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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Leadfwd

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALeadfwd, from the company of the same name in Staten Island, combines B2B Prospecting, Sales Outreach and Account-Based Marketing. It replaces the former INBOX25.N/A

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    LeadfwdZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LeadfwdZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for yearly billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    LeadfwdZoho Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Leadfwd
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    Zoho
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    LeadfwdZoho Desk
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    7.4
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing3.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Leadfwd and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Leadfwd
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LeadfwdZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LeadfwdZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Leadfwd
    I think Inbox25 is a great fit for companies outgrowing lower-end, disconnected email marketing applications. Companies with a more formalized marketing organization that send a lot of emails (tens of thousands monthly or more) will be better served with a product like Inbox25 that is less complex, easier to use, and much more affordable (30% lower by our experience) from the larger marketing automation products on the market. Our company has 3 full-time marketing staff with over 100,000 contacts (with valid emails) that we target in various direct and drip email campaigns and Inbox25 fits our needs just fine. I suspect that we may outgrow the product eventually but I think it'll meet our needs just fine for many years to come.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    Leadfwd
    • SugarCRM integration
    • Ease of building workflows
    • Responsive, helpful support team
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    Leadfwd
    • Inbox25 is in a growth phase and has transformed their product pretty fast. With that comes an increased need to continually learn how to leverage new features.
    • Tutorials and product documentation exist but it is relatively minimal. They overcome this with personalized, one-on-one training that is recorded for future review using a project management platform.
    • Inbox25 has expanded beyond Sugar CRM to include Salesforce.com integration. I'm not sure if they plan to add integrations to other applications but they are positioned well for growth.
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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Usability
    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Support Rating
    Leadfwd
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    Alternatives Considered
    Leadfwd
    Different platforms stack up particularly well for different use cases. INBOX25 is our default choice for SugarCRM users.
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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Return on Investment
    Leadfwd
    • We have successfully moved cold suspects to leads and leads to opportunities, and opportunities to customers with Inbox25. We are just now starting to realize more value given that we've only recently started using the more advanced drip marketing and lead scoring features.
    • When we used the pay-as-you-go version we were paying just pennies per email and remained CAN-Spam Act compliant. It was harder to quantify the ROI then but it was apparent that email marketing was working and moving prospects from one sales stage to another. It was also very useful for re-engaging prospects and promoting products and services to customers.
    • Our total investment in the advanced edition is less $30,000 annually and we expect the ROI to be less than one year. It could have been sooner if we'd have been more thoughtful in our initial implementation.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.