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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Agentforce Commerce

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Agentforce Commerce (formerly Commerce Cloud, and Demandware before that) is a cloud-based eCommerce solution for enterprises with merchandising tools, such as sorting, filtering, and image zooming, allowing customers to browse products.

    $4

    per month

    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
    Agentforce CommerceZendesk 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
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    Pricing Offerings
    Agentforce CommerceZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsB2B Commerce: Starter - $4 price/order Growth - $6 price/order Plus - $8 price/order B2C Commerce: Starter - 1% Gross Merchandise Value Growth - 2% Gross Merchandise Value Plus - 3% Gross Merchandise Value B2B2C Commerce: 1% Gross Merchandise Value20% discount available with annual pricing.
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    Agentforce CommerceZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    Zendesk is a good software. It's not perfect but it can be just what a company needs contingent on how they use it and take advantage of what it has to offer. As with anything, the tools are there, it's up to the company to capitalize on its resources to make a better customer …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    Agentforce CommerceZendesk Suite
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.9
    44 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings9.339 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management9.339 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding9.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations9.341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization7.940 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS9.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.0
    34 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.4
    33 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security9.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts8.636 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.138 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO8.133 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.2
    41 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management9.135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management9.237 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping9.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    -
    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 Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.4156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    -
    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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    User Ratings
    Agentforce CommerceZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (55 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (11 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 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
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agentforce CommerceZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    Global Sites; larger commerce organizations but not too large where the % rev-share would affect its feasibility in a feature comparison. Salesforce is rock solid in infrastructure and rarely has outages or issues; it scaled appropriately for holiday peak and was able to accomplish anything we put our minds to as long as we staffed development appropriately. The latter, however, is not to be overlooked. Developers are necessary and expensive.
    Incentivized
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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
    Salesforce
    • Traffic - When we have sales, our traffic will increase exponentially and their cloud can handle the huge uptick in traffic we receive without overloading our servers.
    • Site updates - it continually monitors in the background for any upgrades or updates needed so we don't have to go in and do it ourselves. A real time saver!
    • Integration - outside plugins and add-ons are easy to install with Salesforce commerce cloud as it allows a seamless integration of extra plug ins onto our site.
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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
    Salesforce
    • The UX within the Business Manager portion of Demandware, the primary interface for marketers, is generally a confusing, inconsistent mess. Particularly infuriating are the lack of consistency for search and sort behavior within the tool.
    • A number of useful features, such as the ability to set schedules or tie features to unique customer segments, have seemingly arbitrary limitations imposed.
    • Demandware's idea of leveraging the community to be a learning resource and a sounding board for new ideas and features is a nice theory, but in practice it doesn't work for businesses with a lot of customization. I'm left with the impression that individual support is not a priority.
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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
    Salesforce
    A huge factor influencing our decision to remain on the Demandware platform is that our new parent company is standardizing all its luxury brands in the US on it. We are fortunate. However, even if we had remained an independent company, I believe we would continue on the Demandware platform for all the reasons outlined in this review. I appreciate the stability the platform has provided to our eCommerce site in the last three years as well as the continuous improvements and technological advances being rolled out that will allow us to keep the site fresh, engaging, modern and stable. I've heard many horror stories from colleagues on other platforms who struggle with the expense and complexity involved with making what should be minor and simple changes and updates to their sites.
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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
    Salesforce
    The overall ease of using the system. Consolidation in location for our team members. Mobile application for on the go research, as many of our team members are constantly traveling to job sites or to meet clients. No more duplicate calls to current customers, since we have 12 different divisions that span the company. Mostly the ability to look at the database when our team members begin cultivating a new
    lead/prospect with a potential customer to see if anyone within the team has a
    relationship with that person or the company they work for.
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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
    Salesforce
    We have only had one instance where the platform went down in the time we have been using it.
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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
    Salesforce
    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
    Salesforce
    They are very responsive and a support technician will be assigned quickly. Even if there is further clarification needed for the ticket, or a solution is not immediately available, you feel that someone is there and staying on top of the issue. Most common issues are resolved quickly and satisfactorily.
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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
    Salesforce
    The in-person training was thorough. Trainer was pretty dry, but covered everything really well.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Salesforce
    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
    Salesforce
    Implementation went fairly smoothly.
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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
    Salesforce
    When I think of Salesforce products, I sometimes think of them interchangeably as one big lump. It's hard not to be incredibly immersed in the ecosystem day in and day out and taking advantage of resources like Trailhead. While Microsoft Dynamics compares in quality and offerings, it doesn't offer the same engagement and resources as Salesforce in its communications, social, and marketing, which makes a difference in terms of relevance and help. Commerce Cloud comes with the support you need to succeed and the tools you need to grow. In a high demand consumer world, we need products like this to keep up and get ahead. The minute we catch up, we're behind. Salesforce helps you stay on pace and create the unique and personalized experiences customers everywhere expect.
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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
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • In my experience I see most of the retailers see better sales after moving to Demandware.
    • Site performance is really good if the application built with best practices suggested by Demandware.
    • Service integrations have some limitations in terms of quota etc but still all are inside manageable grounds.
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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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