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Shelf Overview

What is Shelf?

Shelf is a modern knowledge platform that helps on-demand businesses improve service and increase productivity with fast, helpful answers to customer and employee questions. Shelf's MerlinAI listens for questions and instantly suggests the best answers in search, self-service portals, web forms, chat, CRM, support apps, and contact center platforms. Identify gaps between questions and answers with Shelf analytics and automate content publishing to every channel. Rated #1 for ease of use.

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Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
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Product Description

Shelf is a content sharing platform designed to help distributed teams organize, declutter, and instantly find their most important resources in one place.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Shelf goes far beyond traditional knowledge management by embedding our proprietary MerlinAI across the entire platform.
MerlinAI matches questions to answers, so customers and agents spend less time searching for information and more time solving problems.
With Shelf admins no longer have to manage the entire knowledge lifecycle themselves since it’s fully automated.
Shelf’s Agent Assist integrates into your CCaaS, CRM, and support systems to shorten response time and increase agent productivity. Agents can also use simple decision trees and search the entire library without the need to switch screens. No more knowledge silos – save time and money with simpler infrastructure.
Our customers improve deflection by up to 25% by resolving low-effort inquiries via fully-branded self-service portal, smarter chatbots, and AI-powered answers in forms. With Shelf, you can provide reliable, 24/7 customer service and scale your support volume while saving costs.


Seller Details
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Shelf
Company Website
HQ Location
Stamford, CT
Twitter
@shelf_io
1,251 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
211 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Shelf is a knowledge management platform designed to help organizations streamline their information sharing and improve team collaboration. It offers tools for content organization, search, and retrieval, enabling users to easily access and manage their knowledge resources. By integrating with various applications and providing a user-friendly interface, Shelf aims to enhance productivity and ensure that teams have the right information at their fingertips. For more information, visit their website at https://shelf.io.


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Sean G.
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Sean G.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Knowledge Retrieval and Management as it should be"
Integration with our contact center solution was seamless and easy. The Search Copilot feature has significantly reduced time spent by our agents ...
Heather D.
HD
Heather D.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Seeking a Better Way with Shelf"
With a focus of excellence, Shelf was a clear choice when selecting this platform for our knowledge management system. Our experience with Shelf so...
Christine V.
CV
Christine V.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"An easy way to elevate your team and product!"
1) Shelf is most helpful when it comes to content managing. The automatic reminders and allowing different individuals to have a peice in the creat...
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Shelf Media

Shelf Demo - Shelf Knowledge Platform Homepage
The Shelf modern knowledge management platform helps businesses thrive with on-demand answers to the questions that block customer and employee success.
Shelf Demo - AI-Powered Search
Save valuable time with AI-powered pinpoint faceted accurate search
Shelf Demo - Analytics
Our powerful analytics suite helps you understand what content is most used, what needs to be changed, and what's going out-of-date. Dashboards visualize your key results and metrics to quickly understand performance across knowledge, teams and users.
Shelf Demo - Shelf <> Genesys Integration
Embed Agent Assist to deliver right answers in the Genesys agent's interface. Agents can also search the entire content library directly from the Shelf widget.
Shelf Demo - Shelf <> Salesforce Integration
Shelf’s Managed Package for Salesforce provides direct access to your organization’s knowledge library. No custom implementation required, a simple installation with minimal configuration needs combines the power of Salesforce and Shelf.
Shelf Demo - Shelf <> Kustomer Integration
Our Kustomer integration brings knowledge automation to your support CRM platform of choice—powering better knowledge retrieval for deflection tools and chatbots, as well as the most accurate Agent Assist in market.
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Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

I like many things with shelf, but if i have to pick one i would pick the search function. Before shelf we had manuals and best practices placed several different places, and the agents had a hard time finding the information they needed. With Shelf all you need is one search and you'll find the relevant information you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

I would like more custom options when you write wikis. More boxes and arrows etc. A lot of information is easier explained that way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Shelf:

Make use of the extra functions that Shelf provides and do not only copy everything you already have into shelf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The decisions trees makes it faster and easier to get straight to the right information you need, and you dont have to scroll down a huge word document to find it.

New employees find the answers they need without us having to guide them which frees up a lot of extra time.

