Webex Contact Center vs. Zendesk Talk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Webex Contact Center
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Webex Contact Center is a cloud-based omni-channel (e.g. voice, email, and chat) contact center solution providing customer / agent matching, customer service self-service agent, and built-in chat and voice for collaboration between agents.N/A
Zendesk Talk
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk 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
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Talk
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Talk
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
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Talk
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
8.2
22 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Talk
8.1
15 Ratings
3% below category average
Agent dashboard9.022 Ratings7.415 Ratings
Validate callers7.621 Ratings7.911 Ratings
Outbound response7.115 Ratings8.513 Ratings
Call forwarding9.020 Ratings7.714 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)9.019 Ratings8.612 Ratings
Warm transfer8.121 Ratings7.711 Ratings
Predictive dialing6.311 Ratings7.67 Ratings
Interactive voice response9.019 Ratings8.59 Ratings
REST APIs8.020 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Call scripts8.917 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Call tracking8.119 Ratings7.513 Ratings
Multichannel integration9.420 Ratings7.79 Ratings
CRM software integration7.719 Ratings9.68 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
8.5
19 Ratings
3% above category average
Zendesk Talk
7.6
15 Ratings
8% below category average
Inbound call routing9.018 Ratings7.711 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing9.018 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Recording9.818 Ratings7.914 Ratings
Quality management7.514 Ratings7.812 Ratings
Call analytics7.916 Ratings7.812 Ratings
Historical reporting8.418 Ratings7.212 Ratings
Live reporting8.117 Ratings6.013 Ratings
Customer surveys8.116 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics8.215 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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Webex Contact CenterZendesk Talk
Small Businesses
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 10.0 out of 10
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 8.9 out of 10
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Talk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(23 ratings)
8.1
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Talk
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
- Well suited in managing a large staff base in a call centre environment. The real time data is incredibly insightful and useful - Gathering statistics for both customers and staff habits has large benefits towards creating an efficient workplace for all involved - Allows us to help staff grow in areas they might lack in with the was we can see and understand their habits
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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.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Things that it does particularly well include a really good UX or UI so that our agents as well as our administrators, can easily provide remote access from agents, new agents, and old agents, manage interactions with customers, and have a good call experience from start to finish.
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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
Cisco
  • Better integration with Webex Calling.
  • More on premise features integrated into the cloud solution.
  • Better documentation for pebble templates.
  • Better information for changes and when new features are available. Instead of having to look on the what’s coming webpage alerts or a pop-up inside Webex control hub would be nice.
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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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Support Rating
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
They all have the niche, but I feel Webex is the most well rounded complete suite. It provides exactly what a business would need, from an onboarding, training, security, updates, road mapping all the way to great user experience and beyond.
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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
Cisco
  • Increasing the number of channels agent can reach out to customers, especially text has shaved off a lot of hours from calling , leaving voicemail and waiting for customers to call back.
  • Less Downtime. No Upgrades or certificate Renewal, so fewer overtime hours.
  • Adoption of new features is now so quick, I don't have to worry about upgrading the Software or even hardware to get new features deployed.
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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%.
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ScreenShots

Webex Contact Center Screenshots

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