NiCE CXone vs. ServiceNow Customer Service Management vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NiCE CXone
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
NICE CXone Mpower is a cloud-based contact center platform that manages customer interactions across multiple communication channels. It includes features such as automatic call distribution (ACD), interactive voice response (IVR), omnichannel routing, workforce optimization, feedback management, and interaction analytics.
$71
per month per user
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Built on the Now Platform, ServiceNow offers their Customer Service Management solution through the Standard and Professional Customer Service Management bundles. Both include agent workspace, knowledge management, survey and assessment module, and the community module, oriented in this edition to support customers rather than internal employees. The Professional bundle also includes performance analytics, predictive intelligence, and related tools to support customer support agents improvement…N/A
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk is a customer support solution with built-in ticketing, conversational messaging, and live chat, designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries deliver personalized service at scale. Zendesk's AI agents are trained in CX to help Service teams resolve customer issues faster and more accurately while still providing a human-centered experience. Zendesk ultimately aims to help businesses improve time to value, reduce effort per ticket, and keep costs low.
$69
per month per agent
Pricing
NiCE CXoneServiceNow Customer Service ManagementZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
CXone Mpower Digital Agent
$71
per month per user
CXone Mpower Voice Agent
$94
per month per user
CXone Mpower Omnichannel Agent
$110
per month per user
CXone Mpower Essential Suite
$135
per month per user
Cxone Mpower Core Suite
$169
per month per user
CXone Mpower Complete Suite
$209
per month per user
CXone Mpower Ultimate Suite
$249
per month per user
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Suite Team
$69
per month per agent
Suite Growth
$115
per month per agent
Suite Professional
$149
per month per agent
Suite Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NiCE CXoneServiceNow Customer Service ManagementZendesk Suite
Free Trial
YesNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
NiCE CXoneServiceNow Customer Service ManagementZendesk Suite
Considered Multiple Products
NiCE CXone

