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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.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

    Google Cloud Contact Center AI

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle has launched a cloud based contact center software which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the customer experience and provide real-time insights for agents. Announced in July 2018, this product adds three core AI functionalities to the contact center software tool belt with its Dialogflow feature: virtual agents, AI assistance for human agents, and contact center analytics. Google’s product streamlines inbound and outbound communications by…N/A
    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Considered Both Products
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
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    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.612 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings8.211 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.39 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings8.711 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.311 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings8.812 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.49 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Google
    Well suited for sites where the product is hardware because with those if there are any questions then the site could help eliminate having to contact the company directly and waiting for answers days later. This would be suited for products as the answer could be given and the more complex questions would be directed to the company.
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    Pros
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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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    Google
    • Google Cloud Contact Center AI is based on the same foundation infrastructure and services as Google Assistant, therefore, it is robust and flexible. The APIs are very well built and documented as well. Any newbie can start using the service with a very little learning curve.
    • Seamless integrations are also a great add-on. Google makes sure that Contact Center AI service integrates well with leading customer service platforms which helps any user to use only the required functionalities from Contact Center AI and meanwhile use any other primary platform.
    • Robust documentation which is always alive and is updated within no time is of great help! Google makes sure its end customers know what to do where and when in clear plain text and any issues/ bugs are also documented.
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    Cons
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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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    Google
    • It's still in the beginning phase of sentimental Analysis and more data sets can really help during tough conversations.
    • Automation can be made a little simpler and basic for anyone to be able to work on it.
    • Each instance of the software can have its own AI learning for a wider range of real time issues.
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    Likelihood to Renew
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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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    Google
    We are happy with the implementation and functionality of the software and associated systems. In general, unless something better can replace this system we intend on continuing. We think the ease of systems implementation and integration adds value and substantiates the use and excellent functionality of the product and associated services.
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    Usability
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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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    Google
    Generally intuitive and easy to learn. I would like more guides but the learning curve is rather quick and makes the software rather an easy study for the average user. Generally, the support and functionality of the software make for a generally good outcome and easy implementation of the software and user experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
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    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
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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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    Google
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    Implementation Rating
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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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    Google
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    Alternatives Considered
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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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    Google
    Only IBM Watson Assistant has been the one we have used in the company, in fact, it was the first to use it because currently in the market there are not many options to use, and if there are they are not receiving enough publicity, so we have limited ourselves to google cloud contact center AI.
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    Return on Investment
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    • 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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    Google
    • Reduced the number of minutes spent by live agents on trivial queries.
    • Our client saved thousands of dollars by using the AI contact center as now the agents spend most of their time solving real issues.
    • Customer satisfaction got increased exponentially.
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