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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Heropost

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $997

    per year

    Zendesk Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZendesk 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
    HeropostZendesk Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $997
    per year
    Suite Team
    $69
    per month per agent
    Suite Growth
    $115
    per month per agent
    Suite Professional
    $149
    per month per agent
    Suite Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HeropostZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—20% discount available with annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    HeropostZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Heropost Media
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    HeropostZendesk Suite
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.6
    187 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1186 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.4130 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.8131 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3186 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Heropost and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Heropost
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.4
    182 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.1150 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.4119 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.2178 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.4138 Ratings
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    Score7.2 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HeropostZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HeropostZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Heropost Media
    It is great for managing multiple poster's social media accounts. I currently have four clients whose social media campaigns I manage. Heropost allows me to set up groups for each client so that I can schedule posts (of all different types of media) for their specific social media mixes. This is a terrific feature and makes my job a LOT easier.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk is good for small teams where work is not passed along to internal teams or situations where escalations lead to further customer interactions and no further oversight is needed. It is weak as a product for larger and medium-sized companies, where processes are in place that are not aligned with its workflow, as it is a very rigid tool.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Heropost Media
    • Multi Platform Integration Of Accounts
    • Publish All Feature to all accounts
    • Many different client accounts on one place
    • Pre made and stored hash tags and captiosn
    • ability to schedule way in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Merging of the tickets with similar issues, it is easy to avoid confusion
    • Al global team somehow gets connected with different ways like Slack, with the Zendesk Suite which is so easier to highlight & the issue quickly
    • The best thing is that this tool gives you to send the message via chat-, email, call through the one single platform
    • Now AI has been added so it works good
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Heropost Media
    • Two social media outlets that DID work but no longer connect are Google Business and X (formerly Twitter). These need to be added back in. CRUCIAL!
    • Update Lifetime Access software option instead of abandoning it. Purchasers helped get Heropost off the ground...
    • I don't have any other issues with the software.
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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?
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Heropost Media
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Heropost Media
    Heropost is ALMOST perfect! Content creation, scheduling, posting and analytics are all right there! The ONLY drawback that I have found is that two of our main social media networks are not currently able to connect to Heropost, due to some API changes. I REALLY hope that these can get worked out. If they do, this rating goes to 10!
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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
    Heropost Media
    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
    Heropost Media
    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
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Heropost Media
    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
    Heropost Media
    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
    Heropost Media
    These other apps like Hootsuite and Metricool are way to over priced and are glitchy to say the least. HeroPost seems to me to be the most solid and reliable work horse in the game. I use it daily and my team use it daily and it never lags or breaks. I would have to say that the heropost user interface is just fantastic
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    At the time of evaluation, Dynamics had extremely limited knowledge and support capabilities. The UI is clunky, and reporting requires a deep understanding of the underlying data structure. Ongoing maintenance was costly and didn't provide a positive ROI in any sense of the term.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Heropost Media
    • The speed in which it has increased our work output is amazing
    • could be better with adding more specific bits for facebook and youtube thumbnails on the publish all feature
    • Easy to use and super simple set up!
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • More than anything, provided a boost to our perceived professionalism. The portal is a massive improvement on email only support.
    • Workflow optimization via macros and automations has enhanced response times and raise our 'first call resolution' metric.
    • Speaking of metrics; having them at all! Before Zendesk Suite we were email only so had no insight into agent and vendor performance.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Zendesk Suite Screenshots

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