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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Comm100

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AComm100 is a global provider of omnichannel customer support software for commercial, government, and nonprofit organizations of all sizes. The Comm100 platform unifies live chat, email, social media, secure messaging, and self-service resources into one support experience. Centralized conversations and workflows improve visibility, accelerate response times, and ensure consistent service delivery regardless of channel, audience, or interaction volume. The…

    $39

    per month per user

    Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AFive9 Intelligent Virtual Agent, based on Inference Studio which was developed by Inference Solutions and acquired by Five9 October 2020, is a web based visual tool that enables users to build AI-Powered Intelligent Virtual Agents to help businesses of all sizes automate their customer care workloads.N/A

    Zendesk Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZendesk 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
    Comm100Five9 Intelligent Virtual AgentZendesk Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Booking
    $14
    per month per user
    AI Copilot
    $29
    per month per user
    Live Chat Startup
    $39
    per month per agent
    Ticketing & Messaging
    $59
    per month per user
    Live Chat Plus
    $69
    per month per agent
    AI Insights
    $100
    per month
    Live Chat Ultra
    Contact Sales
    per month per user
    AI Agent
    Contact Sales
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Comm100Five9 Intelligent Virtual AgentZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——20% discount available with annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Comm100Five9 Intelligent Virtual AgentZendesk Suite
    Considered Multiple Products
    Comm100
    No answer on this topic
    Five9
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    Comm100Five9 Intelligent Virtual AgentZendesk Suite
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Comm100 and Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Comm100
    -
    Ratings
    Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.6
    187 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1186 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4130 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.8131 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3186 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Comm100 and Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Comm100
    -
    Ratings
    Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Comm100 and Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Comm100
    -
    Ratings
    Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agent
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.4
    182 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1150 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.4119 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2178 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4138 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Comm100Five9 Intelligent Virtual AgentZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Comm100Five9 Intelligent Virtual AgentZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Comm100
    Comm100 has been great for getting customers to specific pieces of content (drivers, downloads, collateral, use cases, etc.) while the customer reaches out. The ability to share specific links in the chat window and have a preview appear is especially neat
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    Five9
    It works great in the pre-qualify area
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk is good for small teams where work is not passed along to internal teams or situations where escalations lead to further customer interactions and no further oversight is needed. It is weak as a product for larger and medium-sized companies, where processes are in place that are not aligned with its workflow, as it is a very rigid tool.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Comm100
    • We have a live chat icon on the website, so users can easily contact us for instant support.
    • Previously, we had to use email as the main contact channel. By using live chat, we found the conversation rate improved a lot, as customers are happier to get instant support.
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    Five9
    • Recording
    • Queue Management
    • Reporting
    • Insights
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Merging of the tickets with similar issues, it is easy to avoid confusion
    • Al global team somehow gets connected with different ways like Slack, with the Zendesk Suite which is so easier to highlight & the issue quickly
    • The best thing is that this tool gives you to send the message via chat-, email, call through the one single platform
    • Now AI has been added so it works good
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Comm100
    • Salesforce integration is good, but is a touch buggy, and is tough to diagnose.
    • If you know anything about computers, the training Comm100 provides is remedial.
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    Five9
    • more training would be good
    • documentation and case study materia;
    Incentivized
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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?
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Comm100
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Comm100
    Super easy to use if you know anything about computers. Comm100 has done a good job of putting together functionality and easy of use for all levels.
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    Five9
    Very user friendly as an agent but can be a bit over whelming when you're admin. It's best to have a visual guide or if the onboarding is much smoother guiding the admin depending on their use case
    Incentivized
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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
    Comm100
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Comm100
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    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
    Comm100
    Customer support seems pretty good — though we haven't had many issues, our experience with getting them to troubleshoot our Salesforce integration was really the only frustrating part. We had to repeat ourselves a bunch, and the issue never really went away. We just ignored it and moved beyond
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    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Comm100
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Comm100
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Comm100
    After a lot of research, Comm100 was our first choice. No other platform seemed as robust or provided us with as much room for growth as Comm100 did/does.
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    Five9
    It does an excellent cost-effective job
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    At the time of evaluation, Dynamics had extremely limited knowledge and support capabilities. The UI is clunky, and reporting requires a deep understanding of the underlying data structure. Ongoing maintenance was costly and didn't provide a positive ROI in any sense of the term.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Comm100
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Comm100
    • Our download-to-purchase cycle increased by around 3% after applying the live chat system.
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    Five9
    • increase in ROI
    • increase in Client Satisfaction
    • increase in Productivity
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • More than anything, provided a boost to our perceived professionalism. The portal is a massive improvement on email only support.
    • Workflow optimization via macros and automations has enhanced response times and raise our 'first call resolution' metric.
    • Speaking of metrics; having them at all! Before Zendesk Suite we were email only so had no insight into agent and vendor performance.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Comm100 Screenshots

    Screenshot of Comm100 OmnichannelScreenshot of Comm100 AIScreenshot of Comm100 Live Chat with AI CopilotScreenshot of Comm100 AI AgentScreenshot of Comm100 AI InsightsScreenshot of Monitoring and Sentiment Analysis

    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