Amazon QuickSight vs. Zendesk Explore

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon QuickSight
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$24
per month per user
Zendesk Explore
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
Pricing
Amazon QuickSightZendesk Explore
Editions & Modules
Reader
$3
per month per user
Author
$24
per month per user
Reader Pro
$24
per month per user
Author Pro
$50
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon QuickSightZendesk Explore
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.
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Amazon QuickSightZendesk Explore
Features
Amazon QuickSightZendesk Explore
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
20% above category average
Zendesk Explore
9.0
10 Ratings
10% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports10.05 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.06 Ratings9.210 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.06 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
22% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.1
10 Ratings
12% below category average
Drill-down analysis10.06 Ratings9.910 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.06 Ratings5.910 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages10.04 Ratings4.95 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.06 Ratings7.710 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.4
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.9
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Publish to Web8.03 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.03 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Report Versioning10.05 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
23% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.2
7 Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.06 Ratings6.76 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings7.26 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.03 Ratings5.65 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings9.43 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
16% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.6
10 Ratings
11% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.06 Ratings8.39 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.06 Ratings8.310 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.06 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.05 Ratings6.58 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
3.9
4 Ratings
66% below category average
Zendesk Explore
7.9
7 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings6.25 Ratings
Mobile Application3.52 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.0
3 Ratings
25% below category average
Zendesk Explore
5.1
5 Ratings
41% below category average
REST API6.12 Ratings3.85 Ratings
Javascript API6.62 Ratings5.34 Ratings
iFrames7.03 Ratings5.94 Ratings
Java API6.12 Ratings5.24 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings6.84 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings3.83 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon QuickSightZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
9.9
(10 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon QuickSightZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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Zendesk
Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
  • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage
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Zendesk
  • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
  • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
  • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
  • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
  • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
  • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
  • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
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Zendesk
  • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
  • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
It was helping us a lot as per our business needs. Reporting is way easy with QuickSight that helps us to understand the performance of campaigns effectively and so does the performance of sales individual. We can analyze the data and create a new strategies effectively. Setup and maintenance was way easy
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Zendesk
I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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Zendesk
Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to
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Zendesk
I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Cost Effective
  • Easy setup and maintenance
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Zendesk
  • Money saved due to proper staffing.
  • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
  • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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