We have all the manuals in one place where they are easily accessible.

Search functions and context mapping makes finding the relevant information easy.

Feedback function makes improvement work easier.

With rules set up for content maintenance we can easily keep the manuals up to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
UA
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

All the knowledge has been categorized smartly, but even when you are unsure where to search for specific information, you can search with a word and still find what you are looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

You need to change the language code from English to Finnish to get visibility to Finnish instructions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

When you need an answer regarding fundamental processes, you can easily access the answer by using Shelf instead of going through multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KD
Customer Service Quality Lead
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

The search feature on Shelf is my favorite feature. Similar to doing a web search, you can type in a key word into a search bar and easily find the information you are looking for in just a few seconds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

Currently there is not a way to have an announcement posted to Shelf, and have a notification sent to users by email. I would like to utilize the announcements feature in Shelf, but want to have users notified when the announcement is posted incase it is urgent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Shelf:

Your company's page in Shelf will be what you make of it. I recommend taking time to familiarize yourself with the different features and use as many as you can. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Prior to Shelf, we used a program to store inforation that did not have a search feature like Shelf has. With our previous program, users had a difficult time finding information they were looking for because they didn't know how to get to it. With Shelf, there is not much of a learning curve with users being able to find information that they need, because they can simply type a key word into the search bar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UK
Manager - Business Intelligence & Reporting
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

My overall experience with Shelf has been amazing. It is empowering our organization and managers to make educated decisions for their customers. Shelf has provided a platform to effectively manage the content and support power users in categorizing it efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

Content reporting can be improved by providing power users access to build interactive custom dashboards. In addition, integration with the other third-party reporting tools can be simplified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In the first few weeks of being hands-on with the tool, our organization feels confident about its ease of use and navigation across libraries. Access management has been streamlined. It offers great potential for reporting KPIs in nearly real-time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KK
BI Data Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

The built-in Insights section is the thing that I like the most about Shelf. It makes very useful data points readily available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

Less granularity in the reports under Insights section. If more granularity is provided,it would help businesses analyze the data in a more customized manner and derive more meaningful insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

With Shelf, we are looking to have a better knowledge management tool than the one we've been using.

Shelf provides a really easy way of navigating through the content and also adds value to all kinds of users, be it the content users, content admins or the data analytics team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FL
Service Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

Clear and simple website. ''Favorites'' part is nice to collect all most important instructions together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

Searching with one word is not very helpful. You need to know exactly the right word or sentence if you want to find right work instructions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Helps to search the work instructions easy and fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Fikret Alimov of Shelf

Hey Frida,

Thank you so much for your review!

I have a comment for you - you can actually adjust that setting in your Shelf! All you need to do is to go your profile settings, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and switch the Open Gems in a new tab toggle to on. :)

I hope this helps.

Best,

Fikret

Verified User in Consumer Services
UC
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

How easy and fast it is to find what I'm searching for. It's easy to send feedback through Self. It's very fast and easy to update and make changes to the contents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

I'm using Self every day and so far it has worked impeccably! Nothing more to add here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

When I need answers and instructions fast in my work, I'm using Self. All the materials I need are there available for me. I think this has a very positive effect on my work! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EC
Quality Analysts
Consumer Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

The details, having everything there, having immediate edit if something is missing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

Complicated; too much clicking to find something Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Editing, as part LCC role I can edit if I see something is missing from the procedure we are having Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maha K.
MK
Operations Lead
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

Shelf has lots of features - even when you think there isn't something that will work for you, there are! My personal favourite is the Wiki Pages and Decision Trees Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

My only feedback would be for there to be tutorial videos on how to create content in each type of formatting. For example, I was not able to create decision trees until someone showed me how. It would have been a much better user experience if there was a "Tips" or "How To" right there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Looking to improve AHTs for agents, as well as empower them to problem solve while being resourceful, rather than asking their leads for support/assistance. Shelf is a great tool to house a multitude of information to help in these areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
AA
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Shelf?

Clear, easy to find needed information, esy to use but not that east to create new pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shelf?

Somtimes difficult to create or edit pages. Difficult to remove spaces between lines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

A place where needed information is found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.