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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Prophix

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Prophix One, a Financial Performance Platform, is used to improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making within a harmonized user experience. To reduce complexity and uncertainty, the software offers automated insights and planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and consolidation functionalities.N/A

    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
    ProphixZendesk Suite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    ProphixZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—20% discount available with annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ProphixZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Prophix Software
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    201 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    161 Answers
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    204 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    129 Answers
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    119 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    ProphixZendesk Suite
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.4
    66 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.628 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.359 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.362 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.4
    183 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.8180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.6174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.8166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.6
    162 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.8153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.4122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.6139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.3
    72 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.372 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.8
    172 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.6164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.8169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.9110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    9.1
    84 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.184 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.4
    298 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.5249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.7284 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.3266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.0220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.3277 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.7
    224 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation8.8184 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports8.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.894 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations8.5113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership8.650 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting9.1155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.5142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    9.0
    270 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting9.0251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting9.1259 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.7233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.6207 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing9.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.3
    244 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards8.2228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards8.5162 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.0178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.3172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.5147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data8.4106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    263 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration8.6212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.5228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.4202 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    -
    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 Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    -
    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 Prophix and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Prophix
    -
    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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    ProphixZendesk Suite
    Small Businesses
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ProphixZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (321 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (140 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (31 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (30 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (123 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.0
    (20 ratings)
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (28 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.5
    (25 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.9
    (22 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ProphixZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is best suited if you have a very extensive budgeting process that currently relies on multiple Excel spreadsheets. It is also great if you have on-prem tools that may no longer be supported for reporting. It may not be appropriate if you require an unlimited number of mid-tier users, as it can be very expensive annually. It's definitely not a cheap tool, but the cost can at least be optimized based on users' use cases. In both organizations I've worked for that use it, cost has been mentioned.
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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
    Prophix Software
    • Reporting - single report that can be opened by multiple users, each will see only aspect specific to them based on their security access.
    • Budgeting - workflow driven budget data collection, visibility of its current status, ability to take action to ensure timely completion. Ability to snapshot budget data at a point in time. Ability to perform what-if scenarios.
    • Forecasting - as above with added benefit of either reusing budget level of grain or forecasting at high level.
    • Granular planning - ability to create unlimited number of subsidiary models to assist with the planning process. Non-financial data collected during budget/forecast process help with operation planning and variance analysis.
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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
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    Cons
    Prophix Software
    • Ability to filter report views for report binder without creating duplicate reports.
    • More extensive documentation and examples in the ProCalc library.
    • More ProCalc functions that deal with the time dimension and allow functions that can utilize the system date. So if it is day 8 of the month.
    • Ability to save company color scheme for use in reporting.
    • Would like to create a link between the account dimension and another dimension so I can easily report on account properties. For example, an account property could be columns in a report.
    • Would like to see the ability to have a report view on a dashboard. The tables are poorly formatted, and I’d like more formatting ability.
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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
    Prophix Software
    The system works well for us, and meets all of our needs. All of our future plans can and will be achieved within Prophix, so there is no need to pursue another product. Prophix has continuously proven to improve their product over the years, which provides an even higher level of confidence in this tool, and future developments
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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
    Prophix Software
    I don't rate anybody a 10 because I believe there's always room for improvement, so I'll go with an 8. And I'm giving 8 because it has helped us do more than we were doing before, and I believe there's still room for improvement.
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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
    Prophix Software
    There have been very few times that Prophix has not been available and we have been informed ahead of time. The only issue that we have is when we update cubes or import information and run processes during working hours which stops access for a short period of time but this is more about our processes than Prophix.
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    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
    Prophix Software
    Prophix has always performed consistently. We are using on-premise so many factors can contribute to slower than desired performance, most having nothing to do with Prophix itself. If we move to the web-client cloud based solution I believe performance will even be better.
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    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
    Prophix Software
    We’ve gotten moved around a lot and so we don’t always know our pod people. Also when we book sessions with a random person it seems like we have to take the first 15-20 minutes explaining our system and process.
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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
    Prophix Software
    Training is essential for this software to be successful for any company. We unfortunately had a bad implementation and training manager so I can say with confidence that if we had the CSM we have now - we would be light years ahead of our knowledge of the system. I highly suggest taking all training opportunities and not rushing the implementation training
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Prophix Software
    We used our system and created a test cube to work with our own data. We ran through the different functions of Prophix and covered alot of material. We did two sessions a week, with homework tasks assigned. We were able to ask questions and cover any questions during the followup sessions.
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    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
    Prophix Software
    Prophix Consulting should bring, in house, chargeable expertise in Oracle EBS table access for Drill Across and provide reasonable limits on dimension member combinations so there are no unreasonable expectations about the application of multi dimensional cubes to detail, such as revenue by product and customer.
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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
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is so much easier to use that other platforms or products. It can be customized so much easier than other larger, more expensive products. I work for a small university where we have a small finance team and Prophix allows us to tailor reporting to emerging needs in real time without having to reconfigure clunky systems with expensive modifications
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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
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is a capable tool of growing with an organization and the uses for different items in the software. Our organization was able to scale the product to lots of different end users and the needs of the departments. There are plenty of updates and features to grow and bring in new data.
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    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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    Return on Investment
    Prophix Software
    • Prophix has made it possible to move away from some Excel reporting we were doing, which allows for 50% quicker reporting on a monthly basis.
    • Although it has saved us time, an improved PowerPoint feature that automatically updates our decks would save an additional 75% on top of what we already do.
    • Our Board Reporting has improved by 10 hours by moving our reports fully into Prophix.
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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

    Prophix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Prophix One Portal: One single point of entry into Prophix One through its portal simplifies access and authentication but also allows seamless movement between applications.Screenshot of Chart Insights, one of the AI Insights capabilities that utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide enhanced business awareness.  Chart Insights extends the important details contained within dashboards, and analyzes the complete dataset behind the dashboard, automatically surfacing the data relationships not obvious in dashboard visualizations alone. It then provides a summary of key performance metrics found buried within Prophix charts.  It also summarizes the important insights in plain English.Screenshot of Prophix One Financial Planning & Analysis: Prophix's self-serve dashboards and visualizations are directly integrated with data, workflow tasks, announcements, and external URLs and databases. Dashboard Studio helps users to be informed and make better business decisions.Screenshot of Detailed interactive charts and graphs that Prophix offers to uncover insights. Prophix’s visual analytics are linked directly to data with transaction details.  There is no need to input the numbers.  Prophix does this tedious work, automatically.Screenshot of Prophix’s Workflow Manager, used to assign tasks to users and facilitate approvals across the business.  Stakeholder input can be captured directly with the ability to add comments and notes in a single unified database.Screenshot of Cell Comments, that allow users to add supporting details like notes and attachments to data.  Since comments are stored with the data, they can be viewed in any template along with their trailing history. Cell Comment Reports can also be generated to show all comments from any data view in one convenient report.

    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