No answer on this topic

ServiceNow Customer Service Management
Chose ServiceNow Customer Service Management
ServiceNow Customer Service Management is much more configurable and "Enterprise-Ready", but doesn't work as well out of the box and doesn't guide you into deploying a service ready workflow.
Zendesk Suite
Chose Zendesk Suite
We Initially started working the Zendesk Suite and it is more easier to understand all the functionalities and workflows. It is more secured and well managed platform
Chose Zendesk Suite
I like the Zendesk Suite because it can run on any of most browser that is compatible. The navigational experience is better than most CRM tools I have encountered with and far more advance with the embedded UI and plugins. Back then, the dialer for calls we has to use a …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Just a simpler experience that doesn't need all the bells and whistles of a fully ITIL based platform.
Chose Zendesk Suite
What Zendesk lacks in databasing tools, it more than makes up for in ease of implementation and overall total cost of ownership. Implementation takes weeks, not months, and generally speaking, a non-technical person can manage the tool's day-to-day operations without too much …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Salesforce is far more established but the price tag was too high for our small team. I would be surprised if we didn’t migrate to Salesforce when our team reaches a certain size
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk has a more simple and modern look and feel while ServiceNow seems less intuitive and more antiquated. Zendesk has a better UI and sleeker design. Zendesk fits our company's needs, serving both the external and internal customer.
Features
NiCE CXoneServiceNow Customer Service ManagementZendesk Suite
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
NiCE CXone
9.4
581 Ratings
12% above category average
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard9.3559 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers9.6471 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response9.5490 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding9.4443 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)9.1403 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer9.8531 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing9.7317 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response9.6376 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs9.3301 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts9.2322 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking9.5510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration9.4364 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration9.0365 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
NiCE CXone
9.4
556 Ratings
13% above category average
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing9.5511 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing9.2373 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording9.6495 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management9.2480 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics9.1486 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting9.4479 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting9.4465 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys9.6299 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics9.7319 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.2
10 Ratings
11% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.9
174 Ratings
8% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.010 Ratings9.4173 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.78 Ratings8.2119 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.09 Ratings8.8120 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.39 Ratings8.3123 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.810 Ratings9.4174 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.310 Ratings9.1173 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.5
9 Ratings
17% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.2
158 Ratings
2% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings9.58 Ratings8.2152 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.59 Ratings8.2145 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.4
10 Ratings
16% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.8
170 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.08 Ratings9.1139 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings9.77 Ratings8.572 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.88 Ratings8.4113 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.89 Ratings9.2167 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.59 Ratings9.0129 Ratings
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Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 8.6 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
NiCE CXoneServiceNow Customer Service ManagementZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(613 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
9.1
(208 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(28 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(587 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
8.8
(82 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
7.7
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
5.6
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.6
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(19 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NiCE CXoneServiceNow Customer Service ManagementZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
NICE Systems
NICE CXone Mpower offers a great suite of products and tools appropriate for contact centers. It is a one stop shop for all of the monitoring, scheduling, reporting, and quality tools a large or small contact center may need. It is very feature rich and has many components, some of which we haven't even grown to adopt yet but may in the near future.
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ServiceNow
It is well suited for medium to large companies that manage different teams and need to communicate constantly and track progress in a timely manner. It is less suited for small enterprises as it will overwhelm users with the features and functionalities embedded.
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Zendesk
Being a customer support agent, I found it very good when it comes to send an email or call or chat- with the user. I can do all that from the one single platform which is so easy and time saving for you. It does not take much time to use this, We can chat- with the user and at the same time we can send an email to them as well.
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Pros
NICE Systems
  • Organizes everyone's interactions within the platform
  • Shows interactions real time with productivity stats
  • Makes Chat/Call quality a breeze with customizable quality forms
  • Easy to share an interaction within the company for others to review
  • Keeps everyone on track with scheduled lunches/breaks/meetings so you don't have to remember yourself and never miss another event again!
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ServiceNow
  • We manage internal tickets through ServiceNow Customer Service Management. We raise tickets with IT and other team
  • We manage our datapipe customers through ServiceNow Customer Service Management and it efficiently manages our customer interactions
  • ServiceNow Customer Service Management helps us manage projects and tasks and keep a log of all our migration customers
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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
NICE Systems
  • There can be changes in interface of the app, however it's still very good
  • I would appreciete detailed web page with all necessary information, but when I need anything, the customer support is very quick and provide all the information
  • Hardly to find any other :)
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ServiceNow
  • Adding in additional chat features would be nice
  • Viewing where you stand in priority
  • Having a way to automate more of the processes
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Zendesk
  • Is there a way for AEs and CSMs to be informed in a weekly summary of all their accounts and any tickets? Example: Disney submitted a ticket on XYZ. Google has an urgent issue on X still unresolved.
  • Is there a way for CSMs or AEs to have a Dashboard that's specific to their accounts instead of seeing all the tickets in the queue that are not relevant to them?
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Likelihood to Renew
NICE Systems
Nice made it possible for employees to work from anywhere with access to the internet, it made it possible to extract data from contacts in a very thorough way. In addition, the meticaes can be fully customized and the day-to-day monitoring of the operation is more visible.With nice, contacts with clients abroad became easier.
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ServiceNow
