Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued) vs. Emplifi vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
Score 8.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Cisco Webex Experience Management (CloudCherry, before being acquired by Cisco) was a real-time, omni-channel Customer Experience Analytics and Sentiment Mapping product that helps customer-facing brands track, measure and improve customer delight. The product has been discontinued and is no longer available.N/A
Emplifi
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Emplifi offers a platform that enables brands to manage social marketing, commerce, and care. At the core of this platform is Emplifi Fuel — the outcome and enablement layer that connects all modules across marketing, commerce, and care. Fuel empowers brands to optimize the customer journey, unifying data, automation, and AI-driven insights to ensure every interaction drives meaningful business outcomes. The platform's core capabilities include:…N/A
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk is a customer support solution with built-in ticketing, conversational messaging, and live chat, designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries deliver personalized service at scale. Zendesk's AI agents are trained in CX to help Service teams resolve customer issues faster and more accurately while still providing a human-centered experience. Zendesk ultimately aims to help businesses improve time to value, reduce effort per ticket, and keep costs low.
$69
per month per agent
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Suite Team
$69
per month per agent
Suite Growth
$115
per month per agent
Suite Professional
$149
per month per agent
Suite Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)EmplifiZendesk Suite
Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)EmplifiZendesk Suite
Considered Multiple Products
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
Chose Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
All are at par when comes to their capabilities and have some pros and cons. Implemented different ones in different places.
Emplifi

No answer on this topic

Zendesk Suite

No answer on this topic

Features
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)EmplifiZendesk Suite
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
6.4
7 Ratings
17% below category average
Zendesk Suite
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Ratings
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings5.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
7.3
8 Ratings
10% below category average
Zendesk Suite
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Ratings
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
7.3
7 Ratings
10% below category average
Zendesk Suite
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Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
7.6
6 Ratings
1% below category average
Zendesk Suite
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Ratings
Lead generation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
Emplifi
5.8
8 Ratings
36% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Twitter00 Ratings6.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings4.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings3.25 Ratings00 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings3.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
6.4
8 Ratings
19% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings6.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings5.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
6.7
8 Ratings
17% below category average
Zendesk Suite
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Ratings
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.8
173 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3172 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2118 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7119 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2122 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings9.4173 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2172 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.2
157 Ratings
2% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3144 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)
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Ratings
Emplifi
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.8
169 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1138 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings00 Ratings8.471 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3166 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0128 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Sogolytics
Sogolytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CustomerSuccessBox
CustomerSuccessBox
Score 9.5 out of 10
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Verint Voice of the Customer
Verint Voice of the Customer
Score 9.3 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.4 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)EmplifiZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(12 ratings)
9.2
(110 ratings)
9.1
(208 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.3
(36 ratings)
8.8
(82 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.5
(43 ratings)
5.6
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.1
(19 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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(0 ratings)
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
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(0 ratings)
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
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(0 ratings)
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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(0 ratings)
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Webex Experience Management (discontinued)EmplifiZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Cisco Webex Experience Management is well suited in handling live customer query. It helps in monitoring customer feedback and queries.It is very useful application for comparison of year on year data, month data and weekly data. It help in understanding customer life cycle. It can be used as an interaction tool with the customers by directly posing them questions about the services. It helps in Segmenting, targeting and positioning of your product or service in the long run. Cisco Webex Experience Management scenarios where it can be less appropriate are few. As it gives a lot on insights about customer feedback,customer tracing etc, it would not be useful in short term or for smaller business who are not focussing on the larger goals of the business
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Emplifi Inc
- Very well suited to grabbing top-level and more in-depth social performance data, across campaigns and BAU activity. - Not as well suited for moments where you need benchmarking or context of your performance compared with a previous time frame. This can be a bit clunky to go back and forth with as it requires multiple dashboards or consistent manual time-frame changes.
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Zendesk
Being a customer support agent, I found it very good when it comes to send an email or call or chat- with the user. I can do all that from the one single platform which is so easy and time saving for you. It does not take much time to use this, We can chat- with the user and at the same time we can send an email to them as well.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Audio and video quality is amazing.
  • Screen sharing is easy.
  • Very secure connection.
  • Collaboration is made easy.
  • Easy access thanks to different versions available.
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Emplifi Inc
  • Helps us prioritize requests based on urgency and tone
  • Helps us divide work between several teams
  • Helps us keep an eye on how our posts are being recieved and are performing
  • Helps us stay in contact with customers, and helps us understand particular customers needs
  • Helps us separate the chaff from the wheat
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Zendesk
  • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
  • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
  • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • Not always intuitive or user friendly
  • Getting the most out of the software requires dedicated personnel/time
  • Not that useful unless you'll do something with the data
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Emplifi Inc
  • Would love more robust search parameters for labels. ex. search for tickets labeled 'Availability' AND 'United States' but excluding any that are only one of those labels
  • Ability to break conversations into multiple tickets; so labels can be more accurate if the same person reaches out again after 3 months with a totally different question
  • The social account quick view doesn't always load the follower count for people reaching out to us. it makes it slower to manager messages from high level creators
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Zendesk
  • Is there a way for AEs and CSMs to be informed in a weekly summary of all their accounts and any tickets? Example: Disney submitted a ticket on XYZ. Google has an urgent issue on X still unresolved.
  • Is there a way for CSMs or AEs to have a Dashboard that's specific to their accounts instead of seeing all the tickets in the queue that are not relevant to them?
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
We are happy with Cisco webex services. Webex is great platform to conduct our all kind of online meets.
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Emplifi Inc
the balance between quality and price si perfectperfect for agency that have many client to manage, because it helps us to save time (we don't have to plan content from every single account, only one click to look at different community and moderate...)it also help the team works: senior can review content direcly from emplifi; labeling DM/comments as done help us to track where a collegue stop and we have to startIt makes the content approval from clients very easy
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Zendesk
Zendesk is an amazing tool for communicating with your customers easily. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and there are statuses used to make communication easy. We have internal conversations between departments, linked with useful software such as Zingtree, Talkdesk, and Webs.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
No code / Low Code Easily pluggable to any digital solution Comprehensive dashboard builder Predict Revenue based on CSAT and NPS scores Monitor Customer Journey end to end Visual Journey Maps
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Emplifi Inc
Since the main use of the Live Advisor is on the website that doesn't have e-commerce capabilities, it has been challenging to attach an specific metric to Emplifi's solutions and their usability in our websites. The Live Advisor is helping us to deliver our unique sale proposition in digital channels, which is great, but it is difficult to assign a higher mark in usability due to the limitation just explained.
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Zendesk
Pros: The agent interface is sleek, contemporary, and relatively easy to learn compared to many other enterprise tools. For common tasks, admins are given point-and-click options- adding fields, modifying workflows, constructing macros. The knowledge base (Guide) editor is easy to use for non-developers. Drawbacks: Once you move past the initial things - complex automations, reporting/analytics in Explore, and/or customizations integrating the API, it requires much more advanced training to use successfully. Navigating between the different modules (Support, Explore, Chat, Guide) can feel very disconnected; often you are reminded that it really is a "suite" of products brought together -not really one unified platform. If you're using multiple brands managing simultaneous support tickets, or heavily customizing workflows to meet your brand, you may run into a bit of struggle with usability. So: it's a lot more user friendly than the palaces (Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow), but is not used as quickly or with as much streamlined flow as a product made for a small shop. So if you are looking for a great balance, this is a good option if you are a net new organization or an organization on their way to scaling from 15 - 50 employee. Expect some elbow grease from the admin team once learning, adapting, and working efficiently once you move past the basics with your support tickets and initial customizations.
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Reliability and Availability
Discontinued Products
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Emplifi Inc
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Zendesk
In the past year, I'd say I have only noticed maybe two hours total of downtime in my own usage. Very minimal.
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Performance
Discontinued Products
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Emplifi Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
There has been minor performance degradation on a very few days out of the two years I have been using the product.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
Cisco Webex Experience Management team are very supportive from training to implementation to support and is a definite plus whenever you take a new product that challenges existing paradigm.
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Emplifi Inc
We have a dedicated Customer Success manager, and that is very helpful. Anytime we have questions or need support, they are always there to answer. If thety do not know the solution, they always go around the bend to find one and provide it to us. They are always very kind.
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Zendesk
We rarely need to contact their support team, but when we do they are responsive. However there have been notable times when communication between myself and the support rep was challenging despite me providing clear explanation of the issue, screenshots, and a thorough explanation of the goal we hope to achieve. It took several back and forth attempt, on a few occasions, to get resolution on an otherwise simple request
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Emplifi Inc
The online training was fine but, in the end, the best way to learn any product is by actually using it.
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Zendesk
Zendesk has tons of available material for training - videos, webinars, articles, etc. The only reason this is not a 10 is because it can be hard to figure out how to navigate to these things and find what you are looking for.
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Implementation Rating
Discontinued Products
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Emplifi Inc
The platform is so easy to understand that no "expensive consulting firm" is necessary to implement it!
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Zendesk
I was very satisfied. They have a free trial for 30 days and I recommend you do that and use it. It is very easy to get started with the basics and the build on over time.

