GoSquared vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoSquared
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
GoSquared provides real-time website analytics to sites of all sizes. The real-time dashboard displays website analytics on an individual visitor basis. The Now App displays concurrent analysis (the visitors who are on your site right now) of your site performance. The Trends App displays historical, trends and comparison analysis on real-time data. You don't have to wait 4 - 24 hours in order to compare todays current performance against last years. The Ecommerce App displays the same freshness…
$0
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
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
GoSquaredZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
GoSquared Free - Access to the Now and Trends realtime web analytics dashboard.
$0
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
GoSquared Analytics - Everything included in free plus premium analytics features.
$29
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
GoSquared Suite - The most popular GoSquared plan, full access to our real time analytics dashboards, intelligent live chat and customer data hub.
$79
Month [Unlimited Users]
Suite Team
$69
per month per agent
Suite Growth
$115
per month per agent
Suite Professional
$149
per month per agent
Suite Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoSquaredZendesk Suite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsGoSquared Free, track up to 1000 pageviews a month. GoSquared Analytics, track up to 100k pageviews a month with pricing starting at £29/month. GoSquared Suite, track up to 100k pageviews a month with pricing starting at £79/month.20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
GoSquaredZendesk Suite
Considered Both Products
GoSquared
Chose GoSquared
GoSquared suited us much better than the two alternatives that we evaluated. We were already an Intercom user but GoSqured suited our requirements much better. The look and feel of the product is a subjective topic but I personally felt that GS does a better job here. Also, I …
Chose GoSquared
GoSquared acts as an end-to-end tool taking care of most of the needs of the organizations unlike most of the competitors. Even while covering a vast scenario, GoSquared handles all the tasks pretty well.
Chose GoSquared
GoSquared is easier and more intuitive to use, also less advanced but it offers enough functionality for most websites. It can be used in conjunction with more advanced tools.
Chose GoSquared
I use GoSquared in tandem with Google Analytics on my site since I don't need an all-in-one marketing software for this site. I love the clean, easy-to-read reports that I receive from GoSquared on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. The graphs are easy to interpret and it pulls the …
Chose GoSquared
For realtime analytics, GoSquare is my go to pick since it does it really well and is very simple to use. The dashboard is also really great to show the team analytics of our website at a glance.
Chose GoSquared
Google Analytics is massively bloated and can be difficult to configure, navigate and understand. While GoSquared doesn't provide the feature set that Google Analytics does it focuses on providing the best experience for the features it does offer. If you just want to know who …
Chose GoSquared
I have evaluated other products but as GoSquared is presenting Live Data this really is most useful, I don't have much of a requirement to see what a potential customer did yesterday. I need to know what my potential customer sitting on the website right now is looking to …
Chose GoSquared
  • Gaug.es - Easy to read data, but pretty limited information.
  • Chartbeat - Too expensive for the number of websites we needed to track.
Chose GoSquared
As I said previously, I rather pay for a superb product than use a good free product. I think GoSquared beats Google Analytics on user-friendliness, usability, and UX. The team seems to not stand still and is always innovating, which I value, too.
Chose GoSquared
For simplicity & real-time data, GoSquared beats Google Analytics easily. However, for more complex analytics requirements, GoSquared simply doesn't support the vast array of reporting abilities which Google Analytics affords.
Chose GoSquared
It is easy, fast and real time. GoSquared does not need a rocket scientist to operate and understand. It shows what is happening on your sites now.
