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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Stack Overflow for Teams

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AStack Overflow for Teams is a team knowledge management and Q & A platform for development billed per teammate, featuring roles and permissions, and integrations with popularly used collaboration tools.

    $7

    per month per teammate (up to 250 teammates)

    Zimbra

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AZimbra is an email and collaboration platform and productivity suite that includes contacts, calendar, tasks, chat and file sharing, plus videoconferencing, document editing, and file storage.N/A

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Stack Overflow for TeamsZimbraZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $7
    per month per teammate (up to 250 teammates)
    Business
    $14
    per month per teammate (unlimited)
    Enterprise
    Custom
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Stack Overflow for TeamsZimbraZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.—A discount is offered for yearly billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Stack Overflow for TeamsZimbraZoho Desk
    Considered Multiple Products
    Stack Overflow
    No answer on this topic
    Synacor
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Stack Overflow for TeamsZimbraZoho Desk
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Stack Overflow for Teams and Zimbra by Synacor and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Zimbra by Synacor
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management00 Ratings9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Stack Overflow for Teams and Zimbra by Synacor and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Zimbra by Synacor
    6.6
    9 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Chat00 Ratings7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings5.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings2.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Stack Overflow for Teams and Zimbra by Synacor and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Zimbra by Synacor
    5.5
    10 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings5.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings1.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings1.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings5.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings6.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Stack Overflow for Teams and Zimbra by Synacor and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Zimbra by Synacor
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Stack Overflow for Teams and Zimbra by Synacor and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Zimbra by Synacor
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Stack Overflow for Teams and Zimbra by Synacor and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Stack Overflow for Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Zimbra by Synacor
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings00 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
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    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Stack Overflow for TeamsZimbraZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Stack Overflow
    In my opinion, Stack Overflow for Teams is well suited for an organization that is on a hiring spree for the engineering teams. The reason for it is because instead of catering to doubts of new joinees individually, they can be asked to refer to the Stack Overflow and hence will save a lot of time for both new joiners as well as the existing employees.
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    Synacor
    Zimbra is great for an email system for a medium or large organization with appropriate IT staffing. The system is easy to use for end-users, and has a fantastic web interface. Unfortunately, it is overly complex, when considering staffing requirements and price, when compared with Office 365 or Google Apps for smaller organizations. For other education customers, it is hard to compete with Microsoft and Google providing their services for "Free" now though
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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    Stack Overflow
    • Sharing technical solutions to problems we encounter in our internal development environment.
    • Sharing best practices we find in external resources.
    • Discussions on design patterns and conventions we can use in our projects.
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    Synacor
    • Filter emails with specific information required.
    • Very good storage capacity.
    • Has a mobile version and another web.
    • It has a friendly and modern graphic interface.
    • It is compatible with all operating systems.
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    Stack Overflow
    • I would recommend an increased engineering focus on the Microsoft Teams integration.
    • It would be nice to make more medals.
    • Easier ways to earn points.
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    Synacor
    • Zimbra's mobile application leaves much to be desired; it is its weakest point.
    • This forces the use of third-party applications on smartphones, which only offer a more or less complete integration with the ActiveSync protocol.
    • Zimbra allows for an on-premise scenario, which is not for everyone, especially considering that the trend nowadays is to outsource email; in any case, it also offers this alternative.
    • The cost of Zimbra as a SaaS solution comes too close to that of more widely adopted competing options.
    • Zimbra lacks a robust integrated chat system, which its competitors offer.
    • It lacks AI integration.
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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Usability
    Stack Overflow
    No answers on this topic
    Synacor
    The web usability of the solution is adequate, with all functions integrated into a single interface. However, it is important to note that in the desktop environment, it lacks its own application and relies on ActiveSync synchronization with reference solutions like Outlook or Thunderbird. Some features, such as the briefcase, will be excluded. The same happens on smartphones.It is also common for competing solutions to include integrated chat or video call tools, which Zimbra lacks. These shortcomings are among the most frequently requested by users.
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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Support Rating
    Stack Overflow
    No answers on this topic
    Synacor
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    Implementation Rating
    Stack Overflow
    No answers on this topic
    Synacor
    Overall, we were satisfied with the implementation. We perhaps should have spent more time consulting with Zimbra or others regarding best practices but as we got to know the system better we were able to make changes relatively easily after the fact.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Stack Overflow
    It's easier to use Stack Overflow for Teams Q&A to maintain our knowledge base over time, over the Confluence wikis that we also maintain. You don't need to bother about folders, filenames, templates - just ask a question and answer it or get it answered. It feels less formal, so developers feel more free to add content.
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    Synacor
    Zimbra is a significantly cheaper option than one of the Microsoft solutions, such as Exchange. It is able to run in a free environment, as it is in the case of Linux. It offers the advantages of a powerful mail manager, such as indexed searches and the integration of contacts and notes, all in one platform. It is constantly updated and the operation of its connection in mobile equipment is remarkable and very efficient. Additionally, it is able to easily integrate with Outlook solutions with its connector, which brings all the benefits of Zimbra to the user under the interface known as "mail manager." So far, I have been using Zimbra for several years and I have not missed my previous work platforms.
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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Return on Investment
    Stack Overflow
    • It makes the search for answers more efficient, so devs can focus in more important things.
    • Knowledge is not lost, even if people leave the company.
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    Synacor
    • Zimbra is a cheaper email service than other similar platforms and in my point of view offers better features, that's why the company migrated services to this platform several years ago and without a doubt, it has been the best investment.
    • Zimbra has a more user-friendly interface for employees, this has improved response times to external customers of the company.
    • The implementation of Zimbra in the company motivated the IT engineering department to make improvements in open source to adapt it to the needs of the company.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

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    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.