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
NICE Systems
The lack of written SOPs makes some features (WFM / Performance management) very difficult to use. The training provided by NICE is extensive, but it's hard to remember everything shared in the hour. We spend so much time on the platform just trying to figure out how to use the features; it would be much easier with written instructions and screenshots.
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ServiceNow
Bottom line is that it does what you need it to do. We've been using Service Now as a ticket managing tool for a few years now. There's really not much it can't do when it comes to recording interactions. It has been nice using inventory tracking for software licenses and hardware as well.
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Zendesk
Pros: The agent interface is sleek, contemporary, and relatively easy to learn compared to many other enterprise tools. For common tasks, admins are given point-and-click options- adding fields, modifying workflows, constructing macros. The knowledge base (Guide) editor is easy to use for non-developers. Drawbacks: Once you move past the initial things - complex automations, reporting/analytics in Explore, and/or customizations integrating the API, it requires much more advanced training to use successfully. Navigating between the different modules (Support, Explore, Chat, Guide) can feel very disconnected; often you are reminded that it really is a "suite" of products brought together -not really one unified platform. If you're using multiple brands managing simultaneous support tickets, or heavily customizing workflows to meet your brand, you may run into a bit of struggle with usability. So: it's a lot more user friendly than the palaces (Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow), but is not used as quickly or with as much streamlined flow as a product made for a small shop. So if you are looking for a great balance, this is a good option if you are a net new organization or an organization on their way to scaling from 15 - 50 employee. Expect some elbow grease from the admin team once learning, adapting, and working efficiently once you move past the basics with your support tickets and initial customizations.
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Reliability and Availability
NICE Systems
NICE inContact CXone is available when you need it. I have been using it for about a year and I have never suffered any issues that caused my not to have access to the product. If there are updates, they must be downloaded and install in the background because I do not see them
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ServiceNow
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
NICE Systems
NICE inContact CXone performs very well even on old computers that are limited in resources. I use a older computer with limited memory and it seems to handle NICE inContact CXone very well in most cases. There will be times when it acts up for whatever reason bust over ninety percent of the time.
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ServiceNow
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
NICE Systems
inContact only allows specific users to contact them for support. Even though I use the product daily and it accounts for a large amount of my workload, I still have to contact an authorized user to create an incident. These users are managers and their schedules are very busy. This can result in delays in incidents being opened and resolved.
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ServiceNow
Support has been very good. Any time there has been a real issue, the team has responded very quickly and identified the issue without a lot of repetitive questions that I've seen from other services. There is a great external community and internal knowledge base that covers pretty much anything you need.
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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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In-Person Training
NICE Systems
The In-person training was fine for a general overview. I think it would have been really helpful to have a review of pre-built reports and how to use them as tools.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Online Training
NICE Systems
I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.
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ServiceNow
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
NICE Systems
We love the use of our new tools. However, NICE staff turnover was frustrating. We lost ground each time a new team took over. Some people were good some were not as much. Some people did great training while others were not as helpful
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ServiceNow
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
NICE Systems
When it comes to this specific situation (cell centers) NICE definitely has an ADP beat. The analytics, scheduling, and forecasts are extremely well-tailored for this situation. ADP has a more comprehensive solution in my opinion - I feel their UI and mobile app are also more user-friendly. But in terms of performance management functionality, NICE has a more robust system and is able to create additional metrics if we need them When I used ADP there were no custom options available.
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ServiceNow
Atlassian Jira lacks certain features and process which was delivered by ServiceNow Customer Service Management. Also, flexibility to customise was a point to select ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool. Cost which was high than Atlassian Jira compensated as it improved overall customer satisfaction and reduced resolution time by taking help of Knowledge base integration
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Zendesk
The customisable reporting every time. Our leadership reply on me to run my team and want to know what customers are telling us so they can elevate our products. We have extensive custom reports that tie up all aspects of our product and customer journeys. I've not found another product that allows me as much freedom as Zendesk Suite explore does, so far.
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Scalability
NICE Systems
I rated 10, because Nice CX one is very much functional. You can simply acess it by website Nice, in any navigator, desktop, notebook or mobile, so you can in a fast way run on every departament of the company.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
NICE Systems
  • NICE CXone has allowed us the ability to, on specific teams, not have to back fill positions due to attrition.
  • NICE CXone has provided us insight into data metrics that we did not have before.
  • NICE CXone provides us with visibility into the productivity of our offshore agents which we did NOT have prior to our partnership.
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ServiceNow
  • The negative impact for my team is the delay in team completing tickets but not a system issue.
  • A positive impact for my team is we can easily view the status of tickets and the follow-up emails are beneficial to maintain records of tickets.
  • Negative impact is that there is no user job aid or helpful tools for new users.
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Zendesk
  • Integrating other AI solutions for an organization with high volumes can cost about USD5000 monthly. With Zendesk AI and by building onto the same with AI powered apps built for Zendesk Suite we save a projected USD4000 monthly.
  • Robust Zendesk APIs have enabled us to integrate our internal system with a customized app saving us hundreds of hours every quarter spent loading customer profiles that are not loaded instantly from the app.
  • Plug and play apps like Round robin save us weeks of sprint delay timelines as they do not require additional coding or developer support to install and start using.
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ScreenShots

NiCE CXone Screenshots

Screenshot of a holistic view of omnichannel call center metrics, with insights for everyone in the contact center. The CXone Mpower Dashboard aggregates both real-time and historical cross-domain data.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Copilot for Agent, which empowers agents with smarter interactions, personalized coaching, and automation opportunities.Screenshot of the CXone Mpower AgentScreenshot of CXone Mpower Orchestrator, a tool that does not require programming skills, but instead empowers everyone—from business user to routing flow programmer—to build and manage routing flows for all channels.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Interaction Analytics, used to get actionable insights from every voice, digital, and self-service customer interaction.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Performance Management, which aligns employee performance, contact center goals, and customer expectations with continuous improvement.

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of the 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