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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SentricHR

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASentricHR (formerly SentricWorkForce) is a general HRIS platform that also provides payroll, tax filing, time and attendance, capabilities via a cloud-based system, from Sentric in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.N/A

    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
    SentricHRZendesk 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
    SentricHRZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—20% discount available with annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    SentricHRZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Sentric
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    SentricHRZendesk Suite
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    6.4
    2 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    4.6
    1 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    4.8
    1 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    -
    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 SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of SentricHR (SentricWorkforce) and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    SentricHR (SentricWorkforce)
    -
    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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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Front
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    User Ratings
    SentricHRZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 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
    SentricHRZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sentric
    SentricHR works well with unusual situations in payroll - they understood that our payroll is not just a basic hourly/salaried situation and were able to create codes and functions to work with our exact needs.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Sentric
    • Open Enrollment lets employees view and select the benefit they want for the following plan year. Sentric is easy to use and lets us in HR link their selection to their payroll records.
    • Sentric allows HR and the employee to view their paychecks. They can look at one, or many at a time.
    • When someone applies for a job via Sentric, their candidate records carry through to their employee record after we hire the person.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Sentric
    • Make it easier to determine which report works best for our needs
    • Have the ability to create a custom report for specific instances
    • Other than that, they're perfect!
    Incentivized
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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?
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sentric
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Sentric
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Sentric
    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
    Sentric
    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
    Sentric
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Sentric
    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
    Sentric
    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
    Sentric
    I haven't explored the other systems in great detail. IFS didn't appear as "user-friendly". Taleo seemed to not have the capabilities Sentric did.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Sentric
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Sentric
    • Not applicable for our business
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk Suite Screenshots

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