Planable vs. Zoho Desk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Planable
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Planable is a social media management tool built for team collaboration. It provides a single workspace to create content, show draft posts in context, collect feedback, move work to approval, and publish. The interface supports multi view options including calendar, feed, grid, and list, and offers collaboration with shareable views so external stakeholders can review without learning a new system. The platform centralizes posts and assets, reducing handoffs and keeping context intact for…
$33
per month per workspace
Zoho Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.
$9
per month per user
Pricing
PlanableZoho Desk
Editions & Modules
Basic
$33
per month per workspace
Pro
$49
per month per workspace
Enterprise
Custom
Free
$0
Express
$9
per month per user
Standard
$20
per month per user
Professional
$35
per month per user
Enterprise
$50
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PlanableZoho Desk
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsFor the basic plan we have this description: 60 posts/ workspace/ month Unlimited users 4 social pages/ workspace 2 types of approval Feed & Calendar views 3 campaigns/ workspace Engagement add-on available Analytics add-on available For the Pro plan: 150 posts/ workspace/ month Unlimited users 10 social pages/ workspace 3 types of approval Feed, Calendar & Grid views 10 campaigns/ workspace Engagement add-on available Analytics add-on available Enterprise (Custom) Unlimited posts Multi-level approvals Feed, Calendar, Grid & List views Pay by bank/ wire transfer Dedicated account manager Unlimited campaigns SSO integration Engagement add-on available Analytics add-on availableA discount is offered for yearly billing.
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Community Pulse
PlanableZoho Desk
Features
PlanableZoho Desk
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Planable
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content optimization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Planable
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
Twitter10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Facebook10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
LinkedIn10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Google+10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Instagram10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pinterest10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Planable
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Zoho Desk
-
Ratings
Mobile access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Planable
-
Ratings
Zoho Desk
8.5
5 Ratings
3% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Planable
-
Ratings
Zoho Desk
9.3
5 Ratings
15% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Planable
-
Ratings
Zoho Desk
6.9
5 Ratings
15% below category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings6.53 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
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User Ratings
PlanableZoho Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(24 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(12 ratings)
User Testimonials
PlanableZoho Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
Planable
It needs the ability to save hashtags. Some of the other tools offer this, so I emailed Planable and asked them to consider adding it.
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Zoho
Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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Pros
Planable
  • Plan posts on multiple platforms at once
  • Approval workflow
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Zoho
  • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
  • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
  • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
  • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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Cons
Planable
  • Add hashtags in the tool so you can save them for future use
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Zoho
  • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
  • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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Usability
Planable
It does what you need, but could have a bit more features for the price. $30 a month just to post things on Facebook or Instagram is a bit steep, given that that's all you can do.
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Zoho
I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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Support Rating
Planable
Emailed them a month ago to add hashtags, but they didn't add the functionality yet. Given that the product has stayed exactly the same since, I'm guessing the developers don't want to add this feature so I give the support a rating of 1.
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Zoho
As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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Alternatives Considered
Planable
Cheaper, however, Kontentino does have the ability to save hashtags.
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Zoho
We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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Return on Investment
Planable
  • Ability to post on any social media platform with 1 click. It adjusts the layout for you, pictures, adding action buttons, etc.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
  • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
  • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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ScreenShots

Planable Screenshots

Screenshot of Planable weekly content calendar in grid view showing scheduled posts with images, times, and platforms.Screenshot of Facebook analytics dashboard in Planable with follower growth, post count, impressions, and engagement trends.Screenshot of Planable interface showing comment thread with suggestions on a social media post draft for team collaboration.Screenshot of Approval settings panel in Planable showing user roles, toggle switches, and auto-scheduling option.Screenshot of Planable workspace permissions view showing team and client roles with customizable access for content collaboration.

Zoho Desk Screenshots

Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.