Chose GoSquared
I have used several analytics packages, including Clicky, Piwik and of course, Google Analytics. At the time when I used GoSquared, it had some unique features, but now the others have closed the gap in functionality, especially in allowing users to create widget based …
Zendesk Suite
Chose Zendesk Suite
it was much more user friendly and to the end users doesn't feel like they are submitting a ticket. it is much more conversational.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite is far simpler to set up from an admin perspective, and the pricing was much better for our needs as well
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite is a better product all round for customer support - it is designed specifically as a level 1 helpdesk platform and compares favourably to JIRA. While JIRA has some extra features and can do things like change management and service management it does not do them …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite blows what I have used before out the water. The base features alone are a level of advancement far above my previously used systems. Also, the ingenuity of the software to mold to my needs is priceless.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite has been a much better fit for us than Salesforce Experience Cloud and Salesforce Knowledge. With Salesforce, many basic knowledge base needs require custom development or AppExchange add-ons, from UI tweaks to more advanced analytics. Authoring and formatting …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Much easier to use, better organized, and aligns with business needs much better, so that it's more of a useful tool than a bottleneck.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Even these two have a ticketing system but that I also used previously but Zendesk Suite has a very clear ticketing system - it does not take much time to understand and use it, the interface is easy and the automation system also works up to the expectation, it is not just …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Here are the explanations for my preference of analysis Zendesk Suite to this end:

Power + Usability: Zendesk Suite has abundant omnichannel coverage, acceptable automation, and decent reporting but does not go all in to full-custom dev mode, so hangs nicely in the space of …
Chose Zendesk Suite
We use JIRA for some IT Tickets but we ended up using JIRA as our second line of defense. If support couldn't resolve a Zendesk ticket, they create a JIRA ticket and someone else is pulled in to help troubleshoot something more complex. We haven't really had an issue having to …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Salesforce and servicenow are not user friendly, no room for much customization, and comparatively slow as well
Chose Zendesk Suite
We Initially started working the Zendesk Suite and it is more easier to understand all the functionalities and workflows. It is more secured and well managed platform
Chose Zendesk Suite
I haven't really used other services of this kind for some time now, but that is simply because Zendesk Suite has provided us with everything that we have needed, and have also continue improving a developing new features through time.
Chose Zendesk Suite
I like the Zendesk Suite because it can run on any of most browser that is compatible. The navigational experience is better than most CRM tools I have encountered with and far more advance with the embedded UI and plugins. Back then, the dialer for calls we has to use a …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Hands down winner. Not even a competition.
Chose Zendesk Suite
I used Remedi, but I didn't like it. I used Remedi, but I didn't like it.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite seemed to have a lot more customization and flexibility. We have multiple "brands" that need to follow different flows and have different needs and Zendesk Suite allowed us to easily do that. We also had strong needs for a help center and liked how their worked …
Chose Zendesk Suite
We appreciated the app features and the overall features so we decided to stay with Zendesk Suite for our business needs
Chose Zendesk Suite
Although Zendesk Suites has a higher value when it comes to it's pricing, Zendesk offers more features and functionality also Zendesk Suites has already established it's name and is trusted by many businesses and organizations. Other similar products maybe cheaper and simple …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Just a simpler experience that doesn't need all the bells and whistles of a fully ITIL based platform.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite is very similar to the companies we listed, but, in my opinion, there are a lot of things that these companies do right that Zendesk Suite fails at. Particularly reporting and phone systems. We have looked into Five9 in great detail to replace our current phone …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite comes with a complete package. Right from receiving customer calls to responding emails. Managing tickets and following up with customers for required information. This tool feels like the place where you can Manage more of the things
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite ultimately is very capable and highly configurable. When you really get to know what options exist, there are a lot of workflows you can build for your support operation that can improve agent efficiency, and lead to higher CSAT.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Create mobile-friendly, personalized support request forms with Formstack’s easy-to-use builder ,Auto-add new support tickets to Zendesk CRM and alert your first available team member Build better customer relationships by storing everything in one, secure place and improving …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Suite is way less complicated than Salesforce. The response from the team is prompt if the company is in need. It's all in one place. Commercial friendly as well. Cost effective to what we pay. Used by MNC's hence better clarity of the suite even brand wise. Zendesk …
Features
GoSquaredZendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
GoSquared
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.8
Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
GoSquared
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
GoSquared
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
GoSquaredZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.9
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
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5.5
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoSquaredZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
It works best for real time customer relations and monitoring. For historic data use it with another tool. Other than that it is an amazingly easy to use, and to set up tool. Once you start using it, you will never go back.
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Benefits of Zendesk Suite:
Support across channels In the case of a retail company with chat, email, WhatsApp and social DMs all piling up together, agents do not have to change tabs - everything comes into one screen in the Suite.
An example could be a representative for this e-commerce company on a sale weekend when they have live chat up, and also must deal with emails and complaints on social. Zendesk Suite handled all of this interaction seamlessly.
Knowledge base + self service: A SaaS platform receiving constant flow of "how do I reset my password" questions. You set up a help centre once, and are able to deflect hundreds of tickets for months and years.
Even better when combining with Answer Bot, where the bot begins suggesting articles without even a human interacting with the tickets.
