Azure Analysis Services vs. Zendesk Explore

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Analysis Services
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A
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
Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
Features
Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
8.6
8 Ratings
5% above category average
Zendesk Explore
9.0
10 Ratings
9% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.88 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.77 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.58 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
8.8
8 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.0
10 Ratings
14% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.96 Ratings9.910 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.77 Ratings5.610 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.77 Ratings4.95 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.08 Ratings7.410 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
8 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.9
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Publish to Web9.08 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.97 Ratings6.28 Ratings
Report Versioning9.37 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.08 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.57 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
7 Ratings
12% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.2
7 Ratings
11% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.46 Ratings6.76 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.07 Ratings7.26 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.66 Ratings5.65 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
9.3
8 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.5
10 Ratings
13% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.27 Ratings8.29 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.38 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.38 Ratings6.28 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.47 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
8.6
7 Ratings
10% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.8
7 Ratings
0% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.47 Ratings6.15 Ratings
Mobile Application9.33 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.35 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Azure Analysis Services
8.8
7 Ratings
13% above category average
Zendesk Explore
5.0
5 Ratings
43% below category average
REST API8.96 Ratings3.55 Ratings
Javascript API8.76 Ratings5.24 Ratings
iFrames8.85 Ratings5.94 Ratings
Java API8.77 Ratings5.14 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.34 Ratings6.84 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.33 Ratings3.53 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(9 ratings)
9.9
(10 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis 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
Microsoft
  • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
  • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
  • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
  • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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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
Microsoft
  • There is very least content available on Microsoft docs and the Internet to get through with AAS.
  • i faced lots of connection issues while implementation.
  • The need for serious platform experience or expertise.
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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
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
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
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
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
Microsoft
The platform has vast number of features and modules. The UI is sleek and once you get to use to it, you will be able to do a lot of stuff. Also support for data sources is more in Azure Analysis Services.
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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
Microsoft
  • The tool has helped us a lot for taking critical decision which has resulted in the increase of profit of organization by 18 percent.
  • Return on investment is 70 percent as we are unable to utilize the tool with full functionalities, so we are still testing some of the use cases.
  • Human effort has been reduced and task has become automated hence helped in cost management
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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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