FluidSurveys (Discontinued) vs. Manhattan Active® Customer Engagement vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
FluidSurveys was a survey and form building option. SurveyMonkey discontinued the product, it reached end of life (EOL) December 2017.N/A
Manhattan Active® Customer Engagement
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
A solution focusing on providing call center and service agents information about when and why customers buy a brand's products, and that also lets customers use digital self-service to lighten the workload of agents. Agents are given access to complete customer histories, with a variety of tools united in a single agent dashboard.N/A
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk 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
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)Manhattan Active® Customer EngagementZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
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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
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)Manhattan Active® Customer EngagementZendesk Suite
Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Features
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Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)
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Ratings
Manhattan Active® Customer Engagement
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.9
174 Ratings
8% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.4173 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2119 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8120 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3123 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings9.4174 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1173 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)
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Ratings
Manhattan Active® Customer Engagement
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.2
158 Ratings
2% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2152 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2145 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)
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Ratings
Manhattan Active® Customer Engagement
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.8
170 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1139 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings00 Ratings8.572 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4113 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2167 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0129 Ratings
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Qualaroo
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Dialpad Support
Dialpad Support
Score 9.1 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Verint Voice of the Customer
Verint Voice of the Customer
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
FluidSurveys (Discontinued)Manhattan Active® Customer EngagementZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(208 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(82 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(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
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Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
For surveys, and for centralized info-gathering, FluidSurveys provides an excellent solution. There are other programs out there which provide a wider range of solutions (i.e., they can be used for surveying AND comprehensive online engagement, rather than just a data-gathering type of consultation); however, for programming and implementing surveys, FluidSurveys has an effective variety of strengths and options that make it optimal for users who are focused specifically on surveys.
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Manhattan Associates
The cloud-native technological architecture on which Manhattan Active WM is built is designed for scalability, flexibility, and easy upgradeability. A responsive user interface, which is available on a tablet or fixed station and supports several of these operations, provides the unified control capabilities of the system. Real-time data is shown in a variety of ways, including a global map of facilities, individual facility data, labor utilization, and tasks broken down by job function.
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Zendesk
Being a customer support agent, I found it very good when it comes to send an email or call or chat- with the user. I can do all that from the one single platform which is so easy and time saving for you. It does not take much time to use this, We can chat- with the user and at the same time we can send an email to them as well.
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Pros
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  • User-friendly. For the majority of the general and basic tools you can use with FluidSurveys to build surveys are simple to use and intuitive. When certain issues come up, the service is quick (chat room) and effective.
  • Anonymity: the software has the reputation of being safer in terms of safeguarding private information the respondents share by answering surveys (this is mainly due to the fact that the servers are in Canada). Thus, indirectly, they increase response rates.
  • Extensive possibilities: FluidSurveys offers a plethora of possibilities and options that really renders the experience interesting in terms of micro-managing each details of the surveys you are sending out there. When the invitation leaves by email, it is exactly how you want it.
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Manhattan Associates
  • Permanently Adaptive.
  • Seamlessly Integrated.
  • Greater Visibility.
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Zendesk
  • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
  • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
  • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • There should be more flexibility and customizability with regard to survey design (e.g. background, fonts...)
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Manhattan Associates
  • User Interface.
  • Data Security.
  • API's
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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?
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
Note: I am responding to this question as a user of the system and not a representative of my organization.

On a personal level/as a user only, I would definitely continue to use FluidSurveys.On a personal level/as a user only, I would definitely continue to use FluidSurveys.
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Manhattan Associates
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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.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
I think the average person can very quickly pick up on the basics of the system: they would have no problems programming and launching a basic survey. Organizations may benefit from having people of different backgrounds getting their hands dirty in the system: at a minimum, both web programmers and opinion research advisors should be solicited for input or help.
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Manhattan Associates
No answers on this topic
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
Discontinued Products
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Manhattan Associates
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
Discontinued Products
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Manhattan Associates
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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
Discontinued Products
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Manhattan Associates
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
Discontinued Products
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Manhattan Associates
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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
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Manhattan Associates
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
Discontinued Products
Although I do not have much experience with Survey Monkey, the only two reasons why I choose FluidSurveys is that clients demand it (privacy and anonymity) and because managing multiple surveys at a time is easier. As for ODK Collect, I think it is a valuable alternative to FluidSurveys if you have time to learn the coding (not very complicated). ODK is a little less user friendly and you cannot address small details as you can with FluidSurveys (e.g.: formatting).
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Manhattan Associates
Manhattan enables seamless business configuration and interoperability. Manhattan Associates' architectural principles will drive the creation of cloud-native apps. These principles were developed to ensure that Manhattan Associates' solutions could achieve the engineering velocity that its end clients demanded while also striving to reduce the cost of innovation. As a consequence, you are not obliged to wait for technology to catch up to your decision-making before introducing new goods and services to your customers.
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Zendesk
The customisable reporting every time. Our leadership reply on me to run my team and want to know what customers are telling us so they can elevate our products. We have extensive custom reports that tie up all aspects of our product and customer journeys. I've not found another product that allows me as much freedom as Zendesk Suite explore does, so far.
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Scalability
Discontinued Products
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Manhattan Associates
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Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Confidentiality of data is a big concern for our company, and we feel more secure working with a Canadian company. Our clients feel more secure, too.
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Manhattan Associates
  • Implementation of the whole supply chain and fulfilment.
  • Better Data Management.
  • Effective use of configurations.
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Zendesk
  • Integrating other AI solutions for an organization with high volumes can cost about USD5000 monthly. With Zendesk AI and by building onto the same with AI powered apps built for Zendesk Suite we save a projected USD4000 monthly.
  • Robust Zendesk APIs have enabled us to integrate our internal system with a customized app saving us hundreds of hours every quarter spent loading customer profiles that are not loaded instantly from the app.
  • Plug and play apps like Round robin save us weeks of sprint delay timelines as they do not require additional coding or developer support to install and start using.
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ScreenShots

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

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