What Is Front?

Front is a customer communication hub that surrounds every high-stakes conversation with team collaboration capabilities and contextual data to ensure responses are always fast, accurate and deeply personalized. More than 8,000 businesses, including Shopify, Airbnb, Hulu, Lyft, and Mailchimp, use Front to build better customer relationships, one conversation at a time. Learn more at front.com.

Who Uses Front?

Any business aiming to build and grow strong relationships with clients, customers, or teammates.

Where can Front be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Front
  • Located in San Francisco, US
  • Founded in 2013

Front support

  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and 26 others

Languages

English

Front pricing

Starting Price:

US$19.00/month
  • Yes, has free trial
  • No free version

Front does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Front paid version starts at US$19.00/month.

Pricing plans get a free trial

About the vendor

  • Front
  • Located in San Francisco, US
  • Founded in 2013

Front support

  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and 26 others

Languages

English

Front videos and images

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Front Software - Get your work done in one place
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Features of Front

  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Account Alerts
  • Account Management Software
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Appointment Scheduling Software
  • Auto-Responders
  • Automated Routing
  • Brainstorming
  • Business Process Automation
  • CRM Software
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar/Reminder System
  • Call Center Management
  • Call Recording Software
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management Software
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Chatbot Software
  • Client Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Computer Telephony Integration
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management Software
  • Customer Communication
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Engagement Software
  • Customer History
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard Software
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization Software
  • Deal Management
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Dynamic Content
  • Email Management Software
  • Email Marketing Software
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Email Tracking Software
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Directory
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing Software
  • For iPad Devices
  • Health Score
  • Inbox Management
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Issue Tracking Software
  • Lead Capture Software
  • Lead Management Software
  • Lead Qualification
  • Live Chat Software
  • Macros/Templated Responses
  • Meeting Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Notes Management
  • Onboarding Software
  • Opportunity Management
  • Order Management Software
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization Software
  • Prioritization
  • Process/Workflow Automation
  • Project Management Software
  • Quality Management Software
  • Queue Management
  • Read Receipts
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support Software
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Routing
  • SMS Messaging
  • Sales Pipeline Management
  • Scheduling Software
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Shared Inboxes
  • Shipping Management
  • Signature Management
  • Single Sign On Software
  • Social Media Integration
  • Supplier Management
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management Software
  • Team Management Software
  • Template Management
  • Territory Management
  • Text Analysis Software
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time Tracking Software
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Two-Way Audio & Video
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • Video Chat
  • Video Conferencing Software
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Workflow Management Software
  • Workforce Management Software

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Reviews of Front

Average score

Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.5
Customer Service
4.4
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.2

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Marjolaine
Marjolaine
Co-founder in France
Verified LinkedIn User
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Best email software ever

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: We have a shared inbox and we had trouble to avoid double answers and we had to forward the emails to each other or CC them on our replies so they could get informed of a conversation

Pros:

Sharing emails without having to forward them, being able to have internal conversations within an email, plenty of integrations

Cons:

When I need to speak to all the team, I have to create a discussion and add them all, one by one. I'd rather have the possibility to @team within an email or a discussion to make sure they are all included. I also whish we could find a slack inbox where we could find all the channels we have and avoid having to switch between the two softwares.

Kyle
Operations Manager in US
Retail, 11-50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Perfect tool for Team Collaboration of Emails

5.0 last month New

Pros:

The ability for our teams to collab on group inboxes. We previously used Gmail and it was a pain for multiple users to access one account and work together.

Cons:

We haven't found many features Front doesn't have. There's one situation where supervisors are unable to fully access team members inboxes due to privacy settings on Fronts side, but it's an understandable short-coming.

Verified Reviewer
Director of Customer Success in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 2-10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source
Source: GetApp

Great Idea in Theory, Terrible Execution

2.0 last month New

Pros:

It's nice for when you are retroactively researching communication with a client because it can pull it all together.

Cons:

It's a disorganized jumble of communication. It's hard to organize and keep track of everything as you're responding to it. Several members of our team find it really overwhelming and unpleasant from a UX perspective.

Alexis
Data Migration Manager in US
Computer Software, 51-200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

I love Front

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: I love Front and I never want to stop using it.

Pros:

I love being able to tag coworkers on emails instead of forwarding it to them.

Cons:

I wish threads were more customizable... merging certain ones together that wouldn't necessary give you the option to merge normally.

Solène
Jurist in France
Law Practice, 2-10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Use of Front

5.0 4 weeks ago New

Comments: Front has become an absolute essential to my work and my co-workers' work. It is to the point that it has surpassed other mail tools such as Gmail. It is a perfect mix between Gmail, Messenger and Dropbox. Likewise, it is very simple to use, and it has a real added value : it enables us, as a team work, to chat in real time and to share files very quickly and in a very organized manner. I truly believe I will definitely have a hard time doing without Front in my next jobs.

Pros:

Front has become an absolute essential to my work and my co-workers' work. It is to the point that it has surpassed other mail tools such as Gmail. It is a perfect mix between Gmail, Messenger and Dropbox. Likewise, it is very simple to use, and it has a real added value : it enables us, as a team work, to chat in real time and to share files very quickly and in a very organized manner. I truly believe I will definitely have a hard time doing without Front in my next jobs.

Cons:

I have nothing to dislike about this software, except for the fact that I had difficulties in the beginning to correctly see my number of emails in my Inbox.