goes out of their way to help me. It's the very best help center tool I've ever found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

The company is always releasing new options and tools, so anything I've disliked always seems to get addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

With KnowledgeOwl, we promote ticket deflection by maintaining a highly searchable knowledge base. Our help center content is designed to support easy beginner starting points as well as more advanced topics like webhooks, signed URLs, and so on.

Because the help covers so much ground, we make heavy use of KnowledgeOwl's info architecture and navigation tools, so users at different levels can find their pertinent subjects easily. We also use search customizations like keywords heavily, alongside our site analytics, to make sure our users are getting to the answers they need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

Where do I even start? The KO platform is easy to use and so very dependable—no downtime, no wacky misfunctions, no surprise changes to functionality. I cannot adequately express my gratitude for the wonderful humans at KO, who go above and beyond the norm when it comes to support. They're quick to respond to inquiries, and they're ready to help resolve even the wackiest of issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

I find at times that I would really love to be able to expand the editor field when I'm working on a doc, but I realize that limitation is pretty darn miniscule. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

The KB platform my company had used prior to KO was...a mess. Too many outages, too many unannounced and untested feature and functionality "updates" that would wreak havoc, too little client support. Moving to Knowledge Owl has made crafting and publishing docs the easy process it ought to be, and administering the KB as a whole is no longer a ridiculous hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JB
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

The product is easy to use and provides value that exceeds it's cost. But the most impressive part of the organization is it's committment to customer service. We feel the Kowledge OWLTeam is an extensiton of our Staff and takes the time to understand what we are trying to accomplish, then delivers results time and time again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

I would like to see some sort of work flow attached to the incoming comments and reporting areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

Knowledge OWL is our primary tool for our front line Staff. The volume of information they need to know to successfully do their job is unattainable and Knowledge OWL is where we keep it all. It is used with both face to face and phone center customers as well as our Business area experts in our escallation centers to quickly find policy, procedure and statute related information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marlies H.
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

Knowledge Owl offers an easy-to-use tool where you can create a knowledge base tailored to your needs in detail. In addition, they are really into providing new functionalities to make it even better. These new functionalities are always accompanied by extensive communication and work instructions on their own knowledge base. If something goes wrong or you don't quite get the hang of something, they are ready to offer personal support. Always friendly, always helpful. They are open to feedback and always willing to look for solutions together for things you want to do in your knowledge base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

New features are often accompanied by minor bugs. However, these bugs are always solved quickly and are always communicated transparently and with the necessary speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

Centralisation of documentation, quick findability of work instructions, easy to follow work instructions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MF
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Publishing
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

It's literally a hub for empowerment. Where colleagues and customers can meet, share, access empowering information that transforms. Full of features that enable positive collaboration, integration, communication, coordination, engagement. sharing, content management and customization. A platform i find user-friendly, easy-to-integrate, with exceptional user support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

At implementation, the learning curve is a challenge for some. But with frequent use anyone can soon get the hang of it, and get on to empowering interactions and knowledge base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

It enables and activates an empowering hub for information access, knowledge base, engagement, collaboration, coordination and workflow. Which has brought about improved outcomes and streamlined efficiencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robert K.
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Client Success Manager
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

It was extremely easy to import my exsiting documentation and then east to add new articles. And when I want to try and do something odd or wacky, their support team is there to help me with the snippit that gets me just what I asked for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

I honestly can't think of anything. This platform was perfect for my needs and they continue to add and improve functionallity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

Are support tickets are way down and are users are happier as they can easily find the solution they need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

It's intuitive and easy to understand, it works well, and is simple to get up and running. The team that built it clearly knew a lot about managing knowledge and I go to their website for recommendations and best practices. Their customer support is extremely knowledgeable and responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

Reporting at a granular level is difficult; having to use Google Analytics adds a level of complexity. It would be nice to have a few more fields available for Authors so it's easier to keep track of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

Knowledge Owl allows us to post self-service articles for a variety of techical topics geared for end users. We have multiple knowledge bases being used in different ways, all within a single interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John H.
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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

The design we worked with KO to create has an easy interface for our customers and allows for updating with new content with a few clicks of a button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

Nothing that we have experienced to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

We publish more than 350 articles and blogs on all things related to sales and sales leadership. The search feature allows our licensed subscribers to easily access content "just in time" on their mobile devices for self directed learning and coaching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about KnowledgeOwl?

What an amazing Knowledge Base platform. Easy-to-set up, user-friendly, integrates superbly, has got brilliant user support team. I use it alot. Its exceptional in understanding your business problems and solving them. Its highly customizable as well. If you know, you know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KnowledgeOwl?

Just a few dislikes. Copy and pasting is sometimes an isuues. Reporting challenges too. Security is sometimes compromised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KnowledgeOwl solving and how is that benefiting you?

It enables a self service base for knowledge. Easily stores info and makes it accessible for users intelligently. A platform for corporate knowledge and engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.