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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kantata PSA

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kantata Cloud (formerly Mavenlink + Kimble) provides project management and collaboration software for small to mid-sized professional services companies. Features include resource management, project dependencies, time and expense tracking, file sharing, versatile user permissions, private messaging, planning and reporting.N/A

    Zendesk Explore

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AZendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    Kantata PSAZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
    Premier
    Contact Sales Team
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales Team
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kantata PSAZendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Kantata PSAZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Kantata PSAZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Kantata PSA and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    45% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings3.15 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings3.13 Ratings
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kantata PSAZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (50 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kantata PSAZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It is appropriate and even exceeds expectations 90% of the time. It makes project tracking very easy and visually accessible for most cases. The only occasion where Mavenlink came slightly short was for a special project that required more interaction options among project members. I am certain there are ways to work around that issue, but we did not find them.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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    Pros
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • With Mavenlink when starting to assign tasks to people, set deadlines and milestones, and add files to our projects we can look at it all from a variety of perspectives, including a task tracker view and a Gantt chart view
    • Through Mavenlink each project also includes an activity stream where we can view all project details as they come up, as well as an activity feed for all the projects it is linked to.
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    Zendesk
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
    • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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    Cons
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • The Gantt chart does not allow for baselines to be stored
    • There is no means to upload an excel task tracker and build a plan using an upload
    • The schedule does not allow for planning of holidays
    • The status report functionality needs to be improved
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    Zendesk
    • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
    • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Although the company I currently work for does not use the product I have recommended that we do switch to Mavenlink. We will be opening some new sites internationally this year and I can see that Mavenlink would be a great product for us to use
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    I think Kantata is one of the most robust and best project management tools out there for an organization like ours. However, some of our staff feel like it isn't as user-friendly as it could be. From a Director point of view or a Project Manager point of view, Kantata is exceptional. From the point of view of a task-doer, it could be more visually appealing. Also, the mobile version isn't great.
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    Zendesk
    I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Mavenlink gives advance notice for system upgrades, and they're not during our business day. Mavenlink has always been available when we needed it.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Very good integration with Google apps. Some complexity is called however in the synchronization between Google Tasks and Maven links tasks. This can sometimes lead to duplicate records in Google Tasks. It has been dissolvable that becomes cumbersome if not properly curated.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Kantata support is fantastic! Any issues that arise are always handled quickly and efficiently. Granted, we haven't had many issues to report. Typically, my team tends to only reach out to support if they need assistance remembering how to do something or asking about an improvement. We had Kantata build an integration when we first started using the software, and the support team worked hard to listen and improve the integration.
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    Zendesk
    Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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    In-Person Training
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We prepared questions in advance, and our trainer was an expert in what Mavenlink was and wasn't able to do. We were able to have multiple people trained at once.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    The training was very well-organized. We were able to send questions in advance so the instructor knew what to cover, and the brought up related topics to maximize the usefulness of what they were teaching us.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Dedicate as much internal time to the implementation effort as possible, even if you're using a 3rd party or Mavenlink services. Your team knows your processes the best
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We have since switched over to JIRA and let me tell you, it was probably the best decision we have made as a company. We chose Mavenlink based on promises from the sales team about future roadmap work that really never happened. We thought Mavenlink would easily integrate with our billing software but we couldn't have been more wrong. We ended up never utilizing Mavenlink invoices as they don't even allow you to fully customize your invoices that go out to clients!
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    Zendesk
    I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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    Scalability
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It's very easy to add users and contractors into Mavenlink. There's also an option that let's you manage access for teams in multiple locations.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • Manvenlink is perfect for showing expenses and income over time and across people.
    • Manvenlink is adaptable for the integration and automation of the processes of each of our projects in order to optimize resources and improve operational performance.
    • Mavenlink allows us to determine if our projects are profitable or not, as well as save significant time by automating components such as recurring tasks and having templates, among other things.
    • Manvenlink is advantageous for our operations due to its simple portfolio management of our projects: manage several projects at once and receive a complete perspective of the development of each one at a glance.
    • Manvenlink kindly provides us with robust discussion threads, access restrictions, and built-in document management, allowing us to contextualize communications.
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    Zendesk
    • Money saved due to proper staffing.
    • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
    • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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    ScreenShots

    Kantata PSA Screenshots

    Screenshot of real-time project status tracking.Screenshot of visualizations that help track resources with confidence.Screenshot of at a glance capacity and staffing monitoring.Screenshot of financials and project margin monitoring.Screenshot of revenue tracking, to scale a business with confidence.