SAP Jam vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Jam
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
SAP Jam is a social network collaboration tool with integrated collaborative processes for knowledge, learning, and HR management. SAP Jam also includes capabilities for the entire sales, marketing, and customer service lifecycles.N/A
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk 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
SAP JamZendesk 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
SAP JamZendesk Suite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
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SAP JamZendesk Suite
Features
SAP JamZendesk Suite
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Jam
7.8
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Task Management7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Search8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
SAP Jam
7.0
3 Ratings
13% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Chat7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Jam
7.0
3 Ratings
14% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Versioning9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Jam
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.8
181 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.4180 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.1124 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.9128 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3180 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.1179 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
SAP Jam
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.4
163 Ratings
5% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.3157 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.4150 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
SAP Jam
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.6
176 Ratings
7% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.2144 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.173 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.7116 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.4173 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP JamZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(3 ratings)
8.9
(219 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(92 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(1 ratings)
5.5
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 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
SAP JamZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
When you need to create a private, secure space for individuals to collaborate or work on a project together, SAP Jam does a great job at bringing people together and giving them a space to work together in. There are also great ways to provide learning opportunities (including sharing webinars or other educational content)
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Zendesk
Being a customer support agent, I found it very good when it comes to send an email or call or chat- with the user. I can do all that from the one single platform which is so easy and time saving for you. It does not take much time to use this, We can chat- with the user and at the same time we can send an email to them as well.
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Pros
SAP
  • Easy to setup.
  • Template-based group creation.
  • Permissions are either inherited or set at the group-level by group owners.
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Zendesk
  • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
  • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
  • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
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Cons
SAP
  • Multiple selection limitations
  • Error proofing in wrong command
  • Multiple time confirmation
  • Multiple time checkbox
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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
SAP
We are moving toward other platforms that are meant more for virtual community, like Higher Logic. The customer support at SAP Jam is also lacking.
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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
SAP
It's an integrated platform that brings together a lot of different people from across the association to work on shared projects, etc. Given the various roles people play and the varying skill sets they bring to the table, the platform is fairly intuitive to use and easy to navigate around
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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
SAP
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
SAP
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
SAP
We have to submit requests multiple times to get a response and it often feels like they go into a black hole. Because we don't have anyone in house really supporting the back-end of the platform, we rely on SAP Jam's support and development teams to help solve problems and improve the platform for us.
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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
SAP
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
SAP
No answers on this topic
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
SAP
We utilize many products in the SAP universe of solutions. Not only was JAM feature-rich and matched our company needs, but the tight integration with our other SAP product lines makes admin as well as usability seamless. While other competitors to JAM offer more features that rely on real-time, most of our use cases were asynchronous.
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Zendesk
The customisable reporting every time. Our leadership reply on me to run my team and want to know what customers are telling us so they can elevate our products. We have extensive custom reports that tie up all aspects of our product and customer journeys. I've not found another product that allows me as much freedom as Zendesk Suite explore does, so far.
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Scalability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • Automation in process
  • Ease of communication
  • Lack of change notification
  • Lack of multiple selection search
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Zendesk
  • Integrating other AI solutions for an organization with high volumes can cost about USD5000 monthly. With Zendesk AI and by building onto the same with AI powered apps built for Zendesk Suite we save a projected USD4000 monthly.
  • Robust Zendesk APIs have enabled us to integrate our internal system with a customized app saving us hundreds of hours every quarter spent loading customer profiles that are not loaded instantly from the app.
  • Plug and play apps like Round robin save us weeks of sprint delay timelines as they do not require additional coding or developer support to install and start using.
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ScreenShots

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