KronoDesk vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KronoDesk
Score 6.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
KronoDesk is an integrated customer support system that includes help desk ticketing, support forums and a self-service knowledge base.
$10
Per User per Month
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
The Zendesk Support suite is a cloud-based customer support software built for better customer relationships. Designed to improve customer satisfaction and to support customers on any channel: text SMS, web, mobile app, phone, email, social media. The vendor states more than 200,000 companies such as Uber, Groupon, Box, Airbnb, and Slack are using Zendesk to lower their support costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction. Zendesk offers a full suite of products to meet customer…
$55
per month agent
Pricing
KronoDeskZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
20-User
$10
Per User per Month
10-User
$16
Per User per Month
Single
$19
Per User per Month
5-User
$19
Per User per Month
3-User
$23
Per User per Month
10-User
$49
Lifetime License per Seat
5-User
$59
Lifetime License per Seat
3-User
$66
Lifetime License per Seat
1-User
$79
Lifetime License per Seat
20-User
$4,999
Lifetime License (unlimited seats)
Support Team (Foundational Support Only)
$19
per month agent
Suite Team
$55
per month agent
Support Professional
$55
per month agent
Suite Growth
$89
per month agent
Suite Professional
$115
per month agent
Support Enterprise
$115
per month agent
Suite Enterprise
$169
per month agent
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KronoDeskZendesk Suite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
KronoDeskZendesk Suite
Top Pros

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Top Cons
Features
KronoDeskZendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
KronoDesk
8.2
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.7
154 Ratings
10% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.21 Ratings9.0153 Ratings
Expert directory8.21 Ratings8.0102 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.21 Ratings8.3106 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.21 Ratings8.4104 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.21 Ratings9.3153 Ratings
Ticket response8.21 Ratings9.2152 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
KronoDesk
8.2
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.4
139 Ratings
9% above category average
External knowledge base8.21 Ratings8.4133 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.21 Ratings8.4127 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
KronoDesk
8.4
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.6
150 Ratings
11% above category average
Customer portal8.21 Ratings8.8121 Ratings
IVR8.21 Ratings8.459 Ratings
Social integration8.21 Ratings8.097 Ratings
Email support9.11 Ratings9.1147 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.21 Ratings8.9112 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
KronoDeskZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.9
(192 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(65 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(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
KronoDeskZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Inflectra Corporation
I advise my customers to use it for all issue tracking, in business development as well as in business operations. An interface to operational systems is therefor very helpful and enlarges the value of the KronoDesk knowledge base, provided that this information is "open" to all users of all departments.
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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
Inflectra Corporation
  • As a system architect I have a clear overview of open issues through clear issue description and assignment to developers.
  • The overview and tracking are most important to me.
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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
Inflectra Corporation
  • The possibility to create a system/subsystem/component/interface tree of the system landscape, to be used to more detailed issue associations and subsequent detailed planning and monitoring of issues.
  • A quick issue entry with the most important information would be helpful.
  • A "live" report that can contains my current "hot" issues would be helpful.
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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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
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
Inflectra Corporation
Several freeware/shareware tools like Bugzilla are missing integration with other systems. HP, IBM and CA like systems are too cumbersome and complicated for "normal" users, for me too much "hassle" to monitor issues and related information and links to other issues.
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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
Inflectra Corporation
  • The ROI is reached faster and exponentially higher, depending on the number of users and cooperating business units.
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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

KronoDesk Screenshots

Screenshot of DashboardsScreenshot of Knowledge BaseScreenshot of ReportingScreenshot of Support Forums

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of 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