SAP Service Cloud vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.4 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
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.7 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 Service CloudZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
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Suite Team
$69
per month per agent
Suite Growth
$115
per month per agent
Suite Professional
$149
per month per agent
Suite Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Service CloudZendesk 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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Community Pulse
SAP Service CloudZendesk Suite
Considered Both Products
SAP Service Cloud
Chose SAP Service Cloud
customizations for zendesk are complicated and its expensive as compared to the features they are providing.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
We evaluated 4-5 software and also thought of building one in-house but after a thorough evaluation, we decided to go ahead with SAP Service Cloud. SAP Service Cloud met our integration requirements better than the other products we evaluated. While the pricing could be a bit …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Compared to Salesforce Service Cloud and Zendesk Support, SAP Service Cloud offered deeper customization tailored to our specific needs, especially for banking. While Salesforce had broad features and Zendesk boasted user-friendliness, SAP provided a balance of both, aligned …
Chose SAP Service Cloud
I have evaluated several products apart from SAP Service Cloud. there are others that maybe are cheaper , and others that are more expensive.
however I chose SAP Service cloud because it has lots of possibilities and it is adaptable to the new requirements in the future. Also it …
Zendesk Suite

No answer on this topic

Features
SAP Service CloudZendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Service Cloud
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.7
160 Ratings
6% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.2159 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.0108 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.3111 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.4110 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3159 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.2158 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
SAP Service Cloud
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Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.5
145 Ratings
6% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.4139 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5132 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
SAP Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.6
155 Ratings
8% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.562 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.9102 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.2152 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Service CloudZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(91 ratings)
9.0
(198 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(2 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(71 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
6.0
(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
7.8
(62 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 Service CloudZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
Previously, our customers were largely dissatisfied because we lacked a specialized tool to address their questions, so I am giving it a 9 out of 10 because it has helped us keep them satisfied. However, SAP Service Cloud is now available to assist us with our clients' issues, allowing us to keep them informed about issues and their resolutions.
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Zendesk
One specific thing I love about Zendesk Suite lately is the ability to use AI "Enhance writing" it allows me to freehand a response and then have it help me sound more formal or friendly, this is very useful, not only for those free handed ones, but also when you need to repeat the same information to a customer, it can help you make it sound slightly different. I don't like that when a ticket comes, even if you have the shortcut to toggle between chat and email, it doesn't actually toggle.
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Pros
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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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
  • 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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Zendesk
  • The development of messaging out of the earlier Chat module is clunky and still has limitations for multi language flows.
  • When creating queries in Explore, you can't search for 'or' conditions, only 'And', meaning you have to build multiple queries and manually add them.
  • You can't download the charts in the reports, they come down as tables and then you have to make your own charts.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
Now all our critical processes are streamlined & would like to explore the new feature to have user friendly experiences
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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
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is a straightforward solution that provides agents with everything they need on the same screen. Allowing an agent to navigate one tab, one screen and switch between features, pin favorite features while viewing the customer profile and details in 360degrees. A view like this empowers agents to support customers better and in a more composed state.
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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
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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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
Freshdesk is a lightweight service system that allows a small team to start handling service interactions quickly, in a professional manner. However, our observation was that it does not scale to Enterprise-level and does not have the same level of integration, customisability, or controls as SAP Service Cloud. SAP Service Cloud offers a more comprehensive administration experience, with the possibility of preparing screen content specific to roles/personas which can greatly assist in both roll-out and general usability.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is exceptionally user friendly and highly customisable. Free training for all levels and roles of users which is easy to follow and engaging for users is particularly helpful along with the added support behind the scenes from Zendesk support and the Zendesk community is second to none.
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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
  • 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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Zendesk
  • We have been able to deliver IT accurately and onetime
  • Our customers have been able to provide feedback on a given ticket and helped us build a better support structure
  • Zendesk Suite has allowed us to be more efficient in our every day operations
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Zendesk Suite Screenshots

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