Dialpad Connect vs. Zendesk Talk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dialpad Connect
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Dialpad Connect is a cloud communications UCaaS platform that provides users with integrated voice, video, and messaging capabilities from one unified interface.
$27
per month
Zendesk Talk
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
Pricing
Dialpad ConnectZendesk Talk
Editions & Modules
Standard
$27
per month per user
Pro
$35
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact sales team
per user/per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dialpad ConnectZendesk Talk
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Dialpad ConnectZendesk Talk
Considered Both Products
Dialpad Connect
Chose Dialpad Connect
I personally find Dialpad Talk to be extremely easy to use. At one point we has a large group of agents who weren't tech saavy whatsoever. This had concerned us but after seeing how fast they learned how to use it, mainly because of how user friendly Dialpad Talk is, those …
Zendesk Talk

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Features
Dialpad ConnectZendesk Talk
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.1
105 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
High quality audio8.7104 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video8.669 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.2
62 Ratings
1% below category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing9.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.4
73 Ratings
1% above category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Calendar integration8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.859 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.0
46 Ratings
1% below category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Live chat9.345 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.5
65 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
User authentication8.557 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.061 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.1
73 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.333 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.868 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.4
87 Ratings
0% above category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording8.879 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park8.660 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening8.766 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts9.081 Ratings00 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging7.768 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Fax7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription8.780 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
7.4
72 Ratings
13% below category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS7.350 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.5
65 Ratings
5% above category average
Zendesk Talk
-
Ratings
Centralized communications management8.850 Ratings00 Ratings
Team messaging8.746 Ratings00 Ratings
Team document sharing8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics8.451 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
-
Ratings
Zendesk Talk
7.8
16 Ratings
7% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.716 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings8.815 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings5.07 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.714 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings5.210 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
-
Ratings
Zendesk Talk
7.8
16 Ratings
6% below category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings5.210 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.815 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.813 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.813 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.713 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings4.814 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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User Ratings
Dialpad ConnectZendesk Talk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(339 ratings)
9.8
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(73 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(57 ratings)
5.0
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dialpad ConnectZendesk Talk
Likelihood to Recommend
Dialpad
It is well-suited for basic calling functionality, but has been a poor experience for us when used for texting, as it lacks some of the features of other platforms, such as Haymarket. It is also challenging to capture good analytics, as this is neither easy nor clear for users to find.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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Pros
Dialpad
  • Ease of signing on and calling in
  • Clear audio/sound, no static or poor connections
  • Can choose to be on video or not
  • The organizer and participants can see all who are on the call
  • Meetings can be auto-recorded and sent to organizer at end of call
  • Hold music can be played for initial caller
  • Meeting is auto-transcribed
  • Action items are automatically listed for the organizer
  • Summary list shows all who were in attendance
  • Summary shows duration of callers on the meeting
  • Can load images of attendees when setting of the meeting
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Zendesk
  • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
  • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
  • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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Cons
Dialpad
  • The only example I can list for improvement is that occasionally the message has some mistranslation(s). But I can usually figure out the missing words. The 'southern USA' dialect may be partly to blame....
  • The functionality is really great. It is the best app I have used for messages in all of my customer service jobs.
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Zendesk
  • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
  • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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Likelihood to Renew
Dialpad
Dialpad Talk is easy to use and no one has had a problem using it. Even when we have had questions/problems we have been able to fix it ourselves without having to go to Dialpad to ask for help, which saves everyone time. We don't have any reason to cancel our use of this product and we are very happy with how it performs for our team.
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Zendesk
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Usability
Dialpad
Dialpad Connect is good and recommended for any organization. It is a good value. It can accomplish everything that your organization is looking for, and no one will say it is outside the budget for any 50+ person organization. The AI feature is very useful. The dashboard could be a bit easier to manage, and the integration with Salesforce could be a bit smoother.
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Zendesk
Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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Reliability and Availability
Dialpad
There have not been any outages that I am aware of and we have had consistently good coverage since the start. There can be a slight lag from the office to the mobile app, but it is not terribly noticeable and it has not resulted in any calls being prematurely hung up
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Zendesk
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Performance
Dialpad
The emails of voice transcription come very quickly after a call has been completed and except for a few fairly difficult names are pretty accurate. The ability to quickly listen to the voicemail from email without having to open the app is also a bonus. I have not noticed or heard of any slowdowns
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Dialpad
The original date for roll-out, was unable to happen because there was an issue finding our existing phone lines to port them... The only reason I gave a 9 is [that] the original person we have been working with, Rolled out phones. Pro without telling anyone and then went on vacation, I only say this to explain that there is a gentleman that took over to help us named Brett and he was FANTASTIC! He allowed a ton of calls and answered all of them, walked us [through] settings, profile set up, and even emailed screen shares so we could help other members of our team! Thanks so much, Brett you ROCK~
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Zendesk
In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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In-Person Training
Dialpad
Welcoming and easy to follow the instruction
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Zendesk
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Online Training
Dialpad
Simple and easy to follow, we had our branches around the country to be trained and the feedback was great. Only take if there was a desk phone training that would be great. The team provided us with video for the desk phone training
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Dialpad
I didn't participate in the implementation. But obviously it went flawlessly, as all users are set up in-house, and on the app.
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Zendesk
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Alternatives Considered
Dialpad
Panterra is dependable and has good support. Dialpad Connect has more features and an easier interface. AT&T has a lot of features, but Dialpad Connect's interface is easier. AT&T does not do call transcription that I know of. Comcast BVE and 8x8 services are lower quality and service is not great.
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Zendesk
Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Dialpad
Overall program is of average cost. SInce I use it simply for its phone/text capabilities. I would hazard that company that needed more options, might see it differently
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Zendesk
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Scalability
Dialpad
So far, Dialpad has been a great improvement for our organization. It allows everyone to be on the same service and the integration with the mobile app means everyone is still using the "office" numbers even when on the go which makes it easier not having to balance multiple phone numbers from people
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Zendesk
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Return on Investment
Dialpad
  • Saves me time with a downloadable transcript for call documentation.
  • All calls are automatically recorded, which provides proof of what was said.
  • Translation availability using IVR and AI language allows us to communicate with all families without needing to find a translator.
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Zendesk
  • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
  • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
  • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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