Gladly CX Platform vs. Talkdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gladly CX Platform
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Gladly Software headquartered in San Francisco offers their omnichannel customer service platform, providing one platform to oversee customer correspondences and also provide customer self-help.
$38
Per Month Per User
Talkdesk
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.
$85
per month per user
Pricing
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Editions & Modules
Task Based
$38.00
Per Month Per User
Customer Facing
$150.00
Per Month Per User
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Voice Essentials
$105
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$165
per month per user
Industry Experience Clouds
$225
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Features
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Gladly CX Platform
8.9
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Gladly CX Platform
9.3
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
External knowledge base9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Gladly CX Platform
9.4
5 Ratings
16% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Customer portal9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Gladly CX Platform
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.1
485 Ratings
3% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.1464 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings7.9408 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings8.3426 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings7.8418 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.6386 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.9439 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.8226 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.4311 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings7.4245 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings7.9220 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.5433 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings6.7318 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings7.6372 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Gladly CX Platform
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.4
469 Ratings
2% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.7429 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.1312 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings8.9453 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.8411 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.4426 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.4433 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.3426 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.2238 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.3273 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Small Businesses
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 8.7 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(5 ratings)
8.3
(498 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(39 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.5
(313 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.8
(131 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(222 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Gladly CX PlatformTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
Gladly Software
Any business that has a customer base could benefit from Gladly. If you call, text, social media message, etc Gladly can do all of these functions and keeps all of these conversations easily located so that you can refer back to previous conversations. The ability to leave notes on the account is very helpful.
Read full review
Talkdesk
If I was building a contact center from scratch with the intent of integrating AI features into my operations, Talkdesk would be a top choice. If you do not plan on integrating AI, you might find a lot of Talkdesk's offerings extraneous. Talkdesk's Copilot (real-time agent assistant, summarization, etc.) is very accurate for shorter calls. We have an ATT that is much higher than their customer base average, and the summary can start to become less succinct the longer the call goes on. We've noticed the same for automated QA scoring. This is more of a limitation of AI in general, rather than for Talkdesk itself.
Read full review
Pros
Gladly Software
  • Easy to use interface. Supporting customers is as easy as texting a friend.
  • True Omnichannel support system where all channels live on the same screen without the need to hop between applications.
  • Built-in knowledgebase (Answers) reducing team member ramp time and providing a template for consistent solutions for our customers.
Read full review
Talkdesk
  • Talkdesk excels at reporting. It offers a wide range of reports, such as Aux, AHT, and productivity reports, which are great for monitoring performance.
  • Talkdesk has speech-to-text analytics. This is an AI transcript system. The AI detects speech and transcribes it.
  • Talkdesk is easy to integrate with other apps. Such as Calabrio and Zendesk.
Read full review
Cons
Gladly Software
  • When you cannot merge the customers' accounts
  • When the emails arrive with a delay
  • In the way we cannot edit or delete notes
Read full review
Talkdesk
  • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
  • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
  • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
  • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
  • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
Gladly Software
Gladly really has all the information needed about a customer that you would need.If gladly does have a specified space for specific information you can add notes in multiple locations to remind you self of special circumstances. Gladly meets all our expectations and continues to provide a see less transaction
Read full review
Talkdesk
One of the best tools our there to tackle alot of our needs or issues within the organisation's and is value for money as you find alot of the features already in bedded and the Ai features are user friendly no need for additional training and Talk desk support when any issues arise is amazing
Read full review
Usability
Gladly Software
In my 10+ years in the call center industry this has been by far one of the user friendly platform to use. It has been an easy tool to use and train new hires with that is self explanatory and not complicated at all for a agent level employee. Overall platform is easy to read and navigate.
Read full review
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
Read full review
Reliability and Availability
Gladly Software
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
Read full review
Performance
Gladly Software
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
reports are good until a report is a big one in size then the wait is longer and some call reports delay by an hour or so which is not ideal as we pull these hourly and need them from Work force management perspective and Quality reports are perfectly fine
Read full review
Support Rating
Gladly Software
Gladly is always available to support its customers. That being said, we really haven’t needed support. The product is intuitive and stable. The reality is the support we receive is more collaboration on how we can help Gladly continue to revolutionize this space.
Read full review
Talkdesk
If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
Read full review
In-Person Training
Gladly Software
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
Read full review
Online Training
Gladly Software
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
Read full review
Implementation Rating
Gladly Software
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
We were very satisfied with the implementation of Talkdesk. The team was able to gather all the data and information about the system we had in place at the moment and delivered us a Talkdesk plan that suited our needs. We had a few calls after implementation where our questions were answered and gave us the confidence to continue using the system.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
Gladly Software
First of all, the ease of the platform, the way it helps us to make our job faster as they have the customer information on the left of our screenand we have it linked to Shopify. The fact that this program has helped our productivity is amazing, and also, during peak season, it Gladly CX Platform makes the days go faster and easier.
Read full review
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
Read full review
Scalability
Gladly Software
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
talk desk has helped us massively with flexibility of one system giving us all the relevant information we need to be able to drive improvement and also good service from work force management to quality improvement to the reporting of the work and inputs going in and assess outputs to determine the success of our work and remaining development areas
Read full review
Return on Investment
Gladly Software
  • This platform has improved the speed in which customer issues are resolved by providing a broad picture of customer need, profile and history.
Read full review
Talkdesk
  • Reduced hold times with callback feature = better CX
  • Easy transfer option between teams where we can talk rep-rep first before bringing the caller in = less repeated information the customer has to provide = better CX
  • Modified call dispositions allows for better call management & organization = less work on our end!
Read full review
ScreenShots

Gladly CX Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Gladly's customer chat in actionScreenshot of a customer getting a flight update through GladlyScreenshot of a customer conversation with Gladly SidekickScreenshot of the call summary feature in Gladly

Talkdesk Screenshots

Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.