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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spreadsheet Server

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Spreadsheet Server platform is designed to work as a Microsoft add-in to provide live reporting data and analysis from the user’s ERP solution into Excel. The vendor aims to help users eliminate the hassle of re-keying or downloading any data into spreadsheets make that spreadsheet an integral part of their business environment.N/A

    Zendesk Explore

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AZendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    Spreadsheet ServerZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Spreadsheet ServerZendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices can be different for any company interested in Spreadsheet Server depending on size and who should be involved. Feel free to contact us for a free demo to see if it is the right reporting tool for you.—
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    Community Pulse
    Spreadsheet ServerZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Spreadsheet ServerZendesk Explore
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    -
    Ratings
    Plug-ins7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Spreadsheet Server and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    45% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings3.15 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings3.13 Ratings
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Spreadsheet ServerZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Spreadsheet ServerZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Spreadsheet Server is a set it and forget it type of thing. However, if you are wanting to change up the data you get on a regular basis, this may not be the product for you.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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    Pros
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • It's easy to use and learn how to create new spreadsheets.
    • Spreadsheet Server makes it easy to create custom financial statements for your company. It is a great tool to use with Vista by Viewpoint.
    • We can create custom graphs and KPI's in Spreadsheet Server.
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    Zendesk
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
    • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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    Cons
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • The only issue that we came across, is that not all of our companies have the same financial structure as each other. So the GLs we use for one report, would not necessarily work for all the other companies. We did not want to create separate reports for each company either. We did find a workaround in that we created a lookup tab with GLs to use for each category for each company, then used v-lookup to pull those GLs over. This workaround worked great, but it would have been nice to have something built in to cover this.
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    Zendesk
    • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
    • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Very easy to use and user friendly.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Easy to use and flexible.
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    Zendesk
    I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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    Support Rating
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Customer Relations reaches out to me periodically.
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    Zendesk
    Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Vista did not offer reporting that met our needs. We were not able to easily customize the standard reports to fit our company needs. We are able to create different reports depending on management's needs and level. It is easy to create reports for auditors as well in Spreadsheet Server.
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    Zendesk
    I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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    Return on Investment
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Allows us quick access to cash flow statements which assist in decision making
    • Provides accurate reporting for our banking needs
    • Provides accurate information to our insurance and bonding vendors
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    Zendesk
    • Money saved due to proper staffing.
    • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
    • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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