Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gupshup
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Gupshup enables better customer engagement through conversational messaging. Large and small businesses in emerging markets use Gupshup to build conversational experiences across marketing, sales and support. A carrier-grade platform provides a single messaging API for 30+ channels, a rich conversational experience-building tool kit for any use case and a network of emerging market partnerships across messaging channels, device manufacturers, ISVs and operators.N/A
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Simplify360 is a Social Business Intelligence company headquartered in Carrollton, Texas with global clients & operations. Simplify360 is an integrated enterprise solutions provider; offering Social Marketing Suite for agencies, Social Contact Center for BPOs and Social Command Center for Enterprises. Simplify360 operates directly or through partners in the US, Malaysia, Korea, Brazil and the Netherlands to name a few. The company’s products and services are sold in over 100 countries.N/A
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.7 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
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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
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Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsContact vendor for pricing information.20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Features
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Incident and problem management
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Simplify360
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Zendesk Suite
8.8
172 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3171 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2118 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7119 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2122 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings9.4172 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3171 Ratings
Self Help Community
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Zendesk Suite
8.4
156 Ratings
5% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3150 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5143 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
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Zendesk Suite
8.8
168 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1138 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings00 Ratings8.570 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3165 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0128 Ratings
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User Ratings
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8.9
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9.0
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8.8
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8.8
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9.1
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9.1
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5.6
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In-Person Training
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Online Training
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9.1
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Configurability
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Ease of integration
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Product Scalability
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Professional Services
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Gupshup
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Nextiva
To talk directly to the Simplify 360 management and take a call post that. One of the key aspects of investing in any enterprise software is how easy the implementation is and how much support that a company can get in the early implementation process. We have had a quick ramp up learning the tool and had constant interactions with the team at Simplify to better understand and manage issues or get questions answered
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
  • BeFirst publishes to multiple social channels for clients. The publishing module makes publishing very easy and effective.
  • Workflow allows our team to handle customer service requests and brand management issues very quickly to maintain a company's reputation.
  • The ease of set up in the listening module, makes brand reputation very effective.
  • The platform does offer platform provide sentiment analysis, and it works great. The team has found that is very easy to keep up conversations and answer customer for clients or forward the infomation to said client.
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
  • I will like to see some improvement in the intuitiveness of the system. There are some great features hidden behind the curtains.
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
We have a great relationship with the Simplify team and anyone in our team is able to reach out to them and get answers to questions is a wonderful benefit of working with them. Also we have collaborated with the team to enhance the product, which again is a very welcome gesture from a company that sells a product that helps enterprises listen in to people and support them.
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
In side by side analysis, Simplify 360 was much easier to set up teams, work flow and the brand monitoring was quite a bit more accurate
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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
Gupshup
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Nextiva
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Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
Gupshup
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Nextiva
  • Reduction of weekly and monthly report building time by over 70%
  • Lead generation increased by over 30%.
  • Online brand negativity neutralized by over 80%.
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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

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