eXo Platform vs. Zendesk Guide

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
eXo Platform
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
eXo Platform is an open-source, social-collaboration software designed for enterprises. Some key features include: Enterprise Social Network, Enterprise Content Management and Social Collaboration.
$0
engaged user/month
Zendesk Guide
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk Guide is a smart knowledge base built to help support teams continuously improve content, keep it up to date, and serve it to customers.N/A
Pricing
eXo PlatformZendesk Guide
Editions & Modules
Community
$0
engaged user/month
Social Intranet
$3
per month per user
Digital Workplace Cloud
$5
per month per user
Digital Workplace On-Premise
$5
per month per user
Enterprise Unlimited
9$
engaged user/month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
eXo PlatformZendesk Guide
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
eXo PlatformZendesk Guide
Considered Both Products
eXo Platform
Chose eXo Platform
We chose it for the Java-based open-source platform and customization options.
Chose eXo Platform
EXo platform offers a large number of ready-to-use functions, which determined your selection. Also, that it has a user interface is well designed. It is easy to know what tasks are available in each section. Learn the system and have the best customer service.
Chose eXo Platform
We selected this product firstly because it's easy to use for end-users, even if it's not so simple to configure from an administrative point of view. Managing and tracking overall activities is quite easy and it's also possible to have an immediate vision of everything that is …
Chose eXo Platform
Economical, extensible, and ease in deployability.
Chose eXo Platform
I previously used eXo platform and now i am using Hybris. But now I want to use eXo again because of its advantages.
Chose eXo Platform
eXo platform combines a number of features such as document management, wiki, internal social networks, messaging, calendaring as well as portal functionality. It is undoubtedly a feature-packed platform of the order of e.g. Sharepoint.
Chose eXo Platform
The interface, although quite complicated, is still better than the lead competitors. It's indeed a kind of software that requires that many features and we are yet to find a company that will make it incredibly ease to use.
Chose eXo Platform
eXo Platform is a very good application, and I'm sure this application can be a "white horse" for the platforms that I have written about above. This platform has a competitive price and a multi platform environment. This platform is very easy to install, suitable for a new …
Chose eXo Platform
we can built modules and apply them over your portal. If you are looking for a framework for build a social network I strongly
Chose eXo Platform
Pligg was a pain to set up, especially on a Windows environment.
Chose eXo Platform
One of the main reasons for choosing eXo was the good UI and UX. It is well suited for social collaboration features. Chat application provided by eXo is very good and is outstanding when compared to skype. Also Calendar feature is also very helpful for social apps development …
Chose eXo Platform
vTiger, but very buggy and has to be installed on site.
Zendesk Guide
Chose Zendesk Guide
Zendesk Guide is less expensive as compared to other community platforms, it provides sufficient features to fulfill our community requirements. If operated nicely it has better ROI as compared to other platforms. Zendesk Guide is easy to use and it is easier for developers to …
Chose Zendesk Guide
We are still exploring switching to Intercom Guides. I believe we picked Zendesk Guide because they were the top player at the time. However, what we've found is that they have fallen behind in innovation and especially adding AI options that make updating content easier for …
Chose Zendesk Guide
Zendesk (ZD) is one of the most popular help desk software solutions on the market.
Zendesk tends to handle complexity better than Freshdesk, when it comes to automation.
Both platforms (ZD and Freshdesk ) offer machine learning bots that analyze tickets and pull in relevant KB …
Chose Zendesk Guide
Freshservice also provides similar features to Zendesk Guide, however, I believe that it is not as good as Zendesk Guide. For example, in Freshservice, manageable and visibility permission can only be set at the folder level and not at the article level. Also security …
Chose Zendesk Guide
It is an attribute of Zendesk that allows for easy over the phone communication between agents and customers. It is more personal and allows for better productivity. Phone support from anywhere with reliable internet connection which is essential to call center communication …
Features
eXo PlatformZendesk Guide
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
eXo Platform
9.2
Ratings
17% above category average
Zendesk Guide
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Ratings
Task Management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Search10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
eXo Platform
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Zendesk Guide
-
Ratings
Chat10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
eXo Platform
9.1
Ratings
12% above category average
Zendesk Guide
-
Ratings
Versioning8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
eXo PlatformZendesk Guide
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
eXo PlatformZendesk Guide
Likelihood to Recommend
