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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nectar Desk

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Nectar Desk is call center software for a variety of industries. It includes a suite of call center software features such as call recording, IVRs and call transfers. Additionally, it integrates with CRM platforms in order to ensure that agents can work efficiently between Nectar Desk and their CRM. It also has advanced agent analytics which allow users to analyze their agents’ performance and make staffing adjustments as necessary.

    $50

    per month 1 agent

    Zendesk Talk

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
    Pricing
    Nectar DeskZendesk Talk
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    Nectar DeskZendesk Talk
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Nectar DeskZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    NectarDesk Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    14 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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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Nectar DeskZendesk Talk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Nectar Desk and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Nectar Desk
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Agent dashboard9.01 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers10.01 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response9.01 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding10.01 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)10.01 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer10.01 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.01 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response10.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs9.01 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts9.01 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking9.01 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.01 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.01 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Nectar Desk and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Nectar Desk
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Inbound call routing9.01 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.01 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording9.01 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management9.01 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics8.01 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.01 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting9.01 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.01 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Nectar DeskZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Nectar DeskZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NectarDesk Inc.
    I would recommend Nectar Desk if you are going to launch it across an entire organization. By launching for only one department, it has been extremely difficult to not have the connectivity we want across the entire company.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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    Pros
    NectarDesk Inc.
    • Customizing Multiple Ring Groups: Allows for different call routing options depending on what phone number is dialed by a caller
    • Agent Login Tracking & Analytics: I can see minute by minute details of my team's login status and better understand how they're using their time
    • IVR Set Up: I can set up and edit/change IVR settings with the click of a few buttons, it's super easy!
    • Call History Tracking: I can easily filter and view all calls for the day to see what was inbound vs outbound, how many calls were handled by each agent, how many calls were missed, how many were outside of business hours, what the dispositions for each call were, and MORE. The Call History analytics are GREAT.
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    Zendesk
    • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
    • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
    • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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    Cons
    NectarDesk Inc.
    • When a caller becomes assigned to an agent, SMS notifications are only sent to that agent. This is difficult for our call center manager to monitor if the team is handling all SMS replies efficiently and effectively.
    • Because Nectar Desk is a chrome-based calling software, we are limited in accessing the platform. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this presented a challenge in making sure that all agents' at-home computers were capable of running the software.
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    Zendesk
    • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
    • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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    Usability
    NectarDesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    NectarDesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    NectarDesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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    Return on Investment
    NectarDesk Inc.
    • As the marketing agency that implemented this software for a client, we have 100% insight into call performance. Our client previously throughout random numbers, was always guessing on his team's performance, and now we have actual insight into how the intake team is truly performing—we know 100% of the inbound calls they make, how many outbound calls are made in a day, and how much time is spent 'idle'. This has allowed our client to hire the appropriate number of call center staff based on actual data and has allowed us to shift our marketing budget to focus on driving the right callers.
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    Zendesk
    • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
    • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
    • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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