Scaling customer service teams: A startup that has just expanded from 5 customer service representatives to 50 customer service representatives. Zendesk Suite automates routing, SLAs, macros, and analytics, when it could never work with Google Workspace + sticky notes.
This is especially helpful when managers want to be able to report or analyze ticketing conversations to see trends in perhaps their backlog, or a customer service representative is running into consistent workflows.
Globalization: A company with support teams that are spread across time zones and languages. Zendesk Suite enables for business hours, language packs, and localized help centers. It even comes with routing either by skill or region
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Pros
  • Support - These guys are super quick at getting back to you when you need help and always friendly
  • Live stats - GoSquared is addictive, it offers detailed information about visitors to your pages in realtime, you'll be watching the dashboard for hours!
  • Ease of use - From the guided setup to the usability of the dashboard GoSquared is really straightforward
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  • 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
  • CloudFlare integration is spotty - stats in Cloudflare (tracks also Javascript off visits) and GoSquared stats are often significantly at odds
  • Notifications don't seem to work very well
  • Dashboard likes to re-set itself even when it was arranged & saved previously
  • Weekly/ Monthly/ Yearly absolute numbers
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  • The development of messaging out of the earlier Chat module is clunky and still has limitations for multi language flows.
  • When creating queries in Explore, you can't search for 'or' conditions, only 'And', meaning you have to build multiple queries and manually add them.
  • You can't download the charts in the reports, they come down as tables and then you have to make your own charts.
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Likelihood to Renew
Not only does the GoSquared application work well, the GoSquared team is constantly making improvements. When I first started using GoSquared, they only offered daily reporting -- now they offer the weekly and monthly feature per popular request. I like that they are always updating the look and feel of the website and emails they send to maintain a modern look. GoSquared is easy to implement and easy to use!
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Zendesk is super easy to use and navigate. I really enjoy the sleek layout, the ability to tailor tickets, the macro option, and the quick key guide they have to make your use of time even more effective. My whole team loves working with Zendesk and rarely ever has problems.
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Usability
GoSquared makes it easy to get started, providing everything you need to integrate the code into your site and start seeing and analyzing data
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I used to work without a ticketing service, and everything was handled on an email provider, this made it very difficult to track, no integrations to the software complicating the use of internal tools or other software like Guru, Zendesk Suite wasn't hard to learn, in fact it was very easy, very straightforward, and I was an admin learning to use several tools at the same time.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
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
The GoSquared team has always gone above and beyond to create the best analytics platform and provide top notch
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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
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
There is not a lot of implementation, it's all setup and you just start using it. We did do some email to ticket setup and that worked really well. The only thing that didn't work for us was the Salesforce integration, maybe your mileage will vary.
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Alternatives Considered
GoSquared suited us much better than the two alternatives that we evaluated. We were already an Intercom user but GoSqured suited our requirements much better. The look and feel of the product is a subjective topic but I personally felt that GS does a better job here. Also, I will recommend any potential customer of GS to check out Mixpanel as well, they have a very competent product and you can't go wrong with either of the options.
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Even these two have a ticketing system but that I also used previously but Zendesk Suite has a very clear ticketing system - it does not take much time to understand and use it, the interface is easy and the automation system also works up to the expectation, it is not just easy for the users but for us from the backed support as well, it is so user-friendly.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
  • GoSquared helps us to react quickly to high volumes of traffic, and allows us to identify very quickly how engaging our content is
  • Using browser specs helps us to ensure our websites are compatible with as many of our customers as possible, rather than relying on generic global stats
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  • Customer Success looks at ticket resolution surveys as part of their CSAT scores and either thanks their customer for a positive review or reaches out if it's a negative review.
  • Sales uses Zendesk to make sure their new prospects are getting POCs properly set up quickly and fix any issues while they do a trial of our tool.
  • Onboarding uses Zendesk to quickly make sure new customers implementations and user access are set up to help them start implementation faster.
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ScreenShots

GoSquared Screenshots

Screenshot of Now Dashboard. What's happening on your website right now – in real timeScreenshot of Trends Dashboard. The simple, curated real time analytics reporting dashboard.Screenshot of GoSquared Profiles. A true view of all of your leads browsing behaviour, from the moment they landed on your website.Screenshot of GoSquared Customer Data Hub. Segment your leads based on their web behaviour and trigger real time marketing automation.Screenshot of GoSquared. Capture more leads and communicate with site visitors with intelligent live chat.

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations