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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CallHippo

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ACallHippo is an on-demand Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) based Virtual Phone System. CallHippo allows startups and businesses to get local phone numbers instantly from over 50+ countries around the world. The vendor says the easy to use interface and robust backend architecture enables businesses to set up their phone system within less than 3 minutes. The CallHippo platform allows deployment of a flexible telephony network, wherever an…N/A

    Zendesk Talk

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
    Pricing
    CallHippoZendesk Talk
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CallHippoZendesk Talk
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$5 Per NumberNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CallHippoZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    CallHippo
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    CallHippoZendesk Talk
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of CallHippo and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    CallHippo
    6.8
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules7.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park7.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallHippo and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    CallHippo
    5.4
    5 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Zendesk Talk
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for Android5.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of CallHippo and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    CallHippo
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of CallHippo and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    CallHippo
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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    CallHippoZendesk Talk
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    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    CloudTalk
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallHippoZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallHippoZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallHippo
    Calling abroad to international clients, while we use international number then response rate increases. Also, the client also prefers their country's number to respond. The pricing part is less appropriate. I believe they should be charged only for calling services. The name is also not suitable like what is Hippo means in the name. The person who uses this service is a Hippo?
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    CallHippo
    • No positive sides at all.
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    Zendesk
    • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
    • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
    • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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    Cons
    CallHippo
    • Waiting for iOS mobile app
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
    • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallHippo
    It's the need of my team to perform well and it's increasing the possibility of getting more business. Clients also have more trust while responding when they saw their country's number rather than any other country's unknown number.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    CallHippo
    Their support is built around trying to prove why the customer (who is not getting the service promised at the price promised) is wrong. For that they pass with flying colors. For actually supporting the user though they are horrible. They come up with creative scenarios to overcharge the credit card while not giving a service.
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    Zendesk
    In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallHippo
    All of them. This seemed to be the best until they got us down.
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    Zendesk
    Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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    Return on Investment
    CallHippo
    • Call to all countries supported making it easy to connect.
    • Last resort to make calls
    • Easy to use
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    Zendesk
    • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
    • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
    • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
    Incentivized
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