Gong vs. Talkdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gong
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Gong helps people and companies reach their potential. The Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform™ enables customer-facing teams to take advantage of their most valuable assets – customer interactions, which the Gong platform automatically captures and analyzes. Gong then delivers insights at scale, to empower revenue and go-to-market teams to determine the best actions for winning outcomes. The vendor boasts companies like Morningstar Inc., Paychex, LinkedIn,…N/A
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
GongTalkdesk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
GongTalkdesk
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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.
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Community Pulse
GongTalkdesk
Considered Both Products
Gong
Chose Gong
Talkdesk loads quicker but Gong's interface gives slightly more options. However, Talkdesk has a much better statistic and metric system, in my humble opinion. It's also easier to switch between clients and calls on Talkdesk, but not by much. The difference is slight, at best. …
Talkdesk
Chose Talkdesk
Gong gives alot more insight into individual team members conversations while tracking specific mentions of keywords that help our business thrive.
Features
GongTalkdesk
Conversation Intelligence Software Features
Comparison of Conversation Intelligence Software Features features of Product A and Product B
Gong
8.8
183 Ratings
11% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Speech-to-Text Transcription8.8180 Ratings00 Ratings
Keyword Detection9.0178 Ratings00 Ratings
Sentiment Analysis8.1161 Ratings00 Ratings
Speaker Diarization8.8171 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Recording Playback9.5181 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Summarization9.0180 Ratings00 Ratings
Conversion Metrics8.7163 Ratings00 Ratings
Keyword Search & Retrieval8.8176 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Tagging8.8167 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with CRM Systems8.8159 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Gong
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.1
486 Ratings
3% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.1465 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings7.9409 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings8.4426 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings7.8419 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.6386 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.0440 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.9226 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.4312 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings7.4245 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings8.0220 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.5434 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings6.6318 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings7.8373 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Gong
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.4
470 Ratings
2% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.7430 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.0312 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings8.8454 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.8412 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.4427 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.4434 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.2427 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.2238 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.3273 Ratings
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GongTalkdesk
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 7.5 out of 10
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Clari
Score 8.7 out of 10
CloudTalk
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Score 7.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
GongTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(625 ratings)
8.4
(498 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(13 ratings)
8.5
(39 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(393 ratings)
8.6
(313 ratings)
Availability
6.4
(2 ratings)
9.9
(8 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(2 ratings)
10.0
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(100 ratings)
6.8
(131 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.7
(6 ratings)
7.3
(222 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(2 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(2 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
GongTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
Gong.io
Gong is a wonderful tool to be able to make sure that a call is recorded properly with next steps highlighted by an AI once the transcript has been processed. Our organization uses the clip functionality quite often to share a prospect question internally with the appropriate parties, and the sales and CS teams have it synced to SFDC so they can see the opportunity value associated with each call.
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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.
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Pros
Gong.io
  • The history is quite useful in many aspects of my daily work, as I have a complete and detailed view of transcribed calls and email summaries of previously exchanged emails.
  • It's like an assistant; I can receive email reminders about things discussed during a video call, such as the upcoming date of a scheduled meeting or notes on certain key aspects the client needs for their order.
  • I can share calls through Gong with my clients. This gives me an added advantage, allowing the client to have reminders or a record of what was discussed without having to worry about manually taking notes.
  • The interface is complex but easy to learn, has many assistant-like features, and can also be integrated into many calling platforms, such as Zoom.
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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.
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Cons
Gong.io
  • AI analysis - I'd love to see some more proactive analysis or the ability to set warning signs.
  • Cross-account analysis - I'd like to be able to run the Gong prompts across a set of customers or all calls within a certain range
  • Ease of Zapier accesss - I'd love to see even more connections built to Zapier.
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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.
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Likelihood to Renew
Gong.io
Gong is one of the best if not the best tools we have in or tech stack in terms of ROI and ease of use. The ai features that have been released over the past year have continued to add value and are not just shiny new features that don't get used. It is also an easy to use platform for our sales and customer success reps, takes very little time to become proficient in. The deal boards also provide great visibility into opps for management and leadership
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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
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Usability
Gong.io
By default it automatically provides a lot of proactive information. Out of the box you can get a lot of value from what gets recorded with minimal setting adjustment. The effort you put in to enhancing it just makes it all the more powerful but you do not have to have a dedicated admin to get basic usage out of it.
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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.
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Reliability and Availability
Gong.io
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.
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Performance
Gong.io
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
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Support Rating
Gong.io
I give them a 10 because, I have been using Gong for over a year now and have never had issues or concerns go un resolved in a day or two. Their communication is impeccable and their tech support is very hands on and prompt
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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.
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In-Person Training
Gong.io
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.
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Online Training
Gong.io
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.
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Implementation Rating
Gong.io
This is nothing something I'm able to answer
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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.
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Alternatives Considered
Gong.io
I've used Chorus at a past company. It seems to do the transcriptions similarly accurately to Gong. Good enough call recording. The call feedback can be done too although maybe not as easily. I do not believe Chorus can create call playlists. I do feel there are a lot less analytics pieces to Chorus too. There are many feature addons in Gong to help sales motions.
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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.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Gong.io
I was not involved with the process
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Talkdesk
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Gong.io
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
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Professional Services
Gong.io
I was not involved with the process
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Talkdesk
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Gong.io
  • saves a lot of time, mainly thanks to call summaries & next steps as well as workflows allowing to automate communication
  • I could say that generally speaking it does increase revenue because you can do more work in the same period of time > more leads, more opportunities, more sales
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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!
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ScreenShots

Gong Screenshots

Screenshot of Coach reps into sales superstars. Replicate what works by turning objective, data-based guidance into coachable moments for managers, peer-to-peer coaching, and self-driven improvements — without any drama.Screenshot of Find the truth in your pipeline. There are risks hiding in your pipeline, deals, and customer interactions. Get true visibility from contact to close so you can address them and call the right forecast every time.Screenshot of Bet big. And win. Gong’s early insights into what’s working — and what's not — gives your team the confidence to take big-bet initiatives to market successfully.

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.