Tridion vs. Zendesk Guide

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Tridion (formerly SDL Tridion) aims to connect people, processes, and information through a complete portfolio of collaborative Content Management, Knowledge Management and Headless delivery technologies. Combine with Accelerators for fast time-to-value and RWS Translation Management solutions for global reach. Its key components include: Tridion Sites provides web content management capabilities, connecting people, processes, and information across teams, brands, and markets,…N/A
Zendesk Guide
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Zendesk Guide is a smart knowledge base built to help support teams continuously improve content, keep it up to date, and serve it to customers.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TridionZendesk Guide
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
TridionZendesk Guide
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Tridion
9.0
9 Ratings
12% above category average
Zendesk Guide
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Role-based user permissions9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Tridion
9.1
8 Ratings
17% above category average
Zendesk Guide
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API8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Tridion
8.5
8 Ratings
11% above category average
Zendesk Guide
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WYSIWYG editor8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Tridion
7.6
8 Ratings
4% above category average
Zendesk Guide
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Content taxonomy9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
TridionZendesk Guide
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(22 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.3
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
TridionZendesk Guide
Likelihood to Recommend
RWS Group
Love the product and I really like how we use it for public sites. The only negative aspect is that it is just hard to find Tridion devs that understand the tool, grasp .net, react, and understand the blueprint, etc.
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Zendesk
In our company, we host our benefit articles based on country on our Zendesk Guide. However, these articles should not be seen by employees that are outside their respective article country. For example, an employee that is based in Thailand shouldn't be seeing Malaysia benefits article as employees might compared benefits. With Zendesk Guide, the system allow us to set the configuration of the article so it is only visible Thailand-based employees, and for Malaysia article, only Malaysia-based employees
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Pros
RWS Group
  • Makes it easy to spin up a new site quickly
  • Allows for numerous users to work on the same site without conflicting with each other's changes
  • Allows you to unpublish changes or revert to old versions if you make a mistake
  • Allows you to time publishing actions (for example, you can set it to happen overnight)
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Zendesk
  • They give us ability to control the whole frontend of the Communities by giving us access to manipulate HTML (in HBS file), CSS and JS
  • They give handlebars templating engine in backend which helps us to show various listing rendered through server side without having need to implement client side rendering of the listing and features.
  • They provide us dynamic content fields, which can be useful for mapping categories or storing category and topic IDs so we don't need to hard code IDs in Sandbox and Production separately.
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Cons
RWS Group
  • Tridion is complicated in enough ways that it makes it difficult to train new users. Therefore, we have to limit the number of people with access to the system since we have not yet implemented Workflow.
  • When something goes wrong (items fail to publish, or there is unexpected behavior with components), there is little explanation provided that would point us in the right direction to troubleshoot. As a result, content Authors and Editors have to frequently ask for IT assistance.
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Zendesk
  • Formatting according to our brand guidelines can be tricky
  • Reporting metrics are lacking
  • The user interface can be confusing
  • Their support team takes a long time to respond
  • They have comments open on their KB articles, but almost noone responds, which is frustrating.
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Likelihood to Renew
RWS Group
I am giving this a semi-high rating because we have already got Tridion up and running and we are still in the process of moving the sites over to Tridion. It is unlikely we will be moving things to a new CMS AGAIN in the near future as the cost to get Tridion was high.
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Zendesk
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Usability
RWS Group
The editor user interface is very user friendly and in-site editing makes simple updates fast and easy. The extensibility of Tridion is a big plus and the ability to add our own options into the default Tridion interface helps us integrate with external systems. Finally, the user permissions and security system helps us deploy it within our large organization.
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Zendesk
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Support Rating
RWS Group
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
The support is good but can sometime be frustrating to get a quick answer. We end up being sent articles that don't answer the question and then we have to go back and try again
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Alternatives Considered
RWS Group
It is a nuclear missile compared to the other handguns and knives on the market today. But it also requires nuclear technicians and expertise that a handgun doesn't require. Do you need to decimate your competition and you have the investment capabilities necessary to put a nuclear missile into the sky? Then definitely do it. Especially if you need a very good multi-lingual blueprint provider like Tridion.
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Zendesk
It is an attribute of Zendesk that allows for easy over the phone communication between agents and customers. It is more personal and allows for better productivity. Phone support from anywhere with reliable internet connection which is essential to call center communication whether in the office or in the home of the agent.
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Return on Investment
RWS Group
  • SDL is a very complex system. Creating custom components by external vendors turned out to be expensive.
  • The learning curve is very slow, so training takes a lot of time and cost.
  • The revamped corporate site looks clean, modern, and is mobile-friendly.
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Zendesk
  • We used it for multiple customer so we can say ROI of Zendesk Guide is very competitive.
  • Zendesk meet[s] most of the business objective[s], which suits [a]s best product among its competitor.
  • I highly recommend to use Zendesk for knowledge base and tickets and agents.
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