In our scenario, we're using it for DMS, too. The DMS functionalities are suited only for small enterprises because when the number of resources increases it becomes harder to manage overall configuration. Anyway software is quite easy to use from an end-user point of view and it increases collaboration, especially when the team is already suited to use collaborative tools.
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[Zendesk Guide] is well suited for any telecommunications company, especially in a work from home scenario. Zendesk Guide is basically an incentive for employees to not slack off and continue to provide excellent skills and services they were trained to do. The application is not necessarily appropriate for business's that don't utilize over the phone or web chat interactions.
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Pros
  • I personally love the user-friendly interface. Often you find software which is difficult to learn, and not utilized as often as it should be because of this. With eXo Platform, the interface is easy to understand, and is not particularly challenging to new users and non-tech savvy individuals.
  • It allows you to get work done, without feeling like using the platform is part of the actual work. It feels more like a natural system you would use in your leisure time to connect with friends and family, rather than a social intranet designed to facilitate employee communication and help you meet project deadlines.
  • The cloud platform allows users to easily share information and files, and collaborate on project work. Another benefit to this is it makes mobile collaboration possible.
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  • Easy to organize articles
  • Easy to preview and publish
  • Easy to edit
  • Ability to add other users at different permission levels
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Cons
  • Ajax call timing is more when creating space from eXo portal. Sometimes some UI portion was getting messed up in older version of eXo portal.
  • Should have a good validations for e.g "There are no documents available in this folder" instead of blank when there are no documents available in document folder.
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  • Some improvement needed to reviewing articles, as we can't do the reviews in the same place where we write and publish the article.
  • Central KBs need to support version history, which some time lacks to give track of multiple review.
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Likelihood to Renew
It is a stable platform that has uniquely solved my issues.
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Usability
This platform has a pleasant user interface, is very easy to use, and offers a lot of useful accessories and add-ons. At first it can be a little intimidating, but it doesn't take long to get used to it. It is considerably reliable and safe. Facilitates connection and collaboration with coworkers. It provides tools that allow you to capture, organize and act according to the internal knowledge of your team.
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Support Rating
The eXo platform offers a high quality support, which satisfies the requirements of our company, especially when the platform begins to be used, due to the amount of tools that can be overwhelming. Support responses are made in a short period of time.
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The support is good but can sometime be frustrating to get a quick answer. We end up being sent articles that don't answer the question and then we have to go back and try again
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Alternatives Considered
EXo platform offers a large number of ready-to-use functions, which determined your selection. Also, that it has a user interface is well designed. It is easy to know what tasks are available in each section. Learn the system and have the best customer service
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Freshservice also provides similar features to Zendesk Guide, however, I believe that it is not as good as Zendesk Guide. For example, in Freshservice, manageable and visibility permission can only be set at the folder level and not at the article level. Also security permission in Freshservice cannot be created from tags. This mean that without API calls or integration, admin has to assign employees to the specific manageable and visiblity permission group which is inconvenience and extremely manual. In our company, when there are more than 10 movements in a day as well as many employees hired and left in a month, doing this manually is not preferable
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Return on Investment
  • The eXo platform is a great agile tool for concentrating internal human capital.
  • It is excellent for improving communication and collaboration between the company and group members.
  • It generates an effective collaborative work and maximizes productivity with the improvement of teamwork.
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  • After the community came to us and we redesigned and made it more SEO-friendly and performance-efficient, its engagement increased by 30-40% in 1 Year based on different factors.
  • It has returned the Invested money in best way possible and given the product a global name by distributing the queries and solutions to lakhs of community users.
  • Increase in Page views by 32% in 1 year
  • Increase in Community visits by 29% in 1 year
  • Increase in Average Member online time by 54% in 1 year
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ScreenShots

eXo Platform Screenshots

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