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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Workfront

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A

    N-able MSP Manager

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AN-able™ MSP Manager (formerly Solarwinds MSP Manager) is a cloud-based help desk and billing software for IT service providers, which includes a ticketing system, customer portal, technician mobile apps, billing tools, and reporting dashboards. MSP Manager offers a lightweight ticketing system with a quick entry feature that allows users to capture essential information such as customer name, service items, and issue details from any screen. Tickets can also be…N/A

    Zendesk Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZendesk is a customer support solution with built-in ticketing, conversational messaging, and live chat, designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries deliver personalized service at scale. Zendesk's AI agents are trained in CX to help Service teams resolve customer issues faster and more accurately while still providing a human-centered experience. Zendesk ultimately aims to help businesses improve time to value, reduce effort per ticket, and keep costs low.

    $69

    per month per agent

    Pricing
    Adobe WorkfrontN-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Suite Team
    $69
    per month per agent
    Suite Growth
    $115
    per month per agent
    Suite Professional
    $149
    per month per agent
    Suite Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe WorkfrontN-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——20% discount available with annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe WorkfrontN-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Workfront provides an extensible feature set that can be added/removed to tickets in a dynamic manner that makes tickets/workloads into data for analysis, trend reports, dashboards. Other tools require plugins or code to get this working correctly.

    Workfront also makes it very …
    Incentivized
    N-able
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    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    125 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    91 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    122 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    Adobe WorkfrontN-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Workfront and N-able MSP Manager and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    7.3
    421 Ratings
    5% below category average
    N-able MSP Manager
    -
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    Zendesk Suite
    -
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    Task Management8.5421 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.3379 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.5331 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.0372 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.5377 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.0400 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology6.9271 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.2279 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.3378 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.2323 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.7312 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.7299 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.3300 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.1258 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Workfront and N-able MSP Manager and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    6.3
    240 Ratings
    20% below category average
    N-able MSP Manager
    -
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    Zendesk Suite
    -
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    Quotes/estimates6.6133 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.0115 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting6.7230 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software5.9103 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Adobe Workfront and N-able MSP Manager and Zendesk Suite
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    Adobe Workfront
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    N-able MSP Manager
    -
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    Zendesk Suite
    8.6
    187 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1186 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4130 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.8131 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3186 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Adobe Workfront and N-able MSP Manager and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    N-able MSP Manager
    -
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    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Adobe Workfront and N-able MSP Manager and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    N-able MSP Manager
    -
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    Zendesk Suite
    8.4
    182 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1150 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.4119 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2178 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4138 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe WorkfrontN-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (474 ratings)
    4.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.6
    (63 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    3.9
    (2 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe WorkfrontN-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Since I work remotely from my laptop, when I am finished with work, I enter my hours and submit my time at the end of the week. It's quick, it's easy, and it helps me keep a record of how many hours of vacation and sick time I have used. But when I am on the go, it is a hassle to record my time on my phone because of the lack of responsive design.
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    N-able
    It's a good company to grow with because as needs change there are more features available.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk is good for small teams where work is not passed along to internal teams or situations where escalations lead to further customer interactions and no further oversight is needed. It is weak as a product for larger and medium-sized companies, where processes are in place that are not aligned with its workflow, as it is a very rigid tool.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Fosters communication between team members.
    • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
    • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
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    N-able
    • Web Based
    • Automated Ticket creation
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Merging of the tickets with similar issues, it is easy to avoid confusion
    • Al global team somehow gets connected with different ways like Slack, with the Zendesk Suite which is so easier to highlight & the issue quickly
    • The best thing is that this tool gives you to send the message via chat-, email, call through the one single platform
    • Now AI has been added so it works good
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The product itself is very complicated and difficult to be stood up
    • Sharing and proofing workflows require multiple steps and layers
    • It may just be my organization, but the build feels a bit clunky and difficult to navigate, which deters many teams from using the tool effectively
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    N-able
    • It is just simply too slow! The web interface requires patience, even when moving between tabs or menu choices. This is by far the biggest detracting element of MSP Manager.
    • Input customization -- I would like the settings pages to allow me to customize some input screens, especially the Ticket Entry window. The "Quick Ticket" entry is missing a few key items I want in a trouble ticket, and the full ticket entry window has numerous fields I never use or are always the same, and so it just takes more time and effort than is necessary.
    • Both the asset tracking and the knowledge base should be more robust and integrally tied into the RMM console, so that licenses, serial numbers, procedures, network data are quick and simple to access from either interface.
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    Zendesk
    • Is there a way for AEs and CSMs to be informed in a weekly summary of all their accounts and any tickets? Example: Disney submitted a ticket on XYZ. Google has an urgent issue on X still unresolved.
    • Is there a way for CSMs or AEs to have a Dashboard that's specific to their accounts instead of seeing all the tickets in the queue that are not relevant to them?
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Zendesk is an amazing tool for communicating with your customers easily. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and there are statuses used to make communication easy. We have internal conversations between departments, linked with useful software such as Zingtree, Talkdesk, and Webs.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Pros: The agent interface is sleek, contemporary, and relatively easy to learn compared to many other enterprise tools. For common tasks, admins are given point-and-click options- adding fields, modifying workflows, constructing macros. The knowledge base (Guide) editor is easy to use for non-developers. Drawbacks: Once you move past the initial things - complex automations, reporting/analytics in Explore, and/or customizations integrating the API, it requires much more advanced training to use successfully. Navigating between the different modules (Support, Explore, Chat, Guide) can feel very disconnected; often you are reminded that it really is a "suite" of products brought together -not really one unified platform. If you're using multiple brands managing simultaneous support tickets, or heavily customizing workflows to meet your brand, you may run into a bit of struggle with usability. So: it's a lot more user friendly than the palaces (Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow), but is not used as quickly or with as much streamlined flow as a product made for a small shop. So if you are looking for a great balance, this is a good option if you are a net new organization or an organization on their way to scaling from 15 - 50 employee. Expect some elbow grease from the admin team once learning, adapting, and working efficiently once you move past the basics with your support tickets and initial customizations.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I have found that Adobe Workfront is a reliable resource, because in the post 6 years of using it, rarely has it been unavailable to our team. I think I could count on one hand the number of times the site has been down over my time using it with my team.
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    N-able
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    Zendesk
    In the past year, I'd say I have only noticed maybe two hours total of downtime in my own usage. Very minimal.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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    Zendesk
    There has been minor performance degradation on a very few days out of the two years I have been using the product.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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    N-able
    They're good at resolving issues when they arise.
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    Zendesk
    We rarely need to contact their support team, but when we do they are responsive. However there have been notable times when communication between myself and the support rep was challenging despite me providing clear explanation of the issue, screenshots, and a thorough explanation of the goal we hope to achieve. It took several back and forth attempt, on a few occasions, to get resolution on an otherwise simple request
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Adobe
    The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Zendesk has tons of available material for training - videos, webinars, articles, etc. The only reason this is not a 10 is because it can be hard to figure out how to navigate to these things and find what you are looking for.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    I was very satisfied. They have a free trial for 30 days and I recommend you do that and use it. It is very easy to get started with the basics and the build on over time.

