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Last updated: September 2026

Shelf overview

What is Shelf?

The Shelf modern knowledge management platform helps businesses thrive with on-demand answers to the questions that block customer and employee success.

Shelf’s proprietary MerlinAI listens for questions and instantly suggests the best answers in search, chat, IVR, and forms. Results return helpful snippets that let businesses dig deeper on-demand. With Shelf, users can identify gaps between questions and answers and see how well the content meets customer needs. Health scores and content engagement dashboards also provide the necessary insights needed to prioritize constant improvements.

Shelf automates the entire knowledge lifecycle including content creation, review and approvals, announcements, ratings and comments. Embed Shelf into the CCaaS, CRM, or ticketing system to shorten response time and increase agent productivity. The knowledge platform is also open and extensible, providing pre-built integrations, SDKs, and APIs that integrate seamlessly with various enterprise applications.

Starting price

10per feature /
per month

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Shelf’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Shelf reviews

Overall rating

4.8

/5

106

Positive reviews

93

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.93/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

91

13

2

0

0

Pros
“Shelf is a great tool when it comes to our overall knowledge management needs. Since our implementation of Shelf we have seen an increase in advisor engagement and sentiment towards our knowledge management efforts.”
BD

Brandon D.

Training and Knowledge Manager

“With announcements we can send communications, attach Gem, set due dates, and require confirmation.”
BD

Brandon D.

Training and Knowledge Manager

“Tool functionality abilities (Answer Assist, chatbot integration, language containment within one gem, search functionality within documents, etc.).”
AW

Annie W.

Associate Manager, Call Center Technology

Cons
“I don't agree with this, but many of the agents who use Shelf struggle with the search algorithm; when they use a search term to find something specific, the result they want is sometimes the 3rd or 4th result, not the 1st.”
SH

Shannon H.

Content Specialist

“Our advisors do not like how Shelf was integrated with Zendesk.”
BD

Brandon D.

Training and Knowledge Manager

“I also miss an function where you can assign GEMs directly to owner of the document.”
KT

Karianne T.

Competence & Quality Manager

Who uses Shelf?

Based on 106 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Financial Services
Consumer Services
Construction
Design
Others

Use cases

Knowledge Management
Call Center
Knowledge Base
Content Management
Artificial Intelligence

Shelf's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Shelf users:

Dashboard
Reporting/Analytics
IVR
CRM

All Shelf features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
Agentic task execution
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval process control
Archiving & retention
Audio file management
Audit trail
Autonomous task execution
Catalog management
Chatbot
Collaboration tools
Commenting/Notes
Communication management
Content library
Content management
Content publishing options
Conversational ai
CRM
Customizable branding
Customizable fields
Customizable reports
Customizable templates
Dashboard
Data import/export
Decision support
Discussions/Forums
Document automation
Document capture
Document classification
Document generation
Document management
Document review
Document storage
Drag & drop
Drag & drop editor
Email alerts
Engagement tracking
Feedback management
File conversion
File recovery
File sharing
Full text search
Generative ai
Human-in-the-loop (hitl)
IVR
Knowledge base management
Knowledge management
Live chat
Machine learning
Multi-Language
Natural language processing
Optical character recognition
Performance metrics
Pre-built templates
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & statistics
Rich text editor
Search/Filter
Self service portal
SEO management
Single sign on
SSL security
Surveys & feedback
Tagging
Templates
Text editing
Third-Party integrations
User management
Version control
Video support
Web notifications
Website integration
Widgets
Wiki
Workflow management
WYSIWYG editor

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Shelf pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

10

Per month

Per Feature

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about Shelf price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Shelf's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Shelf is a great tool when it comes to our overall knowledge management needs. Since our implementation of Shelf we have seen an increase in advisor engagement and sentiment towards our knowledge management efforts.”
BD

Brandon D.

Training and Knowledge Manager

“With announcements we can send communications, attach Gem, set due dates, and require confirmation.”
BD

Brandon D.

Training and Knowledge Manager

Shelf integrations (21)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 106 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Shelf integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.8 (7)

Integration rating: 3.0 (1)

“Direct customer support tickets are handled by support teams, so raw customer logs don't belong in dev sprints.”

EA

Estrella A.

Software Engineer

Shelf customer support

What do users say about Shelf customer support?

Customer support rating:

We analyzed verified user reviews to identify positive and negative aspects of Shelf customer support.

Widespread user sentiment highlights Shelf's responsive, helpful, and proactive customer support team.

A significant portion of users appreciate the ease of contacting support and the team's ongoing availability and care.

Support options

Faqs/forum
Email/help desk
Phone support
Knowledge base
Chat

Training options

Documentation
Live online
Videos
Webinars

To see what individual users say about Shelf's customer support, check out the review snippets below.

“This has been a game changer for our team and makes it so we can directly communicate with our advisors.”

BD

Brandon D.

Training and Knowledge Manager

“It helps them daily to confidently give answers to our customers.”

PM

Philip M.

Training and Quality Analyst

Shelf FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Shelf?

Shelf has the following typical customers:
Mid-size Business, Large Enterprises, Small Business

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Q. What level of support does Shelf offer?

Shelf offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat

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