DataEQ vs. Desk.com (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DataEQ
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
BrandsEye is a South African reputation management and social media monitoring system competing with vendors like Trackur. BrandsEye scours the social web for mentions and uses crowdsourced analysis to judge sentiment.N/A
Desk.com (discontinued)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Desk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A
Pricing
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEnterprise focused solution, with pricing based on data volumes
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Best Alternatives
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Simplify360
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(4 ratings)
8.2
(38 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(14 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(19 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
BrandsEye
If you are looking for an analytics product that doesn't just monitor, but also listens to online conversations then BrandsEye is the ideal tool.
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Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
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Pros
BrandsEye
  • Reporting
  • Customer support
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  • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
  • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
  • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
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Cons
BrandsEye
  • A super-lite "budget" account option for short-term projects.
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  • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
  • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
  • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
  • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
  • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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Likelihood to Renew
BrandsEye
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We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
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Usability
BrandsEye
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Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
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Reliability and Availability
BrandsEye
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We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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Performance
BrandsEye
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Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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Support Rating
BrandsEye
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Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
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Implementation Rating
BrandsEye
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As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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Alternatives Considered
BrandsEye
The local support for us is key, and Amy, our account manager, is a legend. We couldn't be happier with BrandsEye.
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Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
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Return on Investment
BrandsEye
  • As I have only been using the software for approximately 3 weeks it is difficult to say.
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Discontinued Products
  • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
  • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
  • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
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ScreenShots

DataEQ Screenshots

Screenshot of Various Dashboard WidgetsScreenshot of BrandsEye dashboard

Desk.com (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of Desk.com ConsoleScreenshot of Desk.com Issue ScreenScreenshot of Desk.com Reporting and Analytics