    The only thing technically complex was single sign-on and integration to Salesforce.com required some tweaks – otherwise setting up system was very easy
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of connectivity with the Adobe suite for our creative teams were excellent. From providing updates within other programs, it allowed a much more fluid working process and instant communication.
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    N-able
    MSP Manager is a fully serviced paid option. Spiceworks is a free helpdesk. They both are very useful, but a company can just outgrow Spiceworks.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    At the time of evaluation, Dynamics had extremely limited knowledge and support capabilities. The UI is clunky, and reporting requires a deep understanding of the underlying data structure. Ongoing maintenance was costly and didn't provide a positive ROI in any sense of the term.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Increased efficiency in threaded updates to Outlook emails - no time wasted looking for things in email vs Workfront - they automatically are in both places.
    • Time tracking allows us to average out how much time tasks & deliverable types take, allowing better long-term forecasting.
    • Planning has given us a system of record for campaigns, allowing us to easily find historic plans and/or view calendar views of upcoming ones.
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    N-able
    • We have had to spend time and resources to create our own reports, as MSP Manager does not have them.
    • Searching for a ticket requires scrolling, wasting time
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • More than anything, provided a boost to our perceived professionalism. The portal is a massive improvement on email only support.
    • Workflow optimization via macros and automations has enhanced response times and raise our 'first call resolution' metric.
    • Speaking of metrics; having them at all! Before Zendesk Suite we were email only so had no insight into agent and vendor performance.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Workfront Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning

    N-able MSP Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of N-able MSP Manager Dashboard

    Zendesk Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations