Seismic Knowledge vs. Zendesk Guide

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Seismic Knowledge
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Seismic Knowledge (formerly Lessonly Knowledge or Obie, acquired by Lessonly in July, 2021 and then by Seismic later that year) integrates internal company documentation into one single source of truth for knowledge sharing and management.N/A
Zendesk Guide
Score 7.5 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
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Seismic KnowledgeZendesk Guide
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
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Notion
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Seismic KnowledgeZendesk Guide
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(3 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Seismic KnowledgeZendesk Guide
Likelihood to Recommend
Seismic
For fast and reliable lesson builders that anyone can learn, Lessonly is fantastic. We went from someone having to know basic HTML just to put a course up, to anyone who knows how to use a simple editor being able to take courses and assign them to their teams. We saved so much time and effort. In the case of customers wanting content, it becomes more tricky. There's not necessarily a good way to offer courses to people outside of your organization.
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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
Seismic
  • Teams can ramp up training very quickly with personalized coaching at scale.
  • Sales acceleration and enablement with the right tutorials and templates.
  • On-demand practice exercises allow reps to learn and accelerate skills rapidly.
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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
Seismic
  • Reports can be a little tricky at first. It's not as "built out" as the other parts of the platform.
  • If you're wanting to sell or offer courses to people outside of your organization, this might not be the best software for you.
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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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Support Rating
Seismic
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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
Seismic
I have not used other products like Lessonly Knowledge. So far every organization I have worked at has used Lessonly Knowledge. I believe that says it all, it seems as though every organization prioritizes purchasing this tool for their employees. This is a good sign! I don't see our organization using another any time soon.
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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
Seismic
  • Honing skills of reps about 1.8X-2X faster
  • Coaching reps to 60-70% more closed deals
  • Pursuing skills certifications for 30-40% more reps across teams
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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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