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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Middesk

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMiddesk is a business intelligence (BI) software used to onboarded clients working in three primary verticals — Fintech, Credit Reporting, and Business Marketplaces.

    $1,000

    per month

    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
    MiddeskZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MiddeskZendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUsers may also pay per use if they are expecting a lower volume of usage.—
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    Community Pulse
    MiddeskZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Middesk Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    MiddeskZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.01 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.01 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.01 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.01 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web7.01 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.01 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.01 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.01 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.01 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.01 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.52 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.52 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.02 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.01 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Middesk and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Middesk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    45% below category average
    REST API8.01 Ratings3.15 Ratings
    Javascript API8.01 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    iFrames6.01 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Java API8.01 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.01 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.01 Ratings3.13 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
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    User Ratings
    MiddeskZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MiddeskZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Middesk Inc.
    Middesk majorly provides us with real-time access to the data and documents which are required for automating KYB and CIP regulatory compliance, mitigating front and backend risk. In addition, it is the easiest way for financial services companies to verify and monitor their business customers. It for us very much makes the process of onboarding customers very easy.
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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
    Middesk Inc.
    • Gathering information needed for registration.
    • Making the registration process efficient.
    • Guiding us through the process when we hit snags.
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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
    Middesk Inc.
    • Better navigation.
    • More marketing and make it very reachable to customers.
    • Login is difficult.
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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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    Usability
    Middesk Inc.
    UI is not as intuitive as other systems we use. For states that require income tax withholding, some of them require registration with multiple agencies - the UI doesn't easily tell you which login credentials are tied to which agency.
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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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    Support Rating
    Middesk Inc.
    The user experience of this tool must be rearchitected. I am able to observe a lot of lag in the process when initiated. There are sometimes when the tool's navigation becomes difficult. The time taken at times is large to process a request and this can also be highly improved in the future.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    Middesk Inc.
    ADP Workforce Now offers a module to handle payroll tax registrations. The interface is confusing and the information is hard to find. The service and support are awful - nobody ever knows who can answer tax account questions, they escalate to a different department and promise a callback but they never call back.
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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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    Return on Investment
    Middesk Inc.
    • Better speed.
    • Better quality for optimal cost.
    • Saves a lot of time.
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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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