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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nutshell

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ANutshell offers a CRM with contact management, calendar sync, click-to-call, and collaboration features.

    $19

    per month per user

    Zendesk Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZendesk 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
    NutshellZendesk 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.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    NutshellZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Nutshell Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    NutshellZendesk Suite
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.2
    15 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management9.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    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 Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    8.9
    14 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management9.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.4
    13 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Task management9.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    10.0
    13 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.9
    11 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration9.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.7
    9 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Social data9.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    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 Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.1
    13 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.6
    187 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1186 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.4130 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.8131 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3186 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Nutshell CRM and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.4
    182 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.1150 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.4119 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.2178 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.4138 Ratings
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    NutshellZendesk Suite
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NutshellZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 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
    NutshellZendesk 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
    Zendesk is good for small teams where work is not passed along to internal teams or situations where escalations lead to further customer interactions and no further oversight is needed. It is weak as a product for larger and medium-sized companies, where processes are in place that are not aligned with its workflow, as it is a very rigid tool.
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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
    • Merging of the tickets with similar issues, it is easy to avoid confusion
    • Al global team somehow gets connected with different ways like Slack, with the Zendesk Suite which is so easier to highlight & the issue quickly
    • The best thing is that this tool gives you to send the message via chat-, email, call through the one single platform
    • Now AI has been added so it works good
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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
    At the time of evaluation, Dynamics had extremely limited knowledge and support capabilities. The UI is clunky, and reporting requires a deep understanding of the underlying data structure. Ongoing maintenance was costly and didn't provide a positive ROI in any sense of the term.
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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
    • More than anything, provided a boost to our perceived professionalism. The portal is a massive improvement on email only support.
    • Workflow optimization via macros and automations has enhanced response times and raise our 'first call resolution' metric.
    • Speaking of metrics; having them at all! Before Zendesk Suite we were email only so had no insight into agent and vendor performance.
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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