Pylon vs. SAP Service Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pylon
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Pylon is a support platform built for B2B. Presented as an alternative to Zendesk, Pylon can be used to track customer issues across any channel, automate with AI, and design a support engine.
$70
per month per seat
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
SAP Service Cloud helps deliver customer value and protect the brand with intelligent customer service. It enables the user to engage with customers at their convenience, connect service with the value chain and deliver greater profitability.N/A
Pricing
PylonSAP Service Cloud
Editions & Modules
Starter
$70
per month per seat
Professional
$118
per month per seat
Enterprise
$167
per month per seat
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PylonSAP Service Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUp to a 33% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
PylonSAP Service Cloud
Features
PylonSAP Service Cloud
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Pylon
9.2
1 Ratings
12% above category average
SAP Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Pylon
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
SAP Service Cloud
-
Ratings
External knowledge base10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Pylon
9.5
1 Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Customer portal10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PylonSAP Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(105 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(68 ratings)
User Testimonials
PylonSAP Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Pylon
I think Pylon is great for startups who are figuring out where they want to interact and how they want to interact with their customers. Pylon is also great for beginner account management in terms of keeping track of comms, usage, tickets, and a bit more. Overall, I think Pylon will scale nicely it just takes a bit of time to configure all (lots) of settings.I don't think Pylon is well-suited for teams who don't know much about support operations. The tool has so many great features an they ship super fast, but the product itself isn't very opinionated and the amount of options sometimes can be overwhelming
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SAP
SAP Service Cloud is well suited with its omni-channel capabilities giving the possibility to collect service requests from different channels like phone, e-mail or CTI telephony. It also has nice User Interface (when it comes to desktop version). On the other hand SAP Service Cloud needs to be definitiely improved in terms of mobile app, which is horrible and it has limited development possibilities.
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Pros
Pylon
  • Agent view customizations
  • Account mangagement tools
  • Feature / Tool feedback
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SAP
  • First is It is highly effective when we consider Customer Relation Engagement.
  • Good User Interface by which anyone can get used to it quickly.
  • It is providing infinite opportunity of integration with other SAP solutions.
  • Affordable Solutions with effective features.
  • It has prebuilt charts which helps us to define customer journey with ease of efforts.
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Cons
Pylon
  • AI intentionality
  • Linear integration
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SAP
  • While SAP Service Cloud offers a wealth of features, its interface can sometimes feel overwhelming. For newcomers, especially those not tech-savvy, a more intuitive or simplified layout would be beneficial.
  • While it allows for some level of personalization, making deep customizations can be challenging. Given the unique requirements of our client's customer service, having more flexibility in tailoring the tool to our exact needs would be nice.
  • While SAP Service Cloud integrates well within the SAP ecosystem, it can sometimes be less smooth when linking up with non-SAP third-party tools. Enhancing these integrations would streamline our operations, especially when using other software tools alongside it.
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Likelihood to Renew
Pylon
No answers on this topic
SAP
SAP Service Cloud offers sturdy competencies for case control, workflow automation, and purchaser engagement. However, since our organization continues to be within the early assessment section, we have not but experienced its complete potential. Once fully applied and custom designed to our desires, the score can also increase as we investigate usability and integration with other SAP solutions.
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Usability
Pylon
Overall, the UI is awesome and super intuitive. The features makes sense and everything is customizable to your liking. You don't need to create copies of filters, because the changing of filters on one saved few is THAT easy, which is something we love. Additionally, whenever we go to look for a capability or day dream about something... Pylon usually has it or its in the works. Only reason its not a 10 is that it can be overwhelming that it has everything, but a food problem to have
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Pylon
No answers on this topic
SAP
I have found that sometimes issues reported to the SAP takes more time also they lack system support with respect to the priority . Also we don't see RCA for the issues raised. Also turn around time for the issues is not fixed as the support is global sometimes the issues float here and there.
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Alternatives Considered
Pylon
After evaluating both platforms, we chose Pylon for its superior user experience and deeper integration capabilities. Unlike Zendesk's frustrating UI and limited customization options, Pylon offered seamless integration with our existing tools like Salesforce, Linear, and PagerDuty, while allowing our team to stay within familiar Slack interfaces. The multi-channel notification system and AI-powered features like article generation provided the modern support infrastructure we needed, eliminating the complex rules and automations that made Zendesk cumbersome. Pylon's robust analytics and broadcast features also gave us valuable insights into customer engagement, making it the clear choice for streamlining our support workflows while enhancing both team efficiency and customer satisfaction.
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SAP
Zoho Desk is the ultimate software for clear communication, but when we compared these two according to our needs, we found out that SAP Service Cloud is the best option for us. Since it provides everything in one location, Zoho Desk is somewhat lacking in this area. That was the reason for choosing SAP Service Cloud.
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Return on Investment
Pylon
  • Team productivity
  • Easier cross-functional collaboration
  • better insights into customer issue tracking
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SAP
  • can help speed up issue resolution, reducing the time customers spend waiting for solutions
  • AI insights help predict the customer profile, satisfaction, and possible options for service resolutions
  • One stop for all historical customer service requests and data and useful to calculate who are high CLTV customers
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