Guidewire ClaimCenter vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Guidewire ClaimCenter
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
GuideWire Software in California offers ClaimCenter as an end-to-end insurance claims management system for personal, commercial or workers compensation, with automation designed to eliminate the need to perform low level tasks associated to managing claims.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
Guidewire ClaimCenterZendesk 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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Guidewire ClaimCenterZendesk Suite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Features
Guidewire ClaimCenterZendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Guidewire ClaimCenter
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.7
157 Ratings
8% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1156 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.0105 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.3108 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.4107 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3156 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.2155 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Guidewire ClaimCenter
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.5
142 Ratings
8% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.4136 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5129 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Guidewire ClaimCenter
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.6
152 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.560 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.999 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.1149 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.8114 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises

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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Guidewire ClaimCenterZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.9
(195 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(68 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.2
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Guidewire ClaimCenterZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Guidewire Software
ClaimCenter is well suited for any size insurance company, as it is easy to use, is intuitive in navigating through the screens, and helps keep adjusters and managers on top of respective claims inventories via the ability to create and assign "activities".
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Zendesk
One specific thing I love about Zendesk Suite lately is the ability to use AI "Enhance writing" it allows me to freehand a response and then have it help me sound more formal or friendly, this is very useful, not only for those free handed ones, but also when you need to repeat the same information to a customer, it can help you make it sound slightly different. I don't like that when a ticket comes, even if you have the shortcut to toggle between chat and email, it doesn't actually toggle.
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Pros
Guidewire Software
  • Creates an efficient workflow
  • Intuitive interface simplifies training and mitigates some mistakes
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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
Guidewire Software
  • Challenging and complex integration with other systems
  • Anticipating more support from core implementation for a seamless end-to-end flow
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Zendesk
  • 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
Guidewire Software
No answers on this topic
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
Guidewire Software
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is a straightforward solution that provides agents with everything they need on the same screen. Allowing an agent to navigate one tab, one screen and switch between features, pin favorite features while viewing the customer profile and details in 360degrees. A view like this empowers agents to support customers better and in a more composed state.
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Reliability and Availability
Guidewire Software
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
Guidewire Software
No answers on this topic
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
Guidewire Software
Most interactions with support have been very helpful and led to the resolution of the issues. They were more than willing to help resolve issues and were knowledgeable. Also, the time to get an actual representative was much lower than many other vendors. Getting to additional tiers of support was a hassle at times, but once there the issues got resolved.
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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
Guidewire Software
No answers on this topic
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
Guidewire Software
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
Guidewire Software
We have been very happy users of ClaimCenter (currently on version 9) for over 15 years and have not had any reason to review other competitor claims management platforms.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is exceptionally user friendly and highly customisable. Free training for all levels and roles of users which is easy to follow and engaging for users is particularly helpful along with the added support behind the scenes from Zendesk support and the Zendesk community is second to none.
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Return on Investment
Guidewire Software
  • ROI is still under assessment
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Zendesk
  • We have been able to deliver IT accurately and onetime
  • Our customers have been able to provide feedback on a given ticket and helped us build a better support structure
  • Zendesk Suite has allowed us to be more efficient in our every day operations
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ScreenShots

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