ClientSuccess vs. Zoho Desk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ClientSuccess
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
ClientSuccess, from the company of the same name in Lehi, is presented by the vendor as a simple yet sophisticated solution for CSMs, and the Executive team. For the CSMs, ClientSuccess brings together the tools, best practices, insights and analytics needed to proactively manage customers. For the Executives, they deliver analytics, metrics and reports to provide a comprehensive view of the health of a SaaS business.N/A
Zoho Desk
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.
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Pricing
ClientSuccessZoho Desk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
Standard
$14
per user
Professional
$23
per user
Enterprise
$40
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ClientSuccessZoho Desk
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
ClientSuccessZoho Desk
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
8.2
15 Ratings
6% below category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
8.4
13 Ratings
2% below category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
API10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Marketo7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Eloqua7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Data Extraction / Integration
Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
8.9
16 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
Product usage8.414 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk / support tickets9.412 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Success Management
Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
8.6
17 Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
NPS surveys7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Sponsor tracking9.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer profiles9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated workflow8.917 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal collaboration7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer health scoring9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer segmentation9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
CSM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
8.4
17 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
Customer health trends9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement analytics8.113 Ratings00 Ratings
Revenue forecasting7.614 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboards9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
-
Ratings
Zoho Desk
8.0
2 Ratings
1% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
-
Ratings
Zoho Desk
7.0
2 Ratings
10% below category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
ClientSuccess
-
Ratings
Zoho Desk
8.0
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
ClientSuccessZoho Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(18 ratings)
7.5
(21 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(12 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(12 ratings)
User Testimonials
ClientSuccessZoho Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
ClientSuccess
Client Success is well suited to both growing and established companies who know what they want and need to track for their clients. With the broad ability to support numerous accounts, have multiple users, and its custom success cycles to map a clients progress, it would be a great solution for any Client Success team. I think that teams that are unaware of what they need to track wouldn't find Client Success as useful, and organizations that require a large number of custom client descriptions and variables would find certain limitations a barrier to successfully using this tool.
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Zoho
The user friendly android and IOS applications are one of the best features of Zoho Desk although if you are expecting a Desktop application then you will be disappointed and will have to access it from your browser which can be slow sometimes, depending on your internet connection. The work flow of tickets submission either manually through the dashboard or mobile application, and tickets assignment to other agents along with tracking tickets and agents' performance is very easily executed with no issues being faced.
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Pros
ClientSuccess
  • ClientSuccess makes it easy for our customer success managers to manage their workflows and provides excellent visibility into our company's customer activity and engagement. We're able to log into CS and regularly check segments of our customers that need to be engaged with on a daily basis, log customer health, and be aware of approaching subscription renewals in order to pay appropriate attention to the right customers.
  • The user interface is easy to use, friendly in design, and quick to learn. They make it look attractive with bright color schemes without overdoing it too much.
  • As a customer success manager myself, I am appreciative of how this tool has kickstarted our fairly-new Customer Success department and made us much more organized and knowledgeable as a customer-facing entity.
  • Their customer success/support teams are excellent as well - which is to be expected. We've felt very well taken care of since we became customers of ClientSuccess.
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Zoho
  • Report features give the all insights of the customer team and customer support which enables us to make changes according to it.
  • The best thing about Zoho Desk is that it has a very beautiful and fully designed dashboard.
  • I have been using this software for a very long time in my organization, it is very easy to use with having the interface created on a very advanced module.
  • It is completely a feature rich platform.
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Cons
ClientSuccess
  • The support view takes a few steps to get to the meat and potatoes.
  • The success score model can be improved to include smaller one-off campaigns. Success score is good for a campaign that has existed for a while but not for the one-off projects.
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Zoho
  • When utilizing as a ticketing system, it would be nice to have a better way to monitor when something is due. It's just a little cumbersome.
  • Search Functionality - The search functionality could use a tweak or two. Too many times I am unable to find tickets. This would also be very helpful for the "Recycle Bin" when you just need to find that ticket you accidentally deleted (we are all human!). :)
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Usability
ClientSuccess
No answers on this topic
Zoho
At times Zoho [Desk] can be a bit glitchy. It does not auto refresh on the ticketing system, and even f it tells you there is a new ticket clicking it does nothing and you need to refresh the page for it to work. We have found at times that is can become unresponsive, although this usually doesn't last for longer than 15-30 mins.
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Support Rating
ClientSuccess
They are SUPER responsive...even for late night inquiries.
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Zoho
Zoho Desk has a technical team of professionals, who are well informed, and they know how to share the knowledge with the other players. Besides, they are competent in dealing with all kinds of customers, from divergent locations, and adopt their differences. Lastly, when called upon to solve an issue, they are quickly responsive.
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Alternatives Considered
ClientSuccess
HubSpot is excellent as it was an easy expansion from the sales and marketing work we were using it for. It meets our needs but isn't entirely as geared towards customer success like ClientSuccess. ClientSuccess has more bells and whistles that are out of the box vs. HubSpot, where the capabilities may exist but require a little more leg work.
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Zoho
We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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Return on Investment
ClientSuccess
  • Within the first week, leadership was able to have more visibility into the lifestage and health score of each client
  • We needed to become more proactive as an organization and this platform has allowed us to do so with real-time metrics and reporting.
  • We needed to find a way to scale our approach, especially as our Client Success organization continues to grow, and this is already helping.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
  • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
  • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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ScreenShots

Zoho Desk Screenshots

Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.