The only thing technically complex was single sign-on and integration to Salesforce.com required some tweaks – otherwise setting up system was very easy
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
As I remember in 2011-12 Cisco was [the] only goto collaboration tool and it made [the] life of [the] entire team [fun-filled] and productive. The ease of connecting [teams] across the world and making communication effective[.]
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Emplifi Inc
We have used Sprinklr to source UGC content as well, but found the platform to be much more time intensive when searching for the desired images. Additionally, Emplifi's UGC tool has incremental tools the other platforms do not provide, including the ability to share images on digital screens within the property and put carousels on our websites.
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Zendesk
The customisable reporting every time. Our leadership reply on me to run my team and want to know what customers are telling us so they can elevate our products. We have extensive custom reports that tie up all aspects of our product and customer journeys. I've not found another product that allows me as much freedom as Zendesk Suite explore does, so far.
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Scalability
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Emplifi Inc
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Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • We have been able to show that an improved Member Satisfaction score often leads to cost savings and deeper share of wallet.
  • We have been able to survey our members throughout the lifetime of their relationship with us and gage their overall satisfaction.
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Emplifi Inc
  • reporting - this has massively reduced the time spent on creating reports for social media activities
  • paid ads - has provided detailed analysis of how our ads are performing
  • community - reduced the time taken to respond to social messages, resulting in more leads
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Zendesk
  • Integrating other AI solutions for an organization with high volumes can cost about USD5000 monthly. With Zendesk AI and by building onto the same with AI powered apps built for Zendesk Suite we save a projected USD4000 monthly.
  • Robust Zendesk APIs have enabled us to integrate our internal system with a customized app saving us hundreds of hours every quarter spent loading customer profiles that are not loaded instantly from the app.
  • Plug and play apps like Round robin save us weeks of sprint delay timelines as they do not require additional coding or developer support to install and start using.
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ScreenShots

Emplifi Screenshots

Screenshot of Emplifi Fuel Command CenterScreenshot of Emplifi Fuel ObjectivesScreenshot of Emplifi Unified AnalyticsScreenshot of social listening with AI-Powered Spike Alerts.Screenshot of the integrated social care interface.

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations