Azure Cloud Services vs. Zendesk Sunshine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Cloud Services
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Azure Cloud Services is a cloud platform that enables users to create infinitely-scalable cloud applications and APIs. It enables users to build the web and cloud applications needed while also simplifying the management of applications with cloud services, and while ensuring high availability. Users can: scale an environment automatically based on demand and reduce costs, automate operating system and application updates to increase security, and take advantage of integrated health monitoring…
$0.02
per hour
Zendesk Sunshine
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Sunshine is the foundation beneath Zendesk that can be used by customers to build their own customer engagement solutions. Sunshine can be configured to meet the user's business needs using its available apps, tools, and pre-built capabilities that fits the user's own systems. Sunshine uses open standards and common languages, so it’s easier to create a support platform from a modified Zendesk, that may better suit the organization's specific needs.N/A
Pricing
Azure Cloud ServicesZendesk Sunshine
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Cloud ServicesZendesk Sunshine
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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Features
Azure Cloud ServicesZendesk Sunshine
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cloud Services
9.1
3 Ratings
11% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Cloud ServicesZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(5 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Cloud ServicesZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Cloud services is a good choice for hosting web applications, based on requirements it can be simple websites or complex web services as well as it provides automating application development and deployment pipeline. It's less appropriate in case of cost-effective option for organizations with tight budget constraints. For very basic static websites, Microsoft Azure's offerings might be seen as overkill.
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Zendesk
For growing technology-based companies, Zendesk Sunshine is the best ally to provide email and chat support. It supports various integrations and can provide exceptional service that is fully customizable for both the customer and the agents using Zendesk. It is not appropriate for small companies, and for companies with a very small customer base, it is a considerable expense after a customer base of at least 10,000 customers.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Effective service management and performance monitoring capability.
  • Reliable security management with excellent access controls.
  • Best orchestration and easy configuration management.
  • Easy on compatibility testing and change management.
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Zendesk
  • Customization and ability to create customer profiles
  • Easy integration with other tools and rich history of customer actions.
  • Provides a fully intuitive interface
  • Very good ways to analyze
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Just on Cloud deployment for those new to the platform.
  • Multiple data reports creation.
  • Migrating a large amount of data.
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Zendesk
  • There are some glitches when doing upgrades on information or data, sometimes
  • It is difficult to find tickets once they are solved, we could have a tracking of the most recent or solved tickets during the day.
  • The integration or merge with other tickets from the same client is not intuitive at all, there should be an alert that throws a match.
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Usability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Because it is a tool that we use on a daily basis and has provided confidence for the massive use that is given to it, it has also been the expected product, allowing customization and optimizing processes, saving us a lot of money and time. Definitely, the ability to track customers and the way to automate all customer support processes becomes totally easy and intuitive.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Due to the implementation and the few issues that ha In summary, there are few times that we have had to use this functionality, but the help that Zendesk has provided has been of another level, complying with our standards and SLAs so as not to interfere in the operation or processes.ve arisen, it is a platform that provides a fast, intuitive and tailor-made service for each user.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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Zendesk
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Scalability
  • Cost savings
  • Integration and migration challenges
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Zendesk
  • Agility and improved response times
  • Improved customer relationship/engagement
  • Integration and tracking capabilities for customer growth phases.
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