Nutshell CRM vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Nutshell
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Nutshell offers a CRM with contact management, calendar sync, click-to-call, and collaboration features.
$19
per month per user
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.5 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
Nutshell CRMZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
Foundation
$19
per month per user
Growth
$32
per month per user
Pro
$49
per month per user
Business
$67
per month per user
Enterprise
$89
per month per user
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
NutshellZendesk Suite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details15% discount for annual pricing.20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Nutshell CRMZendesk Suite
Features
Nutshell CRMZendesk Suite
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
9.2
14 Ratings
16% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.413 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
10.0
7 Ratings
26% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Case management10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
8.6
13 Ratings
10% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Lead management9.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing7.411 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
9.9
12 Ratings
25% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Task management9.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
10.0
12 Ratings
27% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Forecasting10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
9.9
10 Ratings
25% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Custom fields9.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
10.0
3 Ratings
17% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
9.6
9 Ratings
24% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Social data9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
10.0
2 Ratings
28% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Marketing automation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
8.9
13 Ratings
15% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Mobile access8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.7
182 Ratings
6% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.4181 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.9125 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.4128 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.8129 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3181 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.1180 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.4
164 Ratings
5% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.3158 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.4151 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.4
177 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.1145 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings7.974 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.6117 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.3174 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.4134 Ratings
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User Ratings
Nutshell CRMZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(14 ratings)
8.9
(220 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(4 ratings)
8.6
(93 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
5.5
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(19 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Nutshell CRMZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Nutshell Inc.
This can be used for different industries, healthcare, IT, retail or any company with a customer service line, big or small. if i had to ask, i would say "Do you have any type of filing system that you use?" "anything where you are keeping track of personal/ business information." Do you need access to information on a day to day basis? If they do , then this can be used , especially if you need to keep track of the numbers; we like how we can see if are things going up or down.
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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
Nutshell Inc.
  • Customization - we are able to make Nutshell make the most sense for our company and processes
  • Scheduling - the ability to set tasks allows us to never forget a follow-up call or email
  • Tags - allow us to prioritize leads and segment our customers and potential customers
  • Communication - the ability to tag colleagues in notes for callbacks or updates to accounts is very helpful to keep everyone on the same page
  • Email History - being able to blind copy all our email communication to Nutshell, allows us to have email threads and notes all in one place
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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
Nutshell Inc.
  • integration with email doesn't work as advertised
  • would like integration with quickbooks
  • If there is a misspelling in any one email address, you can not send a mass email. You must go back and correct each error before it can send.
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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
Nutshell Inc.
This is perfect for a small business / Home based business with SaaS. Nutshell constantly adds new features and the price is much better than more robust software like Salesforce.
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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
Nutshell Inc.
Extremely easy to use and they help you throughout the process. I find it not challenging, an effective utility to help us prioritize and engage efficiently at a reasonable price point. We enjoy working with the team there and they're easy to access. I've already recommended it to two colleagues
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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
Nutshell Inc.
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
Nutshell Inc.
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
Nutshell Inc.
Nutshell's support team has always been great and they tend to go above and beyond. They are polite, friendly, personable and great listeners. They are also great about sending follow up emails too.
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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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Online Training
Nutshell Inc.
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
Nutshell Inc.
Implementation is difficult everytime but this was relatively simple due to the small amount of data we moved
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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
Nutshell Inc.
When I first started with BCI, they were using ACT!. It was hard to navigate and there were a lot of spots for duplicate information that made it hard to know if you were in the right spot or not. Then if you had trouble, you would spend 3 hours on the phone with customer service and often they would not even be able to find a solution. I would not recommend ACT! to anyone. Since getting nutshell, I have learned a bit about Cosential and I know that it is more catered to the construction industry and can help with proposal creation, so I think that may be something we consider in the not-too-near future.
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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
Nutshell Inc.
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
Nutshell Inc.
  • Nutshell CRM has had a major impact on ROI. The last program we used cost more and had fewer features and accessibility.
  • One negative impact is its email functions. As stated before in this review I need to be able to send large attachments and pics through email and Nutshell is very limited when it comes to that.
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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

Nutshell Screenshots

Screenshot of Nutshell's dashboard, mobile app, and sales metrics.Screenshot of the interface to build custom pipelines.Screenshot of where to measure contact engagement with Nutshell Marketing emails, forms, website traffic, and landing pages.Screenshot of the interface to engage with website visitors and leads throughout the buying journey via multiple channels using Nutshell Engagement. Channels include SMS, AI webchat, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram DMs.Screenshot of Quotes & Invoices, where users can create, send, and monitor custom quotes and invoices without leaving Nutshell.

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